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Originally Posted by danzvtil
That customer has every right to go back to the landscape yard and demand some chemicals to correct the ph.
I have a ph related story too, the sir Walter customer I have mentioned on here laid the turf himself, 6 months later it starts going yellow, irrespective of fertiliser applied. Took me weeks to work out that he had added lime to the soil, which is an eastern seaboard thing to “sweeten” it. This family have a heavy hand at everything, if the instructions say 1 handful per meter, then 10 handfuls is 10times better. He had lime induced chlorosis on Adelaide plains soil which is naturally alkaline. It took 3 applications of iron chelate to correct,hopefully the winter rain washes it away.
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I regularly get told by customers, usually older gentlemen, that they "threw some lime on it" or words to that effect. I always reply with "did you pH test the soil first", the answer is always no. So why did you add lime?............"because I always have". Well, that's why your plant/lawn ect is sick, the pH is too high and it will be getting worse when you put lime down. You need to test before adding elements like that. The customer nods in agreement, then most likely goes home adds more lime!
