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<blockquote data-quote="Auggie" data-source="post: 225868" data-attributes="member: 237">Acidifying the soil will help.&nbsp; However, this will be short lived and likely needed every/everyother year.&nbsp; Elemental sulfur is the recommended amendment to acidifying the soil.&nbsp; A paper done by Iowa State concluded that to effectively acidify the soil (0-6in depth) if there is a calcium carbonate equivalence of 1.5%, it'll take 68 tons of sulfuric acid to dissolve all the limestone.&nbsp; Can it be done? Yes, it's up to you on how you do it and how much money you want to spend.&nbsp; Keep in mind, everytime an acid reacts with a base, a salt will precipitate out and that can also be tough on plants.Here's a link to a Clemson Extensjon paper on soil acidification: <a href="https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/changing-the-ph-of-your-soil/" target="_blank">https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/changing-the-ph-of-your-soil</a>/Soil test so you know what's going on before you try something.&nbsp; It'll run you $30, but you'll k kw what's going on.&nbsp; If it were me, I'd test the bad areas and if there are good areas, I'd test those to in order to compare and help with a game plan.Your local NDSU Extension Agent should have soil sample bags on hand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Auggie, post: 225868, member: 237"] Acidifying the soil will help. However, this will be short lived and likely needed every/everyother year. Elemental sulfur is the recommended amendment to acidifying the soil. A paper done by Iowa State concluded that to effectively acidify the soil (0-6in depth) if there is a calcium carbonate equivalence of 1.5%, it'll take 68 tons of sulfuric acid to dissolve all the limestone. Can it be done? Yes, it's up to you on how you do it and how much money you want to spend. Keep in mind, everytime an acid reacts with a base, a salt will precipitate out and that can also be tough on plants. Here's a link to a Clemson Extensjon paper on soil acidification: [URL="https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/changing-the-ph-of-your-soil/"]https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/changing-the-ph-of-your-soil[/URL]/ Soil test so you know what's going on before you try something. It'll run you $30, but you'll k kw what's going on. If it were me, I'd test the bad areas and if there are good areas, I'd test those to in order to compare and help with a game plan. Your local NDSU Extension Agent should have soil sample bags on hand. [/QUOTE]

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