Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Mmm... pH8 does not sound right; pH >7 = basic, not acidic. Very few areas in the world have soil pH that high. And peat moss (dried packaged) has a pH ~4.5-5.

I absolutely do not ever let peat moss in any form touch my plants. I had a serious disaster some years back with a 30% peat mix, classic acid-soil lockout symptoms and quick death (I was a bit of a nOOb at the time lol) and now grow STRICTLY in compost.



Yes it is very beautiful and we are blessed with sweet sweet outdoor come harvest time. As a long time Alaska resident you might be pleasantly surprised at how familiar and comfortable the New England mountain states feel... even Yeag commented on it when he came to visit. There's a similar attitude of 'well let's see, I have a shovel and a horse and an axe... Ima grow me some food and don't really need all yall to survive'. lol. I love it.
Hahahah Im on a roll arent I?? Damnit you are so correct I need to sleep more before posting, especially when its my debut day lol. So the soil is most definitely acidic, and is most definitely very mossy. I think if Im going to give you any more information I will have to do some good research, but hopefully UAF will have some good info all ready for me to grab, seeing as how they focus on that sort of thing.

It sounds like maybe I need to take a trip to Vermont. Ive been thinking about just dropping my life now for a while and running to the north with warm clothes on my back and my buck knife. And I guess a magnesium fire starter bar. Ive been wanting to go back to the wolves for many years now, and I hear good things about the wolf populations in the NE.