Whether you are a professional turf specialist, or a greenthumbattempting to determine the pH level of your soil, pH testing willlet you know the acididty or alkalinity of your soil. This iscrucial to growing a thriving garden or lawn, as soils that test inthe extreme zones of the pH test will be hampered, and will fail tothrive. The pH, or potential hydrogen ions indicates the amount oflime, or calcium, in your soil. Some plants, such as clematis,prefer a high, or alkaline pH, showing higher lime content. Others,such as rhododendron and heathers cannot tolerate lime in the soil,and so thrive in a lower, or more acidic soil pH.Testing Your Soil pHGenerally, in moist climates the soil pH is lower, or moreacidic, while drier climates tend to have higher pH, or morecalcium in the soil. If you