5 Steps to Give Your Acid-Loving Plants a Boost 

• First, test your soil. It’s not a big deal and it will tell you a lot. The cooperative extension office will test the soil for you, or you can get an inexpensive kit or a meter with a probe that you can poke into the ground and take a reading. It will make you feel like a very important scientist. Either way, these tests will provide you with a pH number. 7.0 is neutral—a lower number is more acidic, a higher number more alkaline. Set a goal of 5.5. Simple, eh?
• Adjust the pH if necessary. If the test says soil is too alkaline, add a product that contains sulfur such as Espoma Soil Acidifier. It’s safe, long lasting and better than aluminum sulfate. If the test says it’s too acidic, add a safe, pelletized lime product like Espoma Garden Lime. Always follow application instructions.
• The Need for Feed. Feed all of these plants with a rich, organic plant food specially formulated for acid-loving plants; one that will spur deep evergreen color and dynamic blooms like Espoma Organic Holly-tone®.
• Hot and Sour? Watering requirements vary depending for each plant, but be certain to keep acid-loving plants well watered at the root zone during hot Summer months.
• Too mulch is never too much. Add mulch a couple of inches deep around shallow roots for protection against hot or cold weather

That covers the easy basics of what you need to know to help your acid-loving plants thrive. Hopefully this information alleviated any anxiety you may have had about caring for your acid-loving plants—or at least it neutralized the excess acid!