Is it necessary to acidify the soil for hydrangea: a mistake that all gardeners later regret
You've probably heard that the soil in which hydrangea grows needs to be acidified if you want to change the color of its flowers.
However, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , this opinion has little to do with the truth, because this procedure should be carried out, first of all, for the normal development of the plant.
Hydrangea can boast excellent growth and development only on acidic soils, the pH of which is 5.5.
If you regularly acidify your hydrangea bed, the bush will literally grow by leaps and bounds.
After all, under such conditions the plant will absorb the nutrients contained in the soil much better.
In addition, its inflorescences will be more lush and larger, and they will look much healthier.
However, some gardeners, having read about the benefits of acidic soil for hydrangeas, make an unfortunate mistake by starting to add acidifying compounds to the flowerbed “from the start”.
And it consists in the fact that you can start the procedure only after the soil acidity has been measured - it is quite possible that everything is in order with this indicator in the area allocated for hydrangea.
