[CH] Acid soil--what ph for chiles?

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> > My soil is a bit acid--iirc Bryon or someone suggested bringing
> > the ph up with dolomite instead of lime.  Comments?
>
> Dolomite will alter the pH much more slowly than traditional
> lime applications, and much-Much-MUCH! more slowly than
> Sir Gareth's body-disposal method.  The good news is it leaches
> out of the ground slower, so it remains to combat the acidity
> longer.  The bad news is it may be harder to nail an exact pH level.
>
> Scott... KCK

Thanks to all for the responses.  Byron save me from disposing
bodies--the local Home Depot only has slaked lime, which is what I
thought was used.  They didn't have agricultural lime.  I'll try OSH
next.

But I forgot to ask, what _is_ the proper ph for chiles?  I'm not too
lazy and will research this, but sometimes one gets more pertinent info
from the list.

One reason the soil is acid is the trees--pines, eucs and palm.  I'm in
the process of dropping, pruning and cleaning these and have a lot of
chipped wood and leaves/needles I want to use as mulch.  I'm leery of
the Eucs--I think the oils are probably not good for mulch and will
avoid them unless told otherwise.  However, I'd like to use the palm,
pine and walnut chips.  Should I mix the palm/pine with lime?  Any good
links to sites on this subject?

tia,

Riley

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