What did you do in the garden today?

In the kumquat soil, or in the kumquat fruit? If your pH meter read 2 in the soil, I think your meter is defective.

I think your right. I used a paper test strip and it registered 5 in my kumquat soil.
It needs to be 6.5 ideally. I don't know how to get it to the 6.5. Can you help?
 
Google how to raise soil PH . Agricultural lime should do it .
I agree that adding Garden Lime will raise the PH.
Here are 2 copy and paste bits of info I thought would be useful. I have used Gypsum in the past, but it does not change PH. (good stuff BTW)

A number below 7 is acidic (sometimes called “sour”); a number above 7 is alkaline (“sweet”). Most plants prefer nearly neutral soil with a pH between 6.2 and 7.2. Some (such as azaleas) prefer a more acidic soil. A soil test determines whether your soil is acidic, neutral or alkaline.

Applying lime to a soil will raise the pH. The other product we think of with respect to calcium is gypsum, a hydrated form of calcium sulfate (CaSO4). Gypsum is neutral in pH, and since it has no carbonate ion as part of its makeup, it will not neutralize acidity.
 
I had to pull out two tomato plants today. I found a giant black widow on one, and an empty egg sac. On that one and the other plant, there were thousands of baby black widows. :oops:

I am not scared of spiders, but the thought of thousands of baby black widows right next to my house creeps me out. I checked the other plants around them, and we ended up putting pesticides on the others, which I had been hoping to avoid, but we don't want more black widows. Now I feel all crawly.
 
In my area, there are 2 species of Poisonous spiders. Black Widow, and Brown Recluse. I have never seen a Widow here (Chicago Metropolitan) but did see quite a few when I was in Phoenix. The Brown Recluse is also rare in the Metro area. It does show up in rural areas in barns.
Those are the only spiders I would consider destroying due to the danger they pose to people. All other spiders are fine by me as long as they are not inside home.
 
We get brown recluses in our house all the time. We get them as soon as we see them. But they are at least a weekly visitor here.
They are not so bad in the warmer months due to the critters that keep their numbers down but come fall I have to spray monthly.
I have only seen 2 black widows here and got them both.
 

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