Soil pH in Jim Hogg, TX: Lime or Sulfur?

Typical topsoil pH in Jim Hogg, TX

Typical topsoil in Jim Hogg, TX is pH 6.84, already right for vegetable garden (6-7). Test before adding anything.

What Jim Hogg needs, by plant

• Already in range: lawn (cool-season grass), vegetable garden, roses.
• Just outside, test first: tomatoes (off by 0).
• Sulfur: potatoes 1.6 lb/100 sq ft; strawberries 1 lb/100 sq ft; blueberries 2.2 lb/100 sq ft over 2 applications; azaleas and rhododendrons 1.9 lb/100 sq ft; blue hydrangeas 1.9 lb/100 sq ft; pink hydrangeas 0.7 lb/100 sq ft.

What to do next

If your test lands near 6.84, you can skip lime and sulfur for lawn (cool-season grass), vegetable garden, tomatoes, roses.

How mixed the soil is

Of the 585,893 surveyed acres in Jim Hogg, TX, 73% are near neutral (6.5-7.3), 21% are moderately acidic (5.5-6.5), 7% are alkaline (above 7.3). Mapped soils run from pH 5.9 to 8.2, a spread of 2.3 units across 19 soil components. 73% of the land falls in one class, so the county figure is a fair first guess for most yards here.

Clay, organic matter and rates

Topsoil here averages 8.1% clay and 0.65% organic matter, which this site treats as sandy. Moving it one pH unit takes about 3 lb of lime or 1.2 lb of sulfur per 100 sq ft. 7% of mapped components carry free carbonate (lime already in the ground).

Jim Hogg against the rest of Texas

pH 6.84 is 0.59 below the Texas median of 7.43. 70 of 254 Texas counties have more acidic topsoil. Nationally it is more alkaline than the US county median of 6.05.

Closest in pH within the state: Fayette (6.77), Eastland (6.81), Montague (6.82), Goliad (6.84), Jack (6.87), Wilson (6.88), Atascosa (6.89), Hunt (6.92).

The range in Texas runs from Hardin at 4.64 to Upton at 8.19; Jim Hogg sits 62% of the way up.