SoilPhCheck

Soil pH in Taylor, WV: Lime or Sulfur?

Typical topsoil pH in Taylor, WV

Typical topsoil in Taylor, WV is pH 5.16, too acidic for vegetable garden. Expect roughly 15 lb of lime per 100 sq ft, but only after a soil test confirms it.

What Taylor needs, by plant

What to do next

If your test confirms pH near 5.16, spread about 150 lb of ground limestone per 1,000 sq ft of vegetable bed in 3 doses, ideally in fall.

How mixed the soil is

Of the 87,473 surveyed acres in Taylor, WV, 63% are strongly acidic (below 5.5), 31% are moderately acidic (5.5-6.5), 4% are alkaline (above 7.3), 3% are near neutral (6.5-7.3). Mapped soils run from pH 4.1 to 7.4, a spread of 3.3 units across 111 soil components. 63% 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 19.4% clay and 5.64% organic matter, which this site treats as clay. At 5.64% organic matter the soil buffers like a heavier one, which pushes it into the clay bracket. Moving it one pH unit takes about 11.5 lb of lime or 3.4 lb of sulfur per 100 sq ft. 4% of mapped components carry free carbonate (lime already in the ground).

Taylor against the rest of West Virginia

pH 5.16 is right at the West Virginia median of 5.15. 28 of 55 West Virginia counties have more acidic topsoil. Nationally it is more acidic than the US county median of 6.05.

Closest in pH within the state: Summers (5.15), Barbour (5.16), Grant (5.16), Mineral (5.16), Monroe (5.18), Hampshire (5.19), Gilmer (5.22), Putnam (5.22).

The range in West Virginia runs from McDowell at 4.42 to Marshall at 6.17; Taylor sits 42% of the way up.