Too Alkaline for Your Taste

• 1). One day in the fall, put on the respirator and safety goggles.
  
  
• 2). Place the elemental sulfur in the lawn spreader.
  
  
• 3). Spread the sulfur evenly over your lawn.
  
  
• 4). Water the lawn.
  
  
• 5). Wait two weeks.
  
  
• 6). Test the pH level of the soil. Determine if the alkaline level has been neutralized enough to accommodate the plants you wish to grow.
  
  
• 7). If the soil is still too alkaline, repeat Steps 1 through 6.
  
  

Too Acidic for Your Taste

• 1). One day in the fall, put the limestone in the lawn spreader.
  
  
• 2). Spread the limestone evenly over the lawn.
  
  
• 3). Water the lawn.
  
  
• 4). Wait three months.
  
  
• 5). Test the pH level of the soil. Determine if the level of acidity has been neutralized enough to accommodate the plants you wish to grow.
  
  
• 6). If the soil is still too acidic, repeat Steps 1 through 5.