Water Quality Testing for Australian Garden Use

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Water Quality Testing for Australian Garden UseUnderstanding the quality of your water source — whether mains, bore, rainwater, or dam — allows you to make informed decisions about treatment, crop selection, and long-term soil management.Getting StartedKey parameters to test: pH (affects nutrient availability to plants); electrical conductivity / EC (measures total dissolved salts — above 1.5 dS/m begins to affect salt-sensitive crops); sodium adsorption ratio / SAR (measures relative sodi…

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Daniel is a horticulturalist with nine years of hands-on growing experience in Victoria. He has studied horticulture formally and previously ran a goat and duck farm — where gardening was less hobby and more necessity. He built Soil2Bloom to give Australian gardeners the zone-specific, season-accurate advice they deserve.

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