It wants acidic, low-fertility soil, and most of LaPlace sits on calcareous levee silt that tests neutral to alkaline, so we ask for a soil test before we’ll lay it.
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Why does soil pH decide centipede in LaPlace?
LSU AgCenter says centipede prefers a soil pH of about 5.5. Above pH 7, its uptake of nutrients including phosphorus, iron, manganese, boron and zinc may drop, and the leaves can yellow.
Now look at what the federal soil survey shows for LaPlace. Carville silt loam, the soil under the largest share of town, is calcareous with a representative surface pH o