The vinegar and baking soda test won’t give you an exact pH level of your soil, but it will tell you if the soil is leaning acidic or alkaline. For an exact pH range, you would need to purchase a pH soil testing kit or send it off to a local cooperative

Before you start testing the soil, you can test the pH of various ingredients around the house and garden in small cups too see which color is associated with which pH number: Egg white has pH 8, baking soda (1 tsp) has pH 8.4, black tea – pH 4.9, cow??

A first step for new gardeners, or those seeking to grow new, unfamiliar plants, is to test the soil. It is possible to test soil pH by taking a soil sample and sending it away to a lab for analysis, or by using a pricey test kit you purchase.