In a word....no. You have to have your soil tested to know what you have.

If you are in East TX, you probably have sandy loam over clay.

Do you think you could give me some of that acidity? Here in East Austin its all alkaline. I moved here from Mississippi and miss all the plants that I could grow there (azaleas, gardenias, hydrangeas, camelias) in the acidic soil that won't consider our soil home. Enjoy it if it is acidic (and probably is if you have pine trees).

I'm 90% sure you have acidic soil.

NO!! There a large number of pines that grow best in alkaline soil, some best is acidic soil, and some who don't give a hoot. Test the soil!!!!

darn it, well, i had heard someplace that pines liked
acid soil

i do plan to buy a test kit, i was just wondering

its very sandy, and does get clayish when i dig down
about a foot or so

i plan to try a few things in the ground that will
be ok with sandy soil, but my veggies will be going
in raised beds, for sure

tesa

I've lived in Houston for many years and I'd know one or two thing about soil. First of all, I attended two colleges, one in Huntsville and one in Nacogdoches and they all had the same soil. Same pine trees. They call their soil acidic loamy sand... I'm pretty sure it's somewhat acidic soil in Plantersville.

Off the Trail, on Texas 105 approximately 11 miles west of the city, is Plantersville. Six miles south, on FM 1774, Trail drivers will find a medieval village nestled on 237 wooded acres. During the fall (October through November) the village awakens during the Texas Renaissance Festival. Read the details under Plantersville in Texas-On-Line, cities in alphabetical index.

Between Montgomery and Huntsville the Trail reenters the tall pine forest section, cutting through a portion of Sam Houston national Forest. (44) Pines prefer an acidic soil and plentiful rainfall, and thatÂs what this area provides. the soil came from a marine mud---sediments deposited over millions of years when this region was a submerged continental shelf.

i live in cypress, also have a ton of monster pine trees
and our soil is sandy and VERY ALKALINE

get a test kit
(everything i've ever really wanted to plant wants acid soil!!)

It's my understanding that the test kits you can buy give dubious results, at best. A better investment would be to contact your county extension agent for their testing. You send several samples off and their labs give you accurate results.

Best to get test from this place...

We grew azaleas in Houston and it wasn't even sandy soil.

Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Plant and Soil Lab