I'd say better to have a slightly acid soil for tomatoes verses basic. Don't add too much lime if you can help it. In fact the peat moss doesn't break down over night. But when it does breakdown, it will be mixing in to the rest of your ground soil I'm guessing which will raise the pH. Yeah 3 or 4 is kind of acidic, but I bet them maters wouldn't have any problems in 5+. I like the idea of trial an error. If you really want to know how they will do, then just make sure you have a fair amount of nutrients, fertilizer or compost etc, and see how it goes. If your beds are now over 70% peat moss. Well you could add some lime, but if you do then revert back to some tables or something on how much per square foot or something. Hope things work out for you)
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