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| Baking soda is very effective in raising the pH of soil or water. Are there any negatives?
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| George - Most of the problem water is well water - high Ph. The only low Ph water I can imagine is if you start collecting "acid" rain water. And it usually comes with other pollutants. I didn't hear of anybody using sodium bicarbonate to raise Ph in soil. Probably because sodium is not good for the plants - the same is true for cooking salt - sodium chloride, which is used in water softeners - it kills the plants. For violet soil it is usually dolomite lime - which is a weak alkaline agent that dissolves slowly and buffers the acid produced by decomposition of peat. So it is a good solution for half a year and then you repot your plant into new soil. I think Travis gave us his recommendation of using pickling lime solution to fix the soil which really turned sour at least until you repot. Irina |
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- Posted by dollygeo_2 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 1, 10 at 15:40
| Thanks for that. I was afraid thar sodium was not good. george |
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| Thanks for your info Irina it was very helpful! |
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