meow mix
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Fri Mar-02-07 10:29 PM
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my houseplant have to much acid in the soil.. |
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so i went to the store and they gave me some pH DOWN. (30% H3 PO4) then i started thinking maybe thats the wrong stuff? im not very good with advanced chemistry, should i have gotten pH UP if i wanted to make it less acid?
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Fri Mar-02-07 10:37 PM
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1. The lower the number, the more acidic. |
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So, yeah, you should have gotten pH UP.
Oops!
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meow mix
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Fri Mar-02-07 10:41 PM
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2. dang thats what i thought , ty |
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just looking for some confirmation heh they almost made me toast plantey! =(
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Zoigal
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:09 PM
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Have used lime to lower the acidity level of soil...also you might check out leaf litter. FYO PH lower than 7 is consider acid, above that alkaline.
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XemaSab
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:16 PM
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6. Leaf litter can really hurt fertility |
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Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 11:19 PM by XemaSab
If he was talking about a garden or some outdoor plot, I'd say to go get some compost and bust that into the soil and let the chips fall where they may, but acid/base chemistry in the soil is really complicated and when you're talking about a plant in a pot, even a tiny amount of the wrong thing can hurt the roots.
Oh, don't put compost in outdoor soil if you're living in southern California and you want native plants. Too many nutrients just leads to problems. They evolved in poor soil, and they like it.
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:10 PM
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Don't pee in the pot. Uric acid is not good for plants.
Sorry, but other than that, I have no clue.
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XemaSab
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:17 PM
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7. You'd also be introducing salts into the soil |
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Interfering with the osmotic gradient in the roots. :D
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:20 PM
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8. oh, poop. I knew there was more wrong with that than I thought |
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:)
(do not poop in the soil. Please)
I really wish I did have an answer for this original question, but I don't. I plant, water, weed, and hope for the best.
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Fri Mar-02-07 11:12 PM
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5. The easy thing to do is swap out the soil |
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Pull them out, knock the soil off the roots, and repot them.
Repeat the process once a year. :D
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