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Post by tenbusybees on Jun 3, 2015 19:23:10 GMT
Our water tested at 9 or 11 on the pH scale. What is your experiences with high alkaline? How have you made it work in the garden?
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Post by shin on Jun 3, 2015 19:30:30 GMT
Some folks buy water alkalizers for the health benefits of drinking it.
If you want to grow blueberries if it's even possible you're probably going to be applying the sulphur and vinegar pretty regularly.
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Post by paquebot on Jun 4, 2015 13:03:28 GMT
About all one can do with alkaline well water is to use just enough to keep everything alive. After that, pray for rain. In the West where soil conditions may be a very high pH, rain is truly "poor man's fertilizer". There may be ample nutrients in the soil but the plants will not be able to take them up. Rain is usually highly acidic and it creates a temporary pH buffer low enough for the plants to feed. Our community gardens water supply is the same that we drink. It is not only slightly alkaline but also chlorinated. With the soil also averaging around 7.5, plants have 3 strikes against them. Therefore they get just enough water to prevent the soil from drying out. They either have to send roots deep enough to find good water or wait for rain.
Martin
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Post by Skandi on Jun 5, 2015 10:58:03 GMT
Here that's what our tapwater runs at. and we have chalk chunks all through the soil. It works fine. but don't expect blueberries cranberries, azalias or rhododendrens to survive. And if you have any indoor plants like sundews, pitcherplants or venus flytraps. don't use it on them, rainwater only for them.
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