| Ronn Cliiborn 2006-08-26, 9:25 pm |
| On 6 Mar 2006 07:02:55 -0800, trader4@optonline.net wrote:
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>George.com wrote:
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>Well if it's very alkaline, then it sure doesn't have a PH of 6.5 as
>you claimed, does it? Do you even understand the concept of PH?
>
I think I'd give george.com the benefit of the doubt , perhaps he
meant 7.5 instead of 6.5.
I find the concept of pH ( little p since it is a symbol of Log) to be
fairly confusing. Well not actually the concept. I'm learning
disabled and the fact that 1 is suppose to be high acidity and 14 is
suppose to be basic - well that is something that has never stuck with
me. I remember something about buffers and a sigmoid curve when
trying to change the pH or even the pOH ( kind of the anti-pH).
So, if you have an acidic soil and you add lime, do you change the pH
dramatically and permanently or just for a little while? If anything
in the soil is acting as a buffer ( and I don't know what would do
that except maybe limestone - I don' t know what would help it remain
acidic) but you'd have to add a great deal of something to change the
pH a very little, until you reach a point where you add just a little
more then you get an enormous change in pH.
I know it is difficult to relay "Tone" when you post, and I don't like
emotion icons, but I'm just asking for info on pH related to soil, not
trying to troll or be an XXX.
What would make soil acidic or alkaline and what additives would you
use to change it?
And why can't you apply lime and fertilizer at the same time?
Thank
R
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