Re: OT-PLANTS: leaves and soil pH
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- Subject: Re: OT-PLANTS: leaves and soil pH
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 17:49:22 -0600 (MDT)
Amy Rupp wrote:
>
>>
> Our oaks grow in extremely alkaline soil and yet their leaves are
> acidic. A plant has evolved a "diet" which it requires -- conditions
> under which the nutrients it needs to grow are available in acidic or
> alkaline soil. Some don't care, others care a lot. But just as our
> stomach acid is strongly acidic while our body pH overall remains at
> near neutral, different parts of different plants will be composed of
> different compounds which may render them acidic or alkaline,
> independent of surroundings or other parts of the plant for the most
> part.
>
>
Amy --- Have you just given away the secret of Alka-Seltzer?
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA, where a day
and a half of rain has given us 2" plus and broken the drought, and
where we are saying "Thank you very much. Now will you please turn it
off so we can resume planting?" jgcrump@erols.com
