Re: PH of Water
In the spring of 98, I noticed that my soil test from the Dept of
Agriculture indicated a PH of 7.3 , whereas my October 98 reading was
6.7... I always believed that the acid rain , of which we get plenty here
on the east coast, was to blame. Howard Dill keeps his PH around 7.0
probably to make sure that he has a buffer for this natural occuring
event. Now, on the west coast, I don't believe you get the rainfall
amounts that we do here but the PH of ground water should still be under
6.0 which, in my mind , would lower the PH over the growing season. I
know that the general rule for farmers around here is to add at least 2
tons per acre of lime each year just to maintain their PH......Ken
Reinsborough, N.B., Canada
George Webster wrote:
> Question.......If you water your patch all summer
> long with thousands of gallons of water that
> has an extremely high or low ph, will this
> effect the growth of your pumpkins ?
>
> For example.........assume my soil ph is 6.6
> and I start watering from a well that has a
> ph of 4.5 or 5.0.......will my garden soil be
> effected after months of pouring on this low
> ph water ?
> Will my soil ph start dropping down in to
> that "low zone" where the nutrients in the
> soil will not be available to my plants ?
>
> Should the ph of the water that we are all
> pouring on our patch be a major concern
> to us ?
>
> George
> Napa, Ca
>
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