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corky1968 · 08-07-2016, 10:01 PM

I've read that raising the pH of soil is financially feasible to do as limestone is fairly cheap.

On the other hand, acidifying large amounts of pH basic soil like a huge field isn't.

baduy · 08-07-2016, 10:07 PM

This week I'll be going to one of my spots might be possible to take a picture of some interesting concretions in the river.I'll contact you when i'll have reached 50 messages but I don't want to flood.
I believe it could be of use to bring minerals in a soil mix if very careful with quantities but I find funny ( not in a sense like weird,no,just funny like it's funny) one could find desirable such a soil my lower back pays a hard tribute to

How I'd be happy if I could trade a bit of sunshine against some good Alaskan humus.

slownickel · 08-07-2016, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by corky1968

I've read that raising the pH of soil is financially feasible to do as limestone is fairly cheap.

On the other hand, acidifying large amounts of pH basic soil like a huge field isn't.

Corky,

Most folks get way too preocupied with pH. I farm at a pH of 7.8 all day long and have yields that most folks can't even imagine along with quality second to none. Don't get too worried about pH.

baduy · 08-07-2016, 10:24 PM

acidifying large amounts of pH basic soil has been literally my Sisyphus boulder once, you can do this for the short term,adding generous amounts of humus,compost,heather earth,peat etc but it wont be stable you will have to do it over and over as the soil eats everything.
On the other hand a few handfulls of lime powder in a backpack is enough to correct a small field.

corky1968 · 08-07-2016, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by slownickel

Corky,

Most folks get way too preocupied with pH. I farm at a pH of 7.8 all day long and have yields that most folks can't even imagine along with quality second to none. Don't get too worried about pH.

Sounds like somebody is yelling at me again.

Anything under pH 8.0 is good.

I was hinting about some high pH soils that have a pH level of higher than 8.5.

Luckily, they aren't common.

Btw: These Dolomite mountains are very nice.

baduy · 08-07-2016, 10:43 PM

As you said. Now I stopped with wanting to correct that,instead I just try to grow plants who don't care too much about it,my biggest concern is resistance to water absorption once dry and getting rid of rocks,those ones are of no use even for mulching,never find a flat one. next year I still want to try some kind of sweet tooth/grapefruit but this time I'll grow them in big pots that's all.
I water with water from the river and you can be sure it's high in Ca,Mg. I don't use acid to correct PH would be a drop in the ocean anyway.
No such soil in the US?

slownickel · 08-07-2016, 11:01 PM

Sure, soils like this in California, Colorado, Arizona, places with very low rainfall.

Manivelle · 08-08-2016, 10:15 PM

hi
do you need some info for a large scale grow op ? or for a guerilla ?
please xplain your project and post pics . may be we could help you more

plantingplants · 03-24-2017, 09:17 PM

Anything come of this?

08-07-2016, 10:24 PM	#14
baduy Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: 43N Posts: 300	acidifying large amounts of pH basic soil has been literally my Sisyphus boulder once, you can do this for the short term,adding generous amounts of humus,compost,heather earth,peat etc but it wont be stable you will have to do it over and over as the soil eats everything. On the other hand a few handfulls of lime powder in a backpack is enough to correct a small field.
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corky1968 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Living in a Trichome. These are the Best Homes in the World. Posts: 2,695	I've read that raising the pH of soil is financially feasible to do as limestone is fairly cheap. On the other hand, acidifying large amounts of pH basic soil like a huge field isn't.
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baduy Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: 43N Posts: 300	This week I'll be going to one of my spots might be possible to take a picture of some interesting concretions in the river.I'll contact you when i'll have reached 50 messages but I don't want to flood. I believe it could be of use to bring minerals in a soil mix if very careful with quantities but I find funny ( not in a sense like weird,no,just funny like it's funny) one could find desirable such a soil my lower back pays a hard tribute to How I'd be happy if I could trade a bit of sunshine against some good Alaskan humus.
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08-07-2016, 10:43 PM	#16
baduy Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: 43N Posts: 300	As you said. Now I stopped with wanting to correct that,instead I just try to grow plants who don't care too much about it,my biggest concern is resistance to water absorption once dry and getting rid of rocks,those ones are of no use even for mulching,never find a flat one. next year I still want to try some kind of sweet tooth/grapefruit but this time I'll grow them in big pots that's all. I water with water from the river and you can be sure it's high in Ca,Mg. I don't use acid to correct PH would be a drop in the ocean anyway. No such soil in the US?
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08-07-2016, 11:01 PM	#17
slownickel IC Mag Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,149	Sure, soils like this in California, Colorado, Arizona, places with very low rainfall.
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03-24-2017, 09:17 PM	#19
plantingplants Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394	Anything come of this?
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