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  • From: "Jeff Lowenfels" <jeff@gardener.com>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] soil pH
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:17:26 -0800

Fungi produce acids and nitrogen in NH4+ form. Bacteria produce a slime which is alkaline and nitrogen in NO3-form if there are nitrogen fixing bacteria around the area...which there will be if the pH is alkaline.  These also impact the pH in the root zone.
 
Jeff l



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