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  • From: Miranda Smith <Miranda.Smith AT creativehomeowner.com>
  • To: 'market farming' <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Lowering pH
  • Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:21:40 -0400


You can water with vinegar (5% acetic acid) diluted by half with water. Do
this every watering until the pH comes down to a reasonable level. Some
crops will be marginally OK if you start this now. Cucurbits, for example,
grow best at 7, not 6.5.


Good luck,

Miranda

> ----------
> From: Charlie Shultz
> Reply To: market farming
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:15 AM
> To: market farming
> Subject: Lowering pH
>
> Dear Farm-Friends,
>
> I recently established a few large raised beds for vegetable production in
>
> the Virgin Islands (yes, 12 month growing season). I will soon have a
> complete soil analysis done, but managed to get a pH reading yesterday.
> My
> pH is high, about 8.6. Unfortunately I have already planted my various
> crops and don't know how to lower the pH without stressing the plants.
> Can
> anyone recommend a method for lowering pH in an established veggie bed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Charlie
> Sunny St. Croix
>
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