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  • From: John Smith <friendly27sw@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] PH? potted citrus
  • Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:29:33 -0800 (PST)

Where I live we have really hard, alkaline water.
This isn't very scientific but I bought a quart of
"liquid iron 4.6% and soil acidifier" a year ago at
Lowes for $4 and add about a tablespoon to a quart of
water every couple months to my potted plants that
were becoming chlorotic (orange, hibiscus, and
ornamental pepper primarily) and it's done wonders,
although I'm still getting a mineral buildup in the
pots from our water... I think I need to drench them
and try and leach it out, but the iron and acidity
have really improved plant health.
zone 5b central MO

--- Hal Love <lovehd@comcast.net> wrote:

> You could also use water that has been through a
> de-ionizing filter. Our
> household water goes through such a filter. In
> addition to improving
> (removing?) the taste of the water, it removes most
> of the calcium and
> magnesium (and chlorine). It seems to work well for
> our potted indoor
> plants. The filter only needs replacing once a year
> @ $75, although our
> water is only moderately hard.
>
> Hal
> zn 6b TN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:30 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] PH? potted citrus
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a couple of potted citrus and I have a PH
> question.
> >
> > Our water is hard, heavy with calcium. By
> watering the potted citrus with
> > this water it sweetens the soil. Citurs like
> slightly acidic soil. I
> > believe this hard water is stunting my potted
> citrus.
> >
> > Is there a means to either make my water slightly
> acid or top dress the
> > soil with an an acidifying amendment?
> >
> > The plants do very well outside with natural rain
> water during the summer,
> > but coming indoors with hard water seems to set
> them back.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Possibly "Jobes" makes
> acidifying soil sticks? Is
> > melted snow acidic like rain water?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
>
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