Like a
human being living on a diet of Tums to neutralize stomach acid, it
is only a short-term fix, a "playing with symptoms", and not a cure
for the problem. With human digestive system problems, you can never
solve the problem by taking Tums (which is lime for human
consumption, right?). Now until you address the CAUSE of constant
acid indigestion will the condition change. So, fix the ulcers, or
change the food being eaten, but address the problem, because
applying lime does not, ever, solve the problem.
What is the CAUSE of<><>
lower-than-desirable-for-the-crop-you-are-trying-to-grow pH? Until
you fix the CAUSE, you will never stop having to apply the toxic
chemical.
Why would most row crops, which need neutral or only slightly
alkaline pH, cause the soil to become more acid? There's something
very wrong there...... yep, the soil is sick. What causes soil to
have an acid pH? What's going on with the organisms in the soil?
Uptake of NITRATE by plants does not acidify the soil. If you want
to invoke scientific papers that "show" that uptake of nitrogen
causes soil to become acid, please pay attention to the fact that
those papers paid no attention to what they were doing with oxygen,
and compaction, in their studies. They incorrectly interpreted the
result of anaerobic conditions developing in their soil with what
goes on with nitrogen uptake and pH.
It is the biology in the soil that determines soil pH.
Until the habitat in the soil is changed so that beneficial bacteria
and fungi are selected for by the soil environment, low pH problems
will eternally haunt you.
So, waste your money every year on more, and more and more chemicals?
That's the definition of a more-on, or moron, farmer, right?
Or fix the CAUSE of the problem, and never again have to apply toxic
chemicals in order to control pH?
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