GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - Potted plant pH too high -- how to adjust?

02-12-2005, 04:48 AM posted to rec.gardens

(Spud Demon) wrote:

The plant has been in the same soil for over a year but the problem is more
recent. All I added was water (through a new hose) and fertilizer. But
it's an undrained pot, maybe that has something to do with the pH going
crazy.

An undrained pot is going to kill the plant. First, salts in the water
build up to toxic levels. Second, the roots drown in the water in the
pot. Unless you have a bog plant, the plant is doomed. If it is a bog
plant, it will take a little longer to kill. Either drill a hole in the
bottom or move to a pot with a hole.

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