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Old 14-03-2008, 06:05 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What acids are they?

"Donwill" wrote
In acid soil and peat what are the acids that make it so?
Carbonic? a bit weak perhaps?
Nitric?
Wouldn't be Sulphuric.
Can't believe it would be Hydrochloric.
Any ideas, and where would it come from.

Not quite that simple, see...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_pH

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