pH of water...
Gardening outside for the first time and I bought one of those soil
test kits to see if there was anything unusual. Of course when I opened it found it required distilled water--had none in the house. I'll have to run out for some tues or wed. For a lark I performed a pH test on the house water which I use to water plants. it showed a pH of 8.0. Has anyone performed a pH test on their water and found similar results? I'm wondering if this is normal for city/suburb water or whether this will result in a higher pH as i continue watering plants. I'll know better if it has affected my soil from the last two months of watering when i test it later this week. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) |
pH of water...
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:48:36 -0400, DigitalVinyl
wrote: Gardening outside for the first time and I bought one of those soil test kits to see if there was anything unusual. Of course when I opened it found it required distilled water--had none in the house. I'll have to run out for some tues or wed. For a lark I performed a pH test on the house water which I use to water plants. it showed a pH of 8.0. Has anyone performed a pH test on their water and found similar results? I'm wondering if this is normal for city/suburb water or whether this will result in a higher pH as i continue watering plants. I'll know better if it has affected my soil from the last two months of watering when i test it later this week. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) That's about normal, city water departments treat the water so it runs about 8.0, this is to lessen corrosion damage in their distribution systems. there is a lot of discussion about thin in the aquarium groups. _ - Charles - -does not play well with others |
pH of water...
very common. they add sodium hydroxide to bring the pH up so the water wont leach
lead or other metals outta old pipes. Ingrid DigitalVinyl wrote: For a lark I performed a pH test on the house water which I use to water plants. it showed a pH of 8.0. Has anyone performed a pH test on their water and found similar results? I'm wondering if this is normal for city/suburb water or whether this will result in a higher pH as i continue watering plants. I'll know better if it has affected my soil from the last two months of watering when i test it later this week. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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