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On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:16:24 -0500, CanadianCowboyİ
wrote: I didn't add any fertilizer to the pond for the hyacinth. It was my first year last year with these plants. Should I give them any treatment other than throwing them in. Thanks in advance ! Before throwing any fertilizer in, check your pH. If the pH is too high or low, you can throw all the fert. you want in, and the plant will still fail to thrive. ~ jan ~ jan/WA Zone 7a |
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~ janj wrote:
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:16:24 -0500, CanadianCowboyİ wrote: I didn't add any fertilizer to the pond for the hyacinth. It was my first year last year with these plants. Should I give them any treatment other than throwing them in. Thanks in advance ! Before throwing any fertilizer in, check your pH. If the pH is too high or low, you can throw all the fert. you want in, and the plant will still fail to thrive. ~ jan ~ jan/WA Zone 7a Do you know "off hand" what the PH level should be ? What is the most economical way of testing ? What can I do to raise or lower it ? Thanks ! |
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Before throwing any fertilizer in, check your pH. If the pH is too high or
low, you can throw all the fert. you want in, and the plant will still fail to thrive. ~ jan Do you know "off hand" what the PH level should be ? What is the most economical way of testing ? What can I do to raise or lower it ? For most aquatic plants that we hobbyist use, 6.8 - 8.4. As far as a test kit, I like the Hagen/Nutrafin Wide Range test. It tests from 4.5-9.0. One should have on hand a KH test also. Without a good KH reading your pH will jump all over the place. Fixing a pH problem is on a case by case basis, but to raise pH, baking soda works great, plus it adds buffering. To lower pH is a touchier subject and I won't address it at this time, questions need to be asked an answered before preceding with lowering one's pH. ~ jan ) ~ jan/WA Zone 7a |
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~ janj wrote: Fixing a pH problem is on a case by case basis, but to raise pH, baking soda works great, plus it adds buffering. To lower pH is a touchier subject and I won't address it at this time, questions need to be asked an answered before preceding with lowering one's pH. ~ jan ) Too high a pH isn't really a problem. Plants will lower it just by growing through biogenic decalcification. Old water gets more acid with just fish in it too. Loweing pH is not the wisest thinf to do and commercial fish products to do this have nasty side effects. Vinegar can be used, as can nitric or hydrochloric acid. DO NOT do this lightly or without fully understanding what you're doing. It's all good till somebody loses an eye. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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~ janj wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:16:24 -0500, CanadianCowboyİ wrote: I didn't add any fertilizer to the pond for the hyacinth. It was my first year last year with these plants. Should I give them any treatment other than throwing them in. Thanks in advance ! Before throwing any fertilizer in, check your pH. If the pH is too high or low, you can throw all the fert. you want in, and the plant will still fail to thrive. ~ jan News to me. I've not noticed any problem with a pH bewteen 4.5 and 9. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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especially, I've seen it die when pH hit 8.5 and up. Other plants in the
The first question I'd ask is what is causing the pH to get thaty high. It may be the chemical making the ph change that's thwe problem not the pH itself. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:18:57 +0000 (UTC), (Richard Sexton) wrote:
The first question I'd ask is what is causing the pH to get thaty high. It may be the chemical making the ph change that's thwe problem not the pH itself. Exactly! That's why you don't give out the fix-it info, till you get all the info about the pond from the person with the problem. ~ jan ~ jan/WA Zone 7a |
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