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organic ways you to lower Ph?
« on: November 09, 2016, 11:58:14 AM »
I do coffee grind, egg shells, and old tea leaves.  I'm a big loose tea drinker.  I save all my used tea leaves and do one big pot at the end of the month.  Plants and trees would radiant and get all perky the next day the same way after I give it fish/seaweed. 

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2016, 12:19:45 PM »
 Cottonseed meal and sulphur works great.

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2016, 01:15:11 PM »
Sulfur.
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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2016, 01:55:21 PM »
Sulfur.
Slow acting, but does the job.

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2016, 02:03:32 PM »
Yep, it's also organic. Tiger 90 has an OMRI listed version. I've used close to 3,000 pounds of it at this point. Works wonders but does require some patience.
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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2016, 06:11:14 PM »
thanks I will try it

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2016, 07:40:56 PM »
Lots of organic mulch will lbuffer ph over time.  casuarina needles work great.  And sulphur. I have also used dry humates with good success.

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2016, 09:25:13 PM »
Yah, the trick I used was to build a 9 - 12 inch layer of compost, then hit it with sulfur to bring the pH down into the 5's. Took me like 10 years and 50 to 60 dump truck loads of tree trimmer mulch though :-).
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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2016, 10:22:53 PM »
I found my Abiu was having problems with higher levels of pH so I got a bucket of partly broken down leaves from my swamp (predominantly Paperbark leaves) and soaked them in water for a week. Then watered the Abiu with that and left the leaves as mulch for it. The Abiu picked up remarkably quickly. Can't get more organic than that.

Most leaves break down into low pH compounds but some leaves do it more strongly.

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2016, 11:43:15 AM »
I found my Abiu was having problems with higher levels of pH so I got a bucket of partly broken down leaves from my swamp (predominantly Paperbark leaves) and soaked them in water for a week. Then watered the Abiu with that and left the leaves as mulch for it. The Abiu picked up remarkably quickly. Can't get more organic than that.

Most leaves break down into low pH compounds but some leaves do it more strongly.

lol think I will get into trouble if I hit the marshland reserves.  hahaha Think that's why my uncle told me to do the left over tea leaves. 

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Re: organic ways you to lower Ph?
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2016, 02:30:53 AM »
Takes a lot of cups of tea to get a bucket load of tea leaves. Having your own swamp has its advantages. Also have a creek with flood flats, but not everyone considers you right in the head when you choose real estate like that,  8)