Garden chemistry and soil testing
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Garden chemistry and soil testing
How would you test soil pH if you weren't allowed to "buy a kit" ... nor are you allowed to "watch what thrives under certain acidity conditions".
All you get are commonly sourced household chemicals. So?
All you get are commonly sourced household chemicals. So?
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Surly someone in your neighborhood has a swimming pool. Borrow their tester.
Alternatively....
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/make-y ... st-soil-ph
Alternatively....
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/make-y ... st-soil-ph
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Re: Garden chemistry and soil testing
Couldn't you just add vinegar or baking soda soon to a soil sample to get alkaline vs acidic soil.
Not sure how exact PH would be measured. Isn't ph a measure of h plus ions or something like that?
Not sure how exact PH would be measured. Isn't ph a measure of h plus ions or something like that?
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Ha..i guess you could also try and vomit on the soil..stomach acid is hcl:)
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"Generally speaking, acidic soil, with a pH lower than 6.0, yields blue or lavender-blue hydrangea blooms. Alkaline soil, with a pH above 7.0, promotes pinks and reds. With a pH between 6 and 7, the blooms turn purple or bluish-pink. To lower your pH, add garden sulfur or aluminum sulfate to your soil."
Plant one and be done.
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Make your own pH indicator solution! Red cabbage juice contains a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution. Red cabbage juice indicator is easy to make, exhibits a wide range of colors, and can be used to make your own pH paper strips."
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Plant one and be done.
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Make your own pH indicator solution! Red cabbage juice contains a natural pH indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution. Red cabbage juice indicator is easy to make, exhibits a wide range of colors, and can be used to make your own pH paper strips."
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Curry Powder
Curry contains the pigment curcumin, which changes from yellow at pH 7.4 to red at pH 8.6.
Geraniums contain the anthocyanin pelargonin, which changes from orange-red in an acidic solution to blue in a basic solution.
Morning Glories
Morning glories contain a pigment named 'heavenly blue anthocyanin' which changes from purplish-red at pH 6.6 to blue at pH 7.7.
Curry contains the pigment curcumin, which changes from yellow at pH 7.4 to red at pH 8.6.
Geraniums contain the anthocyanin pelargonin, which changes from orange-red in an acidic solution to blue in a basic solution.
Morning Glories
Morning glories contain a pigment named 'heavenly blue anthocyanin' which changes from purplish-red at pH 6.6 to blue at pH 7.7.
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Mix it with some warm milk and observe whether or not it curdles?
Run water through the soil in a drip coffee maker and taste the results?
Borrow some ejaculate from a male friend, mix it with the soil, and observe the death rate of the sperm with a microscope?
Run water through the soil in a drip coffee maker and taste the results?
Borrow some ejaculate from a male friend, mix it with the soil, and observe the death rate of the sperm with a microscope?
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Taste it. If you really want to go Spartan.
I actually saw an ag chemist do this in the field when he didn't have ph paper.
I was just a kid but it was pretty shocking watching a grown man "eat" dirt. He quickly rinsed his mouth with water of course.
The guy then suggested we deal with our alkaline soil with some amelioration that I cannot recall.
I actually saw an ag chemist do this in the field when he didn't have ph paper.
I was just a kid but it was pretty shocking watching a grown man "eat" dirt. He quickly rinsed his mouth with water of course.
The guy then suggested we deal with our alkaline soil with some amelioration that I cannot recall.
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+17Wannabe5 wrote: Borrow some ejaculate from a male friend, mix it with the soil, and observe the death rate of the sperm with a microscope?
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Re: Garden chemistry and soil testing
Are there actually charts relating ambient pH with rate of sperm death? No way I'm Googling that one.
Why couldn't Jacob use his own? Shooting blanks like me?
Why couldn't Jacob use his own? Shooting blanks like me?