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Put down the pH Up. You’re not fighting bad water—you’re fighting plant metabolism. When runoff pH crashes, it’s usually because the plant is pulling cations hard, especially ammonium. Every time roots absorb cations lik...
Put down the pH Up. You’re not fighting bad water—you’re fighting plant metabolism. When runoff pH crashes, it’s usually because the plant is pulling cations hard, especially ammonium. Every time roots absorb cations like K⁺, Ca²⁺, or NH₄⁺, they dump H⁺ into the rhizosphere. That acidification isn’t an error—it’s metabolic exhaust. Buffering it with carbonates treats the symptom, not the cause. Fix the diet instead. Shift nitrogen toward nitrate and let the plant alkalize the root zone naturally from the inside out. Stop treating the sneeze. Cure the cold.
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