Duncan Dumbreck
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Hi all
So I have been experimenting with various ways of reducing pH naturally. I have been using RO water, and putting various things in it. The obvious ones are oak leaves and peat, but by way of an experiment I put some wood chips in some. It had a far greater effect than anything else. acheiving a pH of around 4.2!!! (oak leaves got to 4.8.)
My question is, would there be anything wrong with using wood chips in place of peat/oak leaves? Might there be other chemicals in them which makes it a bad idea?
Also which of the above methods produce the most stable pH?
So I have been experimenting with various ways of reducing pH naturally. I have been using RO water, and putting various things in it. The obvious ones are oak leaves and peat, but by way of an experiment I put some wood chips in some. It had a far greater effect than anything else. acheiving a pH of around 4.2!!! (oak leaves got to 4.8.)
My question is, would there be anything wrong with using wood chips in place of peat/oak leaves? Might there be other chemicals in them which makes it a bad idea?
Also which of the above methods produce the most stable pH?