Good Morning All. To the chemists out there. Where I am the PH of water is very high 10 +. I use rain water almost exclusivly. I have been using vinager to lower PH but its expensive. I have a hydroponics store here but its a driver. they sell a PH dowm liquid consisting of 25% Nitric Acid and 25% sulfuric Acid. I know it does not add up to 100% but thats the ingredients. I assume the balance is water. It does the job. My question is this- Is 100% Citric Acid going to have any ill effects on my plants? I can purchase a product that is 100% citric Acid in granular form from a pool store. Any input is appreciated.
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If you feed your plants 100% citric acid, yes it will kill them.
But if you just use it to lower the pH your plants will be fine.
All I use to lower pH is citric acid.
It doesn't cost me a cent since it grows on trees and I have one right here.
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When I need to lower PH I use sulfuric acid from the plumbing section of a hardware store. Here it is much cheaper than citric acid.Comment
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Are you only feeding with water? No liquid nutrients? If you were giving liquid nutrients the nutrient would lower your water pH.Comment
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I started using citric acid crystals to organically lower pH in soil grows as sulfuric acid can kill beneficial microbes. Never had any problems but I don't need to lower my pH as much as you, my well water runs about 7.5 so I only need less than 1/4 tsp per gallon. Works great.Comment
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