ascorbic acid.

mauricem00

mauricem00

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I have been reading a lot lately about the effects of ascorbic acid (vitamin C ) on plants. one study found that adding vitamin C to poor soil increased levels of minerals and nutrients in plant leaves. plant also use metabolites of vitamin C in photosensitive.I recently changed to organic growing using espoma plant tone and tomato tone. these contain microbes that help the plant absorb nutrients and minerals and was wondering if adding vitamin C would further help in the absorption of minerals and nutrients. it seems the highly processed chemical plant foods are more easily absorbed by plants but microbes would help break down organic nutrients into a form plants can easily absorb and these studies indicate that vitamin C would have a similar effect.has anyone tried adding ascorbic acid to their soil in addition to beneficial microbes?
 
SouthCross

SouthCross

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I've used it tap water and added it to compost tea. 1000mg to five gallons water. About a gram added to a 4 gallon tea. Everything looked the same. I'm sure it's beneficial but I never saw any difference.
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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I don't know that you'd see much of a noticeable benefit, apple cider vinegar would have the same acidic effect on your water, and I believe it would have more benefits for your plants, but again, I don't think you'll get anything noticeable out of it.
 
MistaRasta

MistaRasta

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Use citric acid or like @Rasta Roy said, Acv.

These compounds help untie complexes in the soil very easily. I use citric acid in place of fulvic every once in a while.
 
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3GT

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RayRay747 said:
I always thought it did. I do use it to try and remove chloramine in the water. I also slow boil the water to remove chloramine.

At least that is what my research found.
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I use ascorbic acid as pH down as it's an acid.. pH of 3.5 iirc

Nutribiotic ascorbic acid (crystalline powder)
 
RayRay747

RayRay747

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GreenLogician said:
All you people's talking about removing chloramine - I've been using a product called AmQuel - any good?
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I’m no pro by far but me personally growing as organic as possible i would not use this product as it’s not truly focused on a plants life and is too far away from being organic as I’d like. Just my opinion. i personally would rather use orange slices (if this does work) or ascorbic.
 
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GreenLogician

GreenLogician

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I dig it. I'm going for organic too, but my only reason is to promote a healthy living soil, so I'm okay with a pretty broad range of things :)
Good point about it not being a plant-focused product
 
RayRay747

RayRay747

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GreenLogician said:
I dig it. I'm going for organic too, but my only reason is to promote a healthy living soil, so I'm okay with a pretty broad range of things :)
Good point about it not being a plant-focused product
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let us know what you end up going with. I’m always curious to add good stuff to my regimen.
 
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