Limeade to bring MY pH levels up?

Hey RiU...so you can use lemons (down) and limes (up) to manipulate the pH levels in our water/soil is that correct?

...so I was grocery shopping today and grabbed some Limeade hoping it would bring my own Ph levels up. Silly? Possible? Any thoughts?

(Tastes good anyway I like that "Simply...[orange, lemon, lime]" brand not from concentrate. Everything they make is yummy.)

PS: I am adding this post script because I am afraid I was not clear enough about my intentions. I aim to bring up ph level in my body, not in my plants.

Im going to go ahead and say probably not considering that the sugars will are not real and all it is is Corn syrup Citric Acid and Lots of Preservitves, Im not sure corn syrup would be a good idea for your plants.

Lime fruit will lower your ph because of the citric acid, while garden lime (the chemical) will raise the ph. You can use vinegar to lower and calcium bicarbonate (baking soda) to raise the ph, just be careful not to use baking powder because your buds will turn into little muffins.

Turns out both Lemons and Limes are alkaline and will bring your body's Ph Up! The ingredients in my Limeade are: Water, Natural Sugars, Lime Juice (12%)... no citric acid or corn syrup (once again big ups to the "Simply" brand.) However there are sugars and those are acidic. I will buy some ph test strips from my pharmacy and do myself a study but I venture to guess limeade will bring my alkaline levels up. Will keep you all posted.

Here is a list of alkaline and acidic foods.
http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/acidalkfoods.html

Hey ak and homegrown - I'm asking about limeade and levels in my body not in my plants. Sorry I didn't make that clear...but thanks for the 411 on how to level my plants. Insightful all the same!

IXOYE said:

Turns out both Lemons and Limes are alkaline

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I'm sorry, but that's simply not true. In fact, it's the furthest thing from the truth. Don't believe me? Pour a few drops of lemon or lime juice onto some baking soda and watch what happens.

Still don't believe me? Google "lemon juice pH".

Sorry lemon=ph down
Baking soda=ph up

Acording to Dr. Robert Young, "It is often said that 'acidic' fruits like lemons, limes and grapefruits will acidify the blood and tissues. In fact, the citric, lactic, and other acids in such low sugar fruits - unlike high sugar fruits - exsist primarily in their anionic (basic or electron) form, especially as their Na+ and K+ salts (e.g., potassium citrate). Following absorption, these anions (bases or electrons) are metabolized to sodium bicarbonate. Thus, lemons, limes and grapefruits alkalinize - not acidify - blood and tissues."

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They are acidic but due to absorption and metabolizing within the body they "alkalinize" blood and tissue. And no it won't work the same because of the high sugar content in the drink. The juice has to be in it's natural state. And you cannot bring your ph up in soil or hydro by using limes (the fruit). I think you're confusing that with lime which is an inorganic material derived from limestone.

No reason to be sorry dsm and beardo - I'm asking your thoughts
Thanks carne - that makes a lot of sense.

We don't worry about ph with our system, but as an experiment we squeezed some orange into some of our distilling water and with a few squeezes the ph was lowered by 1.5 - 2 points. A lot like you we thought, "It works!"

you can use wood ash to raise ph if you know what your doing