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Ewest,
thanks for the info. I ordered the hach kit and got it in the other day. I tested the water and the 6 tons of lime raised the alkalinity from 17 to 35. I will be spreading lime on the surrounding land to help out too.
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Nice work and thanks for the info. As you know 17 is marginal and 35 is a whole lot better. 200 is optimum but many of us can't get close to that due to soil conditions.
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Our soil conditions allow us to have 180 readings as normal.
Different parts of the country are different!!
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Soil can be very different even only a couple hundred yards away.
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Just wanted to thank yall again and give an update. I got the alk to 35 then we got 6 inches of rain last week and it dropped down to 30. Went ahead and spread 15 tons of lime on surrounding land so hopefully the runoff will help raise alk now instead of lower it.
I also went to the pond yesterday and it was the clearest I have ever seen it. I could see the bottom in 4 ft of water. Not sure what did I it but I like it.
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Cold temps often clear the water or it could be the lime. Keep up with what you see on paper or computer so you will have a time line with results.
Often the effects of new water will change. Alka may go down a bit then rebound after mixing.
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