pjt
3rd November 2016, 02:03 AM
I was ferreting about in amongst the mulch were I disturbed a patch of fungas, I decided to test the PH of a lump of it, they tell us that fungi produce acids so I was interested to see if that was the case
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A colour of yellow is about 5, (acid) if you look closely there is a little bit of green, this is moving towards 6, so based on my very basic backyard test it would seem to be the case that fungi do produce acids. I wonder how much effect fungi has on soil PH? I tested some compost as well....
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A little bit of purple ~9 (alkaline) but mostly grey ~8, hot compost made from just grass clippings would have been a definate 9, this compost has been made with the inclusion of tree trimmings from the tree loppers, this compost is still relatively fresh so most likely still some bacteria activity which produce alkaline substances but it would seem that the fungi that is at work on the woody material are moving the PH towards neutral, this is good.
Pete
398787
A colour of yellow is about 5, (acid) if you look closely there is a little bit of green, this is moving towards 6, so based on my very basic backyard test it would seem to be the case that fungi do produce acids. I wonder how much effect fungi has on soil PH? I tested some compost as well....
398786
A little bit of purple ~9 (alkaline) but mostly grey ~8, hot compost made from just grass clippings would have been a definate 9, this compost has been made with the inclusion of tree trimmings from the tree loppers, this compost is still relatively fresh so most likely still some bacteria activity which produce alkaline substances but it would seem that the fungi that is at work on the woody material are moving the PH towards neutral, this is good.
Pete