Source: Eric Prostko, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/10/17


I recently had a discussion in the middle of a corn field about water pH and hardness with a very astute grower from middle Georgia. As I recall, this was also a common topic during my 2017 winter meeting season.  Although pH and hardness are two totally different things, both can have an influence on the performance of herbicides if they are out of whack.
Water pH is a measure of the hydrogen (H+) and hydroxide (OH-) ions in a solution.  

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