adding vinegar to water?

adding vinegar to water?#231066

By tilelayer -  Sat May 23, 2015 11:11 pm
Posts:  87
Joined:  Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:53 am

- Sat May 23, 2015 11:11 pm #231066

The place i buy my traps from their website says to add white vinegar to the distilled water. I must say they have the healthiest looking traps out of all the traps i buy, they grow them in NC. anyone familar with this?

Thanks

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231069

By kcbugs -  Sat May 23, 2015 11:29 pm
Posts:  538
Joined:  Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:07 pm

- Sat May 23, 2015 11:29 pm #231069

Sounds interesting. Never heard of it. Would be interested tho learn more.

My Growlist http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/kcbug ... 24441.html
Photos of my plants http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/a-gre ... 24062.html

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231075

By Matt -  Sun May 24, 2015 2:11 am
Location:  near Festus, Missouri
Posts:  22523
Joined:  Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:28 pm

- Sun May 24, 2015 2:11 am #231075

Vinegar would simply lower the pH of the water. Flytraps do best if the pH is between 4.5 and 6. I use vinegar for lowering the pH of tissue culture media. I've also used pH Down (which is a type of acid) in water to lower it for plants in soil.

My Growlist
FlytrapStore YouTube
FlytrapStore Facebook
FlytrapStore Instagram

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231076

By tilelayer -  Sun May 24, 2015 3:07 am
Posts:  87
Joined:  Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:53 am

- Sun May 24, 2015 3:07 am #231076

If one were to add vinegar to their water how do you know how many parts vinegar to water you need?

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231081

By Feline56565 -  Sun May 24, 2015 4:43 am
Posts:  73
Joined:  Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:32 pm

- Sun May 24, 2015 4:43 am #231081

Try a pH meter, best/most accurate method. OR look up pH chemistry problems on Youtube. Using specific ml of water and ml of vinegar oil, then you can use those concentrations to find the pH level.

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231107

By Matt -  Sun May 24, 2015 2:25 pm
Location:  near Festus, Missouri
Posts:  22523
Joined:  Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:28 pm

- Sun May 24, 2015 2:25 pm #231107

Yeah, you'll need a pH meter to do it right. Most of the time, tap water has a pH of around 7, but without any way to measure, it's impossible to know what sort of minerals might be in tap water in any given region that would affect how much acid (vinegar) would be needed to adjust the pH to the desired level.

My Growlist
FlytrapStore YouTube
FlytrapStore Facebook
FlytrapStore Instagram

Re: adding vinegar to water?#231125

By tilelayer -  Sun May 24, 2015 5:53 pm
Posts:  87
Joined:  Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:53 am

- Sun May 24, 2015 5:53 pm #231125

i have a meter, i measured the soil every plant i have comes in a 7 on came in at 6.7. The meter is digital. i added some vinegar to my water and watered the plants. wondering what will happen. I do use ro water on my plants btw

Re: adding vinegar to water?#298697

By Mpdambra -  Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:35 pm
Posts:  2
Joined:  Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:29 pm

- Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:35 pm #298697

Interestingly enough I accidently spilled some vinnegar directly into my akai ryu when I was cleaning some mineral deposits off of a fishtank. I noticed a day later a lot of dead leaves and many more still dying.
I decided to repot the plants and found that they had suffered quite a lot when looking at the rhizomes.

Re: adding vinegar to water?#299142

By Fishkeeper -  Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:51 pm
Posts:  793
Joined:  Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:59 pm

- Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:51 pm #299142

Pure vinegar is very bad for plants because of the acidity. You can use it as a weed killer.

Sorry for vanishing. Life happened. Might vanish again.

FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums