Watch out for strippers
June 10, 2023
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If you have an irrigation water with a pHc (more about pHc later) above 8.4, chances are you have heard that water described as a "stripper." No, not the type of stripper that takes clothes off for money, but the type of stripper that precpitates calcium and magnesium from the soil exchange sites as carbonates in the soil. In some cases, when the pHc is higher than 8.4, lime will be recommended or even gypsum…