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pH of Martian Soils
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Juramike View Member Profile	Jun 25 2008, 12:18 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345	We'll soon know what kinds of crops we can grow on Mars! Bonus, the fruits will be already freeze-dried! Handy list of preferred pH's of common garden plants. -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/

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Juramike WCL (Wet Chemistry Lab) sample Jun 25 2008, 12:18 AM

CosmicRocker That's really a difficult question to answer, ... Jun 25 2008, 06:28 AM

djellison 'Don't know, it'll be interesting to f... Jun 25 2008, 09:38 AM

Doc Considering the fact that there is water ice and s... Jun 25 2008, 10:08 AM

tuvas My money is on fairly acidic. Jun 25 2008, 01:49 PM

BrianL Oh man, my camp is dead last! The curse of the... Jun 25 2008, 03:32 PM

centsworth_II The results indicate that, as a group.... we don... Jun 25 2008, 03:40 PM

peter59 The robotic arm has just delivered the first sampl... Jun 25 2008, 08:44 PM

Cargo Cult The universe's first, interplanetary Pot Noodl... Jun 25 2008, 09:02 PM

djellison Poll = Fail The results from the first sample... Jun 26 2008, 05:52 PM

tedstryk Someone spilled the baking soda....that explains a... Jun 26 2008, 06:00 PM

Juramike QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 26 2008, 01:00 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 06:48 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 26 2008, 07:48 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 07:54 PM

Juramike QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 26 2008, 02:54 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 08:04 PM

ugordan QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 26 2008, 10:04 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 08:05 PM

elakdawalla News: WCL analysis indicates pH of "8 or 9.... Jun 26 2008, 05:52 PM

Bill Harris Not surprising. The pH is a rather quirky paramet... Jun 26 2008, 07:00 PM

TheChemist High -OH does not have to be present in the origin... Jun 26 2008, 07:44 PM

dburt QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jun 26 2008, 12:44 PM... Jun 26 2008, 08:20 PM

djellison Poll now closed, because that would be like...chea... Jun 26 2008, 07:50 PM

Airbag QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 26 2008, 02:50 PM)... Jun 26 2008, 08:50 PM

TheChemist DOI: 10.1306/74D70E75-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D D... Jun 26 2008, 09:18 PM

fredk QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jun 26 2008, 09:18 PM... Jun 26 2008, 09:39 PM

Juramike I was biased by the prospect of acidic windblown d... Jun 26 2008, 09:29 PM

Cargo Cult Apparently we're all going to be eating aspara... Jun 26 2008, 10:31 PM

bcory QUOTE (Cargo Cult @ Jun 26 2008, 06:31 PM... Jun 26 2008, 11:52 PM

Juramike QUOTE (Cargo Cult @ Jun 26 2008, 05:31 PM... Jun 27 2008, 02:42 AM

djellison "The 1 cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of soil wa... Jun 26 2008, 10:36 PM

Cargo Cult QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 27 2008, 12:36 AM)... Jun 26 2008, 10:55 PM

JRehling The free-style mixing of standard units and metric... Jun 26 2008, 11:02 PM

Stephen QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 27 2008, 12:11 AM) Non... Jun 27 2008, 07:40 AM

ngunn I agree. Non-metric has to go. It just acts as a f... Jun 26 2008, 11:11 PM

BrianL QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 26 2008, 06:11 PM) but... Jun 26 2008, 11:47 PM

siravan What does a pH of 8-9 do to the "missing carb... Jun 27 2008, 12:44 AM

dburt QUOTE (siravan @ Jun 26 2008, 05:44 PM) W... Jun 28 2008, 12:30 AM

ngunn Note for admin - the top quote in post 34 there is... Jun 27 2008, 08:08 AM

ngunn Back on the pH, I have a question for the chemists... Jun 27 2008, 11:07 AM

Juramike QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 27 2008, 06:07 AM) Bac... Jun 27 2008, 06:20 PM

TheChemist Just to clarify things I wrote earlier in this thr... Jun 27 2008, 01:39 PM

nprev Hmm. What does this tell us (if anything at all) a... Jun 27 2008, 06:40 PM

Juramike QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 27 2008, 01:40 PM) Hmm... Jun 27 2008, 10:52 PM

dburt QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 27 2008, 11:40 AM) Hmm... Jun 27 2008, 11:16 PM

Bill Harris pH is a quirky parameter and we may be putting too... Jun 28 2008, 12:47 PM

elakdawalla It's not really the media's fault. The Ph... Jun 28 2008, 02:44 PM

TheChemist I really wish the panelists were a bit more conser... Jun 28 2008, 03:15 PM

Bill Harris <sigh>, in a manner of speaking, this ... Jun 28 2008, 04:18 PM

Juramike Well....in one sense the press has picked up on a ... Jun 28 2008, 05:02 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 28 2008, 12:02 PM) ... Jun 28 2008, 06:49 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 28 2008, 12:02 PM) ... Jun 28 2008, 09:55 PM

Juramike QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jun 28 2008, 05:55 P... Jun 28 2008, 11:01 PM

nprev Mike, you consistently amaze me with your ability ... Jun 28 2008, 06:28 PM

Shaka Daisy World, here we come! Jun 28 2008, 11:23 PM

edstrick On a world with a probable history of a magma ocea... Jun 29 2008, 08:56 AM

Bill Harris I don't know much about heavy-metal content of... Jun 29 2008, 01:54 PM

SickNick Full inline quote removed - Admin. An Undifferent... Jun 29 2008, 05:05 PM

dvandorn That's sort of a matter of degree, isn't i... Jun 29 2008, 05:44 PM

jmknapp Just saw this article in the Telegraph: QUOTE Mar... Jun 29 2008, 09:52 PM

Juramike Major elements and trace elements (in order), requ... Jun 29 2008, 10:10 PM

antipode The bizarre flora of long isolated New Caledonia i... Jun 29 2008, 11:11 PM

nprev ...cool mnemonic, Mike! This whole spin-up is... Jun 29 2008, 11:33 PM

Ipparchus Irrelevant and full in line quote of last post rem... Jul 7 2008, 07:35 AM

bergadder " July 7, 2008 -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lan... Jul 8 2008, 01:12 AM

akuo There is a dark image here, but by adjusting brigh... Jul 7 2008, 01:13 PM

TheChemist Some tidbits from the July 1st entry of Dr Tom Pik... Jul 13 2008, 10:20 AM

marsbug I'd guess that the alkaline soil is one piece ... Jul 13 2008, 01:28 PM

gallen_53 QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jul 13 2008, 11:20 AM... Jul 13 2008, 08:59 PM

Shaka Unless you show that the latter "get your lau... Jul 14 2008, 06:56 AM

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