What is the effect of baking soda, Sunkist, and lemon juice on plants?

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I believe the baking soda, Sunkist,and lemon juice would kill the plant. It would kill the plant, because plants only need water to live. I know this because.............

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Answer 1

Baking soda is a base lemon is acid. You will be changing the soils pH. Soil nutrients are most available when the soil pH is 6.5.

Your experiment is testing the effects of pH changes in the soil on how well a plant continues to grow with the nutrients bound in acidic or alkaline soils.

Nutrient availability in relation to soil pH

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/k...

Plant Nutrients

http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrl...

pH effects on soil

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distributio...

Nutrient deficiency symptoms of plants

http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.ns...

Soil pH and Interpretation

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/...

Hints on getting reliable pH readings

http://www.improve-your-garden-soil.com/...  

http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/...

http://www.northscaping.com/InfoZone/IS-...