baking powdwer and yellow brown leaves

[jdwyz]

baking powder and yellow brown leaves

i read that adding baking powder increases ph but my plants did not start turning brownish yellow untill i added this.could this be the prob?whats the diff between addin baking POWDER and baking SODA?

 

[mogurnda]

Baking soda is nice, simple sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), which will act as a gentle carbonate buffer.
I stole this off some baking/chemistry related site:
"Baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and a weak, solid acid, usually cream of tartar (potassium hydrogen tartrate), calcium dihydrogen phosphate, or sodium aluminum sulfate. Actually, most baking powders are "double acting." This means that one acid is used that begins to release hydrogen ions when the sample is at room temperature, and a second acid that begins to release significant amounts of hydrogen ions when the product is heated."
I have no idea what this will do, but it probably won't be good.

I misread and thought you were adding baking SODA. I bet that's your problem.

 

[jdwyz]

i guess it goes to show dont believe everythig you read on the net go to the link below and read what this guy wrote in his article.i thought i misread the part about adding baking power and should have been putting baking soda,but no it firmly states baking powder so ill assume this guy is confused or something.i know it sure screwed my plants up.i should have consulted here first. heres the link read for your selves

http://www.intellweb.com/gcka/water4.htm