I was recently told that if you have no rainwater for lime hating plants you can add vinegar to tap water. Would this work and if

so what would be a suitable amount of vinegar to add? Thank you. I have recently bought a Gardenia Jasminoides and hope to keep it alive!

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 03/26/2020 @ 1:03 pm

Here are some other tips to lower the soil pH. For vinegar, water plants several times with a solution of 2 tablespoons vinegar to a gallon of water.

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