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Effects of Carbonic Acid on Bicarbonates in Agricultural Production
A technical analysis answering the critical question: Does carbonic acid for pH control add bicarbonates to water? Addresses farmer concerns with chemistry, research evidence, and 9+ years of field data.
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High Bicarbonate Irrigation Water on Golf Courses
High Bicarbonate Irrigation Water on Golf Courses
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Nanobubbles vs Carbonic Acid for Turf
Nanobubble Technology vs Carbonic Acid Technology for Maintaining Optimal pH for Turf on Golf Courses
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Understanding Black Layer on Golf Course Greens
Understanding Black Layer on Golf Course Greens: Causes and Prevention With Water Quality
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ECO2MIX Research Summary: Carbonated Irrigation Assessment of Grapevine Growth, Nutrient Absorption, and Sugar Accumulation in a Tempranillo Vineyard
ECO2MIX summary of a three-year peer-reviewed study on carbonated irrigation in Tempranillo grapevines. Carbonating water to ~pH 6.5 improved nutrient availability, chlorophyll, yield by 30–42%, and did not raise bicarbonates.
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Carbonated Irrigation in a Tempranillo Vineyard: What the Research Shows
ECO2MIX summarizes a peer-reviewed study on carbonated irrigation water in a Tempranillo grapevine vineyard — covering nutrient absorption, yield improvements, and what it means for inline carbonic acid pH control.
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Comparing Common Methods of Irrigation Water pH Control
Choosing Your Approach: Managing pH in Agricultural Irrigation Water
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Sustainable Water pH Treatment for Almonds
Keeping the almond industry alive and healthy in California. Due to rising costs, uncertain demand, and rising input costs for almonds, growers across California are looking for ways to cut costs and increase production.
Read more → Tom Lipscomb — Golf Course Superintendent Testimonial
Golf course superintendent Tom Lipscomb shares four years of experience bringing an 8.4 pH well down to 6.8 with ECO2MIX — and what happened to the calcium buildup in his pipes and greens.
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Recycled Water, Growing Healthy Strawberries
A field visit to Watsonville, CA where ECO2MIX is treating recycled municipal water for a strawberry grower — proving the system works with well water, district water, and recycled water alike.
Read more → Seven Oaks Country Club — Turf Soil Sampling 2025
ECO2MIX visits Seven Oaks Country Club in Bakersfield, California for their annual spring soil sampling — running BeCrop and Haney tests to track four-plus years of carbonic acid treatment results.
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Silas Rossow — California Ag Solutions Testimonial
Silas Rossow of California Ag Solutions in Madera, CA shares how ECO2MIX's carbonic acid treatment improved soil microbial health and reduced fertilizer inputs for the growers he works with.
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▶ Video How ECO2MIX Tracks Soil Health at Seven Oaks Country Club
ECO2MIX samples soil twice yearly at Seven Oaks CC in Bakersfield — BeCrop for microbial diversity and Haney for nutrient availability. Four years of carbonic acid, and the results keep improving.
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Advancements in Water pH Control – A Look at Carbonic Acid Application
Advancements in Water pH Control – A Look at Carbonic Acid Application
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How We Started Looking at Soil Health
Waldo Moraga, founder of ECO2MIX, explains how the company started as a pH control service — and what farmers started telling them that changed everything.
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TurfNet Webinar: Benefits of Carbonic Acid in Water for Turf Health
Waldo Moraga presents 22 slides on how injecting CO2 to form carbonic acid safely controls water pH, improves soil health, and enhances turf conditions — with live poll results from the TurfNet audience.
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BeCrop Case Study: Results from Two Years of Strawberry Carbonic Acid Application
Over the past two years, we've partnered with Biome Makers to study the co-benefits of carbonic acid-treated water on strawberries. This case study highlights the positive changes we've observed.
Read more → The Secret Ingredient Behind Your Strawberries
A Human Element short film follows a California strawberry farm using ECO2MIX's carbonic acid water treatment — and why Waldo Moraga believes it's as natural as rain.
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▶ Video Silas Rossow on Carbonic Acid, Soil Biology, and Reducing Fertilizer Inputs
Silas Rossow, President of California Ag Solutions, on why carbonic acid makes a larger shift in microbial health than sulfuric acid — and how it reduces fertilizer inputs while improving grower profitability.
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▶ Video Superintendent Tom Lipscomb on Switching to Carbonic Acid at Seven Oaks CC
Tom Lipscomb, superintendent at Seven Oaks Country Club in Bakersfield, explains four years of carbonic acid water pH control — calcium dissolution, pipe cleaning, and pH dropped from 8.4 to 6.8.
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▶ Video Why ECO2MIX Started Tracking Soil Health — And What the Data Shows
ECO2MIX started as a water pH control company. A side-by-side comparison of carbonic acid vs sulfuric acid blocks changed that — CO₂ respiration up 64%, microbial diversity up 13%. Here is the story behind the data.
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▶ Video The Secret Ingredient Behind Your Strawberries — A California Farm Story
A California strawberry farm story: how carbonic acid replaces sulfuric acid, what Eryn Gray and Waldo Moraga explain about soil health results, and why it matters for nutrient availability.
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ECO2MIX Acid Replacement Technology
ECO2MIX offers a comprehensive equipment and supply capability aimed at replacing sulfuric acid or sulfur burners for pH control of irrigation water systems.
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Irrigation Water Acidification Using Captured CO₂ — An Option to Traditional Acidification Systems
Technical analysis of how captured CO₂ provides an alternative to sulfuric acid and sulfur burners for irrigation water acidification, with benefits for soil health and sustainability.
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On the Equilibrium Concentration Ratio of Carbonic Acid Substances Dissolved in Natural Water
A foundational 1955 study by K. Saruhashi showing how pH and temperature determine the ratio of carbonic acid, bicarbonate, and carbonate in fresh water — with tables and a chart for practical use.
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What is pH?
pH is one of the most important parameters in the solution that delivers water to crops, either through irrigation or through the moisture present in the soil. This matters a lot when defining what ty
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