Sulfur Burners | Vermigrow

Agua Dulce

Benefits of Sulfur Burners:

Most plants require a specific pH in order to grow properly.
Treating untreated water with a sulfur burner drops the pH instantly
Lowering the pH with acid will reduce the bicarbonates.

Benefits of Breaking Down Bicarbonates:

Bicarbonates (HCO3) bond with calcium and other elements in the water and soil. This bond ties up beneficial elements so they are no longer available to the plants.
Using acid to neutralize the bicarbonates in the water, helps free up the minerals and nutrients in the water.
Bicarbonates tie up the nutrients in the water and are not allowing them to be utilized when the irrigation water hits the soil. This is why you see a lot of times the water sitting on top of the soil and not going deeper to the roots.

Purposes of the Technology:

Through the Sweetwater Solution™ (more commonly known as the Sweetwater sulfur burner), the sulfur burner generates sulfurous acid in order to provide the most efficient, simple, safe, and affordable solution to a series of water and soil condition.

The Science of the Agua Dulce Sulfur Burners:

The Problem: Water and soil conditions with high pH level as well as bound-up salts or sodium concentrations. Alkaline water and soil accompanied by high levels of carbonates and bicarbonates.
The Solution: The Sulfur Burner, (which burns elemental sulfur), blends SO2 gas with raw alkaline water, creating a mild solution of sulfurous acid which can lower water pH levels.

Oxidized sulfur creates SO2 gas. The SO2 gas is blended with water to create sulfurous acid (H2SO3). Often times, when diluted with irrigation water, the Sulfurous acid seeks out a dissolved oxygen molecule and creates H2SO4.
The Result: Bicarbonates (HCO3) are often present in irrigation water that is alkali in nature. If the water is acidified using the SS™-10, the bicarbonates will be neutralized.