Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to let my amendments cook before applying them in the future. It takes a few days to brew a fungal tea... so I don't think that adjusting the pH of the water was the wrong choice to try and correct things a little faster.
good advice! Thanks.
edit: I just popped my head in the garden and the plants are visually improving. Moisture levels in the beds are around 40-70mbar, and I don't irrigate again until they're around 150-200mbar. I actually don't even want my beds as saturated as they are, but I was trying to fix the pH issue. Hopefully I don't end up with over-watering issues.
I think you'll be fine with the pH. I didn't think to mention it (nor would I have articulated it so well), but InjectTruth's right on - the chelating effect of the humates and all that jazz, pH is rarely an issue in dirt. That's not to say it can't get sideways, but IME, there would have to be a significant imbalance for things to get terribly wonky.
Great info, IT - I didn't realize that fungal-dominant teas have that affect on pH.
See, bobble, there you go again - another thread that's a good little culture for good info sharing.