Thanks for everything.

I have been aerating via upward pointed returns and it is better 50% better after about 48 plus hours. I am aerating mostly with the autocover on, it is in the 60s up here and I live in a forest.

On the strips still reads 7.2, I suspect the pH was actually lower than I thought or strips read.

I will check for the drop tests but next year will be buying the kits you all recommend for next year

Thanx so much

tasso