How did you raise with silicate? How much did you have to use to raise a point?
it depends on what brand silica you use as to how much
I used 1 gram per gallon of potassium silicate powder
which is about 1oz per gallon silica blast
silica raises ph of water significantly ... I cant say with accuracy but id say the water ph after adding the silica was ph 8.5 maybe higher.. added it into the soil and a couple hours later the soil ph was up
if you want to wait a couple days I can report back to you on how it works out... I just did it yesterday!
watered it in heavy and it raise the ph from 5.5 - 6.2 on a couple and from 5.8 to 6.4 on the others