Think i have a problem with PH in water

[blazed24sevn]

OK, ever since i started using this new brand bottle water for watering, leaves on my plant started turnin yellow with brown spots at the bottom, and growing upwards, making leaves dry out and curling upwards. I just tested this new water and it says the PH is alot higher than the other bottle water i was using. Is there anyway I can lower the PH of this water or do i need to find somthing different??

 

[DragonPhoenix]

Sure - pH adjust down. There are tons of products to do this or you can use stuff you would have around the house but I'd really recommend getting a product designed to do this and a pH meter.

 

[blazed24sevn]

Sure - pH adjust down. There are tons of products to do this or you can use stuff you would have around the house but I'd really recommend getting a product designed to do this and a pH meter.

ya im broke as hell. I all i really got is a ph reader that we use for our pool. Ill just try to find some water with a lower Ph unless there is somthing around the house that will work. All our tap is alittle high too!

 

[Red Eyed Blonde]

Using a little Vinegar to lower the PH of the water has worked for me. I'm sure you have some of that around the house.

 

[norcalkronic]

distilled white vinegar if posssible

 

[Hawaiian kind]

I think you can use a lemon just a few drops per gal, i use the ph down its cheap and last forever

 

[BigBudBalls]

OK, ever since i started using this new brand bottle water for watering, leaves on my plant started turnin yellow with brown spots at the bottom, and growing upwards, making leaves dry out and curling upwards. I just tested this new water and it says the PH is alot higher than the other bottle water i was using. Is there anyway I can lower the PH of this water or do i need to find somthing different??

Uh, stop using that brand of water?

(Maximum Yield, in a recent issue, states NOT to use vinegar to lower pH)

 

[switch10]

I used vinegar for a while to lower my p.h., but it always went back up. got me some P.H. down. It's the shit.

 

[blazed24sevn]

I used vinegar for a while to lower my p.h., but it always went back up. got me some P.H. down. It's the shit.

ill add soem vinegar to the water and test it, see if it works. Cant afford any ph down and i dont buy the water. Idk fuck it im blazed

 

[norcalkronic]

i think you guys may be correct about the vinegar. Ive only used it on clones but did notice my ph would rise after a few days.
The reason i didnt use ph down for clones was because it is so concentrated that when dealing with a gallon it seriously takes like a drop or two. It is much easier to just add like a spoon full of vinegar.
I now realize that not only is vinegar not very effective it adds a shit ton of ppm to your water. In the future I will just use an eye dropper for the small stuff instead.

Also do you think the suggestion of lemon juice would replicate ph down better?
My ph down sure smells like sour lemon juice.

Thanks for the insight and ideas.

 

[switch10]

i think you guys may be correct about the vinegar. Ive only used it on clones but did notice my ph would rise after a few days.
The reason i didnt use ph down for clones was because it is so concentrated that when dealing with a gallon it seriously takes like a drop or two. It is much easier to just add like a spoon full of vinegar.
I now realize that not only is vinegar not very effective it adds a shit ton of ppm to your water. In the future I will just use an eye dropper for the small stuff instead.

Also do you think the suggestion of lemon juice would replicate ph down better?
My ph down sure smells like sour lemon juice.

Thanks for the insight and ideas.

with lemon juice I had the same ph fluctuations

 

[EyezofSnake]

most acids have a sour smell/test

acetic acid(vinegar) is a weak acid and will not fully disassociate in water.

Water that is full of magnesium and calcium is highly buffered and resilient to pH down... meaning even though you add pH down and your pH tests out alright, it will most likely creep back up to where it was within 24 hours.

use purified water and a cal/mg supplement.