Soil runoff 5.5 due to daily watering with ph down?

V256.420

V256.420

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Grow311 said:
I'm not trying to prove you wrong or nothing but a simple google search will yield many articles that claim that RO water not only has 0 minerals, but that it will also leach minerals from the body that you consumed with your food. Might be worth the 15 bucks for the drops just to be safe...
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A simple Google search for FACTS gets me what I need to know. The food you eat gives your body more than enough minerals that keeps your body alive.

FACTS

Here is a link for one of the pieces of shit companies spreading their lies to sell their own products

LIES

Companies that sell water products give you half truths when it comes to R/O water. You get all of your minerals from the food you eat. R/O water does NOT remove minerals from your body. Your BODY removes excess minerals from your body. NOT the R/O water.

Get your facts from science and not companies that want to sell something. Your body needs X minerals a day and normally excretes the rest from your body no matter what water you drink. Stop drinking the Qanon koolaid and look deeper into things.
 
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Grow311

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V256.420 said:
A simple Google search for FACTS gets me what I need to know. The food you eat gives your body more than enough minerals that keeps your body alive.

FACTS

Here is a link for one of the pieces of shit companies spreading their lies to sell their own products

LIES

Companies that sell water products give you half truths when it comes to R/O water. You get all of your minerals from the food you eat. R/O water does NOT remove minerals from your body. Your BODY removes excess minerals from your body. NOT the R/O water.

Get your facts from science and not companies that want to sell something. Your body needs X minerals a day and normally excretes the rest from your body no matter what water you drink. Stop drinking the Qanon koolaid and look deeper into things.
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Lol, your energy is still off. Try to let go of the tension. Also, the link to "facts" is just another company trying to sell products, so you are contradicting yourself. I suggest getting your "facts" from a source that is not affiliated with any business that sells water systems and has a "get a quote" floating on the page. Lol
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Grow311 said:
Lol, your energy is still off. Try to let go of the tension. Also, the link to "facts" is just another company trying to sell products, so you are contradicting yourself. I suggest getting your "facts" from a source that is not affiliated with any business that sells water systems and has a "get a quote" floating on the page. Lol
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Is probably from mineral deficiency. Lol
 
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Grow311

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Just got my RO and installed. My regular tap was at 350. After RO it's at 2. Amazing! Boiled some egg shells in the water and it's back up to 40 ppm. What ppm range do you guys shoot for, for the straight (calcium) waterings?

Somebody said 100-150 I think. I have the seedlings in straight fox farm happy Frog now. Will transplant them into 1 gallons of more happy Frog with earth worm castings and the dr earth starter dry amendments in about a week.

The mid and Bloom dr. Earth dry amendments will follow later. Also got seaweed fertilizer from neptunes harvest.
 
eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

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Grow311 said:
Hey guys, my plants are turning yellow in 3rd week of flower. Trying to determine causes but I think its nute lockout since I've been feeding regularly (not too much at all) and all other conditions seem fine.

Soil water runoff (fox far ocean forest which should be pre phed to 6.3) comes out at 5.5 currently. My water that goes in daily is always phed down to around 6.3 or even up to 6.5 (half a tsp) since my tab water is around 6.8 or higher. Not sure why the runoff ph is so low. Could it be that the little Ph down I'm using for every watering accumulates in the soil over time??

I'm going to just feed straight water without ph down for a while and thinking about a 1 time watering with a tsp of baking soda in the next few days if the runoff ph is still high in a few days. Im in 3rd week of flower.
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I'm not sure why you are pH'ing for soil? Soil can take pH as low as 5.4 and up to 7.8 as long as it's not wildly different each time. Just mix up your nutrients and feed. If your tap water pH is 6.8-7.2 you are fine to just mix and water the plants.
 
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Grow311

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eastcoastmo said:
I'm not sure why you are pH'ing for soil? Soil can take pH as low as 5.4 and up to 7.8 as long as it's not wildly different each time. Just mix up your nutrients and feed. If your tap water pH is 6.8-7.2 you are fine to just mix and water the plants.
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Rookie mistake. I was trying to get my water to around 6.3 for every watering which required like half a tsp of ph down per gallon thanks to my 350 ppm tap water. live and learn.

Got my RO system yesterday and will use dr earth dry amendments instead of fox farm bottle nutes for this round (and no ph down either).
 
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PizzaMan5000

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The only thing I PH is flush water. My feeding is always 6.1-6.3, so I always ph my plain water to that range.

When my runoff is below 6.0, I know I have salt build up in my case. I still PH the water when flushing.
 
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