How to raise the ph of my soil quickly.

[drsaltzman]

Well that's a decent size setup. Sounds like he's been feeding acidic shit that's lowering the soil pH. You can add alkaline water to help get shit back on track.

Check this thread out.

Medium pH Correction (Soil and Coco)

Checking and adjusting the pH of your root zone in soil or coco is a very important part of growing healthy plants. Often you will notice nutrient deficiencies despite the fact you know you have provided an ample feed at an appropriate pH level. When this happens it’s generally either...

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They haven’t fed anything but the Happy Frog charge.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Ok, he said he balances the water every watering, but its kept going down, all my water is hauled or collected, it has given us issues in the past. Could too high of co2 cause it?

After I read everything and looked at the pics I would guess low pH too.

 

[Anxiousgrowerwoman]

Then he's actually on the right track it sounds like. Check that thread out I posted. Make him read it too, lol.

I was reading that! It seems exactly like what i needed! Thank you!

 

[Anxiousgrowerwoman]

They haven’t fed anything but the Happy Frog charge.

Correct, just ph balanced water, and he checks the run off every time for lowered ppm, he said thats when he adds nutes. Not defending or assuming correctness, just explainin!

 

[Anxiousgrowerwoman]

After I read everything and looked at the pics I would guess low pH too.

For sure, i just wondered if the co2 could lower the soil ph, weird i know but a thought!

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I was reading that! It seems exactly like what i needed! Thank you!

Stay Punk.

 

[drsaltzman]

I grow 4 at a time in bag soil.
I have never checked PH or PPM.
Almost 3 weeks into flower your plants cannot live healthily on just what’s left in the soil.
If your soil was full of salts I’d say flush it with a neutral PH.
But you haven’t given them any yet so unless your water is ridiculously acidic, I’m not inclined to think it’s PH.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Correct, just ph balanced water, and he checks the run off every time for lowered ppm, he said thats when he adds nutes. Not defending or assuming correctness, just explainin!

Switch to growing in living soil. It's easier.

 

[Anxiousgrowerwoman]

Switch to growing in living soil. It's easier.
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Is that a brand? Idk what that is!

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Switch to growing in living soil. It's easier.

Is that a brand? Idk what that is!
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No happy frog is a living soil, it's more a style of growing. Just like nature. No bottled nutes.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Your bf is checking for stuff, which might be relevant in hydro and inert mediums, but you are growing in an organically amended soil-type medium. Apples and oranges.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Your bf is checking for stuff, which might be relevant in hydro and inert mediums, but you are growing in an organically amended soil-type medium. Apples and oranges.

And you were just talking about feeding chemicals to organic soil in another thread a few minutes ago, lol.

 

[hotrodharley]

I wouldn't be surprised, i make things complicated sometimes... can you help me understand a little? Does my run off not matter? Im pretty surr he was checking to see hoe much nutes were in the soil, and he checks the ph to be careful, when he saw it was low we thought it would affect the way the plants absorbed the nutrietents. But im truly not a smart person,,,

Look at the plant. If it doesn't look right then try to figure out what you've done to it. Attempting to adjust the pH of an entire container of medium with a living plant in it doesn't sound just a little foolish or ambitious to you?

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Look at the plant. If it doesn't look right then try to figure out what you've done to it. Attempting to adjust the pH of an entire container of medium with a living plant in it doesn't sound just a little foolish or ambitious to you?

Sounds like you obviously haven read that thread I posted, lol.

Just like Size, pH matters.

 

[PJ Diaz]

And you were just talking about feeding chemicals to organic soil in another thread a few minutes ago, lol.

And your point is? There's a big difference between adding salt nutes to soil, vs checking ph runoff of organic based mediums. No need to be dogmatic here, nuance is the way.

 

[PJ Diaz]

In soil mixes, if you are having ph issues you generally add dolomite lime, which Firefox soil should have enough of.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

And your point is? There's a big difference between adding salt nutes to soil, vs checking ph runoff of organic based mediums. No need to be dogmatic here, nuance is the way.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

In soil mixes, if you are having ph issues you generally add dolomite lime, which Firefox soil should have enough of.

You do know Firefox is a Web Browser right? Not really a growing medium.

And if you mean Fox Farms Ocean Forest, it doesn't have any dolomite in it. Oyster shell flour, lol.

Ingredients: Composted forest humus, sphagnum peat moss, Pacific Northwest sea-going fish emulsion, crab meal, shrimp meal, earthworm castings, sandy loam, perlite, bat guano, granite dust, Norwegian kelp, and oyster shell (for pH adjustment).

 

[drsaltzman]

They’re using Happy Frog. It has dolomite lime, plus oyster shell.
Ingredients include composted forest humus, sphagnum peat moss, perlite, earthworm castings, bat guano, humic acid, oyster shells, and dolomitic lime for pH adjustment.
But it’s just a starter soil.
You need to feed it after the charge runs out.
A plant 3 weeks into flower plus whatever veg time it was in … the charge is nearing the end if not there already.

 

[hotrodharley]

Sounds like you obviously haven read that thread I posted, lol.

Just like Size, pH matters.

Give it a rest. You people get on a tangent and go nuts. You make simple shit complicated.