What is your favorite pH??

nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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olds442 said:
i am new but i think you should let the plant tell you what PH it likes i think that it would depend on all the variables like how hot what food humidity all the factors i have a plant right now that like the PH to be a 7.2 and its the most perky looking plant i ever had so i dont no i was going to bring it down to 5.5 but it likes it so im going to leave it
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I dont know whether or not you noticed but this is an aeroponic thread, i notice after looking through your gallery, you grow in soil. The ph levels of a soil plant and a hydro plant should be different, in soil around 6.8 is good. In hydro 5.8 is good.
 
olds442

olds442

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if you would have noticed that i grow in soil and hydro and it works really good for me i have never had a plant die on me like some other people not you but other people when i feed my plants the ph is set at 6.8 when it get to the rez a the bottom its 5.6 my pots are fill half way with lavarock rock balls and the rest with soil if th soil is haveing a problem then the food in the rez fixs it i know of two other people that grow this way and we get nice yelds but i still have to wach the ph but if the plant like the ph then let it grow but what i said in the last post dusint matter if your in airoponice or DWC or any other hydro setup soil or non soil give the plant what it likes you dont tell the plant what it likes the plant tells you what it likes right
 
daddychrisg

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Don't you think it is alittle difficult to just try a ph, then record growth with so many other variables going on? There has to be a better way to understand what is happening with the plants chemistry...?
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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olds442 said:
if you would have noticed that i grow in soil and hydro and it works really good for me i have never had a plant die on me like some other people not you but other people when i feed my plants the ph is set at 6.8 when it get to the rez a the bottom its 5.6 my pots are fill half way with lavarock rock balls and the rest with soil if th soil is haveing a problem then the food in the rez fixs it i know of two other people that grow this way and we get nice yelds but i still have to wach the ph but if the plant like the ph then let it grow but what i said in the last post dusint matter if your in airoponice or DWC or any other hydro setup soil or non soil give the plant what it likes you dont tell the plant what it likes the plant tells you what it likes right
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Your ph is ok at that level because you are still growing in soil. You cant grow in soil and grow hydro, this is impossible, you would be growing in terraponics.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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You could use it to measure liquid, but soil is a solid and you wouldnt get any kind of accuracy.

What you would do is measure the nutes before they went in and catch the run off and measure that.
 
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kindprincess

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soil: 7.0+/- 3 points

hydro: 5.8+/- 3 points

the optimal ph for hydro at any stage is 5.8

the optimal ph for soil at any stage is 7.0

kp
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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kindprincess said:
the optimal ph for hydro at any stage is 5.8


kp
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I thought the optimal varied with nutes, it depends on how they are formulated. Organic nutes maybe, but some other nutes like to be lower.

On a side note i was watching a vid on you tube earlier and greenhouse seed company were showing you there grow of arjans ultra haze.

They kept the soil ph at 6.0 and during flowering dropped it into the fives.
 
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kindprincess

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nongreenthumb said:
I thought the optimal varied with nutes, it depends on how they are formulated. Organic nutes maybe, but some other nutes like to be lower.

On a side note i was watching a vid on you tube earlier and greenhouse seed company were showing you there grow of arjans ultra haze.

They kept the soil ph at 6.0 and during flowering dropped it into the fives.
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soil or coco? i'd like to see the article.

these values are what is known to be ideal ranges for cannabis. it is true that there are some phenos, therefore some strains that prefer a slightly different range, but, as a generalization, these values are true.

i never check ph in soil. never have, never will.

in coco, i would keep my ph around 6-6.2

hydro, i strive for 5.8, but we all know how that goes. ya gotta fix it everyday. my ph has been anywhere from 4.2-6.5 in hydro.

kp
 
daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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soil: 7.0+/- 3 points

hydro: 5.8+/- 3 points

the optimal ph for hydro at any stage is 5.8

the optimal ph for soil at any stage is 7.0
kp


Hey KP, thanks for the reply, Do you believe that the PH should change from Veg to Bloom? I am sure that at 5.8 + or - .3, that there is some sort of change of nutrient intake, right? or wrong.....This is a very informative thread for me, and I think others should be watching this closely...There is alot of myth going on if you ask me....Thanks everyone for your inputs...
 
daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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Just go after the punk, take him straight with a new thread...Publicly humiliate him infront of his peers....or.....wish him luck...
 
daddychrisg

daddychrisg

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I don't think we will ever come up with a complete, one size fits all kind of answer to the debate of the perfect PH. I don't think it actually exist..There is just to many variables....Seems like you keep your Hydro # 5.8 and SHUT UP! And if you want to stray from that magical #, then gl....If you see gains from a 7.2 ph, that are better then the magical 5.8, then mabey you need to calibrate your meter...
 
olds442

olds442

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all im saying is give your plant what it likes and if it likes 7.2 then it like 7.2 and there is nothin wrong with my meter like i said before its all about the variables you cant break everything down to a science unless your in a lab and i no knowone has a lab in there house shed or basement so if your plants happy then leave it alone
 
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