how to fix high soil ph?

xxacehighxx

xxacehighxx

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my soil's ph is a little high i believe, do i fix this by making my water's ph a little lower?

i have very little knowledge when it comes to ph. any help would be great.
 
mygirls

mygirls

Medical Marijuana (MOD)
xxacehighxx said:
my soil's ph is a little high i believe, do i fix this by making my water's ph a little lower?

i have very little knowledge when it comes to ph. any help would be great.
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just take ph'ed water a flush your plant till it comes back down to the normal range.
 
lemmis

lemmis

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whats your soil ph? whats your water ph? i always use brita water pitchers to purify water. after purification, i usually have to raise ph just a hair. i just add tap water(aged), to desired ph is reached.(6.5-6.8 for soil). now to actually answer your ques. not sure about lowering soil ph as i never attempted to do this specifically. i guess watering with say 6.0ph stable water would eventually bring down soil ph. somebody else might have more insight.
 
justatoker

justatoker

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lemmis said:
whats your soil ph? whats your water ph? i always use brita water pitchers to purify water. after purification, i usually have to raise ph just a hair. i just add tap water(aged), to desired ph is reached.(6.5-6.8 for soil). now to actually answer your ques. not sure about lowering soil ph as i never attempted to do this specifically. i guess watering with say 6.0ph stable water would eventually bring down soil ph. somebody else might have more insight.
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i heard those brita pitchers do practically nothing to lower PH or prep water for MJ plants. Ive never used em so I dont know. jsut repeating what ive read here is all.
 
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amutuer

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i suffurinpottassium probs... just flushed with 4 ltrs of ph`d water for soil hydro-coral mix..... is this wise
 
theplantkiller420

theplantkiller420

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you use domelite not shur of the correct spelling but thats your ticket however you are supose to add it to your soil befor you plant in it
 
BCtrippin

BCtrippin

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Just go to your grow shop and buy a bottle of PH down for like $5. Feed your plants with properly PHed water and they will be fine. You could do a good flush if you wanted to.

Are your plants showing signs of stress or did you just notice it was high when you tested?


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xxacehighxx

xxacehighxx

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they are showing signs of stress, i am almost sure this is the problem, and if not then its not helping. leaves are undercurling, lower leaves and nodes are beginning to die, etc.
 
BCtrippin

BCtrippin

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xxacehighxx said:
they are showing signs of stress, i am almost sure this is the problem, and if not then its not helping. leaves are undercurling, lower leaves and nodes are beginning to die, etc.
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Yeah, get some PH down($5) at a grow shop, flush with PHed water, feed your plants twice as much as normal, till theres lots of runoff, let the soil dry out before watering again, may be a bit longer then normal from the flush. And feed properly PHed water from now on. Always adjust PH after adding nutes.


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amutuer

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sometimes leaf curling can be down to heat strees,ph stress normally leads to a deformative leaf growth i.e (leaf looks deformed)
 
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amutuer

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always av followed ur guidlines anyway, problem is im not usin soil feed due to money probs. usin house n grden aqua flakes due to credit crunch.... feedin 1 ml to 1 ltr do yu think i shud increase or decrease?
 
BCtrippin

BCtrippin

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xxacehighxx said:
i feed my plants about 1/2 a tblspn per gallon, your saying flush, then water with double strength nutes?
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No, when I said feed twice as much as normal I meant give them twice as much PHed water as you would normally give them.

Do Not feed twice as much nutes..lol


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