Ph Help

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420rick

Active Member
Ok Well It's now about week 2 veg with my plants.. I just got a ph meter and checked the lambert potting mix.. Its at 7.8 almost 8. This is to high right?

Also can some one please post a few links on where i can buy this ph increase and decrease.
 
pjboy31

pjboy31

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yup thats the way to do it..............balance your water and the soil should follow suit

good luck~
 
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kindprincess

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420rick said:
Ok Well It's now about week 2 veg with my plants.. I just got a ph meter and checked the lambert potting mix.. Its at 7.8 almost 8. This is to high right?

Also can some one please post a few links on where i can buy this ph increase and decrease.
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please don't say you're using a rapitest... if so, throw it away :p

my rapitest was always way off, never once did i get a true reading...

sorry for the rant.

kp
 
recvryjst42day

recvryjst42day

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kindprincess said:
please don't say you're using a rapitest... if so, throw it away :p

my rapitest was always way off, never once did i get a true reading...

sorry for the rant.

kp
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So THATS why I stopped using mine...hmmm. Figures why I'd always mess up my soil grows with that thing lol.
 
recvryjst42day

recvryjst42day

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I will go find it in a min, and yes my avatar is my best plant from my first grow. She was only about 22 inches and only yielded about 3/4 of an oz dry. So I guess she wasnt so great But I was very happy with the results for my very first time growing anything other then my hair!
 
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wafflehouselover

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why is correcting ph in soil so important when soil itself is a ph buffer?

and also, if your using organics instead of soil do you have to correct the ph? I understand if its chemical. Someone fill me in here.
 
pjboy31

pjboy31

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I have only been concerned with water ph but if you have un balanced ph in soil you can be ion your way to a nute block in some cases................
 
akramtona

akramtona

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Not to hijack but what is the best way to test soil ph? I have a rapitest and I think it is about as useless as tits on a boar. I have both ph test strips and an aquarium vial test kit. Broke my digital meter(glass electrode is very very fragile).
 
pjboy31

pjboy31

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ok if you have a accurate way to test the water ph you can do this.................

pour some plain water through your soil and collect the run of from the bottom and then test that water. It is a cheap way to do it . I have some pics of all my ph testing stuff and adjusters...........

good luck
 
akramtona

akramtona

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pjboy31 said:
ok if you have a accurate way to test the water ph you can do this.................

pour some plain water through your soil and collect the run of from the bottom and then test that water. It is a cheap way to do it . I have some pics of all my ph testing stuff and adjusters...........

good luck
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That is where I get confused. What do you mean by plain water? I really don't want to water my plants with water that is not ph adjusted? Sorry for being a dummy but sometimes I need things spelled out.
 
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