PH help please??????

weedman555

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hi all, i bought a ph meter i have just took a reading from my 10litre feed mix (growing in soil)

and i got a reading of 4.8?:S i have got some ph up and ph down but can anyone advise me on this please

thanks alot if u can help.
 

nick88

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Ph you a bunch of water at 7, and flush til you get a runoff in the mid 6s.. Then get you some dolomite lime and sprinkle of top of soil and water in.. It will act as a ph buffer to help prevent future ph problems.
 

mrueeda

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4.8 is extremely low ph (check if your phmeter is set correctly)...You may have used too much fert in that water (the ferts are generally acidic)...use some dolomite lime mixed with the soil to stabilize your ph at around 7 in the next grows...For now i would simply flush your plant with RO water (dont use ph up now) and then ph your nutrient solution to 6.5-7 from now on...I would also suggest to keep an eye to your EC...
 

weedman555

Member
4.8 is extremely low ph (check if your phmeter is set correctly)...You may have used too much fert in that water (the ferts are generally acidic)...use some dolomite lime mixed with the soil to stabilize your ph at around 7 in the next grows...For now i would simply flush your plant with RO water (dont use ph up now) and then ph your nutrient solution to 6.5-7 from now on...I would also suggest to keep an eye to your EC...
thanks man i have adjusted my ph now its 6.6 that okay? i heard between 6.5-7.0? my run off is 7.2 is that okay ?? thanks.
 

mrueeda

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yes its ok for the soil...slightly lower should be perfect...if your plant is healthy you have no problem here...
 

weedman555

Member
did you flush? nute build up can lead to salt toxicity.
yes for about 3 days but that the time i didant ph the water/nutrients she still goin a bit yellow and few burn leafs but bud develoment is normal week 3 of flower they are on bud candy bio boost bio flora's
 
Changing the ph from 4.8 to 6.6 is alot in one day, you need to slwoly adjust ph over a couple of days or you can hurt her.
 

weedman555

Member
Changing the ph from 4.8 to 6.6 is alot in one day, you need to slwoly adjust ph over a couple of days or you can hurt her.
thats what i thought its been 3-4days since ph went from 4.8 to 6.6 and the plant is fine i have had a lockout or a deficency for a while but the plant is doing pretty good well 3 plants lol bud develoment is good for 3 half weeks flower so hope it goes well.
 

PersonalJesus

Active Member
Did you buy some calibration fluid for your pH pen??? When I first bought mine, I used it for 2 weeks before calibrating it and the pH pen was way off straight out of the factory.
 

weedman555

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P1000495.jpgP1000487.jpgP1000486.jpgP1000489.jpg what do you think ? 3weeks 3days of flowering this is my first time comeing across a problem so just still learning sorted the ph out with nutrients at 6.8 so roughly there in the middle thc started to explode over the last few days hope i can still pull a few oz's of them and start fresh next crop with ph'd water and feed thanks for your info and advice.
 
4.8 is extremely low ph (check if your phmeter is set correctly)...You may have used too much fert in that water (the ferts are generally acidic)...use some dolomite lime mixed with the soil to stabilize your ph at around 7 in the next grows...For now i would simply flush your plant with RO water (dont use ph up now) and then ph your nutrient solution to 6.5-7 from now on...I would also suggest to keep an eye to your EC...


If using RO water there is no EC value in it as the filtration has pulled all dissolved solids from the water making it TRU H20. Sorry been doing alot of reading on RO water as that is what i have ran all grow so far and is getting quite pricey, lol. I am investing in a RO system at TAx time. The ratio for PH Down per 1gl that i have found using RO water is literally one drop per gallon(PH Down)-GenHYDro, with no EC value a very little goes a long way. PH UP ive found is 3 drops per gallon after adding ph down to raise back up to 6.8ph-FOR SOIL. RO Water starts with a ph of 7.0-7.2 so with soil 6.8 is perfect water ph. Find a chart on the nutes your using and see what the ppm is in general with their nute line and and add 10-20ppm for RO water to that just to be on the safe side. RO water depending on quality of system used can range from 0-20 starting PPM with 0 EC. all that will change when adding ph down or up and the nutes that youre using. Hope that will help. If not just tell me to shut up, lol.


Also after looking at the pics, in my opinion, they are eating all the Nitrogen out of the leaves and they still have 41/2 to 6 weeks depending on strain. I would do a little research first but i would recommend bumping up the Nitrogen ratio of your feed mix for acouple more weeks and then let them yellow as they will be on the last stretch of flowering out. I would respond quickly before bud production comes to a finish early. Just my opinion, im not an expert just did a lot research and trying to offer helpful tips i rememeber. Good Luck Bro!!
 

weedman555

Member
If using RO water there is no EC value in it as the filtration has pulled all dissolved solids from the water making it TRU H20. Sorry been doing alot of reading on RO water as that is what i have ran all grow so far and is getting quite pricey, lol. I am investing in a RO system at TAx time. The ratio for PH Down per 1gl that i have found using RO water is literally one drop per gallon(PH Down)-GenHYDro, with no EC value a very little goes a long way. PH UP ive found is 3 drops per gallon after adding ph down to raise back up to 6.8ph-FOR SOIL. RO Water starts with a ph of 7.0-7.2 so with soil 6.8 is perfect water ph. Find a chart on the nutes your using and see what the ppm is in general with their nute line and and add 10-20ppm for RO water to that just to be on the safe side. RO water depending on quality of system used can range from 0-20 starting PPM with 0 EC. all that will change when adding ph down or up and the nutes that youre using. Hope that will help. If not just tell me to shut up, lol.


Also after looking at the pics, in my opinion, they are eating all the Nitrogen out of the leaves and they still have 41/2 to 6 weeks depending on strain. I would do a little research first but i would recommend bumping up the Nitrogen ratio of your feed mix for acouple more weeks and then let them yellow as they will be on the last stretch of flowering out. I would respond quickly before bud production comes to a finish early. Just my opinion, im not an expert just did a lot research and trying to offer helpful tips i rememeber. Good Luck Bro!!
cheers for the advice and info bro, how can i bump up the nitrogen up? just add some grow feed with my feeding line up ? i got a feeling my plants are gonna finish early i HOPE not because it will be a waste of time the buds are getting really deep in thc allready at week3 flowering :/, thanks man.
 
Yeah just add a little more grow mix to ur line up. Not a lot though, maybe add a half more than what it calls for for the first feed and see how that turns out. The one pic looks pretty advanced on the def so u should see some turn around, if not I would check into a light foilar feed mix and application. Really do some research on foilar because you*could burn the budsites if too strong of a mix or not done right. Good Luck.
 

weedman555

Member
Yeah just add a little more grow mix to ur line up. Not a lot though, maybe add a half more than what it calls for for the first feed and see how that turns out. The one pic looks pretty advanced on the def so u should see some turn around, if not I would check into a light foilar feed mix and application. Really do some research on foilar because you*could burn the budsites if too strong of a mix or not done right. Good Luck.
thanks dude il try a bit of my vega in my line up for the next mix hopefully see some diffrence if not il leave it for this crop and crack onto my next grow and hopefully learn from mistakes and ''problems'' i use the bio-canna line up BUT with special mix gold lable soil last time i used my bio-canna line up i had the bio-canna soil and i had NOT one definecy problem this time iv had a few in the same crop might be to do with soil Not very sure but oh well thanks man helped me out.
 
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