Growing outside do u ph your outdoor water to 6.0-6.5 ??

[Meast21]

Or do u just take it from the faucet or well ??

 

[Garden Boss]

My well pumps out 6.5. I have also grown in city also without ph adjusting. So what is your current Ph?

 

[sonar]

I don't. My main water source besides rainfall is a small pond not far from my grow site. Never tested it. Figured it wasn't really relevant since I don't have any alternative water supply.

 

[Meast21]

Tap 7.9ph 175ppm Well 7.7ph 925ppm........ Also live on a small lake, but never checked the water.

 

[TWS]

not me, tap water. 7.5 - 7.9

 

[Bakatare666]

My tap 7.9, and with what I do, works fine.
U HAVE seen a couple threads where the well water was in the low 6's, and caused problems though.

 

[PurpleBuz]

Or do u just take it from the faucet or well ??

if you have decent water I wouldn't worry about adjusting ph for outdoor soil grows.
What you should pay attention to is the pH and alkalinity of your soil.

 

[Meast21]

Ok so Im gonna take the well water with the ppm of 925.... I have fox farm big bloom and pretty soon I'm gonna mix it with the well water to get my ppm in the 1100-1200 for the first week of flowering. Anyone know how much that how be if I mixed with 2 gallons of well water ?? Or just trial and error ??

 

[TWS]

If you have a ppm pen, add 1 teaspoon to your 2 gallon and test, you will see how much one teaspoon moves your ppms. If no pen just use at half recommended strength.

 

[Meast21]

ok thank.. Gonna start using it soon (Outdoor flowering begins in what 10 days ??) on my great white shark and its 2 clones. Also have a big bud (regular), and I think its fem. Looking for 3+ oz's outside with only 4 hours of direct sunlight on my plants.

 

[HippySmoke]

friggin' PH and water... I thought it need to be 6.5 to 7.2 water ph for a soil grow. For example I was watering (in containers outdoors) my water was above 7.6 (not sure where using fish ph test crap) and after a few weeks I started noticing issues didn't think to check water PH till last week and found it was super alkaline (used to having well water hence why I let it go till I noticed an issue, or series of them I should say.) Now I have been trying to get my water down around 6.4-6.6 for this last month of veg time then 6.8 to 7.0 for flower time... am I confused here? Been nearly 2 years since I grew a batch and now I feel like a renoob...

 

[Meast21]

Yeah we need experts to weigh in here....I've only hand watered maybe 7-8 times this year due to the rain anyways.

 

[TWS]

Experts for what. You guys just make to big a deal over it or don't listen. PH your water if you want, it won't hurt. I don't and have no fing problems along with everyone else who don't PH ! But I have set my soil up do to so and this grow has been organic, IF you are feeding SYNTHETICS I suggest you PH your feed solution . All Ph does is keep the feed solution in a range where the plant up takes it best. In between waterings with out PH will be fine for you synthetic guys.

 

[mushroom head]

Never checked ph before, have used múltiple water sources, all is well.