Balancing PH of water

Hey guys ive heared something about lowring PH of water by adding lemon juice to the water

Is it safe for the plant?

PuriaMK said:

Hey guys ive heared something about lowring PH of water by adding lemon juice to the water

Is it safe for the plant?

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Lemon juice is fine. I've used vinegar, lemon/lime juice, citric acid in the past. I'm using ascorbic acid vitamin C now.

Are you measuring the pH? Before you start adding anything to make adjustments, be sure to measure your mix before and after.

Tracker said:

Lemon juice is fine. I've used vinegar, lemon/lime juice, citric acid in the past. I'm using ascorbic acid vitamin C now.

Are you measuring the pH? Before you start adding anything to make adjustments, be sure to measure your mix before and after.

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By mix you mean my soil right? Sorry my bad eng

And something to add: my PH of water is around 8 wich is high and i wanted to lower the PH. I think im facing with nutrient lock out and i think this is what causing it to happen.

You can check my other threat if you are curious or wanna help me out with the issue im having..

PuriaMK said:

By mix you mean my soil right? Sorry my bad eng

And something to add: my PH of water is around 8 wich is high and i wanted to lower the PH. I think im facing with nutrient lock out and i think this is what causing it to happen.

You can check my other threat if you are curious or wanna help me out with the issue im having..

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By mix I mean your water/lemon juice mix or water/nutrient/lemon juice mix.

It is good to know the ph of your soil too.

I've used vinegar as well but I've noticed the effect is kind of temporary. Like I'm constantly battling the PH rising if I use vinegar. If I add vinegar to water and leave the water for a day or so, the PH is back to where it was. PH Down lasts much better.

PuriaMK said:

Hey guys ive heared something about lowring PH of water by adding lemon juice to the water

Is it safe for the plant?

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Why adjust the pH?

Just use RO water. One thing I dont get is people deadset on using their tapwater.

cannabineer said:

Why adjust the pH?

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Bcz the water im using for my plant is around PH of 8 wich a bit high

I use a little less than 1/4 tsp of citric acid to lower my well water from 8 to around 6.4.

PuriaMK said:

Bcz the water im using for my plant is around PH of 8 wich a bit high

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I use straight well water at a ph of 8.1

It doesn't cause issues
Improper feeding and watering schedules do

Herb & Suds said:

I use straight well water at a ph of 8.1

It doesn't cause issues
Improper feeding and watering schedules do

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Depends on what the medium is. Organic you'll be okay. My water is PH around 7.5-8 as well and it caused a lot of issues with lockout in my soil grows, FFOF. The PH of the soil was way too high and that led to deficiencies due to lockout. And I think if you try that with hydro/coco you'll be in for a real bad time.

PuriaMK said:

Bcz the water im using for my plant is around PH of 8 wich a bit high

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Tap water has low ionic strength so pH cannot be reliably read without specialist instruments. You’re better off ignoring it.

durbanpoisoner said:

Depends on what the medium is. Organic you'll be okay. My water is PH around 7.5-8 as well and it caused a lot of issues with lockout in my soil grows, FFOF. The PH of the soil was way too high and that led to deficiencies due to lockout. And I think if you try that with hydro/coco you'll be in for a real bad time.

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Interesting, may have to try that. I do soil now but was going to do coco next.

I agree with Cannabineer, I would not worry about an 8.0 PH if growing in soil. I would be more concerned about overall water quality, especially if supplied by your local municipal water service. The good news about a local municipal is that they usually publish their water report so you can get a general idea of what is in your water.

durbanpoisoner said:

Depends on what the medium is. Organic you'll be okay. My water is PH around 7.5-8 as well and it caused a lot of issues with lockout in my soil grows, FFOF. The PH of the soil was way too high and that led to deficiencies due to lockout. And I think if you try that with hydro/coco you'll be in for a real bad time.

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Yeah thats what im facing right now if you check my other threat post
My plant is light green with yellow leafs at the bottom (wich is a sign of nitrogen defiency) and then having burnt tips all over the place. So im guessing nutrient lock out is whats going on to my plant and high PH of water is causing it..

For tap water users, how do you guys eliminate the chloromines?

Let the water sit overnight.

I was using well water with a ph of about 8 in my hydro system, caused all kinds of problems and was hard to keep down. I bought a ro filter and that cured the problem. I still use about 1/2 tsp of citric acid every day or two in my 17 gallon res once the ph rises above 6.

Hook Daddy said:

I was using well water with a ph of about 8 in my hydro system, caused all kinds of problems and was hard to keep down. I bought a ro filter and that cured the problem. I still use about 1/2 tsp of citric acid every day or two in my 17 gallon res once the ph rises above 6.

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It was probably excess Ca wanting to raise the pH back up.