Bargar
Well-Known Member
Hi! My soil started out at 6.9PH and now a few weeks into veg it is 7.3-7.5. I am using the super soil recipe with a base of promix.
I was wanting to know what my best option would be to lower the PH of the soil? Should I just water it with a low PH solution every time? should I add organic matter to lower it? should I use the oh so dangerous elemental sulfur?
What seems weird to me is that when I water the plants, and PH the run-off it is VERY close to what it is going in. When I dig down 6" into the pot, take a sample mix it with distilled water and check the PH of that, it is always above 7 (7.3-7.5).
I know this is not too far out of the desired range, but since I only water my plants about once a week, I think it would be difficult to control it with watering right now. Right after a watering the PH is closer to 7, but as the week goes on it creeps up slowly each day. My plants look fine EXCEPT each plant has 1 leaf with clawing (Curling under). The affected leaves look healthy other than the clawing.
Also, last week I had a RH of 85%, but I have corrected that now by using a dehumidifier in the adjacent room (Not sure if this has any relevance, but figured i would add it anyway)
I was wanting to know what my best option would be to lower the PH of the soil? Should I just water it with a low PH solution every time? should I add organic matter to lower it? should I use the oh so dangerous elemental sulfur?
What seems weird to me is that when I water the plants, and PH the run-off it is VERY close to what it is going in. When I dig down 6" into the pot, take a sample mix it with distilled water and check the PH of that, it is always above 7 (7.3-7.5).
I know this is not too far out of the desired range, but since I only water my plants about once a week, I think it would be difficult to control it with watering right now. Right after a watering the PH is closer to 7, but as the week goes on it creeps up slowly each day. My plants look fine EXCEPT each plant has 1 leaf with clawing (Curling under). The affected leaves look healthy other than the clawing.
Also, last week I had a RH of 85%, but I have corrected that now by using a dehumidifier in the adjacent room (Not sure if this has any relevance, but figured i would add it anyway)
