Can you adjust water PH Organically?

humic acid will raise ph and is organic. it also helps sorta chelkate the nutes to a point, makes them more mobile in the plant, helps break the foods down.
cal mag will drop ph.

and the lemon juice does go up for ph but its diff for everyones water for amount needed to move it so once again ol george has wrong info...or off info. we all have diff elements in our water so the amounts are diff for all of us

bubble it! trust me listen to em !!! i know it fixed my issues

businessmen said:

I've heard alot of those are all real temporary.

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Medi 1 said:

humic acid will raise ph and is organic. it also helps sorta chelkate the nutes to a point, makes them more mobile in the plant, helps break the foods down.
cal mag will drop ph.

and the lemon juice does go up for ph but its diff for everyones water for amount needed to move it so once again ol george has wrong info...or off info. we all have diff elements in our water so the amounts are diff for all of us

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You mean chelates?

And lemon juice, "go up for ph?" You mean down right? Lemon juice, or citric acid, is an acid. And makes your pH go down. I'm sure you just misspoke, though.

I think George was making a wide generalization to all new growers who don't want to throw out the dime for a pH meter. Is it exactly correct? Not even close. But if you know your water is too basic, it will definitely help get it into the right range.

DOH!! sorry, ya chelate was a typo and ya its lemon for down. cant be general woth pH. you need to be right. using his general way of thinking can kill a grow. my water versus east from me is 200x stronger out east so its no where near right. mine is 7.4 tap and east from here is over 9pH. so some elements in our water are harder or easier to move the pH also. im just way fussier than that

Auzzie07 said:

Figure out which organic nute has the highest pH (i.e. Sea Kelp) and then use it. That's what I would do, at least.

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Most useful tip in this thread !+rep

this is gettin crazy, best way i ever found for mystuff was watering with a regular tea: earthworm castings, sugar and humic acids let sit for a day or two then water with a solution of 7.0,or neutral,(to lower PH use small amt. of molasses to lift PH use fine dolomite lime)24 hour airated RO water until you get 25% drainage,stop watering, dump that drainage out and let drain bucket refill, then check. all i ever do to lower PH is usually istart my tea mixtures with only half the normal amount of molasses then after its brewed i just add more molasses to bring it back down I usually keep a log of what my ph in every feeding is therefore i can perform aN AVERAGE MY ADDING UP THE TOTAL ph VALUES THEN DIVIDING BY THE NUMBER of feedings. and its pretty much right on to what my drain measurement is. then again it shouldnt be much different as i use dry soil amendments in most of my teas that i use in the actual soil as well. nonetheless even plants that are in coco and are getting liquid soluble nutes are getting a consistent runoff PH with my averages

Guys, here's a quick tip for those in need of minor PH adjustment and don't want to use chems:
If you use a dehumidifier, the condensed water will generally have a very low PH (like around 4.5), though it has very little alkalinity (not actual PH value, but resistance to PH change). I use this if I need to lower my PH by .5 or less.

If I need to raise my PH I use tap water (from a well, PH 8, 250-300ppm). It works fairly well unless I need to go a point or more either way. Another product that works to raise PH is Potassium Silicate, which also benefits the plant.

and do that and risk ph imballance then to follow up is lock out by adjusting ph in tghat way. thats why theirs lime in the soils