Do I need to pH my tea @ 8.1?

I was incorrectly adding molasses to my plants by watering with it. So now I areate my tea (budswel 2 cups to 5 gal)) and add the molasses into this and go with 15Lmin air x24 hrs. The deal is the pH keeps rising back to over 8 despite being brought down to 6.5-7. Is it ok to water soil with a 8 ph solution? I assume the rise is due to organisms consuming the molasses. Gimme some guidance here please.

Craig1969SS said:

I was incorrectly adding molasses to my plants by watering with it. So now I areate my tea (budswel 2 cups to 5 gal)) and add the molasses into this and go with 15Lmin air x24 hrs. The deal is the pH keeps rising back to over 8 despite being brought down to 6.5-7. Is it ok to water soil with a 8 ph solution? I assume the rise is due to organisms consuming the molasses. Gimme some guidance here please.

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I would adjust the pH in the feed. I would also add some organic materials to the soil as top dressing so that as you water it is carried down to help lower the pH in the medium. What do the plants look like?

I have several bags of ewc to top dress with. The plants that I applied direct molasses have finished mostly. I'm starting with 15gal fabric pots- 1 big bag FFOF and 1 bag of ewc fills them up. I didn't amend anything else. I transplanted blueberry from Dutch passion. The plants I'm working with are still vegging and will be until about 24". Yes I want fewer but larger plants this time since I have room. I've been tempted to use my floranova 1 part and leave it be but I can't

Craig1969SS said:

I have several bags of ewc to top dress with. The plants that I applied direct molasses have finished mostly. I'm starting with 15gal fabric pots- 1 big bag FFOF and 1 bag of ewc fills them up. I didn't amend anything else. I transplanted blueberry from Dutch passion. The plants I'm working with are still vegging and will be until about 24". Yes I want fewer but larger plants this time since I have room. I've been tempted to use my floranova 1 part and leave it be but I can't

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Ok. First thought is if yoir truly in straight ewc and Ffof i think that could be a problem. You need extra airation. Perlie will work just fine.
Also. Budswell by the gunao company? Not the greatest product to be making teas with.

Go with instead. 4.5 g water. 3-4 cups FreSh ewc. 4 tbsp molasses. tHiS is your key to unlock organics potential. Not anything thst can be sealed. Bought than poured. Now even with the tea i just mentioned. Application should be limited. I like every three weeks.

Lastly. Imo ( many people dont agee) fabric pots for indoor growing are not all they are cracked up to be. If your RH is where its suposed to be during flowering those pots will literally be leached of water. Especially around the outet few inches of pot. And this is where yoir rhizosphere is supposed to be rocking. Instead youll be air pruning your roots constantly. Low yeilds and subpar nutrietion will be avail to your ladies. Thats my two cents. Good luck
There is a learning curve with organic growing.

Ahh and to answer origanol question. Phing teas. Well depends. Since your soil is not ammended. With no natural ph buffers( oyster, crab gypsum. Biochar ec) maybe. But to be clear phing anything goes against living organix soils. Save those chems for your hottub. And the reason bottled nutrients must be ph is to make nutrients actively avail for plant uptake. Each macro and micro nuteient with a slightly different ph preference.
Now to why we dont worry about It with living organic soils. We prebuffer soil for optimum nutriental availability. Than as oir microherd breaks down raw organic matter their excudes are what makes nutrients avail to our ladies.
most ph down products are like a nuclear bomb to micro herd so once you start going with phed NUTRIENT solutions you will likely have to finish entire grow that way. There is nothing wrong with this. But you will likely have better results useing an organic nutrient line such as nextar for the gods. I usually wouldn't suggest this but in your case could be youth best bet. Best of luck to ya!

My compost tea is usually between 8 and 9 and I never try to lower it. As long as the soil pH is balanced with plenty of lime, the liquids you feed your plant won't matter that much.