first attem p to grow real soon but still have a few concern

renkar

renkar

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hi fellow smoker grower ive read a lot in the past few moth on how to grow and getting closer to the day il start i realise that there still one thign that scare the shit out of me and that water ph. I dont ( and dont have the money) to buy a expensive ph tester and i wonder if it will be hell to adjust it so here i am wondering if you vould give me some trick to make a my life less miserable on that aspect :)

tx in advance for all the help oh and my baby will be autop if that can help pn the advice
thx again
 
yktind

yktind

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PH Meters are only 30 bucks max. do not test over your water. I have broken three of things on accident. :fire:

Your on the right track and that is gathering as much info as possible before jumping into it!!
 
Crankyxr

Crankyxr

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renkar said:
hi fellow smoker grower ive read a lot in the past few moth on how to grow and getting closer to the day il start i realise that there still one thign that scare the shit out of me and that water ph. I dont ( and dont have the money) to buy a expensive ph tester and i wonder if it will be hell to adjust it so here i am wondering if you vould give me some trick to make a my life less miserable on that aspect :)

tx in advance for all the help oh and my baby will be autop if that can help pn the advice
thx again
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If you're scared of pH, run soil.
Throughout my entire time running soil, I've never checked pH once with no problems. Soil is a great pH buffer by itself.
As long as you use good soil, you'll be good. If you're still doubting yourself regarding pH, make your own organic soil and add a bit of dolomite lime.
 
renkar

renkar

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yktind said:
PH Meters are only 30 bucks max. do not test over your water. I have broken three of things on accident. :fire:

Your on the right track and that is gathering as much info as possible before jumping into it!!
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can you direct me to one or a few good one on ebay or amazon ?
 
renkar

renkar

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Crankyxr said:
If you're scared of pH, run soil.
Throughout my entire time running soil, I've never checked pH once with no problems. Soil is a great pH buffer by itself.
As long as you use good soil, you'll be good. If you're still doubting yourself regarding pH, make your own organic soil and add a bit of dolomite lime.
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do you think pro mix ph or bx would be good ?
 
yktind

yktind

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renkar said:
can you direct me to one or a few good one on ebay or amazon ?
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Okay So here is the one I have broken a couple of times (not it's fault, I'm just careless):
http://amzn.to/1hAykaR

And this is the one I have now:
http://amzn.to/1hAyoHG

Make sure you get some 7.0 to calibrate it every couple of weeks. I always re calibrate if I get a weird reading. Otherwise I have done my nutes enough that I know where it should be at within a point or so.

You don't really need that much:
http://amzn.to/1hAyxe5
 
renkar

renkar

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do not test over your water---- sorry might be a bit stone atm not sure if I follow you there do you mean test it to often ???
 
yktind

yktind

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I use to test right over my rez. Lol not a good idea.

Check your ph before watering.

If your in hydro, aero, etc. Do a check every day.
 
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Dcheald

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A few tips i have picked up along the way, try let your water sit overnight and if you storing feed in a larger butt don't just assume that its PH is the same the next time your due to feed as my PH has a tendency of going from 5.9 to 6.1 after water/feed has been sat a day or two
 
Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

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I tried those cheapo meters and bought the calibration fluid and all that and all it was was a pain in the ass. I grow in soil. My city fed tap water is stable between 6 and 7.0. I let it sit in jugs till I need them, and once throughout the run I give them a dose of lime. ( Preferably dolomite) and I quit messing with the meters and the up/down crap a long time ago.
 
yktind

yktind

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Cobnobuler said:
I tried those cheapo meters and bought the calibration fluid and all that and all it was was a pain in the ass. I grow in soil. My city fed tap water is stable between 6 and 7.0. I let it sit in jugs till I need them, and once throughout the run I give them a dose of lime. ( Preferably dolomite) and I quit messing with the meters and the up/down crap a long time ago.
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That may work with soil. Coco, Hydro, Aero, Etc. require a ph. Otherwise you end up with this:



Not my plant just off the ol' google machine.



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