Forgot Ph down when feeding

LotDog

LotDog

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I have to use Ph down for my water to obtain the correct Ph. I just fed my 3 girls with 2 gallons of water mixed with my nutes but forgot to add the Ph down. Is there anything I can do to correct this or should I be alright and leave it be until I water next time? My container trays are full of water or i would add more with Ph down.
 
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spek9

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You'll be fine. It usually takes a few feedings before the plants have issues with nute uptake.

Depending on your feeding schedule, you may notice a slight bit of discolour, but I doubt it after only one feed.

-spek
 
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spek9

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You also don't say what your tap water pH is after your nutes are added (before using pH up/down).

-spek
 
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spek9

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Yep, 6-7 for soil. I keep mine at about 6.4 mostly, but every few feedings I offset to maximize uptake at the different ranges (6.0 sometimes, 6.8 etc).

Again, this one time won't hurt anything.

-spek
 
cottee

cottee

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LotDog said:
What do you suggest? This is only my second go around.
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I grow in coco mate so know very little bout soil. For hydro u want at 5.8 but pretty sure u want it around 6.5 in soil. I'm sure someone with more experience in soil will pop up in a min an help u out
 
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spek9

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cottee said:
I grow in coco mate so know very little bout soil. For hydro u want at 5.8 but pretty sure u want it around 6.5 in soil. I'm sure someone with more experience in soil will pop up in a min an help u out
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Yes. 6-7 for soil. I stay at 6.4 90% of the time, once every 4-5 feedings, I'll adjust that to ensure I'm maximizing my uptakes (but 6.4-6.5 will keep things perfectly healthy).

-spek
 
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