Fucked my PH

so i started with a 7.2 -7.5 ph mix, and then mixed half in half with soil from my backyard which i have not tested.... and my filter water ranges 6.8-7.1 totally tested my drippings today with upward p.h of 8.6!! sooooo help? i plan on doing what worked las time and transplant into a 6.3 soil mix that im in love with and half dirt from my backyard, trust me last time i did this all my plants just blew up back to health with vigorous growth!! only thing is my medium last time was straight up 7.2-7.5PH range not half half with dirt from my backyard... so i hope the ph drop will be enough.. proably just do a 1/3 dirt 2/3 soil mix...

anyways apart from my rambling any short term ph dropping techniques with something i may already have around my house or in my grow supplies? what about my 7.0 and 4.0 solutions for my ph meter calibration?

diluted raw apple cider vinegar and/or a good dusting of sulfur will drop your pH.

Cool Avatar, Maybe some Dolomite Lime will help mellow it out.

Short term, LEmon Juice, or VInegar. Both are real mellow.

I recommend direct proton injection. cn

so is raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar the same?

Vinegar might actually work against you. Soil microbes would go to town on it. Gardeners use aluminum sulfate ... it's like a muzzled inorganic acid. cn

His soil probably has enough lime in it already if it's at such a high pH.

SS68396331 said:

Cool Avatar, Maybe some Dolomite Lime will help mellow it out.

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Pumert - Yes, raw and unfiltered vinegar are the same thing....and it has worked for me in organic gardening for years. However, it is much more short term (and quicker acting) than sulfur.

SS - You don't know what you are talking about. Dolomite Lime INCREASES pH.

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