growing in soil and water ph

amneziaHaze

amneziaHaze

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Rurumo said:
Never listen to anyone who makes the blanket statement that your water PH isn't important in soil. Everyone's soil and water is different. Some people have such alkaline water they constantly scrape lime scale off of everything. Another variable is the amount of buffer you have in your soil. In your specific situation you may need to PH your water every time, it's impossible to say without knowing the specifics.
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you know when you put mollaes in water its ph goes 8+? and you know a lot of people put molasses in their teas and soil? and they grow insane buds? soil doesnt care about ph just keep it alive
 
Modern Selections

Modern Selections

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Cannabis is a very resilient plant. It will grow and flower under the most adverse conditions. The point of Ph'ing your nutrient solution is to optimize the plants growth and flowering for the upmost quality end product.

When adding anything to your water, adjust the pH AFTER. So if you add a silica product you must lower the pH of the final solution accordingly. I have never had molasses affect the pH very much but it is simple to adjust the nutrient solution after the addition of molasses to the desired number.

I see a lot of people on hear beating the "pH doesn't matter" drum. They are half right. It doesn't matter if quality of the flowers doesn't matter. If you want high quality flowers, pH whatever you put into your soil accordingly.

Believe in Science, not kids on the internet making wild claims and using pretty bud pics they found to argue and attempt to contradict science as bunk. Most have very little growing experience or formal horticulture education. Choose what you believe from whom carefully.
 
green_machine_two9er

green_machine_two9er

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Modern Selections said:
Cannabis is a very resilient plant. It will grow and flower under the most adverse conditions. The point of Ph'ing your nutrient solution is to optimize the plants growth and flowering for the upmost quality end product.

When adding anything to your water, adjust the pH AFTER. So if you add a silica product you must lower the pH of the final solution accordingly. I have never had molasses affect the pH very much but it is simple to adjust the nutrient solution after the addition of molasses to the desired number.

I see a lot of people on hear beating the "pH doesn't matter" drum. They are half right. It doesn't matter if quality of the flowers doesn't matter. If you want high quality flowers, pH whatever you put into your soil accordingly.

Believe in Science, not kids on the internet making wild claims and using pretty bud pics they found to argue and attempt to contradict science as bunk. Most have very little growing experience or formal horticulture education. Choose what you believe from whom carefully.
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When you say “ph whatever you put into your soil”. What exactly does ph mean. Is it a verb? Or like a plan? What exactly do you suggest?
 
Modern Selections

Modern Selections

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Sorry I wasn't more clear on that. Adjust the pH (with a pH UP or pH DOWN product) of the water you are adding to your soil. If it is straight water it is still important to test (using pH drops or a well calibrated meter) the pH level and adjust accordingly.

If you are adding nutrients or additives of any kind, add the products and adjust the final nutrient solution's pH after everything is added.

Optimal pH for different growing mediums:

Soil 6.3-6.8
Hydroponics 5.5-5.8
Coco 5.8-6.1 (different pH work better for different Coco i.e buffered vs unbuffered.)

Here is a link to Cornell University on the subject.

Certified Crop Advisor study resources (Northeast region)

nrcca.cals.cornell.edu nrcca.cals.cornell.edu
 
turbobuzz

turbobuzz

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It was recommended to me by the dude at my local shop, after many years of trying all kinds of nutrients, he guaranteed that all I needed to use was happy frog soil, and happy frog fruit and flower. You mix some in with your soil, and then just top dressing once a month after that. So far my plant is very healthy. And yes, I do ph my water because it so easy to do. Why take a chance? This pure power plant is day 15 of 12/12, and seed broke ground 7 weeks ago. Every single leaf is still on this plant. So far the dude was right.
 

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