How do I lower the ph? Its super high!

lord dangley, i have maybe 10/20 percent coco in my soil, i stick to soil pH 6.3 to 6.8 right? Peace

Kingrow1 said:

lord dangley, i have maybe 10/20 percent coco in my soil, i stick to soil pH 6.3 to 6.8 right? Peace

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I have never mixed soil and coco together. But at 10-20% I would think you would still treat it as soil. Myself, I have never understodd mixing crap into Coco, you lose all the benifits of Coco when you do. But if it works for you, that is cool.

Lord Dangly Bits said:

I have never mixed soil and coco together. But at 10-20% I would think you would still treat it as soil. Myself, I have never understodd mixing crap into Coco, you lose all the benifits of Coco when you do. But if it works for you, that is cool.

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Yer the coco soil i got has all the bat guano and good organic amendments, i mix some in with my westlands all purpose soil to give the organic life a good start and for base nutrients. I know its probably not advisable but Canna terra soil has coco/coir in but still classed as soil, as yet i have had no problems and better growth so like it, dont like my westlands as much though but is good all the same. I believe they add the coco/coir for drainage in the canna soil, stays too wet for my liking though so like to mix it in with my soil as my best alternative.

So this guys soil is fine isn't it guys, organic, mandalla seeds list it and i like the look of it anyway, maybe some drainage would be my only concern but either way it looks good. Am definatly not going for the pH readings he got and pH down dont do nothing for soil. Lets move on to the other problems now guys, we had long enough talking about soil. Peace

Vinegar, citric acid, ph down etc all suck for lowering PH for soil. Molasses works the best for lowering and humic acids for PH up,upto 8.0. Unless you are doing hydro...........

elduece said:

Vinegar, citric acid, ph down etc all suck for lowering PH for soil. Molasses works the best for lowering and humic acids for PH up,upto 8.0. Unless you are doing hydro...........

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Tell me more about molasses and humic acid for soil pH, this sounds more believable than pH up and down which obviously dose nothing to the soil. Peace

well im pretty sure that plant is dead. So i got 20 seeds. and they are all rooting, 1st day in germination (after 24hr soak in water)

At least we dispelled some pH myths and that soil looks ok, probably too strong for seedlings though, i use seedling soil for seedlings. Peace

ehhhh ive had seeds grow in pure miracle grow soil (the kind that is supposed to be mixed in 1 part MG soil to 3 parts regular soil). I mean it died but whatever all 20 have rooted 1/4 inch and 10 are planted

beginner.legal.growop said:

ehhhh ive had seeds grow in pure miracle grow soil (the kind that is supposed to be mixed in 1 part MG soil to 3 parts regular soil). I mean it died but whatever all 20 have rooted 1/4 inch and 10 are planted

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Sounds like you still have a lot to learn, hopefully not so much after this thread, pH is a myth to me and the right soil produces the right results, put seedlings in full on miracle grow and you'll never really get full control of them, why so many growers dont want to keep things simple, aint no magic bush just a plant like anything else. Seedling soil for seedlings and heavier nutrient soil for bigger plants. Peace

Thanks man