lower p.h with vinegar..questions
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DodgeDread
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I can't see vinegar being a problem, a lot of guides say to use it to lower ph and they don't mention anything about it damaging plants. Can't speak from personal experience yet though. btw, where did you get your ph meter from? I'm looking for one myself
My personal idea is that u give a plant too much of anything and eventually it can lead to somethin bad happenning. I do know that too much ph up leaves behind tooo much salts that can lead to nute lockouts but as for the ph DOWN...no clue. Makes me kinda wonder if the acid base could somehow build up in the soil leading to some sort of root burning, hmmm......
DodgeDread
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maybe you could get bottled water?, might be more expensive but at least it'll be better water
Resident Kush
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vinegar is fine, never had a problem, it is an acid, so there is no issue. Plus is much cheaper
Resident Kush
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bottled water still wont be balanced to 6.2, so thats no help. Lemon juice would work for a short time, but doesnt hold the ph level for a long period of time, like straight acids do, so your soil ph will fluctuate.
sandmonkey
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make sure you use 100% organic white vinegar and not stuff with artificial acetic acid (which is what they use for most table vinegars). That stuff is cancerous for humans so it can't be good for roots. Just my opinion.
Stoney McFried
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Here's something I found on the subject.Different folks say yes, different folks say no, but they all do agree if you have nothing else on hand,vinegar will work.Also, an organic apple cider vinegar may have some beneficial micro nutrients in it,according to this. From what I can tell, you add a teaspoon per gallon of water.But read the link.http://www.growkind.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-23733.html
Also, you could add more peat moss to your soil from what I've read,it brings the ph down gradually, which is what you want to do, not all at once.
The growfaq explains this.https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=71
Also, you could add more peat moss to your soil from what I've read,it brings the ph down gradually, which is what you want to do, not all at once.
The growfaq explains this.https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=71
UKcyrus
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lmfao im soooo sorry all....
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thanks again to all that helped
i just found out why i can never find anything about growing weed on google..
i had my safe search on and it wouldnt pick up restricted sites
how gay... i found a few on it now
and outher things i wanted to know about
thanks again to all that helped
closetkiller
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check out this placehttp://www.eseasongear.com/ i got the hm tds-4, it seems to work fine.
DodgeDread
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looks like you've found a perfect cure! I'll have to try that, i wonder if using it regularly will give the plants a slight lime flavour? mmm
