Lowering PH in Soil During Flower

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StormyHaze

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So i noticed i am having a bit of deficiencies because of the ph in the soil. the soil is at a ph of 8 at the moment. just fed it nutes two days ago. its in flower right now less than a week. i need to fix this issue asap. how can i lower the ph of the soil? and how fast will it go down.?? thanks in advance dudes!!!
 
Carolina Dream'n

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Tjblack said:
Lime
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Lime raises ph.

StormyHaze said:
So i noticed i am having a bit of deficiencies because of the ph in the soil. the soil is at a ph of 8 at the moment. just fed it nutes two days ago. its in flower right now less than a week. i need to fix this issue asap. how can i lower the ph of the soil? and how fast will it go down.?? thanks in advance dudes!!!
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Elemental sulfur.
 
aquafuge

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StormyHaze said:
So i noticed i am having a bit of deficiencies because of the ph in the soil. the soil is at a ph of 8 at the moment. just fed it nutes two days ago. its in flower right now less than a week. i need to fix this issue asap. how can i lower the ph of the soil? and how fast will it go down.?? thanks in advance dudes!!!
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Mix one cup of vinigar with one gallon of water and pour over the soil. Will drop ph immediately but will only last for about a week.
 
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aquafuge said:
vinegar...sorry
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thank you!! appreciate it. fortunately wat i did was just feed the nutes and wasnt ph'ing the water so i would give it to the plants with a low ph and it brought down a whole number from 8 to 7 in about a week. still right on 7 im trying to bring the ph down some more but harvest is like 15 days away so im just flushing starting tomorrow. On another note my second grow im trying to try something organic herd nectar for the gods is a great line but the stuf stinks a bit. not looking forward to that. any advice on what other nutes are organic?? lmk oh and one more thing lol. if the nutes your feeding your babies arent organic can you still juice the leaves??
 
vostok

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StormyHaze said:
thank you!! appreciate it. fortunately wat i did was just feed the nutes and wasnt ph'ing the water so i would give it to the plants with a low ph and it brought down a whole number from 8 to 7 in about a week. still right on 7 im trying to bring the ph down some more but harvest is like 15 days away so im just flushing starting tomorrow. On another note my second grow im trying to try something organic herd nectar for the gods is a great line but the stuf stinks a bit. not looking forward to that. any advice on what other nutes are organic?? lmk oh and one more thing lol. if the nutes your feeding your babies arent organic can you still juice the leaves??
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with harvest 2 weeks away you are far too late

imo: I'd be working on lowering your ph

check your water first...daily

make a good plan for your next grow

good luck
 
chemphlegm

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StormyHaze said:
1). any advice on what other nutes are organic??
2) lmk oh and one more thing lol. if the nutes your feeding your babies arent organic can you still juice the leaves??
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1) Botanicare Organicare is the best I've worked with

2) Yes. the vegetables and fruits you consume daily are not likely fed with composted items, more likely with basal salts, the exact same ones that you're using now. those are watered down farm nutrients. they wont taste as good and will not contain as many nutrients as those fed organically some could argue.
 
weedemart

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StormyHaze said:
thank you!! appreciate it. fortunately wat i did was just feed the nutes and wasnt ph'ing the water so i would give it to the plants with a low ph and it brought down a whole number from 8 to 7 in about a week. still right on 7 im trying to bring the ph down some more but harvest is like 15 days away so im just flushing starting tomorrow. On another note my second grow im trying to try something organic herd nectar for the gods is a great line but the stuf stinks a bit. not looking forward to that. any advice on what other nutes are organic?? lmk oh and one more thing lol. if the nutes your feeding your babies arent organic can you still juice the leaves??
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organic nutrients cannot be bottled. if you want to grow organic, all you need is peat,compost,perlite and amendments.
 
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weedemart said:
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organic nutrients cannot be bottled. if you want to grow organic, all you need is peat,compost,perlite and amendments.
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would love to get some instructions on how much of each thing to amend. im using FF and the nutes as well. First time great job in my opinion. scared to put the pics up tho
 
SPLFreak808

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"Dolomitic" lime will actually neutralize pH around 7, however that's not gonna fix your problem.

This late in the game i would think your only hope is to hit em with a low pH liquid feed, maybe something like earth juice ect..
 
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vostok said:
with harvest 2 weeks away you are far too late

imo: I'd be working on lowering your ph

check your water first...daily

make a good plan for your next grow

good luck
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appreciate the advise Vos luckily i brought it right around 6.8 few days ago. all is well ph wise. babies are looking beatutiful minus a few leaves since the ph problem but they look great smell amazing!! i should flush 2 weeks prior to harvest right? some say one week but my nutes are salt based. idk.
 
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SPLFreak808 said:
"Dolomitic" lime will actually neutralize pH around 7, however that's not gonna fix your problem.
nice thanks i also herd vinegar one tsp per gallon would also work. not trying it now but keeping it mind for my second grw
This late in the game i would think your only hope is to hit em with a low pH liquid feed, maybe something like earth juice ect..
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Bugeye

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Why would your soil ph go to 8 in flower? That makes no sense, it would not if it was good during veg. If your plant was healthy in veg, I don't think the ph was at 8. So I think your diagnosis is possibly confused or your ph reading wrong.
 
vostok

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StormyHaze said:
appreciate the advise Vos luckily i brought it right around 6.8 few days ago. all is well ph wise. babies are looking beatutiful minus a few leaves since the ph problem but they look great smell amazing!! i should flush 2 weeks prior to harvest right? some say one week but my nutes are salt based. idk.
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yes imo: if you are in salt nutes I'd be flushing the soil a week or so before harvest

I'd suggest that the reason for the high ph in your soil was perhaps the high calcium content of your water

if so you can get good water(reverse osmosis??) from a machine at walmart?

I have been know to double check my ph in soil and water with $5.00 pool strips from your local 7/11

good luck
 
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Bugeye said:
Why would your soil ph go to 8 in flower? That makes no sense, it would not if it was good during veg. If your plant was healthy in veg, I don't think the ph was at 8. So I think your diagnosis is possibly confused or your ph reading wrong.
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negative bugeye! couple weeks before into flower i notices a little deficiency on the lower leaves. thought it was because of calcium. FF nutes states to flush before flower which i did not do. and i think thats what may have caused that. i was always phing at 6.0 - 6.3 its my first grow so for sure i have to figure out wth i did to fuck it up before flower. but greatful enough feeding them at lower ph solved the problem. you think the ph meter for the soil is fucked up?
 
Bugeye

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StormyHaze said:
negative bugeye! couple weeks before into flower i notices a little deficiency on the lower leaves. thought it was because of calcium. FF nutes states to flush before flower which i did not do. and i think thats what may have caused that. i was always phing at 6.0 - 6.3 its my first grow so for sure i have to figure out wth i did to fuck it up before flower. but greatful enough feeding them at lower ph solved the problem. you think the ph meter for the soil is fucked up?
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Flushing is for salt build up. Soil ph is actually hard to change and takes time. Yes, your soil ph probe sucks.
 
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