my ph is 7.2 am waiting on ebay for ph down what can i use while waiting?

Hazmat

Hazmat

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RM3 said:
Distilled water is the worst you can use to grow with
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I agree, causes osmotic pressure from lack of ions and pretty much sucks nutrients out of the plant/jacks up water content of plant too much.
 
RM3

RM3

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You are using Foxfarm nutes growing in coco, using distilled water ALL of which is wrong. I see no indication in your pics of a PH problem

coco is a very different way of growing than soil it is more like doin hydro and not the best way for a new grower to start out
 
crawlintbss

crawlintbss

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RM3 said:
Distilled water is the worst you can use to grow with
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What causes you to say this?

Ive got 4 plants using Distilled only from Meijer with no problems. Almost all my 1gals come around 6.5ph which is perfect to start with or direct feed just like that. Obviously i need to suppplement cal and mag but thats no biggy.
 
gunnar&carey

gunnar&carey

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crawlintbss said:
What causes you to say this?

Ive got 4 plants using Distilled only from Meijer with no problems. Almost all my 1gals come around 6.5ph which is perfect to start with or direct feed just like that. Obviously i need to suppplement cal and mag but thats no biggy.
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Thats what i thought i guess u just need more cal and mag i haven't thought if that im on my way to get something tonight what would help boost it up? Im a new grower this is only my second time indoor
 
RM3

RM3

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crawlintbss said:
What causes you to say this?

Ive got 4 plants using Distilled only from Meijer with no problems. Almost all my 1gals come around 6.5ph which is perfect to start with or direct feed just like that. Obviously i need to suppplement cal and mag but thats no biggy.
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well post #21 answered part of it, there is also no O2 in it of any consequence
 
Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

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RM3 said:
I have not checked PH in a long time, prolly look at it once or twice a year
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Me either. Inaccuracy scared me to death and was takin all the fun out of it. Luckily, I learned that if your source water is in range, and your careful about what you throw at it, you dont need any of that shit.
 
crawlintbss

crawlintbss

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Hrmm interesting... guess i should maybe switch it up.

Any recommendations on what kind of water to buy them? we have well water here which isnt to great. ph is so iradic id rather spend the 80cents a gallon.
 
Alexander Supertramp

Alexander Supertramp

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gunnar&carey said:
J

Get a soil ph tester homedepot sells them for 10$
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I would not count on the accuracy of a small sample taken from the top of a container to tell me whats going on in the root zone. I am a farmer and understand soil testing very well. Get some worm castings, dolomite lime and a wetting agent in your mix and never worry about pH again...
 
Sativied

Sativied

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Controlling pH in soil is something best left up to the plant and by using a balanced nutrient mix, but there's nothing wrong with measuring the pH of soil in a container to get an "indication".

http://www.extension.uidaho.edu/nursery/Landscape problems/Substrate/Measuring pH and CEC.PDF

Or google Virginia Tech Extraction Method PourThru

Same goes for EC, although if there are problems it's usually the same thing, too many nutrients, causing too low ph. That's where trying to control the pH often results in only more problems, and not just on soil, even on hydro I control pH with nutes...
 
srichard722

srichard722

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my ph drove me nuts at first always mid 7s tried a couple things things then gave up never had any issues make life easy use fox farm soil with bloom boost and tiger bloom
 
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