Run some pH'd water through the soil until you get some clear runoff. Check the runoff pH. IF you get an indication of extraordinarily low or high pH, then adjust your incoming water to compensate, until you get a runoff that indicates the pH is in a good range.. After that, adjust your incoming water to the proper pH, thereafter. I use the General Hydroponics drops and their pH UP and DOWN. They are cheap and it doesn't hurt to check -regardless of what some people might say about the soil buffering the pH, etc. I've been there.