Organic soil organic powder feed...no need for pH water adjustments????!

Salah82

Active Member
What's up my grow brothers!

Been coming along two opinions wherever I check and ask.....

Should I lower my water pH even though I am growing all organic soil and organic powder feed ??
My tap waters pH is between 7.5-7.7



Would appreciate your input

Much love
 

hotrodharley

Well-Known Member
What's up my grow brothers!

Been coming along two opinions wherever I check and ask.....

Should I lower my water pH even though I am growing all organic soil and organic powder feed ??
My tap waters pH is between 7.5-7.7



Would appreciate your input

Much love
In actual soil there’s no need to adjust pH.
 

hotrodharley

Well-Known Member
Wow and I heard so many people say that the organic medium self regulates and that I should not worry about pH water.
No that it could actually harm my plants....
Organic soil yes. Organics in peat are simply using something “organic” rather than mineral salts in jars for nutrients
 

Salah82

Active Member
Soil is a bitch. Heavy. Waterlogs easily and dries slowly. Buy a roll of cheap litmus paper. It’s more than adequate for our purposes.
What about growing in coco with organic powder feed.

Canna coco plus and greenhouse feed bio grow, bio bloom and enhancer powder.
Do I still have to adjust my tap Waters pH Everytime before watering my plants?
 

OldMedUser

Well-Known Member
Add all your ferts etc to your water first, mix well and allow an hour or more before testing the pH so it has time to stabilize. Overnight with an airstone bubbling in it to keep it mixed up is even better.

I use RO water only so the minerals in my hard tap water don't mess with the chemistry in my root zone.

Get a water analysis report from your provider too so you know what is actually in your water. Various mineral salts in the water may be perfectly fine for you to drink but will build up in your media and can mess things up.

:peace:
 

Salah82

Active Member
Add all your ferts etc to your water first, mix well and allow an hour or more before testing the pH so it has time to stabilize. Overnight with an airstone bubbling in it to keep it mixed up is even better.

I use RO water only so the minerals in my hard tap water don't mess with the chemistry in my root zone.

Get a water analysis report from your provider too so you know what is actually in your water. Various mineral salts in the water may be perfectly fine for you to drink but will build up in your media and can mess things up.

:peace:
I'm growing with organic powder feed in coco that I mix in from the beginning, less Hassle.....that is where I need to know since I am using organic powder feed in coco......if I even have to worry about my Waters ph? You know..
 

OldMedUser

Well-Known Member
I'm growing with organic powder feed in coco that I mix in from the beginning, less Hassle.....that is where I need to know since I am using organic powder feed in coco......if I even have to worry about my Waters ph? You know..
You should still reduce the pH of your tap water but getting it bang on 6 or so isn't critical if you already have the nutes in the coco. Using water with 7.5+ pH will over time raise your pH in the pots too high and problems will arise.

You will still have mineral buildup over time so make sure to get some runoff each watering. If you plan to test your runoff water's pH then water to saturation, let sit overnight then add enough water to get some runoff into a clean container and test that. It can take some time for all the chemical reactions to finish up and teh pH in the root zone to stabilize.

Don't let the runoff run into a dirty catch tray as it will have lots of dried up minerals in it that will skew the results of the test. Clean the tray first then stick it back under to catch the test runoff. Same with testing PPM in runoff. Dried up salts in the tray will make the ppm higher than what's coming out as it dissolves into the new runoff.

:peace:
 
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