ph balance my water with fox farms?

miorggirl · Mar 10, 2015

I'm sure my question has already been answered but I haven't been able to find it. I am growing in ffof with added perlite and a Lil coco for veg. I use tap water that I filter with a carbon filter and let sit out to dechlorinate. Well the ph of that water after it sits out is between 8 and 8.3. My question is do I have to lower my ph of my water? I'm not using any nutrient solutions, just water for beginning of veg. Thanks

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

miorggirl said:
I'm sure my question has already been answered but I haven't been able to find it. I am growing in ffof with added perlite and a Lil coco for veg. I use tap water that I filter with a carbon filter and let sit out to dechlorinate. Well the ph of that water after it sits out is between 8 and 8.3. My question is do I have to lower my ph of my water? I'm not using any nutrient solutions, just water for beginning of veg. Thanks

yes, always make sure the water is between 5.8 and 6.8 before watering plant. no nutes or with nutes. doesn't matter. with OF i would keep it closer to 6.5 to 6.8

miorggirl · Mar 10, 2015

chuck estevez said:
yes, always make sure the water is between 5.8 and 6.8 before watering plant. no nutes or with nutes. doesn't matter. with OF i would keep it closer to 6.5 to 6.8

Thank you very much. I know super soil has dolomite lime for ph buffering but wasn't sure about of.

woody333333 · Mar 10, 2015

miorggirl said:
Thank you very much. I know super soil has dolomite lime for ph buffering but wasn't sure about of.

chuck don't grow organic he just repeats stuff he hears.... I dunno for sure since you put other stuff in it but that ocean forest by itself would have been fine w 8.3

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

miorggirl said:
Thank you very much. I know super soil has dolomite lime for ph buffering but wasn't sure about of.

OF is ph adjusted. why you want to keep the water going in around the same ph as the soil is adjusted for.

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

woody333333 said:
chuck don't grow organic he just repeats stuff he hears.... I dunno for sure since you put other stuff in it but that ocean forest by itself would have been fine w 8.3

you don't even grow or know how plants work. Eff off Donkey

woody333333 · Mar 10, 2015

chuck estevez said:
you don't even grow or know how plants work. Eff off Donkey

blah blah blah about shit you don't know.....8.3 is fine for a bag of ocean forest....

green_machine_two9er · Mar 10, 2015

I have to agree that phing water is only vital while adding a nutrient solution to either soilessmedium or hydro. Or even in soil eith synthetic nutes.

Organics doesn't doesn't worry about ph of water as It will not change the soil ph. It should be properly buffered ahead of time.

foreverflyhi · Mar 10, 2015

I agrees with not phing unless using nutes. Try doing a comparison, see which plants responsed better

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

I have been reading up on this and have found a lot of conflicting info, but I think the majority say to add a little lime and don't worry about it in organic Ocean Forest. I found a few say they have problems with the ph of OF. Bottom line is you're going to have to keep and eye on them and if you notice any problems, start checking that ph

greasemonkeymann · Mar 10, 2015

green_machine_two9er said:
I have to agree that phing water is only vital while adding a nutrient solution to either soilessmedium or hydro. Or even in soil eith synthetic nutes.

foreverflyhi said:

I agrees with not phing unless using nutes. Try doing a comparison, see which plants responsed better

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Organics doesn't doesn't worry about ph of water as It will not change the soil ph. It should be properly buffered ahead of time.

Add one more vote to the no PHing.
I have hard water, haven't PHed anything in years.
Organics are a different entity.
Hydroponics on the other hand.. PH is crucial.

woody333333 · Mar 10, 2015

chuck estevez said:
I have been reading up on this and have found a lot of conflicting info, but I think the majority say to add a little lime and don't worry about it in organic Ocean Forest. I found a few say they have problems with the ph of OF. Bottom line is you're going to have to keep and eye on them and if you notice any problems, start checking that ph

and how do you plan to check that ph?....... how would you change it?....... youre a parrot chuckles

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

woody333333 said:
and how do you plan to check that ph?....... how would you change it?....... youre a parrot chuckles

by reading the plant, Donkey, you are a joke who doesn't even grow. If you don't know how to adjust your soils ph, you should stay on your computer as a non grower, Donkey

woody333333 · Mar 10, 2015

chuck estevez said:
by reading the plant, Donkey, you are a joke who doesn't even grow. If you don't know how to adjust your soils ph, you should stay on your computer as a non grower, Donkey

so you don't have any answers?....... funny guy chuckles

chuck estevez · Mar 10, 2015

woody333333 said:
so you don't have any answers?....... funny guy chuckles

no, that is you, or you have completely the wrong answers, You're a stupid guy Donkey.
you don't even grow, you don't have any pics and you don't have any life other than to sit in mom's basement all day sipping on mt.dew and eating cheetos trying to look cool on the internet.

Alexander Supertramp · Mar 10, 2015

With a pH of 8 or over I would be testing the water a bit deeper. Especially checking total alkalinity. Garnering that info before proceding is the only way to know if you need to adjust it down or not. It would also indicate which pH down would best be suited for you water source.

old shol4evr · Mar 12, 2015

i live in the city ,i have only had to ph up or down a couple times in the grow going now ,i ph every time ,they are always fucking with the water ,your choice man

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