Yes, not sure about its alkalinity though, maybe stop trying to use loaded questions at me.
Wasnt a loaded question. My tap water is 8.8-9. No way I would put that in my pots with bringing it down to 6.5
k well im not hurting anything by adjusting to 6.5 so i dont really care.
Not sure, growers reported problens adding phosphoric acid and stuff to soil, i found the same if you add too much over time.
I can get on board with not measuring water PH because it kind of makes sense and I like having to do less. Then you would need to measure your soil PH (monthly??). I was taught by my grandpapy to test the runoff but you would use the drips with a soil sample or PH pen of the runoff?
The one thing your overlooking here is soil itself is not a buffer, it's certain organic and inorganic elements (like lime) that exist in most potting mixes that help "soil" buffer pH. These elements break down or wash out of the medium over time and become less effective. For many standard grows this isn't an issue, but if your vegging for a really long time already in the final pot or growing in really small pots sometimes these buffers will be ineffective before you finish your grow. Also, it would appear salt build up from bottled nutes can affect these buffering agents ability to do their job. I found this out the hard way in my last SOG grow. I wound up with a really low root zone pH. The only way I could keep an appropriate soil pH and continue to feed my plants was to raise the alkalinity of my nutrient solution. So there's a first hand example of soil not buffering alkalinity.
Well shit, guess I'm not a decent grower then ....
Ok I get it but do you not even recommend testing my soils pH? I make my own compost etc so I thought that would be mandatory. No? Then ide need a spear type soil pH tester?
You got a grow journal dude? You know so much and are so quick to put other people's suggestions down, even ones that are largely backed by both science and experience, you must have some killer grows to prove it ... and I'd like to see them.
Also, Subcool didn't do it once, he dedicated his life to developing super soil mixes in his last year's in the cannabis industry, and his recipes work awesome. You have terrible opinions. In fact, don't answer me, your going on the ignore list. I hope no one takes your advice.
I too would like to see some of your grows.
Anytime your local pop round.
