Soil PH at 8! How Do I lower it?

4personaluse

4personaluse

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I dont understand this but I have a few plant in 4 gal pots using FF ferts and FOX farms Ocean Forset soil

I water with corrected to 6.5 ph water but I am sure I have a PH problem my leaves on my durbin poison are twisty and the spots are on like 2 leaves I have a 3 in 1 tester the one with the 2 probs it measures light lumens,moistuer, and PH it says my ph is 8 here are some pics

How do I lower it or do I need to? I have ph up AND PH DOWN thats how I adjust my water before watering.

I thought when you watered that sets the PH like if I used 7.0 ph water to water the plants then my soil would be 7.0??? Please help

Thanks
 

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want_my_ink

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4personaluse said:
I dont understand this but I have a few plant in 4 gal pots using FF ferts and FOX farms Ocean Forset soil

I water with corrected to 6.5 ph water but I am sure I have a PH problem my leaves on my durbin poison are twisty and the spots are on like 2 leaves I have a 3 in 1 tester the one with the 2 probs it measures light lumens,moistuer, and PH it says my ph is 8 here are some pics

How do I lower it or do I need to? I have ph up AND PH DOWN thats how I adjust my water before watering.

I thought when you watered that sets the PH like if I used 7.0 ph water to water the plants then my soil would be 7.0??? Please help

Thanks
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Those meters are not very reliable. You should get a temperature compensating digital pen.
The ph down is proper way to lower the ph levels.
 
4personaluse

4personaluse

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How do I administer it? I fill a gal milk jug then I test the water its usally low so I add one drop of ph up liquid and it brings it up to 6.5 then I water is this how I should adjust it? only asking becuase I just watered yesterday and the soil is still wet so dont want to add anymore but I did water with 6.5 ph water. Thanks
 
Mr. Limpet

Mr. Limpet

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4personaluse said:
How do I administer it? I fill a gal milk jug then I test the water its usally low so I add one drop of ph up liquid and it brings it up to 6.5 then I water is this how I should adjust it? only asking becuase I just watered yesterday and the soil is still wet so dont want to add anymore but I did water with 6.5 ph water. Thanks
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Sounds like you should just stop adding the ph up for a while. Or you could get some hydrated lyme. Ive never been able to find it but i hear it works. I use FFOF and FF nutes as well and i water with 6.5 also and my soil meter usualy reads 7 and i cant get it any lower. It used to read 8 before i started adding lyme to the mix
 
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