Watering PH

Overgrowtho

Overgrowtho

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Is it really helpful to bring the PH of water down to 5.5-6.5 as is recommended by many growers? Or 7 will be just fine?

I am talking about hydro for one side of the question and soil for the other.

As a soil grower presently, I would find it very cumbersome to mix and test the Ph properly before applying water every time. No?
 
Overgrowtho said:
Is it really helpful to bring the PH of water down to 5.5-6.5 as is recommended by many growers? Or 7 will be just fine?

I am talking about hydro for one side of the question and soil for the other.

As a soil grower presently, I would find it very cumbersome to mix and test the Ph properly before applying water every time. No?
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This is exactly why I gave up on hydro... its too much work. But to answer your question yes it is very important to correct your pH to 5.5-5.8 for hydro setups... i wouldn't be surprised if theirs products that help buffer your pH in hydro. Im sure a hydro grower will chime in
 
Thanks but what about soil? No problem since the organic materials act as a buffer??? Or still important?
 
For hydro, it's highly important to keep the pH in the right range so the plant can take in all the nutrients, when I was a newbie -learning - experimenting with it all first two grows I didn't pH..some plants did ok and some absolutely hated it. But a big difference when I started doing it right. They love it.
 
I try to keep my water below 6. General Hydro makes PH Down that works well.
With that said, don't chase it. After changing the water give it a day to rest and neutralize before adding balancer.
When I change water I let the nutes and pH settle for 24 hours before adjusting EC and pH
 
Overgrowtho said:
Is it really helpful to bring the PH of water down to 5.5-6.5 as is recommended by many growers? Or 7 will be just fine?

I am talking about hydro for one side of the question and soil for the other.

As a soil grower presently, I would find it very cumbersome to mix and test the Ph properly before applying water every time. No?
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PH HAS to be in range in hydro & coco, soil buffers it itself.

If ph is out of range for too long in hydro then you will have issues
 
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