PH levels

PH is tricky if you don't know the strain. Basic rule of thumb is if you want lighter leaves - higher pH, darker leaves - lower PH. Start around 6.5 and see how they like it. If they are too light green lower more.

Okay I agree with nobody... But with a citation.. The biggest mistake soil growers make at first is overcomplicating it.. Soil can be very easy, laid back and rewarding. I'm one month in and I've fill a spray bottle twice with a tiny amount of Ocean Magic (not nutrients) and not phing my water and you can see the results in my diaries they speak for themselves. Soil contains nutrients and doesn't require as much if any feeding depending on the conditions. Hydro feeding depends on conditions and coco is closer in nature to hydro then soil because it has no nutrients and must be buffered. Coco growers when done properly can get results similar to the hydroponics.. The whole thing really is too listen to your plants... I play music and sing to my plants every day... It's that extra little nutrient... Love 💪👍😁

the reason the pH recommendation is different is due to availability of various nutrients in that substrate - i.e. water or ebb and flow is different from coco and from soil. So, they'll recommend depending on what is needed - either to slow somethign down or to aid a disparity. Regardless, your mileage will vary per seed and even more greatly in many instances by what you do to your soil over time. I always had a nitro tox with autos, so a lower pH would have helped me even in those soil grows by reducing how much nitrogen was readily usable by the plant. I use a different brand of fert and coco coir, now. So, it could be totally different. pH is another tool in the bag. You can use it for toxicities or to improve deficiencies without adding anything of importance. Allow the plant to dictate. Use the common charts you see with pH ranges for reference on what increasing or decreasing might cause. Those charts are a little deceiving because they show different ranges -- but ranges already guesstimated and adjusted relative to that substrate, not necessarily internal to the plant. e.g. in soil they recommend a bit higher which aids efficient nitrogen use from soil. The plant absorbs the water.. the molecules it absorbs don't change sizes. What gets through the root membrane (or simply larger openings, i don't recall) is going into the plant regardless of soil or soilless medium. the pH will inhibit or catalyze its use within the plant by either interfering with chemistry or not. On the other hand, nitrogen is much more readily useable from hydroponic nutrients and mediums. A higher pH will likely cause a toxicity of N while not being able to provide enough P and K in some instances. So, it's not a rule.. it's a spectrum of various rates of changes of numerous factors, but you can keep it simple. Rhetorical: How's the plant doing? If you know your nutes are safe and everything else is eliminated, then you can use pH and one of those charts to adjust and see if that alleviates any minor issues you see.