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Ph up lowering my ppm

Shuffleshugg420started grow question 5 years ago

Hey guys, I am having a little trouble with my feeding, the issue is that I am mixing up my nuts adding pH up to get to 6.5ph but this is taking my ppm down from 950 to 105ppm. Can you tell me if this will effect my plants as what can I do to stop it ? Thanks in advance

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Shagrathanswered grow question 5 years ago

Hi! I think you are reading your meter incorrectly and it is actually rising your PPM from 950 -> 1050. There might be a small 10x in the meter when it goes above 999PPM. It is not possible that your pH up mystically makes your nutes disappear from the solution. Hope this helps! 👌

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Jef79answered grow question 5 years ago

Hello.. Hope you are well.. 1st off.. Are u in a hard or soft water area (do u know ur ph value from tap).. Are u using the right type of nutes for ur area and wot levels of feed are u putting in? .. Most feed will naturally drop ur ph? .. To raise my ph i personally use liquid silicon as a ph up adjuster.. U cant use this if useing hydrogen peroxide in ur mix tho.. Any problems /question just ask.. We all glad to help if we can.. 👍🍀

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LuckyGroweranswered grow question 5 years ago

Ph ur water first. Wait 2 minutes. Add nutes. Read ph

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