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Coconut_kiss
Coconut_kissstarted grow question 5 years ago
Runoff pH in my 11L pot is alkaline and I flushed like 2 times with 10L of ph 5.5 water and runoff pH wont change
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 5 years ago
Are there preceding issues that led you to this, or you saw the pH and did somethign about it proactively? neither is neccessariyl wrong, but need to know first. if no symptoms, relax. what's your ferts pH at when you feed? do you always control pH when you irrigate? if yes to those, you ahve something odd going down in soil. if you are feeding a smorgasborg of products without any concern for what's in them, it could be due to unwanted reactions going on... less likely with a family of products from one brand or knowing those products well enough to augment wihtout a precipitate or something wreaking havoc with pH etc... Looks like you have some slight symptoms, but nothign crazy. Double check callibration of your pH pen or strips (try somethign you know.) This could be microbial too. Somethin gliving in your soil simply makes it acidic and nothing you can do about it it. if it is a common problem you can add things that make your soil more acidic to start. also what is alkaline? soil is good 6.5-7. 6.8 is probably ideal - err on the slightly acidic side of 7 for sure. I'd stop over-watering for now.. look into a soil amendment that will help reduce pH https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=reduce+soil+pH&ia=web
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Coconut_kiss
Coconut_kissanswered grow question 5 years ago
Used reagent drops to check runoff pH first time after transplant (also used different store bought soil that before,bag says pH is around 6) I check water pH every watering and use only one product (plantella leaf) Should I just get soil made for cannabis?
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Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hello, Did you try to wait a day or 2 after the 2nd flush and then do another runoff ph check? Not a full flush just enough water to get some runoff. You can add granular sulfur to soil and that's a natural soil acidifier....that can help in the long run if your soil continues to shoot up high in ph. Or you can add extra mulch or sphagnum peat moss to lower ph too. If you're still getting no difference, check into recalibrating the ph pen or something like that...maybe it's off.
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