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Do I need to Ph water using super soil

HAPPY91
HAPPY91started grow question 4 years ago
Do I need to PH my water before using with organic super soil? I'm using Coast Of Maine Stonington Blend and they say just add water for growing cannabis using 15 gallon pot. Anyway I was wondering do I need to PH my water before watering my plants? Thank you. Happy growing!
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StayWeeded
StayWeededanswered grow question 4 years ago
If you’re doing an organic, water only grow, you shouldn’t have to pH anything. As long as it’s between 4.0-8.0, you should be fine. I do make a habit of checking anyway so I know and I only adjust if it’s too high or low. I have a chlorine/chloramine filter on my tap that brings my pH up to around 8.0. In that case I’ll adjust it to bring down somewhere between 6.0-7.0. Important things to note: 1. Make sure to use chlorine/chloramine free water as those will kill the micro life. 2. Should you adjust the pH of your water, do NOT use any chemical Up or Down as that will also kill the micro life. Baking soda is good to use for pH up. Citric acid, lemon juice or vinegar will drop the pH down. I like citric acid as it’s super cheap and works great. Be careful, a tiny pinch will drop the pH significantly. 3. Do NOT water until runoff. With an organic grow, all of your nutrients are in the soil. If you water til runoff, you’re just washing away nutrients and micro life.
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 4 years ago
Catch the drained water after Watering and test that PH Level. Soil mostly regulates its PH itself so unless you put some extras in your water it will be fine. Try Rainwater since Tap is Chemicaly ,,enchanced,, nowadays... 👍
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