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PH concern
MadRomdelstarted grow question 4y ago
I've been measuring my nutrients solution PH and it's between 6 and 6.5, but after a couple of days my soul is up to 8. Is this normal? I don't want to overwater trying to take ph down, nor do I want to kill microfungi with acid. Any suggestions?
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AsNoriuanswered grow question 4y ago
How you test soil and on second day after watering ??? If it's cheap 5£ Amazon stick in soil reader - forget it, it shows how fat milk is ;))))
Your grow is more soiless , like ProMix, they love 6.0-6.2 pH then.
If you give good dry out and then watering cycles ( I grew for two years in similar mix, they need more soil attitude than soiless ) - you pH will naturally balance out.
Try to make some run off when water, put dry new and CLEAN plate under pot to collect run off and measure then your pH and PPM or EC. if you are very close to what you put - you are PRO and will smoke loads of ...
But if readings from in and out different - you have issues ...
All the Best !
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 4y ago
@MadRomdel use the thing gardeners have been using forever to sweeten the soil
Good old Lime
I prefer dolomite lime personally and I simply add a small fistful as a top dressing and water it in well
or you could use PH down just be mindful it may have detrimental effects on your soil microbiology
Good luck Mate
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Ezzjaybruhanswered grow question 4y ago
Yea it’s a concern if it’s actually a pH of 8.. but how are you testing pH of the soil? Slurry test?
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