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PH falling caused by dilution /hydro

Maskedcucumberstarted grow question 4y ago

I noticed that when I dilute my soup too much with osmosis water in order to lower EC, PH starts falling eventually, even when my soup is a few days old (I have an air pump, it always goes up). Does it mean I have to make a new tank in that case ? why is that happening? Thanks!

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Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 4y ago

If your ph drops it's almost always a nutrient issue. Some nutrients dont play well together in hydro. I had this issue when I used open sesame and cha ching from fox farm. The beastie blooms runs stable but the other 2 make the ph steadily drop.

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