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GR0WER
GR0WERstarted grow question 2 years ago
From the every beginning my ph monitors (soil sensors) are showing ~ph7. I drained it with ph 5.2 solution for two times already, but I still have ~ph6.8 - 7 in both of my pots. Will it hurt my sweet babies? How to make soil ph lower without damage them? Please help me.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 2 years ago
The buffered coco is bs. Soon as water hits it. It will rise in pH. The coco is what is holding your pH up likely. You can't treat it like coco with the soil in substrate. All you can do is do what you are with lower pH water. Once you start adding nutrients in a week or two it should start bringing the pH down. Can also switch to 1 of three lights on in vegging vs 2. Light requirements are very low in vegging. Remember to get run off when you start adding nutrients. To avoid salt build up in soil from plant foods. Also good to test this run off for pH and ppm or ec. A water pH tester is needed. Avoid cheap yellow ph tester ones. Will have to monitor it closely. So far looking good
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GR0WERanswered grow question 2 years ago
Thank You for Your answers, friends. I have an expensive 7 in 1 water tester and will test my outflow when my babies rise a bit. Now I'm afraid to ower water them with drainage experiments. Thank You @Roberts for the explaining about coco coir, I didn't know that. And thank You @GrowingGrannie for wrighting exact ph I should water my little ones. I closing my question with a calm soul and steady hands. 👍
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Don't worry about having too many questions! It's ok!! I had the same worry with my first grow... I was growing in ProMixHP (not coco) and couldn't understand the problem.... well, the "problem" was that ProMixHP has a natural pH of 7 and while the plants were small, their roots didn't extend out to the soil I was testing which was dry for the most part - so naturally I worried! As your plant grows larger and the root system gets bigger, you'll be watering further and further out and changing that pH to the 6 you want it... just make sure the water you're giving (and the nute solutions when you start them) are pH'd to 6 and you'll be just fine - as will your plants! No worries here, buddy, no worries at all.
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GR0WERanswered grow question 2 years ago
I made my substrate from ph 6 soil mostly, adding 10-15% of buffered coco coir (cal-mag solution) and it was also ~ ph 6. And ~ 20% of perlite. Added 'Micor riza' and 1/4 doze of 'Bat Guano'. - Why it became ph7? - What I did wrong? - How to fix it (my plants are on their second week already)? Sorry, I have too much questions for one topic.
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