BioBizz Microbes PH Question

Silica, first always. Ferts, Microbes, Microbes, can be grouped into three categories based on their optimal pH: Acidiphiles 5 or less Neutrphiles 5-9 Alkaliphiles: 9 or more Bacteria are generally neutrophiles. They grow best at neutral pH close to 7.0. Efficiency drops about 50% for each 1.0 deviation in either . Silica can have a number of effects on microbes, including: Microbial silicification: Microbes can be encrusted, impregnated, or replaced by amorphous silica. Microbes can play a passive role in this process by providing organic surfaces for silica to bind to. Cellular growth: Silica can alter the cellular growth of microbes, such as E. coli K-12. Silica can cause a switch from fermentative to aerobic metabolism, and can also change the nutritional capabilities of the microbe. Plant growth: Silicon can improve plant growth and development by increasing nutrient availability in the rhizosphere. Bacterial morphology: Silica particles can change the morphology of bacteria. Spore-forming bacteria: Amorphous silica can increase the number of spore-forming bacteria. CO2 production: Amorphous silica can increase CO2 production by altering nutrient availability. Bacterial infections: Silica nanoparticles can be used to treat bacterial infections. Bacterial adhesion: Silicon dioxide can increase the negative charge of a bacterial membrane, which can affect its adhesion to a surface. Good luck.

it says after. so, i'd ph-balance after you add it, lol. you always ph-balance after all the other junk is added to whatever water you are about to irrigate with. this way, you add the correct pH. if you don't add it last, anything you add potentially swings the pH.

First add everything to the water and later adjust it in pH. Everything you add, like microbes can change the pH, so the be sure you have the wanted pH, you have to adjust the pH at last. If your adding microbes and your water is at 6.5ph, changing the pH more is not needed, since 6.5 is a good value. if your adding microbes and your water is at 8ph for example you should use ph- to get the pH to 6.5 again

Usually it's best to add the nutes to the water and then adjust the mixtures ph to the range your grow medium requires.

I have always put things in my water and adjust after everything I want is in the water. That doesn’t mean my method is right. I think some products require or recommend to adjust the PH of the base water before adding stuff in. But that’s what I do. Also you don’t want to be using PH up and PH down in the same mixture. It one or the other depending on which way you need to swing the PH. Leave this question open and see what other growers have to say about it.

It really depends on your soils ph/ingredients, if it's organic and you added low ph amendments the substrate should buffer by itself. I water with 7-7,5 PH tap water and never run into issues. But generally speaking you want to adjust your solutions PH once everything got mixed in.