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Ph water in soil, does it matter?
Greenbean420started grow question 5 years ago
Does the PH in the water matter if using biobizz soil and nutrients? Leaving the tap water overnight to evaporate the chlorine of course... heard so many things online but does anyone know for sure? Cheers
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OGgrowsanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi @Greenbean420 The PH of the irrigation water will control the PH value of your soil. If you water with a high PH, the soil will also have a high PH. All fertilizers tend to lower the pH of the water but it is always necessary to adjust with PH down, just as when you only give water you also have to adjust the pH to 6. I use the PH down from biobizz and I think it's great. On aliexpress they sell good PH meters for € 20. Tap water has to rest in open bottles away from sunlight to evaporate all the chlorine, the chlorine in 2L of water takes 24 hours to completely evaporate. for example if you have the water in 5L bottles you will have to leave it 2 and a half days for the chlorine to completely evaporate. Good luck mate
Harrythehatanswered grow question 5 years ago
Good thing about PH there is a big range before any damage occurs to plants
sweet spot probably, with more and more study there finding this
a lot of confusion occurs because run off can differ so much pending what medium your using
dont stress over it and problems generally are not PH based, unless your a mile out
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OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
Here is a link to a picture , this picture is showing the absobtion of nutrients depending on the ph range in soil , you will see that between 6 and 7 there is a sweet spot.
You can make your own answer just by looking at the picture
http://ucanr.edu/sites/Salinity/files/247732display.png
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Athosanswered grow question 5 years ago
Soil can and will buffer pH, unless your tap water's pH is too high. In my case my tap water's pH is over 8.0 and even when using biobizz soil, I get pH related issues. The leaving the water overnight to get rid of chlorine is true, although not all tap water needs that treatment, since some cities have better water than others.
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