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blacksman
blacksmanstarted grow question 8h ago
I added 2 liters of water to my 11-liter pots with a pH of 6.3, and when I measured the pH of the filtered water, I got pH values ​​of 7.3/7.5/7.8/6.8. What pH level would you recommend I set for my next watering?
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Selkot
Selkotanswered grow question 6h ago
hey 👋 These values are very high, it’s going to be hard to fix them with simple watering. I recommend a heavy flush, at least 20 liters, using water with a pH of 6.0; the problem will be solved in one go. After that, let it dry for 3–4 days, then resume watering with nutrients at an adjusted pH of around 6.2
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 6h ago
In your other question i wrote about proper irrigation procedure... seems like you are choosing a volume of water to give. This is the wrong way to do it. you can see my other for a better practice. One thing i forget -- **- if in soiless, get 10% runoff religiously... this avoids buildup. This is not required for soil growing, though occasionally you may need to get some runoff if the soil's nutrient content is too high. In soilless context, it eliminates the potential of buildup in the medium, which makes diagnosing and reacting simply a matter of changing the formula.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 6h ago
6.5-6.8 for soil, 6.0-6.3 for soilless... if your fertilizer brand recommends differently, may want to start there initially. No matter what, the plant tells you what is right with its health and growth rate. Some recommend lower for soilless/hydro, but from what i see that just forces you to use a shit-ton of Ca to mitigate the pH (availability of Ca is reduced if too acidic), which can quickly fuck with other nutrients availability (see Mulder's Chart). if using soilless/hydro products in soil, go with soilless pH range. This is more about the nutrients used and how it is delivered than the solid medium that absorbs water. soil fertilizers require microbes to break them down etc, and the 6.5-6.8 improves availability of N and more welcoming to the microbes that help. With soilless/hydro ferts, this N is already plant-available the moment it dissolves. No fixation or chelating of molecules needed for those products. ... like myco being useless for soilless/hydro context due to P concentration levels.. basically slows or stops myco growth. Just a gimmick on thos contexts and still a maybe with potential in soil. there are lots of generalizations out there that only apply to certain contexts.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 6h ago
Just give water only next few feeds. Have the pH in the lower end of your desired mediums pH range.. Totally normal...
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