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Da1KrayzieThug
01-20-2006, 02:00 AM
Well, two of the blueberry seeds germinated and are going to be put in pots soon. The growth from the bagseed plant has been stunted (only 9 days old). I know it should definately be a lot bigger than it is (still working on the first 3 leaf node). I figure it's due to it being a white seed, but it doesn't matter to me since it's just a bagseed. I adjusted the pH on some water to 6.8 with minute maid orange juice (had nothing added to it besides water). The orange juice had a pH or 3.0 before it was added. The water stayed at 6.8 for about 24 hours before starting to get a lot more acidic. I also had some of it in the metalic spray bottle I use. The gallon bottle's water went down to about 5.5 while the water in the spray bottle stayed at 6.7-6.8 (kept moving rapidly). I'm guessing it was due to light being on the gallon jug or something (slight algae growth maybe). The gallon jug is a water container that is used to get purified water in from this one shop. Basically I need to know how to lower the pH of the water without it potentially rising (I wont leave it in the light anymore). Right now the 3 things I have that will probably work is some more orange juice, a lemon, and apple cider vinager. Gonna check the ingredents in the vinager and see if there's anything potentially harmfull to plants in it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

JokerDooD
01-20-2006, 02:11 AM
normal house hold vinegar to lower PH works fine ,, add a few drops at a time to ur water ,mix well an check ph :rasta:

Da1KrayzieThug
01-20-2006, 11:00 AM
I got it to 6.8 with my first try of adding the vinager (I found some normal kind.) So I'm gonna see how that turns out.

THEEHT
01-20-2006, 12:30 PM
high all, i would go with 1/4 tea spoon vinager to 1 gal water. if you go below a PH of 5.8 you use baking soda to bring it back up. my tap water is 7.4-7.8 and i use 1/2 tea spoon so this should work for you.
THEEHT...

Da1KrayzieThug
01-20-2006, 04:59 PM
high all, i would go with 1/4 tea spoon vinager to 1 gal water. if you go below a PH of 5.8 you use baking soda to bring it back up. my tap water is 7.4-7.8 and i use 1/2 tea spoon so this should work for you.
THEEHT...

I got it already. And instead of adding more things into the water you should just empty the water out and start over. Thanks for trying though.