Water PH is 8.1 Anything Poss Good

I've been carrying my PH tester from house to house just to make sure and it is the average. I just had a new pipe ran from the main the PH is 8.1. I am about to begin a soil grow and I am concerned with possible salt build up from all the PH down necessary.

RO water is out of the question for now. I just put to much into this already.

Is there a way to test your water it is NYC tap. It's funny because they say it is what makes the pizza and bread so good. I've thought about the whole mother nature so I picked up a 55 Gallon rubber Drum $28.00 Delivered.

Is anyones Ph this high and still using there TAP with good results?
os anyone currently using a Sulfer burner?
I don't know if I need one.
If so is there any good nutrients that drop PH to a better level?

Ill have to ask the HYDRO shop if there are any Nutes with high salt content to try to battle the issue with food.


Ohh yeah this is something weird. When I was attempting the whole DWC I had PH issues. The minute I added the CO2 to the room my buckets dropped off drastically and the Rezes were very high. At that time the Rezez were 6.6 and the buckets were 5.8. I did read up on PH and found some info on PH dropping with CO2 added to rooms.


Thanks for any input..GL420:jointsmile::jointsmile::jointsmile:

My well water is 7.9 to 8.1, (seasonal) and I've been using General Hydroponics ph Down (food-grade phosphoric acid) for years. I bought a gallon two years back, I still have almost half, and I use it for every watering.

1 tsp per 5 gallon pail of water brings ph down to 6.8 and no, I've never had any problems. I do flush on occation, usually once during veg, once or twice during flower. (plus the final flush before harvest) I do this to prevent salt buildup from nutes, tho. Not the ph Down.

I don't use sulfur or CO2, so can't really comment on that.

Nutes with high salt content...?

my tap comes out at 5.75

sorry to hear ya pH is so high mate

I was actually just telling Mr. Trichome this in the Silica Blast thread- the amount of pH down you'd need to interfere with ferts or salt up the soil is EXTREEEEEEME!
Do not fear pH down, but wear your safety RayBans. Any eye protection is better than nothing. H3PO4 is nasty shit.
You should be fine as long as a) the hardness is not much over 300- you can get 'hard water' nutes for that level and b) you either use buffered ferts and they keep your pH at 6 or you check and adjust the pH frequently. Tap water, particularly after a change to the city water system, isn't as consistent as we would always like to think.