Ph problem

[acidboy]

im having one hell of a time controling the ph of my soil. The ph of the water i feed is 6.0-6.5ph usually, earlier this week my soil ph was in the 8.1 range and i flushed 3 gallons of 6.0ph water through it till the run off was 6.4ph, todat i check the ph of my soil and its back into the 7.4-7.9 range

what can i do to stablze the soil ph for another 8 weeks?

im going compost, or coco after this

acidboy Reviewed by acidboy on 07-29-2007. Ph problem im having one hell of a time controling the ph of my soil. The ph of the water i feed is 6.0-6.5ph usually, earlier this week my soil ph was in the 8.1 range and i flushed 3 gallons of 6.0ph water through it till the run off was 6.4ph, todat i check the ph of my soil and its back into the 7.4-7.9 range what can i do to stablze the soil ph for another 8 weeks? im going compost, or coco after this Rating: 5

[acidboy]

i need to look into indica strains that stay short, im not up for this tall plant crap lol, right now she is to big to repot without raising eyebrows, so she is gonna have to stay in that pot, it kills me ive babies this plant for so long, but i take it as a lesson in this hobby that was thrust upon me, if i grow again, ill take all these lessons and put them to good use,

thanks stinky attic

acid

[PharmaCan]

source is tap, my tap water is at 8.1-8.9 sometimes it hits 9, i adjust it to 6.0-6.3 and add molasses, if im not feeding, for feeding tap, add nutes, then adjust to 6.0-6.3let sit over night, check again thne feed, test soil usually at 6.2-6.3, then test soil again later in the day which its usually at 6.2-6.3

So, does your solution stay at 6.0 - 6.3 overnight or do you have to adjust again the next day?

PC :smokin:

[stinkyattic]

if its not the water then its the soil still retaining its nuts? needs more flushing? from what ive noticed it takes 3-5 days for ph to get into the 7.8 area

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Soil is pretty dynamic- you are cycling through wet/dry and oxygen/less oxygen. Plus the addition of fertilizer.
The weak Soil Syrup flush is meant to help stabilize the soil chemistry slightly. You either have something in there that is buffering above your desired range, or there is some interaction among the soil/fert components. Humic acid helps remedy both of those problems, since it is both a buffer and a chelator.

[twoguysupnorth]

add a little pete, pete should bring you down a little. cow manure is high. let me know im interested in mushroom manure. i have a compost too, .009

[the image reaper]

how is the plant doing ?

[acidboy]

if its not the water then its the soil still retaining its nuts? needs more flushing? from what ive noticed it takes 3-5 days for ph to get into the 7.8 area

[stinkyattic]

Just scrounge up a 5-gallon pail from out back of a restaurant or construction site. They get thrown out with th e rubbish all the time.

[acidboy]

and her i though the strech was the first 3 weeks of flowering, if i keep her in this pot what damage will it do, i dont thing the 5 ga l would work not drainage right? this is the only area i have as this grow that thrown upon me had no time to prepair, so this is my learning exp, if i deside to gro again, i seriously need to find a shorter strain

[Forwhat420]

just reading along and curious? im having the same problem with fox farm ph levels. white widow rolling upwards slightly but no other signs of defficiency. early in veg though