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08-22-2008, 07:32 PM #10
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How does perlite effect PH?
Um ug.
So should I be watering with an even lower ph to get my soil to 6.8? Or maybe I should just start flushing everything now to get that number down. Is all of this a potential promblem, or will the soil eventually come down on it's own. I have always had the opposite promblem prior to this, (soil to low) so this is a new one on me. My other concern is that these plants are just babies, just starting their 3rd true sets of leaves. They will be transplanted as soon as I can see some roots coming out of the bottoms/sides of the cups. Would they be ok until then, they will be going to ffof from where they are now.(fflw)
All in all, from what little I can see, the plants seem to be just fine, but I know that could all change very quickly and want to be as proactive as possible. So what would you do?
-Continue watering with ph'd RO @ 6.8?
-Flush to get the runoff reading @ around 6.5ish? (Guessing that would put the soil @ around the right mark.)
-Or just continue to water with the ph'd RO @ around 6.5ish and monitor the runoff in hopes that it'll come down?
Am I over-concerned about something that really isn't a big deal or would you say this needs to be addressed and fixed now. I am sure the right answer is to flush since that would be the biggest pain in the ass for me at the moment.(I have to get my RO from a local store machine.ug.) I was slightly concerned to flushing such young seedlings. Hopefully I will be able to get some time in there today to do some experimenting. Thanks for the input again.
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