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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8182KSKUSH Reviewed by 8182KSKUSH on . How does perlite effect PH? I probably have a very simple question. Here's some background info. My Amish friend has some babies in 16oz keg cups, they look great, and are still in the "seedling" stage of life. All is well, however, when watering with RO water, adjusted to 6.8, (and even down to 6.7) the ph of the runoff still comes out at roughly 7.2-7.28? The soil is foxfarm lightwarrior, and the very bottom inch or two is solid perlite. (Hoping to aide drainage although the fflw is very light and seems pretty Rating: 5