Quote Originally Posted by TheXFactor
Rusty... i spoke to a knowlegable guy at foxfarms, and he said, in soil your always going to have a very low ph in the runoff. the only way to get a precise ph it take about a half cup of the soil and place it into about 2 cups of distilled water, swirl it around for a min then stick ur pen in.
my soil ph is about 7.0 atm :P the buffer goes after so many weeks man. tell the foxfarm guy to consider that... Also, if you are in a hard water area it's very easy to get a high PH runoff. I'm fixing my shit with phosphoric acid, not perfect but does put the PH in the right place for the uptake of nutrients.. :]

my 5 cents anyway :-)

Peace,
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