Quote Originally Posted by ditdotter
I think the logical thing for you to do is go to Ebay and purchase another ph pen, calibrate it, and use it. I would concetrate on the water going in first. After you solve those problems then you can start checking the run off. If you can not get the ingoing water properly ph'd you will never get the run off balanced to your liking. I hate to be the one to break this news to you but the bottled drinking water that you purchase at the store more than likely came from a tap just like the one you have in your home and will have a ph of around 7.0.
I know it will have a pH of 7.0 but isnt that what I should be using if my runoff is coming out at like 4.0? I dont feel comfortable adding pH down to my tap water to bring it to the correct level when my soil is so insanely acidic already, I'm afraid the pH down is just gonna make the problem worse. I know the stuff at the supermarket is tap water but it has been filtered, my home tap water is so chlorinated, bottled tap water has gotta be better.. Since my soil pH is so low, is it ok if I just water them with high pH water?