Urgent Help .... I'm not a Chemist!!

[tinytoon]

As most of you know I try to help all that I can and boy I hope someone can help me and quick. First time using Calmag and didnt realize that it drops PH the way it does so needless to say I'm about to run out of PH up.

Question is ....... Is there anything that can be purchased in a local store (Walmart, Lowes, home dePOT, etc) that can be used in the place of PH up till the real stuff gets delivered?? I need a hand with this for sure or I will most likely loss some if not all of the 17 plants going

tinytoon Reviewed by tinytoon on 07-10-2010. Urgent Help .... I'm not a Chemist!! As most of you know I try to help all that I can and boy I hope someone can help me and quick. First time using Calmag and didnt realize that it drops PH the way it does so needless to say I'm about to run out of PH up. Question is ....... Is there anything that can be purchased in a local store (Walmart, Lowes, home dePOT, etc) that can be used in the place of PH up till the real stuff gets delivered?? I need a hand with this for sure or I will most likely loss some if not all of the 17 Rating: 5

[martyrprojekt]

Damn Tiny...Where the hell do you live? Butt-Fuck Egypt? Is there no Hydro shop nearby?

Sorry to hear about this...without my nutes I am useless in this matter.

[tinytoon]

Actually Bum Fuck Egypt would be an upgrade lol. No closest Hydro shop to me is 70 miles away and they not open on Sunday but all is not lost. I decided to check my tri-meter's calibration and now I understand why upstairs and downstairs were so different PH wise. Apparently some friggin dumbass (I'm the one wearing a shirt with a Mule on it) forgot to calibrate the tri-meter before starting this grow and I just now discovered that it was reading -.9 now I really understand why they look the way they do and really amazed I didnt kill them all ready (insert smiley with skull and crossbones). I guess I need to accept the fact that I getting older and need to start writing shit down LOL

Still think info would be great to have if anyone could post a recipe or 2 I think it could benefit all :thumbsup:

[Weezard]

As most of you know I try to help all that I can and boy I hope someone can help me and quick. First time using Calmag and didnt realize that it drops PH the way it does so needless to say I'm about to run out of PH up.

Question is ....... Is there anything that can be purchased in a local store (Walmart, Lowes, home dePOT, etc) that can be used in the place of PH up till the real stuff gets delivered?? I need a hand with this for sure or I will most likely loss some if not all of the 17 plants going

Relax, brah, dey can handle a low PH mo' betta dan a high one.
Yer prolly OK down to 5.2 for a while. (Couple days).

It's not actually about PH numbers anyway.
It's more about alkalinety. But, that's a long story.
I'm assuming hydro?
NBD.
Jus' change out the res..
Soil? Relax, if it's decent, it should buffer.

I must say though, that if your PH drops that bad with CalMag, you are using way too much!

Help us out here, (jus' take a deep breath, gonna be OK), details would be good.

Aloha,
Weeze

[Weezard]

Actually Bum Fuck Egypt would be an upgrade lol. No closest Hydro shop to me is 70 miles away and they not open on Sunday but all is not lost. I decided to check my tri-meter's calibration and now I understand why upstairs and downstairs were so different PH wise. Apparently some friggin dumbass (I'm the one wearing a shirt with a Mule on it) forgot to calibrate the tri-meter before starting this grow and I just now discovered that it was reading -.9 now I really understand why they look the way they do and really amazed I didnt kill them all ready (insert smiley with skull and crossbones). I guess I need to accept the fact that I getting older and need to start writing shit down LOL

Still think info would be great to have if anyone could post a recipe or 2 I think it could benefit all :thumbsup:

I'm not a chemist either, (but I did play one in real life.)

Potassium Bicarbonate for fast relief.
(Baking Soda is not recommended.)
Limestone works like prilosec.
And Calcium Hydroxide, (Slaked lime), obviates the need for CalMag.

Aloha,
W.

[tinytoon]

Hehe ok ty for the Support Mr. Weezard and yup I'm breathing again :thumbsup: I am very thankful for the info and as far as Calmag I have only been using half the dose as bottle says. Yes Hydro, 18 site ebb and grow with 17 plants growning and 27 gals iin the rez.