Quote Originally Posted by latewood
well if I have 5.8 or less and want 6.5 and then my way of thinking would be add 7.0 water which won't hurt your soil plants anyway...and take a readingyour new reading in my estimation should be 3-5 points higher than before add up/down accordingly to get to 6.5...or you can split the difference. i.e.you want 6.5 and your getting well under 6...let's make that # 5.8 for this example. since 5.8 is -.7 below desired ph...then add mix ph at +.7 or 7.2...the best way to know for sure in the future is to go for it...one way or the other, and learn.
another note is that too much water can lead to yellow leaves eventually, after they droop...but you should've noticed this...try feeding your plants equal n p k for a week and see if the new growth starts greening up...the old growth probalbly will not come back and watch for it to fall off...
Thanks man! I just brought my ph up to 7.2 and took another plant and flushed her with the 7.2 water and the run off water was still around 6.0? lol weird!...I 'll keep trying a few different things man o man this grow was my best one to date had the advance nutes going and everything started with bud blood followed everything to the T and seems the grow is starting to go down hill! I noticed the plants were beginning to show some really robust growth the nutes seem to work great! results were looking really good now this!....damn it lol...
Mellow Man Reviewed by Mellow Man on . PH Question! Guys I grow with soil mixed with perlite about 50/50 and I always maintain the ph level @ 6.5-6.8 so I am in a good zone,but my question is why is the ph water that is coming out of the pot that I watered shoot down way below 6.0? .. I will use perfect ph balance water but the run off shoots down way below the 6.0 mark,why is this? of course it's probably because all the excess salts and unused nutes in the soil may be causeing the ph to go down so does this also mean that once the balanced Rating: 5