i've been growing for a little bit but never once attended to my plants PH. I've heard that it's extremely important but the guy at the hydroponic shop said it wasn't. Ive had success growing hydroponicly AND using soil. If I had indeed worked on my plants PH would my plants have come out better? Is it worth it for me to go buy a PH kit if im only using nutrients that are obviously made just for growing reefer?

dude ph is very important and will make a huge impact on how available nutrients are in the soil, and yes having proper ph would have made a big difference in your end results...

That is like asking a fish if clean water is important.

plants will die with bad ph

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ph kits can be replaced with a keen intuition.

I totally agree with 000420, think of it this way, the plants roots are like your veins, if you spend your life eating crap, you'll be in the hospital for emergency bypass surgery. Do you want your plants in the hospital being cared for by some ugly old nurse with a mole on her cheek and 3 hairs growing out of that mole? lol
No in all kidding aside, just like your veins though, the roots will lock up and no nutrients will make there way up, or depending on where exactly your ph is, off the scale, certain nutes will be locked out.
I recommend spending about $25 on a decent pH pen and testing the pH of the runoff water as an estimate of true soil pH.
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i disagree, it all depends whether or not your growing hydro or not, in hydro grows ph is very important, in soil grows not so much, it takes alot to change the ph of your soil.

I agree with videoman. A ph meter is imperative with soil and esecially hydro.
I have found them as cheap as 10.00 at my lcl hydro shop.
The ph can fluctuate in soil also.

"The ph can fluctuate in soil also."

once you mixed up your batch of soil, it takes alot to permanently alter its ph again, assuming you have a plant in it and cant mix more into the soil. its def. not a big thing to worry about in soil mediums.

Look at it this way: Imagine a graph that depicts the plant's nutrient take-up. As the PH swings from say a low of 3.0 to a high of 9.0, You'll see that the majority of beneficial nutrients are taken up by the plant between a PH reading of 5.2 and 7.0. In hydro, a PH between 5.2 and 6.0 is best. With soil, going as high as 7.0 is fine. If you're not somewhere in the middle of the graph, and on the extremes, the plants will not take up nutrients, or at least the majority of the beneficial nutrients the plants need for maximum growth potential. For maximum yield from any given space, all the details must be attended to ... PH being one of the most important.

Vi

PS: Find a new hydro store.

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