Cant maintain my PH down

**erkelsgoo420** · 08-18-2009, 11:52 AM

AN's lineup and sensibloom a and b. Ph and ppm perfect. I adjust to 5.8 add nutes and forget about it. Little trickier with fox farms. I find myself playing with the ph more often

**FilthyFletch** · 08-18-2009, 12:57 PM

I use fox farm but dont have to adjust the ph much ever just if Im in a heavy drinking time of the plants life. Pretty much you set the ph after nutes are mixed and it will stay there unless using a small res flux is minimal with Fox Farm and almost impossible to burn with unlike AN which you have to be much more careful with

**FilthyFletch** · 08-18-2009, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by theblack

What would be recomened to use as a buffer to stabilize the ph considering the ph only creeps up?

I believe there are ph buffers stand alones you can buy and add to your water me I just use tap water as it has buffers to control ph issue and most nutes are starting to add buffers in the mix now to help with these issues. I never have much need to adjust ph as I have gotten very familiar with my plants and what they do and dont do and how high I can up my ppm levels and at what points so my flux is usually just a few hundreths.Id reccomend tap water over ro and hydroton over Rockwool shreds. then just 4x4 rockwool cubes