Something that I dont understand about PHing your water

**SaneLawsMake4SaneSociety** · 05-27-2012, 07:57 PM

Ok, so I am not a total newb, but this is kind of a newb question really.

I have seen many people advise others to get the little ph tester kit where you put the drops in your water, and the color it changes to tells you what your ph is. I got one a long time ago, and it wasnt until then that I realized that if I ph the water after the nutes in it, it is already a different color, and depending on the nutes you use, it may even turn totally opaque (not see through at all), so you more or less cant tell at all what fuckin color it is.

So...How is someone supposed to tell what color it is when you already colored the water with nutes?

Put another way, how does one use the little drops i water and color scale ph testers if you are phing AFTER you put your nutes in?

Anybody?

**Coho** · 05-27-2012, 08:00 PM

Not being a jerk but a meter. Paper pH should work too.

**odessa** · 05-27-2012, 08:03 PM

I have found that just adding nutes to my tap water (which is 7) brings the ph right where it needs to be. I only ph my plain water.

**hueylewy** · 05-27-2012, 08:08 PM

i would buy a cheap ph meter

**DeeTee** · 05-27-2012, 08:36 PM

Get a cheep digital PH meter, they're only abt $15 or so, look it up on ebay, I don't trust those test kits, like you said sometimes you can't tell the true color.

**Mr.Marijuana420** · 05-27-2012, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTee

Get a cheep digital PH meter, they're only abt $15 or so, look it up on ebay, I don't trust those test kits, like you said sometimes you can't tell the true color.

its funny many say its the digital meters that are inaccurate, and the paper test being nearly spot on. and u should easily be able to tell the ph of ur solution regadless of the nutes color, i figured out how much MG changes ph last year, and that shit looks like blue kool aid, and even with the coloring, ur solution is still mostly transparent and wont affect the colors of the ph scale

**odessa** · 05-27-2012, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.Marijuana420

its funny many say its the digital meters that are inaccurate, and the paper test being nearly spot on. and u should easily be able to tell the ph of ur solution regadless of the nutes color, i figured out how much MG changes ph last year, and that shit looks like blue kool aid, and even with the coloring, ur solution is still mostly transparent and wont affect the colors of the ph scale

this is right, and I forgot about the last part. The liquid kits DO work no matter the color the water starts.

**dbkick** · 05-27-2012, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by odessa

I have found that just adding nutes to my tap water (which is 7) brings the ph right where it needs to be. I only ph my plain water.

This def depends on the nutrients . try some organic (guano) and see what it does to ph. all the nutrients other than AN (which advertises "ph perfect" ) I've found drop ph like a rock.

**dbkick** · 05-27-2012, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTee

Get a cheep digital PH meter, they're only abt $15 or so, look it up on ebay, I don't trust those test kits, like you said sometimes you can't tell the true color.

I don't trust those cheap ph meters, throw for a bluelab.