just started ph testing and adding nutes

Ok I am very new to growing so I found out the ph is supposed to be 7 ish
and that u need to adjust the water before use and u have to balance the nutes before use so I didn't know this my soil was too !acidic so fixed that with baking soda now that my soil is balenced my question is start using nutes and ph u want to ,start by making Ur muted 7.5 ph then watered with the bites then I waited and hour or so and then I (i figured this would help introduce nutes with out over doing it till theythey get use to it ) then I flushed the soil with the balenced water I phed it to a 7.5( within 7 but a little greener then yellow ) I put about a litter of the watering water through the plants till it ran out about a liter of water then I'm letting it dry for 3 days then I'll water normal with nutes and I'll water every 3 days every other will be nutes is this correct like do I have it down

i go by weight of pot to tell me win to water i have different size pots some two days some 3 to 4 days

How did you come to the conclusion that your soil was too acidic?

Baking soda won't last long.

Not a soil grower but when I was at the point where I chose soil/hydro one of the main pros of soil was that the soil actually acts as a buffer between what you feed and what the plant gets, assuming you are using a quality soil you shouldn't have to worry about your ph just yet (maybe when you start mixing your own). Obviously when you want to advance then start thinking about what ph your medium is but I doubt you would do this with acid added to the nutrients, you would probably want something mixed in with your medium.

In hydro I allwAys fill Rez with water then add equal parts of a+b then ph adjust and let it settle then measure ph and adjust again if necessary, soil should be the same I'd imagine.

blue labs ph pen is a good meter...our well water comes out with a 130ppm reading,so when the mmj is just a baby we add grow nutes at a value of 540 or less(that is under 400 when you deduct the 130 count)all plants are green and doing good.

As the chart above shows us....soil ph is perfect @ 6.5ph

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Terry385 said:

i go by weight of pot to tell me win to water i have different size pots some two days some 3 to 4 days View attachment 3323233

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nice chart! gonna keep with my feeding schedule.

LetsGetCritical said:

How did you come to the conclusion that your soil was too acidic?

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Tested it with a ph test I ffilled the vial half way with soil then added neutral water shook then then drained water off and tested it came out a 5

johnny781 said:

Tested it with a ph test I ffilled the vial half way with soil then added neutral water shook then then drained water off and tested it came out a 5

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So I figure I'd flush it with 7.5 water till I got 7.5 I'm ganna retest it tonight after the water has a change to clean the soil out

It's not a bad idea to PH your water with nutrients before you feed, but don't go flushing and all that unless plants are telling you they need it from the way they look. Just start feeding water/nutes at 6.5 and only adjust if the plants signal a deficiency (new/top leaves have odd less than healthy colors [yellow, red, white, brown, pale green])

nomofatum said:

It's not a bad idea to PH your water with nutrients before you feed, but don't go flushing and all that unless plants are telling you they need it from the way they look. Just start feeding water/nutes at 6.5 and only adjust if the plants signal a deficiency (new/top leaves have odd less than healthy colors [yellow, red, white, brown, pale green])

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I was getting bleach looking spots sso that's another reason I wanted to flush I forgot that part