lower ph with lemon juice?

rivirobo

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Been using lemon juice from the 99 cents store for years wth no issues at all. My ph from tap is about 8 and I use about 1.5 tablespoons of lemon juice to get it where I want it. If I add too much, no problem. Just subtract water then add more tap to bring it back up and add nutes accordingly. Once you dial in how much u need to put in, routine becomes easier.
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Lovestosplooge

New Member
Stick to pH up and down y'all... Amongst other things noted in the article, plants love the old microbes and all citrus fruits are anti-microbial
 

MadGrowMaster

New Member
Hey Guys,

Just ran the experiment.

The way it needs to be done is as follows.

1x 1ml syringe
1x fresh lemon
Whatever way you choose to extract (I hand pressed)

Per litre of water add 1ml at a time using a ph meter.

The reason some have to adjust the water is simply the alkalinity in some locations around the world.

Mine for instance is 7.8 meaning I need to drop 1.3 for optimum so per litre I used 2.5ml. This took me to 6.5*.

Squeeze and stir your lemon juice! Zest may have excreted.

Hope it helped!

MadGrow
 

gentileg

New Member
im curently trying fresh lemon juice as ph down , i have better results when leave tap water for 24 ours to declorinate.
my tap water ph :7,4 and need about 0.4 ml of lemon juice to bring it to 6,2 .
also tested 6 hours later and ph went to 6.4-6.5 . after 12 h same ph.
if i dont leave tap water to declorinate ph after 6 hours goes to 6,8-6,9 . after 12 h ph goes to 7.
it works for me but need to be proactive and have some declonitate water.
citric acid also has similar results but is hard to measure the dose.
some people says that will harm soil bacteria but i dont believe it becouse biobizz bio ph down solution main ingridient is citric acid and organic growers only feeding soil bacterias to feed plants.
 

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1212ham

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The appropriate acids for pH down are phosphoric, sulfuric and nitric. Most ph down products are phosphoric.
 
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