Bad pH problem...

MakinProgress

Active Member
I checked my pH for the first time today and it was WAY high. Don't remember the exact number, but it was well over a full digit (not decimal) higher than it should be.

Anyway, my baby's curling bad and I want to fix it so she's all nice and relaxed... quick.

What can I do to make this happen?

This morning I watered her with water with a 6.4-6.5 pH.

Do I need to water her with something more like a 6.0 to knock down the pH of the water that's already in the soil?

Help please...
 

Cali chronic

Well-Known Member
Ph is an art---no real easy--your medium if store bought packaged sometimes will climb or decrease when watering ---if you are measuring your soil Ph with anything other then a meter that costs less then 30 bucks new Probably is not that accurate.
I know that using PH down or a buffered Acid is the ONLY way to go to keep it in check. I use a blend of Spag pete moss Coco fiber and compost manure to grow my girls the soil is at a 5.8-6 to start maybe lower I then only water with balanced water 6.5ish stays tight! If you need to adjust your Ph in your soil dont do more then a point a week. Too fast will "smoke the nutes" and create a pot of toxin. Measure your plants run off after watering for at least a 20 percent run off the same water you are watering with catch it at the end with "whatever" and test with a real PH meter for H20 not a dippty dirt duchbag meter on the Homedeep throat garden Isle. Also if you plants are rocking and no purple then dont worry Green is a Grow Houston!!
 

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MakinProgress

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Yeah, my girl is green as ever... she just looks like she's in pain with all the curling.

I'll be able to get a photo of it tomorrow. It's not so pretty looking at all.

I'll do a pH test on her runoff tomorrow too.

Since I've got holes in the bottom of my pot, I've heard it's nearly "impossible" to overwater - is that true?

If so, I guess I can water her again tomorrow (maybe even flush with a lower pH water) and she won't be any worse off for the wear and test the runoff.
 
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