Baking Soda
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nick17gar
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ive heard the same thing, so id imagine its ok, just go weak. weak weak. and wait til someone else comments on this, that has done it before lol.
i went and bought a variety of nutrients, made a small batch of each at full strength, and checked the pH. i just alternate nutrients depending pH.
Note: before people flip out, lemme make this clear. i dont grab a bloom bottle during vegetative cuz it ups the pH or vice versa. i have like 5 dif veggie ones, and 3 flowering ones, and 2 of micro nutes. all with a varying degree of pH reaction.
i went and bought a variety of nutrients, made a small batch of each at full strength, and checked the pH. i just alternate nutrients depending pH.
Note: before people flip out, lemme make this clear. i dont grab a bloom bottle during vegetative cuz it ups the pH or vice versa. i have like 5 dif veggie ones, and 3 flowering ones, and 2 of micro nutes. all with a varying degree of pH reaction.
smoke and coke
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i have never used baking soda. i was going to put some in my pool to raise the alkalinity which in turn will probly raise the ph. not sure about using for plants.
i tested my water years ago and was good and have never checked it since. i also use the fox farm lineup and i use promix or sunshine mix as a medium and it has dolomite lime in it to help keep every neutral.
what kind of a growing medium are you useing? are you testing the feeding solution or the run off from the container after feeding the plant?
i tested my water years ago and was good and have never checked it since. i also use the fox farm lineup and i use promix or sunshine mix as a medium and it has dolomite lime in it to help keep every neutral.
what kind of a growing medium are you useing? are you testing the feeding solution or the run off from the container after feeding the plant?
I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, and was told it is pH'd at 6.3-6.8, so I try to test the feeding solution to 6.6-6.7 which has recently become a pain because I ran out of pH up and down...
So my best bet would be buying more pH up and down? Or will it actually be good enough @ holding pH to feed my plants?
smoke and coke
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try testing your runoff from a watering. your soil may adjust the ph as you water.
batf1nk
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I have a bottle of pH down. After all is added I set the water to pH 5.8 (hydro) and over the course of the week it will drift to 6.5 then I drop them back to 5.8. I think a certain degree of pH drift is necessary due to the uptake of nutrients is best within a certain range.
Sebastien Blades
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Baking soda is Sodium Bicarbonate, which is a salt. Best not to use it.
Amen. Thanks Sebastien
