junglingirl69
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hi,
sorry if this soundz silly but do i ph down before or after adding nutrients?
sorry if this soundz silly but do i ph down before or after adding nutrients?
can someone give me some advice about ph levels
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BleedsGreen
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After. just search RIU and you can find most of the answers to your questions.
junglingirl69
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thanks man
BleedsGreen
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You may find you actually need to PH up as the nuts tend to bring the Ph down.
hotrodharley
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And the best pH Up is plain tap water.
junglingirl69
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ite cool how long should i wait befor i take ph readin after i add nutrients
jondamon
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IMO not strictly true.
While water will increase pH it will also reduce strength of the nutes. What if your nutes are where you want them to be strength wise, but pH is low and you have to cut almost 50% with water to bring your pH back up? Your nutes are now 50% weaker than you want them. So you add more nutes making your pH swing down again then you add yet more water and the cycle just repeats.
IMO the best pH up you can buy is liquid silicon. It helps strengthen cell walls, helps with drought and heat resistance, pest resistance and it increases pH.
J
thoumayest
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This is a misconception that I had too. To add ph up or down AFTER nute's and we have concluded that this is not good. It's best to ph balance (the best you can) before you add your nutes as adding straight acid to a nute solution will have negative effect with the nute ions.
Check out GK1 post's he knows all about this stuff. Guys a pro. https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/614303-slow-yelling-leaves-taking-over-2.html
Check out GK1 post's he knows all about this stuff. Guys a pro. https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/614303-slow-yelling-leaves-taking-over-2.html
jondamon
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Yes it can have a negative effect when using pH up or down in their raw forms.
It's always best when using pH up or down to mix 5ml of either into 500ml of water and slowly add this mixture to your nute mix until desired level is reached.
Adding them neat can cause certain elements to be rendered unusable if pH crashes too far in either direction.
Liquid silicon as pH up doesn't have this effect. However depending upon the amount of water you are using it can cause your pH to go up quite dramatically if you over do it.
J
It's always best when using pH up or down to mix 5ml of either into 500ml of water and slowly add this mixture to your nute mix until desired level is reached.
Adding them neat can cause certain elements to be rendered unusable if pH crashes too far in either direction.
Liquid silicon as pH up doesn't have this effect. However depending upon the amount of water you are using it can cause your pH to go up quite dramatically if you over do it.
J
Dwezelitsame
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i ph my water
and i ph my nutes
then i just add them togther by my mixture as needed
and i ph my nutes
then i just add them togther by my mixture as needed
Hi, im new to growing and im just gettin set-up, iv done my research an i get the hang of most thing's, theres just some stuff i dont understand so any imformation would be usefull, im reading through the posts an notice you mentioning Nute's, im just wondering what you mean by it? I get the hang of Ph level's itself but agen does anyone no what sort of level i should keep it at, sorry for the bombardment of questions!
Thanks
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