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lilj4549

Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #1

I have a 20 gallon resevoir and ive started using concentrated lemon juice to lower the ph, but after a few hours it goes back up. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

 

bullwinkle60

Well-Known Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #2

Use ph down instead of lemon juice.

 

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assneck

Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #3

what's in your res? just water or is there nutes in there? are you using tap water?

 

FootballFirst

Well-Known Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #4

use vinegar

 

asdewqasdfgh

Active Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #5

look into general hydroponics pH up and down. they are great for hydro but also work for watering soil.

 

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lilj4549

Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #6

assneck said:

what's in your res? just water or is there nutes in there? are you using tap water?

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Using tap water and general hydroponics flora duo nutes

 

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Cheifin420

Active Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #7

asdewqasdfgh said:

look into general hydroponics pH up and down. they are great for hydro but also work for watering soil.

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I maintain ph w/GENERAL HYDROPONICS PH CONTROLE KIT with ph up/down.....works great.

 

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YourLocalJerk

Member

• Mar 18, 2012

• #8

the hydroponics store has ph down u can put in ur res.

 

decrimCA

Active Member

• Mar 25, 2012

• #9

lilj4549 said:

I have a 20 gallon resevoir and ive started using concentrated lemon juice to lower the ph, but after a few hours it goes back up. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

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Sounds like a lot of folks are having pH problems, and there's an easy answer out there - use better nutrients. Use nutrients that are designed to help you avoid the ups and the downs.

The pH Perfect® technology from Advanced Nutrients is killer, and it's guaranteed (I think) to keep your pH problems from, well, being problems.

If you have to keep taking drastic measures to change your pH, you need to find a new nutrient lineup - one that actually works.

good luck!

 

805Farming

Active Member

• Mar 26, 2012

• #10

Nothing a little vinegar (pH down) or baking soda (pH up) cant fix. Think smarter not harder kids...

 

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lilj4549

Member

• Mar 26, 2012

• #11

got tired of adding vinegar and lemon juice 3 to 4 times a day to keep the ph down. Went to my local hydro store and bought the real stuff. Now i add a little bit about every 3 days to keep it where it needs to be. Cheaper is not always better! lol

 

LaudanumRx

Active Member

• Mar 26, 2012

• #12

Amongst my friends we've done 3 gardens now with the Flora Duo. In all three we were dumping pH UP in just about every day. Was pretty weird. Did anybody else have that experience with it?

 

docstrange79

Member

• Mar 27, 2012

• #13

unless you use true RO water with a very low PPM you are going to be using PH down probably daily to keep your resv at 5.6-6.0.... a lil goes a looooong way so be careful.... i rec premixing a qt or so at 3.5 and adding it slowly to your resv checking every 4-6 oz.... chk daily morning and night until you get RO water.

 

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lilj4549

Member

• Mar 30, 2012

• #14

LaudanumRx said:

Amongst my friends we've done 3 gardens now with the Flora Duo. In all three we were dumping pH UP in just about every day. Was pretty weird. Did anybody else have that experience with it?

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switched to gh nova nutes and ph is staying stable.... i think you are right about the duo....it isn't ph balanced.