ph perfect

just wanted to tell everyone a little story. i was mixing my soil. i add some wood ash. i add way to much. ph was around 8.5 to 9.0 i trtied bring it down with sulfer i tyied cutting it with a new batch nothing would bring it down. ill nevr us that again. spent most of my money on tring to fix it. so i said f it. and grew anyway. got 2 onces 6plants in 2 gallon pots. under a 400 hps. tasty it was. but just wouldnt grow. i got it down to 7.9 to 8.0 on my next grow. 6 plants 5 gallon bucks. 3 weeks into flowering they just looked shity. so i took out 2 put them outside. ended up with four. was told by a freind try ph perfect they say the ph dont matter. so i got some i put them back into veg and 4 weeks later i started flowering them again. im not sure how much i got but its a lot more then i had before a lot.