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It would be nice to not have to use pH up as much to make the large pH swing from 4 pH up to 6.5.
I'm only halfway trough your 1st grow and enjoying every post!
I have to say i never saw before any one having to fight soil soo much to keep it from having too low pH ! Almost everyone has high pH problems!
From what i understand pH UP is formulated for Hydroponics because you need the reservoir to be buffered.
In soil you can just add some Baking soda, pH and adjust...
In general, for soil pH Down = Lemon juice / pH UP = Lime, dolimite, baking soda, or go to the pharmacy and get yourself a bottle of calcium pills and dissolve one in your water.
I try to avoid the baking soda as it is Sodium Bicarbonate and the plants in general don't need much sodium so it is going to end in build up...
Also the addition of Calcium acidifies the water and the medium thus lowers the pH...
In any case aerating your water + Nutes will develop beneficial aerobic bacteria, they help breaking down the soil at molecular level and mineralizing the elements in the form the plant likes them, however if you aerate the water + Nutes at a pH too high, once they are in your soil and the pH drops the bacteria you introduced will die... You want to brew bacteria @ ph 5.8 - 68 these are the ones that make things happen for the plants.