how do i bring the p.h. down in my water?

[georgieporgie]

how do i bring the p.h. down in my water?

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

I use a product called PH Down by General Hydroponics. A little goes a long way.

 

[Cypress66]

how do i bring the p.h. down in my water?

Same as the last answer you got from sweat /leaf sorry for not getting the way you spell the user name and I will improve the punctuation of my posts in the full stop and the rest of the got to stop the laziness and then you can read them properly soz

 

[steamroller]

Aren't you growing in soil?
What is your waters pH?

 

[Trixie]

Depending on what stage of growing one is in will determine the best acid for growing. Acids most commonly used to neutralize alkalinity in water for greenhouse crop production include citric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfuric acid.

 

[Cypress66]

Aren't you growing in soil?
What is your waters pH?

Does it differ in the way of doing the same thing as the coco and the other methods used the only thing that could be not requiring the water to be adjusted in the knowledge that I have been reading and I'm not quite sure. But I have read the super soil method that has been used has all the nutrition in the soil and is not necessarily for the ec to be checked for a while but the pH is a thing I've been doing with my soil grows but I have not had any experience with the super soil method and now grow in coco. I have always thought the pH is a must for any method of growing maybe I'm wrong in that

 

[steamroller]

Most soils have the buffer needed and pH adjustment is not always needed.
OP is soil/coco mix so I can't really say if necessary.
The GH pH down is what most use.
It is more stable than other solutions in most water.
Depending on the waters KH adjustment of pH can be a bouncing ball.
That is why most go with RO to know what is in the water and understand what is needed to adjust properly.
I grow in FF soil with 7.6pH water and do not adjust.

 

[Cypress66]

Depending on what stage of growing one is in will determine the best acid for growing. Acids most commonly used to neutralize alkalinity in water for greenhouse crop production include citric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfuric acid.

Used the n and the p of the Dutch Pro range and it was recommended but now I just use the same one that is the p and I don't have any problem with my plants the only reason is that I couldn't get the n at the time not sure what they will do but they said they would be better in the stages that your plant is in with the Dutch pro that is

 

[georgieporgie]

Aren't you growing in soil?
What is your waters pH?

50/50 coco/soil my water out of the tap is 9.26

 

[georgieporgie]

thanks guys..we have been watering just enough in the coco/soil...we had no idea that ww should water until we have runoff. to keep salts from building up. wasnt using much water so we use bottled water. thats gonna be way too many water bottles!!!

 

[steamroller]

Take a cup of water and set it aside for 24 hours the test again.
Most municipalities use CO2 or other related additive to protect the lines that will outgas in 24 hours and change your pH.
The reading you get after 24 hours is your real pH.
If it is still high then the GH is the way to go IMO.

 

[georgieporgie]

Most soils have the buffer needed and pH adjustment is not always needed.
OP is soil/coco mix so I can't really say if necessary.
The GH pH down is what most use.
It is more stable than other solutions in most water.
Depending on the waters KH adjustment of pH can be a bouncing ball.
That is why most go with RO to know what is in the water and understand what is needed to adjust properly.
I grow in FF soil with 7.6pH water and do not adjust.

i use the ff nutes and it balances the ph. but when i need to just water them the ph is 9.2!! no good huh!!

 

[georgieporgie]

Take a cup of water and set it aside for 24 hours the test again.
Most municipalities use CO2 or other related additive to protect the lines that will outgas in 24 hours and change your pH.
The reading you get after 24 hours is your real pH.
If it is still high then the GH is the way to go IMO.

thank you bro

 

[Cypress66]

thanks guys..we have been watering just enough in the coco/soil...we had no idea that ww should water until we have runoff. to keep salts from building up. wasnt using much water so we use bottled water. thats gonna be way too many water bottles!!!

Have been a coco fan for the majority of the time and I wouldn't change my mind with it find it a lot better than soil very hard to ovetrwater the stuff. But it is possible to.. You will have to decide what you put in the feed and the soil is a bit more forgiving to any mistakes in the feed it will not be necessary to feed as much as you need as coco holds the water longer than the coco. Your tap water is a bit higher than mine but I'm in the UK and have a pH of 7.5 roughly my ec is a level of 0.8 ish but the only thing I take in the level is the final one after my nutes are in the water i don't mix the coco with anything else dont know what you have to do for the mixture but if you don't have the mix then you can feed them every day or more often sometimes don't let them dry out is a rule of thumb for coco but I have before now and have not had any problems with the plants but I don't recommend that. How do you pH them because coco will be a little bit lower than the soil or does your mix have a certain range for it. You may need to talk to some of the dudes on here who grow with the same type of medium as you soil will often be a 6.5 and the coco will be 5.8 these are not a have to be levels but will be optimal for the plants to be okay peace meant that the soil will hold the water longer than the coco

 

[Aqua Man]

50-50 mix wont hurt to PH but may not be needed as @steamroller said the soil will buffer PH but mixed 50/50 has less buffering capacity so you may need to later in the grow. I dont suggest mixing those 2. A better option to mix is peat based and soil. Imo coco is best on it own or with perlite.

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[Aqua Man]

After letting the water sit for 24 hrs test ph and then do a slurry test

 

[georgieporgie]

Have been a coco fan for the majority of the time and I wouldn't change my mind with it find it a lot better than soil very hard to ovetrwater the stuff. But it is possible to.. You will have to decide what you put in the feed and the soil is a bit more forgiving to any mistakes in the feed it will not be necessary to feed as much as you need as coco holds the water longer than the coco. Your tap water is a bit higher than mine but I'm in the UK and have a pH of 7.5 roughly my ec is a level of 0.8 ish but the only thing I take in the level is the final one after my nutes are in the water i don't mix the coco with anything else dont know what you have to do for the mixture but if you don't have the mix then you can feed them every day or more often sometimes don't let them dry out is a rule of thumb for coco but I have before now and have not had any problems with the plants but I don't recommend that. How do you pH them because coco will be a little bit lower than the soil or does your mix have a certain range for it. You may need to talk to some of the dudes on here who grow with the same type of medium as you soil will often be a 6.5 and the coco will be 5.8 these are not a have to be levels but will be optimal for the plants to be okay peace

hell ya cypress...thank you

 

[mysticepipedon]

A pH above 9 often means sodium is very high.

 

[Aqua Man]

A pH above 9 often means sodium is very high.

It can if they use sodium bicarbonate but most use calcium carbonate. A good idea is to test the ppm and look at your local water report as that information will be listed under elements and concentration

 

[Cypress66]

hell ya cypress...thank you

Sorry I meant the soi holds the water longer than the coco shameful and stupid thing I have said there