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Check these 2 out but elread the watering firstI am having an extremely hard time getting my pH levels to where they need to be.
I have pH up and pH down and every time I need to use one or the other the levels always go way past where they need to be. I am getting very frustrated are there tips that I don’t know to follow?
I am growing in Coco and I balance my pH after my nutrients are added to the water. Is there a certain temperature the water should be at? HELP
If you don't have a pump and a bubbler, how long would you suggest mixing your nutes in water to achieve proper ph , I tried 12 hrs prior to use and worked well any longer the ph was going way up ,I'm guessing because it's not constantly stirringUse a big plastic food grade tub that holds say 30 litres you will b able to ph your nutrients more acurately without going over..View attachment 1240284
It goes up because tap water is in a closed system under pressure. So co2 formed as a chemical reaction from chlorine/chloramine with organics or microorganisms will be dissolved into the water forming carbonic acid. Acid will cause oh to drop.If you don't have a pump and a bubbler, how long would you suggest mixing your nutes in water to achieve proper ph , I tried 12 hrs prior to use and worked well any longer the ph was going way up ,I'm guessing because it's not constantly stirring
I also have a 5gal bucket where I keep tap water that sat for a least 48 hrs with gives me a ph 6 , I use that water to mix nutes and then let that sit 12 hrs stirring often , when I use it my ph reads between 6.4 to 6.6 am I ok doing it like that?It goes up because tap water is in a closed system under pressure. So co2 formed as a chemical reaction from chlorine/chloramine with organics or microorganisms will be dissolved into the water forming carbonic acid. Acid will cause oh to drop.
So after it comes from the tap over the next 12-24 hrs without aeration this carbonic clacid will be released back into the atmosphere as the water tries to reach equilibrium with the air and thus your ph will continue to rise until it has.
To soeed this up aeration or agitation of the surface water will greatly help. Further doing this before mixing will remove alot of the guess work or you just need to re PH as needed when directly adding to a system.
IME you can roughly gauge the increase to be about 0.4 from what its at comin out of the tap. You can test this yourself simply by testing Ph immediately then aerating a glass or bucket of water for approx 4 hrs and testing it again
Probably more info then needed but personally i feel you will gain a better understanding and be more likely to graps what you need to do and how to handle it in the future
So you can mix you nutes and let it sit right from tap then ph adjust just before use. But judging by your ph your in soil and thus no need to ph adjust if your nutes are staying in the range acceptable to mixing nutrs. Depending on the chelates used id say under 7 is a safe number to account for lower quality chelates that are used in some nutrients.I also have a 5gal bucket where I keep tap water that sat for a least 48 hrs with gives me a ph 6 , I use that water to mix nutes and then let that sit 12 hrs stirring often , when I use it my ph reads between 6.4 to 6.6 am I ok doing it like that?
Without going crazy about it I was just making sure what I was putting in was in that general range . An old buddy suggested to let my mixed water settle before adding ph up or down because he knows I'm not that experienced yet and he's trying to teach me patience and prevent me from going crazy and adding all kinds of crap in my plant, everyone in the cannabis world is so helpful and I'm thankfulSo you can mix you nutes and let it sit right from tap then ph adjust just before use. But judging by your ph your in soil and thus no need to ph adjust if your nutes are staying in the range acceptable to mixing nutrs. Depending on the chelates used id say under 7 is a safe number to account for lower quality chelates that are used in some nutrients.
The soil (if buffered and almost all is these days unless tou making your own) will ph adjust the water added to it so you dont have to
Commercially purchased pH Down is often stronger than pH Up. That is, you need a lot more pH Up to change the water's pH from 6.0 to 6.5 than you would need pH down to change it from 6.5 to 6.0. pH Up is sort of for fine tuning.Without going crazy about it I was just making sure what I was putting in was in that general range . An old buddy suggested to let my mixed water settle before adding ph up or down because he knows I'm not that experienced yet and he's trying to teach me patience and prevent me from going crazy and adding all kinds of crap in my plant, everyone in the cannabis world is so helpful and I'm thankful
Ph up or down is fine to use. Here is some information on PH for you.Sorry it's an old thread and perhaps a silly question but is ph up or down safe to use for seedlings? I only ask because I know at the seedlings state nutrients will burn them so Im just curious if anything in the ph up will have the same affect while also adjusting the pH level
Nutrients wont burn them at low levels.soon as my girls are up in coco/perlite i feed them straight away .i ph the nutrients.Sorry it's an old thread and perhaps a silly question but is ph up or down safe to use for seedlings? I only ask because I know at the seedlings state nutrients will burn them so Im just curious if anything in the ph up will have the same affect while also adjusting the pH level
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