PH Charts for Soil and Hydro

farm702 · Jul 20, 2009

what are teas and how are they used?

tritonite · Jul 23, 2009

Very handy chart....

Thank u!!!!!

DoctorFungi · Aug 16, 2009

Thanx, very helpful!

zoeronerer · Sep 10, 2009

thanks again tex i have a similar one for coco some wer i will look.

Damen · Sep 16, 2009

Thanks Ive been looking for a good chart. Also i will look forward to the coco in the future.

fluffygrrrl · Nov 19, 2009

Great chart. Can someone give me an idea on how I can lower my ph in soil? My ph is reading 8, so I need a way to lower this. First it was too low..5.5.. so I added bone meal and baking soda but my plants weren't improving, so I just started over and transplanted into new soil (miracle grow organic). They look much better, but now it is 8. I've heard lemon juice or vinegar in water works, but it doesn't last long. Is there anything I can top-dress the soil with?

LordDankinstien · Dec 4, 2009

maimonides said:
One thing that's been pointed out to me is that the nutrients themselves alter the pH or your reservoir, as does added water (I believe nuts lower/acidify pH, water increases/alkalizes). So this might be one reason to NOT use additional chemicals to adjust pH up or down before first adding your nutes or topping up water, since both of these adjust pH, albeit not as radically.

I just noticed this the other day im using fox farm flower nutes and before I added them I ph the water to 6.5, after I decided to check the water ph at it was at like 4 or so. So adding nutes can change the ph.. All I did was add some ph up to get it back to 6.5, now I just ph ballance it after I add nutes.

jordisgarden · Dec 24, 2009

if your ph is too low or too high in your soil how do you get it down or up. would watering with proper ph water will that bring it to the right number?

inovermyhead · Jan 5, 2010

Why are nutrients available at different ph's in soil and hydro, and what would soilless like pro-mix be considered?

Darth Fader · Jan 8, 2010

Similar Q to the last:
Would a coco pre-mix w/ earthworm castings & bat guano beconsidered "Hydro" and use the hydro scale?

urbanite420 · Jan 11, 2010

Good stuff TX! I have the black and whit one, the color is a bit easier to read but the B/W one gives a better idea of where we need to be.

I use de-ionized water which starts me at pH 5.0, adding my nutes gets me no higher than 5.5...just about perfect.

Teas are made by incubating your organic ingredients (guano, castings, etc.) in water. Its a good idea to add a carbohydrate source such as molasses - the beneficial microbes love that stuff. Dilute out the tea to the proper EC/ppm, pH it, and you're set! water every time with the diluted tea.

dakin3d · Jan 12, 2010

Nice charts, TK... Much appreciated and Happy Growing. Cheers, dak

kroonboon · Feb 7, 2010

saved for future reference , thanks

Foxfarmfreak · Feb 7, 2010

Thinking the slight variations in pH I get, cuz I test with drops, (i've had 3 pH meters and everyone of them sucked) is doing me right, I like it between Piss yellow and Kawasaki green, and that is just between 5.9 and 6.8, so I am actually getting a bit of all the minerals, as I can't adjust it perfectly everytime.....interesting, hey what brand of pH up and down do you guys prefer?

And ALWAYS test pH "after" you add everything, before you water....what good is it to test pH if you're gonna add a bunch of stuff thats gonna make it fluctuate, you always test pH after adding nutrients......(Carlos Mencia - Dee-Duh-Dee)

Peace Fox

HarrytheHat · Feb 8, 2010

Hey Foxfarmfreak......how do you test with drops after adding nutes? When I add the 3 part GH Flora series I end up with a pinkish mixture. Wouldn't this throw off the color chart indicators and kind of defeat the whole process of comparing colors?

Foxfarmfreak · Feb 10, 2010

I don't use any nutes with added colors, my mix always ends up lookin like slightly dirty water, and it always adjusts back to where I need the pH, yeah, I forgot about the colored nutes, guess you'd need a meter for those...drops wouldn't be the same...
Peace Fox

skankymonkey23 · Feb 21, 2010

I hope someone can answer this question. I had my pH at 4.5 so i put in pH up. unfortunately I wasn't patient and added too much. Im at 6.8 now and I am using hydro. When is it alright to use pH down again? They say don't use them together but I can't afford to dump my res. Thank you for the insight!

BlueRhino · Feb 25, 2010

Thanks for the Charts, great info.

BR

mrpurplestuff · Feb 26, 2010

i see every one has Q's bu tthey get little answers? Well I have one as well th ph of my guano tea.( One tbs pr gal-guano2tbsewc5ml liquid karma and onetbs mollasses.)
is very low ph up does not work in moderate amounts to adjust my ph of the tea. And the soil becomes acidic (foxfarm happyfrog soil is used.) Should i used bone meal? in the soil or the tea? how much? or should i add one tbs of lime per gallon of soil when i mix soil and perilite? or Both? The chart looks nice but how we apply it is most important. Also my plants grow healthy and have quality smoke with ph of 4.5-5. All seix varieties.

ODanksta · Mar 2, 2010

Just wanna say thanks hope to see you in Texas in a couple weeks

PH Charts for Soil and Hydro

PH Charts for Soil and Hydro

farm702

tritonite

DoctorFungi

zoeronerer

Damen

fluffygrrrl

LordDankinstien

jordisgarden

inovermyhead

Darth Fader

urbanite420

dakin3d

kroonboon

Foxfarmfreak

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HarrytheHat

Foxfarmfreak

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skankymonkey23

BlueRhino

mrpurplestuff

ODanksta

PH Charts for Soil and Hydro

PH Charts for Soil and Hydro

farm702

tritonite

DoctorFungi

zoeronerer

Damen

fluffygrrrl

LordDankinstien

jordisgarden

inovermyhead

Darth Fader

urbanite420

dakin3d

kroonboon

Foxfarmfreak

Guest

HarrytheHat

Foxfarmfreak

Guest

skankymonkey23

BlueRhino

mrpurplestuff

ODanksta

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