Ph issues

[Trevor0179]

Baking powder can be used to ph up and lemon juice can be used to ph down

Going to buy dutch nutrients ph down 85% phosphoric acid tmw

 

[Kingjoshh]

Baking soda... It's sodium bicarbonate for ph works well. Also you can buy calcium bicarbonate Which is better because the plants use the calcium (unlike sodium levels we try to keep down) and the bicarbonate acts as a pH up and buffer.

Citric acid buffers poorly and you will need to keep adding non stop. Things like lemon juice vinegar etc. Should not be used for that reason. Phosphoric, sulfuric and nitric acid buffer far better and I would say phosphoric is your best bet for our use. Without getting into the details of why

Products such as calimagic are even more optimal if you are new in order to keep you nutrient ratios balanced. It contains calcium bicarbonate and magnesium sulfate. All num nums to our plants in proper quantities

He just asked for natural ways my man

Going to buy dutch nutrients ph down 85% phosphoric acid tmw

good choice, you just asked me for natural thing so I gave you a couple things I use happy growing :)

 

[Aqua Man]

He just asked for natural ways my man

good choice, you just asked me for natural thing so I gave you a couple things I use happy growing :)

Yeah just was correcting the baking powder since it's not the same as baking soda and figured I would explain why the others are not as well

 

[Kingjoshh]

Yeah just was correcting the baking powder since it's not the same as baking soda and figured I would explain why the others are not as well

Thank you I don’t want to spread mis information

 

[Aqua Man]

Thank you I don’t want to spread mis information

Common mistake... Good info. It works well as ph up

 

[jumpincactus]

Are there any natural products I can add to water to lower the ph of my soil it is sitting around 7.7 pushing and closer to 8 at times I am mixing RO water( ph 7.0 )with city tap water (7.5 ph) 50/50 mix and I am using dutch nutes oganic gro 2.5ml/l

Start with 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice. Dont get more organic that that. Use 1/2 tsp then stir and recheck. As you get closer to your target Ph you can adjust from 1/2 tsp to get where you want to be. :D

 

[OldManRiver]

lol, changing pH and using RO water isn't 'natural'. Pro's use pH Up and Down.

 

[Skybound]

natural is when man does absolutely nothing, so if you do one thing in the grow, it's no longer natural.

 

[MIMedGrower]

natural is when man does absolutely nothing, so if you do one thing in the grow, it's no longer natural.

Why isnt man natural? We Are on the earth too. And we like to mess with with crap. Totally natural.