ph test input please

[dmtcorey]

hey whats up people ?
im a little new to growing in soil less mixes and i got a ???? hear !
im growing in a homemade peat moss and perlite mix and since the peat is fairly acidic i have my solution at 6.5 so i just collected the run off solution and it tested at 5.2 ,5.3 so im sure i should be raising the ph in my res about 6 points is this the case ?

thanks
dmtcorey

 

[Buddy Flowers]

u measuring the pH of the water with nutes in or before you add nutes? whats the pH of the water before yo add nutes?

hope that made sense because these vodka tonics are kicking in

 

[dmtcorey]

the water i use is well water and has some ever greens around it witch makes the water a little acidic with a ph of 5.2 to 5.3, when i add the nut it drops the ph a little lower so i use ph up to bring the solution to 6.4 ,6.5 ~

 

[Seamaiden]

If you top-dressed with a little prilled dolomitic lime you'd be golden.

 

[dmtcorey]

nice!

hey seamaiden !

good point ,im going to look into this little deeper

thanks
peace