To Ph Or Not To Ph

[Djchaos01]

My water comes out of the filter at 7.8 ph. I alway ph everything to 6.0. Should I PH water brfore I add the Tea?

Thanks!

 

[stutter]

I'm not real sure about caps bennies or his methods but i brew a bennie tea using a few different ingredients i don't bother with ph before i brew my bennies and by the time the tea is brewed its quite acidic. couldn't tell you the actual figures.

when i add it to my res i also add silica which is really alkaline and with that and the buffers in my nutes it usually comes out spot on so i don't ever really have to mess with ph at all. but if i was going t0 change my ph i would do it after everything is all mixed up.

hope that helps and also interested in hearing what others have to say because I'm not entirely sure that my way is the best its just what works for me.

 

[CageyBee]

Ph the water you will be adding the tea to. I ph my 5 gallons of water to 6.2 - 6.4(soil) and then add my tea

 

[Capulator]

pH tea water before adding bennies. pH res water before adding tea.

 

[thehog]

just checking but i read somewhere that phosphoric acid kills benies, is that so? if so what should I use for ph down instead, citric acid?

 

[outwest]

I'm running organic amended soil and high doses of caps bennies. The only time I use a pH pen is for cloning. I never pH what I water in, ever. My filtered tap water is about 7.2. I've never pH tested the teas I brew. I've never pH tested my medium or runoff either (I don't water to very much runoff, plants soak it back up quickly). My assumption is that the microbes adjust the medium to their liking, so I don't have to. For my grow style I've found that while I still give the garden tons of love and attention, the less I actually do to the plants, the better they respond. While I do battle pests on occasion I never have deficiencies or lockouts. Anyway, to each their own.

outwest

 

[Capulator]

In the nursery we had a saying: "plants thrive on neglect"

 

[caveman4.20]

What phs and temps kill the bennies?

 

[Phillthy]

i have never PH'd water for soil in 10 years.

 

[Seamaiden]

In the nursery we had a saying: "plants thrive on neglect"

Just like in aquatics. A dirty tank is a healthy tank and a hungry fish is a healthy fish.

Or, as old Dougie used to say all the time, "Get your Goddamn hands outta tha tank!"

 

[caveman4.20]

low stress is the best stress!

 

[spacebomb]

Nice thread. Can't wait to receive my packs. Thanks caps man.