Need a yuuuuge favor

[Alexander Magnan]

Im partially colorblind and cant afford a digital PH meter at the moment. My reds/oranges/yellows all look roughly the same. Is this PH too low? I cant tell.

 

[Greenhouse;save]

Yes....it's 5 when it should be 6-7...

 

[Alexander Magnan]

Is it common for my nutes to bring down the ph that much? Im on a budget and only have the usual ph up/down. Should about 2ml of PH up bring it to normal?

 

[chemphlegm]

digi's are cheap anty up when it gets worth it

 

[acidzx]

Is it common for my nutes to bring down the ph that much? Im on a budget and only have the usual ph up/down. Should about 2ml of PH up bring it to normal?

Its hard for us to judge if 2ml of phUP will do the trick, your reservoir size will greatly impact how much phUP you should use.

 

[Alexander Magnan]

Its hard for us to judge if 2ml of phUP will do the trick, your reservoir size will greatly impact how much phUP you should use.

I keep my nutes in 1 gal jugs. And my plants are in 7gal smart pots. The growing medium is Royal Gold Tupur

 

[acidzx]

I keep my nutes in 1 gal jugs. And my plants are in 7gal smart pots. The growing medium is Royal Gold Tupur

You mix your nutes with fresh water in 1 gallon jugs? You are talking about drops of phUP at that amount of water. I'd try 2 drops mix it well then test water again.

 

[Alexander Magnan]

Ok. I thought i had to wait like 30 min for the ph to adjust...or is that when dealing with hydro?

 

[Alexander Magnan]

You mix your nutes with fresh water in 1 gallon jugs? You are talking about drops of phUP at that amount of water. I'd try 2 drops mix it well then test water again.

It took 3ml per gallon to bring it up to 6.0.

 

[Swims_GD]

Im partially colorblind and cant afford a digital PH meter at the moment. My reds/oranges/yellows all look roughly the same. Is this PH too low? I cant tell.

hey man, ditto on the colour blindness, i have a problem with seeing red and greens properly, i use combur test kits, they use them in hospitals for urine sampler but my eyes can match up the shades from the strip to the ph guide. thinking maybe litmus paper would work better for you.

 

[Alexander Magnan]

hey man, ditto on the colour blindness, i have a problem with seeing red and greens properly, i use combur test kits, they use them in hospitals for urine sampler but my eyes can match up the shades from the strip to the ph guide. thinking maybe litmus paper would work better for you.

I'll try that out. Thanks man

 

[Greenhouse;save]

£10 gets u a ph pen and a tds pen from China........takes a month to be delivered but their working for me.....