Aussie Growers Thread

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giglewigle

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andy s said:
can you guys help me with a ph issue/question? ive tried looking around for an answer and havent found any help. all i need to know is when i mix up a bucket of water and ph it, i take a ph reading of the bucket and then a ph reading of the water from th bucket in the cup and theyre different. my ph reading in the bucket is like 5.4 and the reading in the cup which is the same water is reading 6.1, which is the true reading and why does it differ please help..
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is ur ph oen callibrated how big is youre buket why are you taking seprate resdi gs maybe when yourea taking the water into the smaller buket it changes the concentration of all the shit
 
andy s

andy s

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giglewigle said:
is ur ph oen callibrated how big is youre buket why are you taking seprate resdi gs maybe when yourea taking the water into the smaller buket it changes the concentration of all the shit
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its calibrated, ive been using it i just noticed when i started using a 5 gallon bucket instead of doing single gallon jugs. i could never stick my ph meter in the jug so id always ph it pour it into a cup take my reading and adjust if need be, now since i use the 5 gallon bucket i test both bc i didnt want to have a higher concentration if it wasnt mixed properly or have a ph fluctuation. i mix and stir before taking each cup to make sure i also avoid it that way as well. so its consistant and mixed well
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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andy s said:
can you guys help me with a ph issue/question? ive tried looking around for an answer and havent found any help. all i need to know is when i mix up a bucket of water and ph it, i take a ph reading of the bucket and then a ph reading of the water from th bucket in the cup and theyre different. my ph reading in the bucket is like 5.4 and the reading in the cup which is the same water is reading 6.1, which is the true reading and why does it differ please help..
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Have you tried tipping the water back in the bucket than refilling the cup and testing it again
 
dopeonarope

dopeonarope

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andy s said:
a digital ph meter
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have you re-calibrated recently (or ever?) I've got a pretty cheap Hanna meter, think it was about 35 or 40 bucks and its consistent between bucket and cup. Give the bucket a good stir and move the pen around in the water gently until it stabilises. works for me
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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Ripalliance said:
Yeah next grow I'm going to try it a lil different might try to. Get some farm fox soil and shit and I will try to get the micro mix if its going to help this grow and yes is that shit from worm farm a mate sworn by it lol he obviously don't know much lol
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I’m not saying he’s wrong just personally I don’t like it its not worm piss it’s leachate basically just stagnant water that’s drained through the worm castings
 
andy s

andy s

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dopeonarope said:
have you re-calibrated recently (or ever?) I've got a pretty cheap Hanna meter, think it was about 35 or 40 bucks and its consistent between bucket and cup. Give the bucket a good stir and move the pen around in the water gently until it stabilises. works for me
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ya ive tried that, i was gonna recalibrate before my next watering just in case, my tap usuallly is pretty consistant so i test it first before my feeding to make sure it within range and its always the same. maybe a couple points off here and there
 
OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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dopeonarope said:
have you re-calibrated recently (or ever?) I've got a pretty cheap Hanna meter, think it was about 35 or 40 bucks and its consistent between bucket and cup. Give the bucket a good stir and move the pen around in the water gently until it stabilises. works for me
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Hanna meters are good ones. Phing straight water is funny sometimes unless you know the mineral content.
 
dopeonarope

dopeonarope

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andy s said:
ya ive tried that, i was gonna recalibrate before my next watering just in case, my tap usuallly is pretty consistant so i test it first before my feeding to make sure it within range and its always the same. maybe a couple points off here and there
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also, try new batteries if all else fails. those things can give apeshit readings when the batteries are starting to go
 
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giglewigle

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Ripalliance said:
Yeah next grow I'm going to try it a lil different might try to. Get some farm fox soil and shit and I will try to get the micro mix if its going to help this grow and yes is that shit from worm farm a mate sworn by it lol he obviously don't know much lol
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bro fuck fox farm years bacm when i dicaovered organic i spent 300 hundred tryna import some happy frog its not wortj it bro dident even get to use it cuse fedex or some shit start a compost pile or somthing shit but a couple bags of decent soil add some amendments and let it braek down fror a monthr or two honestly bro any tnig graered towerds weed groweres ir way over priced i can get a a soil from bunnings like 6 dollers 4 doller bag of compost and get saesol and have a graet grow
@ruby fruit used a soil that had added seasol and only fed it seasol and grew so e fucking tasty looming plants man that fox farms shit half of there shit aint even organic any way iv only used gogo juice and eco seaweed on mine or if u wanna buy nutes biocannas notbad
 
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