Lizard.King
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today I bought 40 pounds of Lime so I could drop the PH whats the mixture thats best used? My ph is usually 8.5 or higher from the tap rain water is 5-6 growing in soil
Yeah I know this how do I get my PH in the water down from 8.5? With the lime that is I can go get some ph down but not at the momentI add 1 large tablespoon per gallon of soil, it adds calcium and magnesium as well as help to buffer the pH. You need to adjust your water to 6.5 to 7.0.
Make sure you have dolomite lime not hydrated lime. Hydrated lime will fry your plants, that stuff is really hot!
Epson salt would raise the PPM. Yea san diego and the east county areas have hard water. Just go down to pureflow and get the 5 gallon jugs for 2 bucks.I grow in soil and use tap water, What if the tap water is too hard, mine comes out with a ppm of 450.Ive learned that adding Epsom salt helps.Is this true?