robnarley1111
Active Member
Nice looking plants! I'm on my first grow now while waiting on some fem. Master Kush seeds to arrive from Nirvana myself. ![Smile :-) :-)](/styles/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Ok here's my input for what it's worth...
I now use slightly adjusted-PH RO water every since I learned the "hard way." I used tap water two times and both times screwed up my plants due to the PH being way too alkaline and locking out nutrients. I'm also thinking large amounts of calcium in the water and a PH of 7.6+ caused my issues. I check my tap water with a $5 PH tester with color key and PH drops.
So to bring down the PH of my tap water I used a 1/4 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with one gallon of water. The PH dropped from 7.6 to 6.4-6.8!
I think that if you are putting significantly more vinegar in your water than that, it could be really bringing your PH down below the optimum 6.5-7.0 for soil. And since it's rainwater, perhaps it never needed adjusted PH because it was "nature perfect"?
But that's just my inexperienced opinion.
![Smile :-) :-)](/styles/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Ok here's my input for what it's worth...
I now use slightly adjusted-PH RO water every since I learned the "hard way." I used tap water two times and both times screwed up my plants due to the PH being way too alkaline and locking out nutrients. I'm also thinking large amounts of calcium in the water and a PH of 7.6+ caused my issues. I check my tap water with a $5 PH tester with color key and PH drops.
So to bring down the PH of my tap water I used a 1/4 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with one gallon of water. The PH dropped from 7.6 to 6.4-6.8!
I think that if you are putting significantly more vinegar in your water than that, it could be really bringing your PH down below the optimum 6.5-7.0 for soil. And since it's rainwater, perhaps it never needed adjusted PH because it was "nature perfect"?
But that's just my inexperienced opinion.