im in but how would u bring down the ph in it ??...asking this because ive only grown 2 times so im a noobie lol..................OR do u even need to bring it down O_O?
Yo dude, i finished my Evian days now and getting 'Sensi Cal Mg', gona try run the bloom cal/mag for the veg too and see how that goes. The thread was directly aimed at calcium and magnesium in water, my water being too soft and 40ppm is closer to reverse osmosis water than what plants like. Water is an essential carrier of calcium and magnesium for plants.
Now if your plants are cal mag deficient you need cal/mag in either supplements/fertilizer or the tap water to begin with. Mineral water has ingredients printed on the back and will show the parts per million of the calcium and magnesium as well as whatever else is in it. Evian just seemed the best although i did dillute it down to 200ppm from the original 309ppm which is what it is straight out of the bottle.
From what i can see the more bicarbonates in the water the higher the pH, evian sits at pH7.2 and i never adjusted pH although it is not a problem i have, Ph, and a lot of myth and bad information surrounding it. Ph down acid will neutralise the bicarbonates (bicarbonates generally being alkaline as they are joined with the calcium and magnesium in the water.
If your having problems with your tap water (a lot dont just mine is soft water!) then mineral water could be your saviour till you get a dedicated cal/mag supplement. Evian being the best i have found.
I could write an essay on the subject, not small and very very complicated, so i cant try to tell you everything i know or think i know and urge you to take it upon yourself to check your water, if you dont have a digital ppm reader just knowing wether it is soft water or hard water will suffice. Theres too much to explain but read the thread and you'll pick up some and also there is a wicked thread on water called 'Water the most essential element' in the general forum as a sticky, check this out to start learning, a great water scientist wrote it and tells the truth about water for beginners.
Now the point of the thread was to determin if Evian stops cal/mag deficiencies from happening. Check it out yourself by running one plant of your grow for two weeks and see if there is a change for the better, if so cal/mag is probably part of the problem/
Ask me more questions here, i will try to help, but new growers seem to have more problems than just cal/mag so bear this in mind if you do use Evian, dont be getting back to me saying Evian killed my plants cause it simply dosent. Could be you already have enough cal/mag in your ferts or water or soil already, how would i know what variables your grow runs with so on your own head be it but certainly at the very least research your and water in general, know that it contains most of the calcium and magnesium your plants need, bicarbonates buffer the soil pH, too many built up in the soil and it will turn from acid to alkaline, the right amount and your soil keeps its pH for a very long time balancing the acidic effects of peat and ferts etc etc. Most chemical ferts or in-organic ferts list calcium and magnesium so check the label of your ferts. Even more complicated than this is the ratio that plants like cal/mag generally anywhere from 5:1 to 3:1 calcium to magnesium and i see levels such as 25 magnesium to 75 calcium to be about the average for a lot of strains. You may need to top up the mag yourself now and again as plants consume more as they start to flower and at the end of flower as they start to ripen.
Seriously dude read up about cal/mag and water, work out what yours is and go from there, i got into deep and now its all a little scientific, aint no easy answer for me to give you any more except if it aint broke dont fix it!lol!
Seriously best of luck and get back to me, im always open to discuss this subject, cant grow your plants for you but i could talk about water and cal/mag if you wanted. Peace
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