Herb & Suds
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Mine is 8.2 and changes with seasons to 7.8
I do not chase ph since over a decade
Do you have to ph test your water when growing in soil?
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I do not chase ph since over a decade
Wazzy
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I think this guy disagrees with you.
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Shape Shifter
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No. Read rest of the thread. Rainwater is soft. It can be 10-20ppm.
Rollupstaypoledup
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Good point
Shape Shifter
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Not a good point in the way he intended. Rainwater doesn't need to be pH'ed because the bicarbonate is so low.
Kassiopeija
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even less ppm 0.0001 and therefore will not carry much of any ions, not much H+ at all, a bit CO2, rest pure water. Good for plants, no NaCl, rust, heavy metals or inaccessable chalk...
Rollupstaypoledup
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Oh ok im new to this so seeing so many responses back n forth is kinda interesting
Shape Shifter
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Some people don't realize pH matters because they have very good growing water to start with. Most people don't have very good growing water to start with. Most people have water that could benefit from some simple acidification.
Rollupstaypoledup
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Well i feel like my water is just fine as ive been growing multiple plants and it works just fine with hose water and now tap water now that they’re inside but i was just curious since ive started adding nutes
Shape Shifter
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You can not worry about pH and have your grow blow up on you a couple months from now and ask why later. Or maybe you get lucky? Some water doesn't need to be pH'd.
Rollupstaypoledup
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Im sure im just lucky anyways ill be phing from now on
Kassiopeija
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indeed and quite some bottled nutes do this automatically, sitting at their internal pH 5.2 (example)...
but it doesnt always work, esp. if said tapwater is too sour to begin with.
and soil where cannabis is grown in becomes acidic quite a bit anyway, from the H+ root exchange ion.
then, these buffers can be depleted, as its just plantfood (dolomite lime eg)
hard tapwater doesnt work well in hydro, and some wellwater is toxic in metal content
90'sStoner
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I grow organic in soil with dry amendments. PHing your source water is definitely important. I recently moved my grow from my garage to my attic. Hadn't been using anything to pH the water but had no issues. Once I moved my grow I started having PH problems. Long story short when I got a pen and tested the water in the tank in my attic was @7. 5ish but the barrel of rain water I had been drawing from when I was in the garage was @6. 3.
missnu
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You need to know the parameters of your water once nutes are added.
It's easy to mix in too many nutrients. And by too many I mean if you go by what it says on the box/bag/bottle.. I'm fairly certain these companies push using too much so they can sell you more product(s).
I've always gotten my best results using nutes at sometimes less than 1/4 strength. Maybe I've just had particular plants, but I know for a fact it is way way way easier to feed them to death, than it is to starve them to death, especially in soil.
Most soils have fertilizer already in them. More than most people realize. That last longer than expected sometimes.
And you could have water with a ph of 3 or some zany shit... so...
In summation, check the ph of the water you're using. Check it again once you add your nutes terribly sparingly if at all...
Read the info on the soil you're using and see where you need to be.
BanjoPu$$ywhistle
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Go back and read this in Ricky's voice, the "growering" typo really sells it.
Shape Shifter
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There's a shit wind blowing across the orchard, Randy.
cowboylogic
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No matter what you pH your feeding water to in soil. It will buffer to the mediums within an hour. You cannot alter the mediums pH by pHed water alone.
