How do you raise ph without ph up

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stickyicky77

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I think you can use vinegar for pH up and lemon juice for down. In the instructions that come with rock wool cubes it says you can use a lemon to get the pH to 5.5 and i have read that you can use vinegar for pH up. You can also get small bottles of pH up and pH down a your local pet store if you don't have hydro shop near you.
 
herbose

herbose

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5.2 is low for soil, OK for hydro. Either way it will go up by itself. Better have some ph down on hand though, you will use that a lot.
 
herbose

herbose

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budforever442200 said:
I only use ph down! never once up!
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I used ph up once, I had a heat on and didn't feel like mixing concentrate and water so I just dumped about 100ml (could have been 200 for all I know) ph down concentrate in the control box. BIG mistake! Ph went straight to 3. Started mixing ph up real quick I tell you. It's a miracle I didn't fry the whole crop. Haven't needed it since then though, but it's good to have around.
 
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Murderin

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What I did when I didnt have Ph up/down was find some water with high PH and low PH, Then just use your PH checker and mix and match the water to get the right PH.
 
goodbuds

goodbuds

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First off vinegar is an acid it lowers your ph. I wouldn't use it though. I use ammonium sulfate to lower my ph. To raise instantly use hydrated lime desolved in water. Baking soda does work for raising.
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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gotitgreen143 said:
ok im gonna use lime thx everyone
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Try home depot for garden lime.

I like it because it also provides calcium, and it's hard to over apply - lime.

Vinegar is for salad dressing, and it's acid, not alkaline.

Fact: "The pH of vinegar depends upon how much acid is present, but most commercial distilled white vinegars contain 5% acetic acid and have a pH of about 2.4." :wall:
 
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