ph of feeding solution

hi everyone.

im started my grow couple of weeks ago in containers.

A friend of mine told me to make the solution under 6 (i have a ph meter for water).

but from what i read the ideal ph is 6.5-7.

up until now i made it around 5.7 (with and without ferts).

should i up it?

thanks.

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you probably wanna pH higher than 5.7, that seems to be more a number that would be used in a hydro setup, i always aim to pH my water to around 6.5 for a soil grow but a pH under 7 should suffice... if u are going to change the pH of your solution from 5.7 to say 6.7, do it over a couple waterings, not just at once as u will shock the plant/soil.. and just check your runoff to keep track of the soil pH over that time span just to be sure