pH problems..............to low...

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potfarmer297

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should i have something to read the ph of the watre after i addes the nutes to it???.............didn't know indoor would have so many problems...
 
greennewfie

greennewfie

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oh yes man when i adds my nutes it makes it really acidic i use ph up i got from the pet fish store to raise it back up!!
 
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potfarmer297

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ohhh ok ok........now ima kinda gettin it....................so tomorrw i have to go get ph testing kit at petshop plus ph up............lets just hope the pet shop has those things..........
 
greennewfie

greennewfie

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anywhere there are fish tank supplys like walmart or something like that may have them thats where i got my ph testing water drops
 
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potfarmer297

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yes yes and yes my friend, called a petshop this morning and they have pH testing kits and they have pH up n down,,.............tomorrow morning early ima head out there to get em........
 
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potfarmer297

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the new growth of the plants seem to be darker in color though but still not good.................later when ima check em out i'll have some pics...
 
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potfarmer297

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ok so i repotted into 5 gallon pots with new soil................but still after repottingand watering with a little rhizotonic the ph of the new soil was at 5.5
is that normal because i tested the ph of the water with the rhizotonic and it had a high ph of around 8 or so but still when i checked it was low, or should i let the soil dry before checking the ph?
 
greennewfie

greennewfie

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i will send you a link to a post i made about ph info its alot to read but good, you should definitely read it will make you understand the ph alot more!! brb with the link
 
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Mr.Grønn

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A common mistake is thinking some simple PH-lowering of the water will lower the PH of the medium - long term, and effective.

What really makes your medium change PH over time is the nutrients you are using. And I'm not even talking about PH value of the nutrients itfself, but the effect is has on the growing medium when the plant eats it (which changes the soil PH).

THAT action (plant feeding on your media) is what defines what PH your medium will end up at, so choose your nutrients well.

If you read up on this, you'll find ways to up/down PH-growing-medium using only nutrients.
Start with this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uIv6muxq86EJ:www.greenhousegrower.com/magazine/?storyid=560+CAN+17+fertilizer+ph&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
 
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potfarmer297

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IMG00292-20110818-1641.jpghere's a pic of what i 've got goin on.......as u can see the ones in the back are happier then the ones in the front, the seven in the back were transplanted yesterday and the 4 in the front today, the 4 up front are tangerine dreams, the 3 in the middle are NYPD and in the back i have one blue widow, one kushage one sour AK and one burmese kush.....and i stll have 2 darkstar that i have tho repot but i think those will be goin in my backyard.......
 
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