Illumination
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Yeah I like to drop it . When the buffers are spent in your soil the Ph can wander , I like to keep an eye on it after week 4 especially since I discovered that my 6wk PE had just nute locked on me . I flushed it the other day with low ph water and it stayed low , never bufferred back up so I had to flush her again with some 6.5 water .The next day the PH had returned , so I,ll be top dressing some dolomite lime on her to keep it in check .I usally never check PH but now that I'm into flushing I discovered that problem .You always here "I grow in soil I never check PH" not good advice to follow .It's def best to water or feed with 6.5-.8 water all the time and definatly start checking soil PH after week 4 in flowering .
1 cup powdered dolamite lime per 1 cubic foot soil or soiless no more ph worries...well too acidic ph anyways
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Looks very good King. Just wanted to mention something. You mentioned switching to soiless soon? I used vinegar for a while in my soil grows with no problems. Or I would fill up a couple jugs of water and let them sit for 24 hours to a couple days and then water with them. Then I switched to soiless hydro and tried vinegar in my rez to lower my pH and it caused nasty buildup and also caused my pH to raise daily. I switched from the vinegar to AN pH Down and just add a few drops to my rez and the pH stays stable with no buildup. I'm just saying that if you switch to soiless then you may want to use another option for the pH besides the vinegar. 
