Help on PH levels..?

mllertyme69

mllertyme69

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Ok... i have been using my horse water troff(not sure on the spelling) for the last several months on my plant being grown outside, but recently i checked its PH levels and they were at about 8. i know thats too high so i was wondering would it be better to add something to make it around 6? if so what would what something be? also i thought maybe that since its already had that exact same water for the last 6 months maybe i should just keep on giving it the same thing? i don't want to shock the plant, its looking decent atm.. thanks guys! i love this siiiiiittteeee

this is also my first grow btw
 
Cr8z13

Cr8z13

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Pics aren't great, but your plants appear to be ok. Maybe you should stick to what you're doing.
 
stoneymontana

stoneymontana

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If your water is at a ph of 8 then you are not getting the right nutrients from the soil that you need or not all of them atleast . Canabis grows and takes in nutrients best in soil from 6.2 to 7. Hope this helps??? But shit they look good from here:peace:
 
cloudflyer

cloudflyer

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mllertyme69 said:
Ok... i have been using my horse water troff(not sure on the spelling) for the last several months on my plant being grown outside, but recently i checked its PH levels and they were at about 8. i know thats too high so i was wondering would it be better to add something to make it around 6? if so what would what something be? also i thought maybe that since its already had that exact same water for the last 6 months maybe i should just keep on giving it the same thing? i don't want to shock the plant, its looking decent atm.. thanks guys! i love this siiiiiittteeee

this is also my first grow btw
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Crazy13 makes a good point, they look good. Bringing the ph down some may improve results but are you happy where they are?
Personally I would ph balance the water to around 6. Here is a link to ph solutions. I am sure there is some organic way to do it but, being new the solutions are consistent.
GENERAL HYDROPONICS
 
mllertyme69

mllertyme69

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hey thanks alot you guys, i guess if its easy enough i may try it however you say they look ok? i can take more pictures tommorow (guerilla farming)
 
Cr8z13

Cr8z13

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mllertyme69 said:
hey thanks alot you guys, i guess if its easy enough i may try it however you say they look ok? i can take more pictures tommorow (guerilla farming)
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Can't help but smile every time I see a guerrilla grow. Best of luck to you. :joint:
 
weedfeen

weedfeen

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i would but some pete moss. and some of that acid neutralizer shit u can get at walmart. you use it to put on your grass to lower the ph i would get that and spread it around your babies
 
cloudflyer

cloudflyer

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weedfeen said:
i would but some pete moss. and some of that acid neutralizer shit u can get at walmart. you use it to put on your grass to lower the ph i would get that and spread it around your babies
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Acid neutralizer will raise the PH not lower it.

PH is a scale from 1 to 14

1 is acid
14 is base
The diffrence between any 2 numbers, right next to each other on the scale is 10X more or less acidic.
So so 7 is 10X more acidic than 8 and 6 is 100x more acidic than 8
 
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