how important is the ph of your plant ?

basicly its my first grow and im just wondering how important it is to control the ph ?

there are some that would say that ph, is the number one factor, outside of lighting and nutes...

its pretty important. i just made the mistake of not paying attention to ph.

file13 said:

its pretty important. i just made the mistake of not paying attention to ph.

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what was the result of you not paying attension to the ph ?

plant death, usually, if you dont catch it in time.

ph lockout will cause your plants to starve, because they cannot absorb any nutes.

nutes will only be absorbed at certain ranges of ph, let the ph get outside of those ranges, and the roots are pretty much sitting in an either acidic, or alkaline solution... and they wont last long like that at all.

so it seems pritty important then

it is important.
if you go soil, its less important then hydro, but to be on the safe side, check your ph anyhow.

Before you start growing, learn what pH is and how it affects your plants. Then learn as much as you can, at least about the basics. Learning along the way is a recipe for heartache.

Don't tell anyone...

But I never pH my stuff

My water is good, and I don't feed too much.

Very good question and one that does make a difference as much as the correct environment, the previous replies have all been good advice. pH is very important! Not only water, but soil has a pH balance as well. Bot are reasonably affected by the other. I would not go out of your way financially to buy a pH meter off the bat. If you use distilled water out of jugs or have a well to get it out of then you can rest assured that it's decent and whats considered 'weak water' to me. Water that may be off oH a bit, but without the chemicals that make it hard on the plant. Tap water is not cool unless you have micron filters that catch the bleach(chlorine) and flouride.

Just to point out! Phyzix, your plants look very well established and to take notice on the behalf of others is the twigs holding the fan leaves. They are purple and lavender throughout. This is a genetic forcast telling the strains tendencies to turn a more dark shade of green all the way to black in some cases. I'd say this is a 'purp' plant with no doubt if given the time to mature out.

Up on a Limb said:

Just to point out! Phyzix, your plants look very well established and to take notice on the behalf of others is the twigs holding the fan leaves. They are purple and lavender throughout. This is a genetic forcast telling the strains tendencies to turn a more dark shade of green all the way to black in some cases. I'd say this is a 'purp' plant with no doubt if given the time to mature out.

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It's the Grapefruit Diesel side showing through for sure, excellent observation