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Modern Selections
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If you do not have a way to adjust the pH of the water then use household items vinegar for pH down and baking soda for pH up.
What's the problem with that tip?? Someone might not know they have items in their kitchens that work..
Jjgrow420
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What grower doesn't own ph up/down?
Modern Selections
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What difference does it make? If you get in a pinch there are alternatives. I am just trying to help.
swedsteven
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Soil ph is like a buffer . He want to raise the ph off is medium not is water .
Modern Selections
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Well watering with correct pH is the first step wouldn't you say?
swedsteven
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No not in organic the input off your medium will make up your ph unless you have to much off ex: calcium in your tap it will raise your ph by limming your soil each time you water ...
green_machine_two9er
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Both there alternatives actually cause harm to a soil medium. Baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate - not sure if any plant on the face of earth likes sodium in any form.
and vinegar, can react with the minerals in soil and lock out key nutrients.
both Are a no no
Modern Selections
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People have been using vinegar for years as pH down. Apple cider vinegar, distilled, white doesn't matter. The few drops it take does not hurt the soil.
green_machine_two9er
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People having done it doesn’t make it a good practice.
Modern Selections
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I said in a pinch. If you have no other way to lower pH then a few drops of vinegar will do the job. Take it easy man, it's just basic horticulture.