Major soil problems~!

so basically my plants are were dying to what i thought was overwater/nute burn but now i think its my soil alkalinty .

i done some tests this is what happend ok so the water im putting into the soil is about 7.9 ph and the water comming out is about 8.4 that was all tested with the water pool meter as u can see in the pic , the ppm total alkalinity was 0 going in and 80-120 comming out ? does this mean my soil is to alkalinity ? maybe thats why there deing ? ok so my water is comming out alot higher in ph "according to the pool ph meter" but the odd thing is the soil ph kit said the soil was neutral like the water going in ? as u can see im so fking confused and dont have a clue what to do any help would be really apreciated

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i think ur water should be lower in ph that sounds kinda high im a newb i could b wrong

wow my bad thats a typo , the water i was putting in was neutral 7.0 not 7.9

read this thread and let me know if you still have any questions.

http://www.verticalgreen.org/showthread.php?t=38

Lower your water's PH with PH down or just use lemon juice. Approx. 10 drops per gallon will lower the PH by 1. Water like this then test the runoff PH again until you are neutral.

dude your a gun , that site is a real help it gave me all the rite info .

i found out that my soil is fucked! the soils run off was at 10.9 alkaline haha , no wonder there all dying , now i just need to take the ph down in the soil , do u think im better off buying new soil or just getting some sulphar or watever to lower it ?

I'd just try ph down or lemon juice first. If that doesn't work you can flush and use the same soil.

so if i run nuetral tape water 7.0ph thru it u reckon the soil will come down ? i thought alkaline soil stayed the same unless u mix another compound into it . i just bought some sulphur powder im run some of that thru it

ok i poured .5-6ph about 3 litres of water thru my pots and the end run off was still about 7-8 ph alkaline , i bought some sulphur powder to make the soil more acidy but it doesnt work for about 2 weeks , can anyone help me ?

smallclosetgrowr said:

ok i poured .5-6ph about 3 litres of water thru my pots and the end run off was still about 7-8 ph alkaline , i bought some sulphur powder to make the soil more acidy but it doesnt work for about 2 weeks , can anyone help me ?

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i would get new soil. Keep in mind that you can use sulphur and lime to adjust ph but its very very tricky for a newbie to use. I recommend highly that you get some new soil and do it right from the start.

As far as adjusting the ph i would get a GH pH up down kit. I swore by mine before i got a pH pen.

ok i bought some proper ph down solution from the local aquriam joint, hows the best way to lower it ? take my plants out and strain thru the pots ? or chuck a whole lot of soil in a bucket n stir for 5mins ?

http://www.verticalgreen.org/showthread.php?t=38

you adjust the pH of the watering solution.

read the thread that ive just linked to. it should help out alot. You should post on that forum im sure those guys can help you out.

smallclosetgrowr said:

ok i bought some proper ph down solution from the local aquriam joint, hows the best way to lower it ? take my plants out and strain thru the pots ? or chuck a whole lot of soil in a bucket n stir for 5mins ?

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thanks for wasting my time.
i spend the time to help you out when you asked me and then i find out you have already started a thread to get answers
LUDA.