"LOL...Vinegar is a homemade trick that people who don't know or don't have the money for the correct product tend to use. It is not intended for that. You can have unintended results and not desirable ones.Using vinegar to alter your ph level is not an exact science. I know people that have done this to save money and have damaged their plants as a result."
my question is what are the unintened or undesirable results of useing it? im not saying its what is intended to be used for lowering the pH of water, but it does work. alot of stuff that isnt intended to be used to grow plants works very well.( hydrogen peroxide, air pumps, marijuana growing in water)
ive googeled it looking for negative side effects but cant find anything. im new to indoor hydro growing but not to growing pot. ive used vinegar for more than 12 years on outdoor soil crops with no negative effect noticed.
as for it not being an exact science. it takes .5ml of Ph down per gallon to drop my waters pH one point.(1 gallon
[email protected] +.5ml of pH down =6.0pH water) while vinegar uses 1.0ml per gallon to drop the pH 1 point.(1 gallon of water @7.0pH + 1.0ml vinegar = 6.0pH water) it takes 50% more vinegar to achieve the same result, but at 1/10 the cost of name brand pH down its far more cost effective.
im not trying to flame or call one1 out, but i would love to see some kind of evidence or at bare minimum i would like to know what the unintended or undesirable effects are.
thanx