Ph of water

Hey guys!

I somewhere read That the best ph for soil is about 6.5.

What about the water itself. My tap water is around 8, rain about 7 and botteled water somewhere 3 or 4. Does it even matter at all or should i go buy water

Thanks in advance

Have a good one

use the rain water then, and yes it does matter. you measure the runoff. bottled water with a ph of 3 ? something wrong there.

frmrboi said:

use the rain water then, and yes it does matter. you measure the runoff. bottled water with a ph of 3 ? something wrong there.

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Doesn't rain much where I am^^
is there a way to adjust the Ph of the water directly like you can do with soil?

espresso2go said:

Doesn't rain much where I am^^
is there a way to adjust the Ph of the water directly like you can do with soil?

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the hydro guys use chemicals for that, Ph Up and Ph Down.

Yes you need to get some type of testing going wether its just like pool ph test strips or whatever. Soil ph I think is best at 6.2 and you dont want the ph to fluctuate much either. To adjust ph you can use baking soda for ph up and you can use white vinegar to ph down. About 1 tsp of Baking Soda and 1 cap full of vinegar will be good to start with.

I am using soil,Can I use the chemecals to adjust the ph...like PH up and PH down?

JLpr said:

I am using soil,Can I use the chemecals to adjust the ph...like PH up and PH down?

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sure, doesn't matter where the waters going.

Yes absolutely just giving a cheap alternative.

just tried the google and I tried vinegar and lemon juice wiche pretty much made the water go around 4 (got some testing kit).

Oddly enough my soil is just around 6.5
does this mean i can chill?

the ph of water is 7

or generally in that range

bottled water is probably around 7

my mineral water i use is 6.9 never herd of bottled water at ph of 3

if your using Organic nutes then i would avoid using chemical ph up and ph down just my opinion

Kincaid said:

my mineral water i use is 6.9 never herd of bottled water at ph of 3

if your using Organic nutes then i would avoid using chemical ph up and ph down just my opinion

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thats because a PH of 3 would be an acid

stomach acid (HCl is like 1.6 to 2)

Kincaid said:

my mineral water i use is 6.9 never herd of bottled water at ph of 3

if your using Organic nutes then i would avoid using chemical ph up and ph down just my opinion

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Dude are you from Puerto Rico??

Tested my Mineral water repeatedly and it's definetly 4 - 4.5

JLpr said:

Dude are you from Puerto Rico??

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naw im not from Puerto Rico, my Evian Natural mineral water i bought the other day from ASDA reads 6.9

Kincaid said:

naw im not from Puerto Rico, my Evian Natural mineral water i bought the other day from ASDA reads 6.9

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Oh I ask because of your avatar picture.the Puerto rico flag is in all of the leaf of ur avatar.By the way I am from Puerto Rico thats why I ask...Boricua de pura sepa ya tu sabes representando aquii!