Ph soil mistake

Ok I’m completely new to this and I have always been told to ph my water I’m using all mix and yesterday’s I tested my run off ppm and it was sky high yet the plants look like there’s nothing wrong with them I’m not adding any food there only 3weeks in veg .now on looking up the ph on this site I see I do not need to ph my water with all mix. do I flush my plants or not as the ppm is sky high can’t see my ppm and ec pen being wrong or do I just stop using ph in the water and leave them as there growing well no problems I can see

Run off means nothing, so disregard that

If it's going in good,what comes out dosent matter and is very misleading as you have seen

Yes just strange how the ppm and ec are at the top of my blue lab yet there are no signs of problems so do I just leave and stop using ph down in my watter

Plants was very small when they was cutting just under 3 weeks now

Your not understanding

Run off means nothing at all, nothing, you can get one spot of salt buildup and that will shoooooot the reading high
Next time you hit nothing and it's low

So don't check it

So I just stoP
With the ph as I don’t need to ph soil

You can do a slurry test if your concerned

But yes, don't test run off,it means nothing

your soil has PH buffers in it,it will correct ph itself. you should check your water going in to make sure it is in the proper ph range. that is it. PH and PPMs are different, PPMs is parts per million of nutrients.

potential of hydrogen

In chemistry, pH (/piːˈeɪtʃ/, denoting 'potential of hydrogen' or 'power of hydrogen') is a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Lower pH values correspond to solutions which are more acidic in nature, while higher values correspond to solutions which are more basic or alkaline.

This is the tool I use for all my pH needs. Tests liquids and your soil. Most Valuable Tool in my grow.

Alz123 said:

and stop using ph down in my watter

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Unless you have very poor water quality I would just forget about the PH with soil. I have never bothered with checking my numbers and any decent commercial soil should buffer it. That also allows for a diverse range PH range, hitting all the nutrient sweet spots as the soil dries.

I always leave water for at least 3 days before I use it and it’s alway around 7.8

buyyouabeer said:

Unless you have very poor water quality I would just forget about the PH with soil. I have never bothered with checking my numbers and any decent commercial soil should buffer it. That also allows for a diverse range PH range, hitting all the nutrient sweet spots as the soil dries.

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Thanks

Alz123 said:

Thanks

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Leave water sitting for 3 days before I use it and it’s alway around 7.8

Alz123 said:

I always leave water for at least 3 days before I use it and it’s alway around 7.8

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That's way too high for any medium.

I don't necessarily disagree with soil growers who don't check pH because I've never grown in soil indoors, but checking pH is always a good habit have, particularly if you ever decide to switch mediums.

In soil, 6.0-7.0, targeting around 6.5.

Ok thanks everyone plants have been on veg since 4th they was very small clones so when do you think I should start feeding I will be using biobizz

How are you testing PH. Any cheap PH meter isnt worth the plastic its made out of. THey are notoriously off by a lot. Messing with PH without REALLY knowing what it is, is a recipe for disaster.
If you really want to know the PH of your soil send it to a lab. My local town does it for $5. Maybe yours does to

Per the local water report our tap is 7.3 to 7.9, and we have the highest quality H2O here in the PNW. Yours sounds fine.

spek9 said:

That's way too high for any medium.

I don't necessarily disagree with soil growers who don't check pH because I've never grown in soil indoors, but checking pH is always a good habit have, particularly if you ever decide to switch mediums.

In soil, 6.0-7.0, targeting around 6.5.

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indoor esp. since these "buffers" is nothing but stonemeals (Dolomite etc) which a plant can deplete over time

Kassiopeija said:

indoor esp. since these "buffers" is nothing but stonemeals (Dolomite etc) which a plant can deplete over time

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I've always suspected that, and that's how I treat my outdoor gardens.