I just soaked mine (Grodan) in some RO (7 ph) water, added some lemon juice as I didn't have any PH down. Let them sit for 12 hours, measured the run off, it was still too alkaline fr my taste, so i rinsed them again and gave them another 18 hours, PH went down to 5.8, just when my Pineapple chunk popped this morning and I just placed the seed with the taproot into one.