Watering - do you pH the water before adding nutes?

Please put my mind at ease, when you are feeding plants do you correct the pH of the water BEFORE adding nutes (i use canna bio flores), or do you add the nutes, and then correct the pH?

Thank you.

PH after adding nutes. Only time youd ph plain water is in your flush cycle.

g0dl1ke said:

PH after adding nutes. Only time youd ph plain water is in your flush cycle.

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And in between feedings.

nutes first, let set about an hour, ph, let set again, double check, apply to plants. Nutes will lower the ph of water anyways. (ie. lower ppm, you will be using more ph down. higher ppm, you will be using more ph up.) Thats my method and reasoning anyways. A hydro guru may be able to make more sense of it for you.

Some fertilizers come with added coloring so if you are using one of these and you are using a color ph test kit, you might want to balance the ph first. Odd, that's what I was thinking about this morning.

yea guys you are sapposed to ph the water b4 adding your nutes.. with some nutes this is key, especially if your nutes have buffers in them

reggaerican said:

yea guys you are sapposed to ph the water b4 adding your nutes.. with some nutes this is key, especially if your nutes have buffers in them

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the nutrients themselves will adjust the ph, so why would you do it prior and redo it having to adjust. please correct me if im wrong......

Never bother to mess with pH. Just add a bit of lime is enough.

I've never messed with he ph either.

Dreamy said:

I've never messed with he ph either.

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And your not growing to your full potenital either............

NBKA said:

And your not growing to your full potenital either............

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Really?????


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Which yielded

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Actually quite pleased with that one. So let´s see your best plant from this year NBKA - don´t forget to show a pic of your pH meter.

All my nutes adjust themselves with in .2-.5 of where they should be anyways, but most of the time I have to add a little ph up after the nutes are added so that I have my ph level right where i want it.

You want to try and ph first. this will help drift once nutes are added and used. I know how much ph down to add to the res after years of doing so...Then i add nutes and check ph, this is easier on system

Spanishfly said:

Really?????


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Which yielded

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Actually quite pleased with that one. So let´s see your best plant from this year NBKA - don´t forget to show a pic of your pH meter.

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Seen it in your other post, Big deal. I dont post photos on the internet, I dont have to prove how big my johnson is brother.

I stated once and I will again. you did not grow to your full potential period, if you dont ph your water.
There is no proof that is even your plant man..........

see here is mine....
anyone can get photos and post them on the inter webs......

Spanishfly said:

Really?????


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Which yielded

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Actually quite pleased with that one. So let´s see your best plant from this year NBKA - don´t forget to show a pic of your pH meter.

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Just wondering; do you cure with your jars that full? Hella nice crop bro!