sheckylovejoy
Well-Known Member
More of a "Just Curious" as I adjust every morning before feeding. Growing outdoors in soil. The pH of the mixture goes down every morning, sometimes by as much as 0.5. I think it goes down more on warmer days.
The mixture:
Mixture is in a 5 gal reservoir or 20 gal reservoir depending what I need. I aerate the mix with a small air pump.
My water is a little alkaline, at about 7.9 to start. When I first make the mix it goes down by about 1.0 and then every day it drops. Every morning it's pretty frothy, which I take to be from the microbial activity.
I also notice that the soil is lower than the mix, in a few plants considerably so (one plant was at 5.9). I've started bringing the mixture up to 6.75 in the morning rather than 6.5 like I was before, which is bringing the soil pH up a little.
Anyway, my guess is that this is from the microbial activity, but I was wondering what everyone here thought.
Measuring equipment:
Thanks for reading this.
The mixture:
- Botainicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom Soil
- Botanicare CalMag
- Botanicare Silica Blast
- Botanicare Hydroplex
- Kelp
- Hummic Acid
- Fulvic Acid
- Great White
- Blackstrap
- Earth Juice MicroBlast
Mixture is in a 5 gal reservoir or 20 gal reservoir depending what I need. I aerate the mix with a small air pump.
My water is a little alkaline, at about 7.9 to start. When I first make the mix it goes down by about 1.0 and then every day it drops. Every morning it's pretty frothy, which I take to be from the microbial activity.
I also notice that the soil is lower than the mix, in a few plants considerably so (one plant was at 5.9). I've started bringing the mixture up to 6.75 in the morning rather than 6.5 like I was before, which is bringing the soil pH up a little.
Anyway, my guess is that this is from the microbial activity, but I was wondering what everyone here thought.
Measuring equipment:
- Mixture: Hanna Instruments HI98128 in which I have great faith +/- .05. I calibrate weekly with 7.01 and 4.01.
- Soil: Kelway Soil Tester in which I have less faith, but use anyway :-\
Thanks for reading this.