live soil

Hello fellow green thumbed friends! Soooo… I’m running a hydrofarm Envirogro 192W T5 fixture and 4, 15W LED grow bars inside of a 32" x 32” x 66” (or 2.5ft x 2.5ft x 5.5ft) grow area, here is my rough estimate of the total PPE and PPFD data (I think/hope) PPE: T5 fixture: 1.8 umol/J (from...

so .. I’ve ordered some kind soil for my next run but I’m running into issues trying to figure out what water to use , ph from my tap is 8.5 ph from my ro unit is 6 or less the website I got the soil from says to use water with a ph of 6.5 to 7 , I’ve found Crystal Geyser comes in around 6.9...