i feel like a newb, please help!/pics

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tcoupemn12

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ph is off do u have a way to check it?
i had the prob with mg organic on my first real grow plants looked like urs my water ph is like 8+ out of the tap
i started lowering ph to like 6.0 and transplanted to happy frog and they came out of it then augest heat got me and i had to wait till temps were better now i use walmart drinking water (ph down kills micro beasties im organic) if i let my tap water sit for a few days then add guano the ph goes to the 6is if it goes to low i add more tap till its rite
 
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wyteboi

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tcoupemn12 said:
ph is off do u have a way to check it?
i had the prob with mg organic on my first real grow plants looked like urs my water ph is like 8+ out of the tap
i started lowering ph to like 6.0 and transplanted to happy frog and they came out of it then augest heat got me and i had to wait till temps were better now i use walmart drinking water (ph down kills micro beasties im organic) if i let my tap water sit for a few days then add guano the ph goes to the 6is if it goes to low i add more tap till its rite
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so the chemical ph up and down will kill the microbes ? i cant have that i am organic too and just got a ph meter and been using GH ph up. (ALOT to get it to 6.5) so do i need to switch to organic up ?
 
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tcoupemn12

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dolomite lime will raise it. u might be abel to find a liquid form u really want to check the runnoff if its going down u need to add lime from wat ive read u almost always need to go up not down with the ph of organics. alot of people say to 1-2 tbl spoones of lime per gallon of mix (dirt)
the guy at the dro shop said that the acid/base are pretty toxic
 
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