Vinegar to lower ph

whats up everybody..

Im using vinegar to lower my ph in my 40 gallon flood tray

I'm just wondering if anyones else has used vinegar for a whole plants cycle, and what the results were. If the bud came out any different with taste or smell?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hello,

It will work but i suggest you to go buy a bottle of PH DOWN at hydro store or any wal-mart or store where they sell plant stuff.

It cost around 8-10 $ and will do the exact job you need.

On my first grow I used vinegar on some AK ruders in rockwool. I noticed no ill effects during growth and the taste/quality of the smoke was not affected by the use of vinegar. The stuff at the hydro shop works great, but if you are light on cash, vinegar works fine.

It wont harm the plants, however vinegar amounts to organic material in the res, which can potentially invite root disease. This is especially true if the vinegar is old and has had a chance to turn to mother of vinegar. Vinegar also breaks down fast so your PH will rise again sooner than professional adjuster.

I once knew a guy who was determined to save money on PH down. He said, I know a secret a grower told me years ago, you can use vinegar. (wow big secret) He quickly found that his PH would be high again just hours after he added vinegar. To combat this he set up a constant drip system. He eventually found the right drip rate to keep the PH at 5.5, and then he found that he was getting deficiencies because PH needs to range from 5.5ish to 6.3ish. Constantly keeping it at 5.5 was locking out some nutes. In the end he had an elaborate drip system that was counter productive and costs way more money and energy than if he would have just gotten a bottle of PH down.

Bottom line is, GH PH down works much better and doesn't cost that much more.

Lemon juice works well for someone whos cash strapped. Those ones you buy in the little squeeze bottle work the best .

this is my first grow ive been using vinegar. havent seen anything bad happen yet, but havent flowered yet also. i use about half tsp per gallon, maybe a tad more if i need it

Shouldn't hurt, and it you need to raise ph, calcium bucarbonate (baking soda) works pretty good. Don't use baking powder or you'll get little muffins growing out of the plants.

i recently tried lemon juice and found that it filled my dwc buket with slimy crap had t buy new airstones n had t chop sum roots off so i wouldnt reccomend it