ph down

  1. mikaroni

    Is it ok to add water that has PH down in it into my humidifiers?

    Is it OK to add water that has PH down in it into my humidifiers? I don't plan to PH my humidifier water, but I would like to dump the remaining amount from my watering can into the humidifier whenever I am done watering with plain water.
  2. U

    PH in dwc

    Hows it going guys, first post looking for a little advice. I’ve recently set up an 8 pot DWC, plants are two weeks in, Im finding my ph rising like crazy, i make up about 200L of food,but everyday my ph is up sometimes 0.3/0.4. Ive added down to try and help and am currently draining to make...
  3. B

    How much is too much PH adjuster in the mix.

    Cant seem to find a straight answer to this.. so i got some canna pro bloom PH down. It says 0.5ml per 10L. So i put 1ml in gave it a good mix, let it sit for 5. And repeated. Until i got to 6.3. By now i added 3ml to my 20L. I wanted to go lower than 6.3 as im growing in hydro however didn't...
  4. Kami Samurai

    Making a hydroponic stable PH up/down

    I’m trying to make a copy-cat of General Hydroponics Ph Down. From what I understand most commercial PH downs are mostly Citric Acid and Nitric/Phosphoric Acid. Does anyone have success with a homeade ph down mixture? https://www.maximumyield.com/perfecting-ph/2/1212 Has a couple recipes...
  5. B

    Coco Coir pH issue - input water runs of a couple degrees pH lower than it goes in

    Hi, let me begin by saying I'm a new grower. I'm experiencing some issues with my medium (coco coir/perlite 70/30 mix), and I cannot seem to find any good answers on how to fix this problem. My setup goes as follows: 4 plants, coco coir/perlite mixed, watered every 1-2 days using the "Coco Coir...
  6. L

    Kratky PH problem

    Hello, according to the inventor of Kratky method, one should adjust the ph once at the beginning and then forget it. But the problem is that PH keep rising, and I believe we should constantly use the ph down to adjust it right ? So IT IS SET AND FORGET OR NOT ? If I need to adjust the PH then...
  7. SilentBob024

    Need help please.

    Hello. First time grow here and need a little help. So I've been using rain water I collect to water my sproutling. The thing is I didn't realize the water ph was to high. It started to sprout and grow just fine no problems. Grew at a good pace, leaves popping up so on and so forth. So the last...
  8. cryptique

    advanced nutrients solution ph won't come down (urgent)

    Hi all, My tap water's ph is 7.8. before an hour from feeding i add gh ph down solution to it till ph drops to 6.5. Usually 3-3,5 ml to 5 liter works. Then when feeding nutrients i use all the advanced nutrients ph perfect grandmaster set with conniseur A+B base. i added almost 7 ml to 5...
  9. FirstTimeGrwrLngTmSmkr

    Lowering soil pH

    I am trying to lower the pH in the soil it’s right at 7 and was slightly higher this morning At 7.5 the lowest I’ve seen is 6.5 I’m using Big Rootz soil in a 5 gallon fabric pot and the water I use is aerated first and to the proper pH.. I just saw that I can mix some sphagnum peet moss into the...
  10. B

    PH problems in reservoir

    Hello I`ve had 3 grows in soil, but switched to coco/hydroton this grow in my autopot system. I`m using a gravity fed reservoir with a powerhead as circulation. My problem is that when i PH my water using GHE PH down to 5.5, after less then 24 hours the water in my reservoir is at 7.5+ Tap water...
  11. shogon92

    *HELP* PH up & down may kill plants

    Hey guys, Today I measured the PH of tap water with both the reader & strips.. The reading was about 6.66ph and only took 11 drops of PH up per gallon to get it roughly to 7.0. In a separate water bottle (ph 6.66) i added all of my nutrients which dropped it down to 5.56. Now for this to go...
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