A valid question regarding nutrients...

Should the pH of the water be measured before or after you add your nutrients (or both).

after you add the nutes.
sometimes growing in soil you check the ph of the run off of the water from the pot if you suspect a problem.

smoke and coke said:

after you add the nutes.
sometimes growing in soil you check the ph of the run off of the water from the pot if you suspect a problem.

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Awesome! I had been checking after I added the nutes but my little brother was over last night and asked me and he recommended that I check into it (he's much smarter than me) Thanks for the quick reply!

Unbalanced ph will make it hard for your roots to take in the nutes. smoke and coke is right. Balance the water before adding nutes.

You want your ph set before giving water/nutes to the plants right? So it stands to reason that just before you pour water/nutes in pot to have ph set. I.E. always check your ph after you dump nutes or whatever in the water, and if you have a 10 gallon bucket of water/nutes check it the same, just before feeding. Temps play a role an ph flux.