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Originally Posted by LightBringer
Hey ya'll
I've what I need to balance PH and I got some ferts.
I got the liquid that checks PH that needs to be mixed in a small tube.
Problem is I dont think I'm supposed to check PH on every watering, but every time I water I can't seem to remember from last time if one plant has a little more acidic soil or not. Then I also need to check the water I use... Whats the best practice on this? what do you guys do?
What do you think about having 1 bucket or 2, fill em with water, leave it overnight for the chlorine to evaporate with a pump to bring in some fresh oxygen, then put some fert in it, measure the PH, balance the PH, then fill a battle every time i need, and then refill that bucket once a month or so.
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1st keep a log of everything, & mark your plants w/ different color straws or something. yes u can mix up a large amount of water/nutes that has ph corrected water, but make sure this container is light proof, b/c alge will grow if light is allowed to hit standing water. when u water u need to catch some of the runoff water & measure its ph. this is the ph u need to go by, which needs to be 6.5-7.0, but 6.8 is the goal. so measure the soil runoff ph 1st, then do your adjustments to your water. adding nutes to the water lowers the ph. for me a watering ph of 7.2-7.4 will give me a runoff of 6.8, but thats me, & keeping an pump going will keep it oxygenated & less prone to alge