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Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by nenu, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. #1 nenu, Apr 16, 2007
    well here i go again asking another dumb question.... i water my 2 babies with distilled water i buy from my local petrol station. the ph reads about 5.5 which i know through reading other threads and stickies to be too low, when i add ferts to the water the ph goes up to about 6.8 which is good. (please correct me if i'm wrong) now my question is... do i bring the ph of the water up to 6.8 using ph up and then add the ferts, or bringing the ph to 6.8 using the ferts only is good enough?? thankyou..
     
  2. #2 Rabiez, Apr 16, 2007
    You're doing it right. Add everything first, then pH balance before watering.
     
  3. #3 nenu, Apr 16, 2007
    i'm not sure if you understood my question... do i bring the waters ph up using ferts? or do i get the water to the right ph using ph up and then add the ferts after?
     
  4. #4 Rabiez, Apr 16, 2007
    Add the ferts first, then test and adjust your water afterwards. I'm not sure how much simpler I can make it.

    Testing and adjusting pH should be the last thing you do to the solution before watering with it.

    If this ain't the answer, perhaps you'd like to try rewording your question?

    Oh, do you mean:

    "If my ferts bring pH into an acceptable range, do I HAVE/NEED to use pH UP/DOWN?"

    Cos if you do, the answer is no.
     
  5. #5 chimera, Apr 16, 2007
    Its real simple if your adding nutes then do as rabiez said, if your just watering then adjust with pH-up or down which ever you need. I've never heard of distilled water being 5.5, by definition it should be pH nuetral(7.0). Might want to recalibrate your meter.
     
  6. #6 nenu, Apr 17, 2007
    thAnks guys.. thats what i wanted to know weather i adjust ph after or before adding ferts.. as for the ph meter i only got one of those aquarium type with the drops.. first grow so i wanted to keep cost to the minimum..
     

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