Need help raising soil ph

Discussion in 'Growing Organic Marijuana' started by Collickluke, Jul 8, 2020.

  1. Hello ladies and gents I’m having a prob with my ph I’m growing in gaia green living soil optimum ph is 6.2-6.8 I was watering with r/o water but realized it has no alkalinity upon doing some research after I tested my soil ph with my blue lab soil tester and my ph was 5.5. so I watered with 7 once and 6.9 another time and tested my soil ph again today and it’s 5.7. my plant looks ok but I can see some leaves being effected looks like magnesium deficiency, how can I counter this I have blue sky organically ph up and down but haven’t used them cus ph of water before it goes in the soil is great plz help.
     

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  2. <-- waters with 8.5 PH hose water. I add sulfur dust to balance the high PH water.

    BNW
     
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  3. Did you lime the mix?

    Myself, I use dolomite. Not only for pH buffering it provides, but it also takes care of Mg issues at the same time.

    Wet
     
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