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Soil ph

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by Malikswann20, Aug 4, 2021.

  1. #1 Malikswann20, Aug 4, 2021
    I bought a better soil tester and my soil is pH at 5 what can I do to raise to pH quickly and will this effect my bud growth she's 53 days from seed 20210803_195130.jpg 20210803_195017.jpg 20210803_195013.jpg

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  2. #2 Kryptogrow, Aug 4, 2021
    What is your testing method?


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  3. #3 Vee, Aug 4, 2021
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    it ain't soil then ...I suggest your tester is off

    All Soils will find and fix their own neutral ph,
    your local 711 has $5.00 pool strips that you test your pool water
    and worth a shot here, its a rough average
     
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  4. #4 Malikswann20, Aug 4, 2021
    So far its been just sticking my probe in the soil and waiting for the reading

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  5. #5 old shol4evr, Aug 4, 2021
    your plants arent showing ph problems and if you were feeding a 5 they well would be really yellow ,i sugest a better probe
     
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  6. #6 Pistils, Aug 4, 2021
    They occasionally need to be calibrated.
     
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  8. #8 Kryptogrow, Aug 4, 2021
    If that’s what your doing 99% your reading is wrong. The only test I have found accurate results with so far is rapitest soil test kit. Everything else has been garbage. Aside from to $200-$500 lab kits you can buy which I haven’t bothered to test those because I simply don’t want to gamble that money on possible crap. Anyway, you’ll need to get water with a neutral ph(7.0) grab sections from different areas of your soil and then place in the bottle, shake & wait about an hour or so. The colour of the water once everything has settled to the bottom will indicate an accurate soil ph. I wouldn’t make any changes until you do this as I’ve found those probes to be as far as 3 points from accurate +/-.


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  9. #9 Malikswann20, Aug 4, 2021
    Its crazy cause I was thinking the same thing another tester pH at 6 tho I'm new and this looks like its going to be the one

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  10. #10 old shol4evr, Aug 5, 2021
    im doing a ph and NPK test tomorrow,if i can remember i will throw up how i do it for you,been gardening all day and took sample,so im dont for this day damn it was hot.
    sunburn on bald head aint fun hahahah
     
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