Welcome to the Growery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!
|
 Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
 shroomyshroom
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 26
Last seen: 15 years, 4 months
|
 lowering waters ph 
#98929 - 07/31/08 03:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
hi guys just wondering if someone could help me lower my waters ph with something i have around the house until i have time to go to the hydro shop on sunday...any help greatly apprecaited thanx in advance shroomyshroom
|
Sirius
Saturn Ascends
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 1,540
Loc: The Milky Way
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
|
Re: lowering waters ph (moved) [Re: shroomyshroom]
#98944 - 07/31/08 05:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
 This thread was moved from Outdoor Cultivation.
Reason:
The topic is a general topic that doesn't specifically involve outdoor growing, so it is more appropriate for the main cultivation forum.
|
Sirius
Saturn Ascends
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 1,540
Loc: The Milky Way
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
|
|
I've heard apple cider vinegar may work, possibly any kind of vinegar. I don't know anything more than that on the matter, though. 
--------------------
|
Yrat
Happy Planting
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 886
Last seen: 10 years, 8 months
|
Re: lowering waters ph [Re: Sirius]
#98976 - 07/31/08 08:07 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
any type of acid will lower your pH. like sirius said, vinegar will work (acetic acid). also lemon or lime juice (citric acid) should lower it with just a few drops, depending on how buffered your water is.
--------------------
 "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
Strike The Root
|
Sirius
Saturn Ascends
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 1,540
Loc: The Milky Way
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
|
Re: lowering waters ph [Re: Yrat]
#98980 - 07/31/08 08:57 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
How well does it work though, as far as growing is concerned? I see using it in a pinch if you're out of a pH adjuster, but would something like vinegar or lemon juice be just fine all the time? Does it hold the pH stable?
--------------------
|
Yrat
Happy Planting
Registered: 04/20/08
Posts: 886
Last seen: 10 years, 8 months
|
Re: lowering waters ph [Re: Sirius]
#99059 - 07/31/08 01:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
well to hold the pH stable you need a buffer, which is comprised of an acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa. vinegar or lemon juice would be a quick fix, but i really don't know how well they'd hold up adding them to soil.
but since you mentioned your hydro shop, i'm assuming a hydro setup? in this case once you've got your pH correct, there's not really anything that's going to change it.
--------------------
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
Strike The Root
|
 Legalize Me
Registered: 07/25/08
Posts: 9
|
Re: lowering waters ph [Re: Yrat]
#99205 - 07/31/08 04:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
YA VINEGAR ONLY WORKS FOR A DAY OR SO,IF YOU ADD TO MUCH USE BAKING SODA TO BRING IT BACK UP
|
DJYoshaBYD
Grand-High Pooba Joo
Registered: 08/04/08
Posts: 48
Last seen: 12 years, 1 month
|
Re: lowering waters ph [Re: Legalize Me]
#102279 - 08/04/08 11:13 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
just buy a PH kit from a hyrdo shop.. or even a PH test kit from a pool place or home depot.. You can test the PH using the liquid stuff (red dye), or the test strips.. you can get PH up and PH down from a hydro store, with a PH test kit, for about 35 bucks.. and it only takes a few drops of the PH up/down to make a difference.. I have been using mine for months now, and outside children like LOTS of water.. so, it lasts a while
--------------------
Joo Crop '08 - White Witch, White Widow, Some random bagseed
| |
|
|
|
|
Threaded
Previous
Index
Next
Edit 
Reply 
