Our plants are very adaptable and as long as our soil is reasonably close to the natural 6.1 pH of our plants, they can be perfectly happy living in a wide range of soils. The only reason we need to concern ourselves with pH other than this is if we are intending to use synthetic nutes that are only able to become mobile within a certain pH range. If we are not concerned with the need to break apart these nutes, the other concern about pH is with the microlife. If our water supply is way too alkaline or acidic, the microlife will suffer, so we do have to stay as close to neutral as we can manage. There are also studies that show that very alkaline water will react against the organics in your soil, making the soil itself go alkaline over time.
Thanks! Very informative and your response eased my mind. That would explain why my last grow went quite smooth while not adjusting ph in the fox farm soil. Would it benefit to add lime or sulfer to the top soil to help it maintain the ph? or would that be a bad idea?
That would be a bad idea... why adjust something that should not even be considered?
Ok I’m going to leave it alone and let it do it’s thing. Thanks a lot. Cheers!
Good luck! May I suggest starting a grow journal so we can all follow along? It would be instructive to many out there to see why this grow works and to see the results that you will be able to get, very easily.
