High while adding pH up

[Savvage61]

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ok Im just getting the gest of using ph up and ph down. and this is a question I should have asked months ago. ok hypothetical I just got done mixing my nutesI tested the ph and it was 5.5 and I always shoot for 6.3 to 6.5 I add ph up only to find I used to much and now an entire gallon of nute is ph 7.2 is it ok to use ph down to lower my ph even though I added ph up 10 min ago ? or do I dump about 10 dollar gallon of plant nutes?
Thx all

 

[TorturedSoul]

Best to mix up another gallon or so (ten dollars for a GALLON of nutrient solution, lol? You don't actually need to put those platinum flakes in there...), and add it to what you've already mixed. That should drop the pH to some point between untreated and... er... overzealous. It might end up exactly where you want it. Or not. You can try less. Or more. Whatever seems like it'll get it in the right range. If it ends up being a bit low, you can add more pH adjuster. A SMALL amount, lol.

Better than trying to play pH ping pong by using both pH down and pH up, IMHO.

 

[TwelveCoffee]

Ya those products are a bitch I always ph the water before adding nutes then check after putting the nutes in then again I’m the idiot who wasted half a bottle of ph down thinking I needed a lot oh the lessons you learn.

 

[Phytoplankton]

I’d use it at 7.2. I normally “float” my ph a little, with nutes I’ll do one watering at 5.8, then just tap water, then next feeding at 6.8 or7, then tap water, etc. Caveat, soil grows.