Hi
Just bought a new ph reader, nothing fancy just a cheap prong style one. I just brought it home an thought i'd ph everything, like you do.
I ph my coco at root level an the PH was 6.8 a bit high but not too worried at the min, then i ph'd my water an it was like 7.5, a bit high but I can lower it to feed as i would like it at 5.8 for the coco.
So I added a bit of vinegar to lower the ph but when I did it raised the PH of the water to like 8-9!!! I thought vinegar was acidic, so I added some sodium bicarbonate to lower it as a test and it did, but that shoud raise it shouldnt it.
So now I'm mega confused, is the cheap ph reader i got reading backwards, because as far as i know vinegar is acidic not alkaline.
Help someone please its hurting my brain
Just bought a new ph reader, nothing fancy just a cheap prong style one. I just brought it home an thought i'd ph everything, like you do.
I ph my coco at root level an the PH was 6.8 a bit high but not too worried at the min, then i ph'd my water an it was like 7.5, a bit high but I can lower it to feed as i would like it at 5.8 for the coco.
So I added a bit of vinegar to lower the ph but when I did it raised the PH of the water to like 8-9!!! I thought vinegar was acidic, so I added some sodium bicarbonate to lower it as a test and it did, but that shoud raise it shouldnt it.
So now I'm mega confused, is the cheap ph reader i got reading backwards, because as far as i know vinegar is acidic not alkaline.
Help someone please its hurting my brain