ph control in soil

[growingfree]

I'm into day 22 and am using ffof soil with a mix of perlite 4/1 using distilled water 1/2 strength big bloom/grow big every 3rd feed , I'm feeding low dose due to soil being a little hot ( just transplanted few days ago into larger 3gal pots w/new soil. The ph. stays close to 7 would like to drop to mid to low 6. I am hearing conflicting thing 1 its not needed, 2 its hard to do and maintain, any help is appreciated. Keep it green,

 

[JJ Bones]

pH of 7 is great...?

 

[Jimmycricket]

its not hard to do, but its not needed.

If you simply feel like doing extra work and spending money for no reason get some gypsum.

 

[Xearoveg]

I use the same soil and nutes and I simply use a 5 gallon bucket and add nutes for 3 gallons, but fill to 5 with water. With the extra water it should bring the ph down to where you need it. I used to add a little ph down I think to every feeding and that made the runoff go down to 6.2-6.5 but then I stopped doing it and the plants seemed to grow the same. I have a good EC meter now and the ppm is actually exact to what fox farm chart says when you do this. Just remember to flush in between every 2-3 feedings and you won't have to worry about the ph ever.

From what I hear fox farms has a high salt content so make sure to flush your plants well. They will love you for it. I almost saw more growth after a flush sometimes than I did the day after a nute.

Also, I like to get them fresh nutes every 3-4 days max with a water in between.

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

PH of between 6 & 7 is just fine you hardly going to get any lock outs occur with in the neutral range of PH


Most of my own growers are some where between PH 6.7 & 6.9


Heres a pic of one of the past grows

 

[growingfree]

Thanks for the input was thinking about the flowering stage but may not do anything to adjust, and I do agree with the flush was having some plants w/leaf problems and a flush later they were rebounding nicely.