New Grower Need a way of lowering soil ph

[UpInSmoke]

Tested my soil ph as I do every now and then and all my pots read at 7.2 I'm not sure if it the most accurat device all my plants are growing like mad and healthy so no negative effects yet but would like some house hold fixes. I was thinking of using organic vinegar with water and flush it

 

[Eekman]

As long as your soil it right, you can use some of the vinegar or lemon juice, but these are temporary fixes. As far as a long term solution I would thinik PH up and down are cheap and reasonable.

I will let other's comment, as I don't have a lot of experience with PH problems.

I do think that having a properly working PH meter is a MUST. If it is not getting good readings, then it can cause more problems than not.

My two cents.


Eek

 

[Sauce]

How are you testing your soil?

 

[UpInSmoke]

I have a digital thing I bought in a garden store cost 20 quid so don't know how accurate it is but you just stick it in the soil a little bit after watering then it tells you that's all I know about it

 

[Muddy]

Those type of soil pH meters are notoriously inaccurate. I wouldn't trust the readings and certainly wouldn't do anything drastic based on it. If you want a good soil probe, get yourself a Control Wizard Accurate 8. About $50 and well worth it. I consider mine to be THE most valuable growing tool that I have.

 

[UpInSmoke]

Okay was looking around and found this it's a bit of a laugh wouldn't really consider doing it but it seems to work for this guy aha
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SNBIhEpFlFQ

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If it's true they're inaccurate I'm just going to go with it's good since the plants love it and iv been using a lot of root stimulate and I think it's acidic with all the amino acids and seaweed init. I guess it would be best to get a better tester ls the a tester that does everything ? Meaning e.c, ph for water and soil and anything else it could possibly tell me

 

[Muddy]

I've only seen a few testers out there that will test both soil and liquids and they were very expensive, in the $500 range. Best to have a good liquid tester like a Hanna Combo that tests pH, TDS and PPM plus an Accurate 8 for soil.

 

[Trapper]

I've been super happy with my Oakton EcoTestr pH2 digital pen and Accurate8 combo...not super expensive and the pen has held its calibration very well.

I think it was Stickman that recommended my Oakton....