I have not been able to get my water ph to 6.5. The water will ph down to 7.4 range and then won't move any more. I tried water straight from well and I flushed washed dumped and retried multiple times with both crystals ph and liquid but same results with all efforts. I just used half the bottle of liquid ph down but it wasn't moving past 7.4 and I know I could dump the other half with no results. I used half the large crystal ph down same results. The water starts out in 10.-11. ph range and I can get it to 7.4 but it refuses to go any lower and I think it killed my plants using the water with that large amount of ph down in the water. So I can't even flush my plants , I did flush them with the hose 11. ph water after the use of over dosed ph water, the plants seem to want a clean proper ph flush but I can't provide it and they just keep getting worse. I have no idea what to do. water won't ph down any lower than 7.4 issue. and that takes excessive amounts of ph down. to get to 7.4, then adding more and more does nothing.
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How are you measuring pH? Strips? Pen? Could be a faulty meter. If you've got a meter/pen thingy, do you have calibration fluid to make sure it's accurate? That's all I got man.
Over 10 or even 11 pH water is simply bad, has lot of salts, essentially should be avoided, and then you add a load more salts to try to lower the pH.
Get an RO system, costing as low as about $50, and forget about water problems. Using RO or other pure water (such a collected rain or distilled water), you even need not adjust pH if using healthy living soil or with base nutrients that don't need pH adjustment such as Adv. Nutrients pH Perfect and MegaCrop product lines.
Get an RO system, costing as low as about $50, and forget about water problems. Using RO or other pure water (such a collected rain or distilled water), you even need not adjust pH if using healthy living soil or with base nutrients that don't need pH adjustment such as Adv. Nutrients pH Perfect and MegaCrop product lines.
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What @Entombed said, there is something up with your meter it most definitely sounds like.
I learned something from @Mossy that I have done last year. Let your water sit out in room temperature (or outside) over night and pH drops quite dramatically. I don't know why, but it works. Try it, costs nothing.
RO and stuff I bet is awesome, I have no experience with it myself though.
Good luck
I learned something from @Mossy that I have done last year. Let your water sit out in room temperature (or outside) over night and pH drops quite dramatically. I don't know why, but it works. Try it, costs nothing.
RO and stuff I bet is awesome, I have no experience with it myself though.
Good luck
