ph question

[chuffer]

I've got myself a lovely, healthy-looking White Skunk growing indoors in nutes. Its a few weeks old, growing fast with huge leaves and a very short stork. My ph meter arrived in the mail today and when I tested the nutes they came up as ph 5.6, which strikes me as a tad on the low side.

 

So I have 2 questions,

 

1. What is the ideal ph range that I should be chasing?

 

2. Is there something cheap I can get from the supermarket to raise ph (like baking soda for example). This because I'm a bit of a skinflint, but also too lazy to get out to a hydro shop if there's no need. The nutes I'm using are canna, if that matters.

Thanks heaps for help anybody can offer

[Naycha]

Does your bottle of nutes not state the pH they should be at?

 

When I was using a recirculating system I would mix my nutes (dutchmaster) at pH5.5 at would let the resi range between 5.5 and 6.3 before adjusting down (my pH was always slowly rising).

 

If needed I use baking soda for pH up and hydrochloric acid for pH down. You can get hydrochloric acid at the hardware store and is dirt cheap as you only need a few drops at a time.

[Rino Tamer]

Its much better to use the correct ph adjusters however Baking Soda will raise and Vinegar will lower ph. I have used these in the past but prefer the products from the Hydro shop.

[Ozzy420]

If you are not growing in soil anything in the range of 5.5-6 ph is in the rite range for cannabis...

[chuffer]

My mistake, the nutes brand I'm using is "nf COCO" in 2 parts.

On the packaging it says target ph is 6.0 to 6.4, however it seems that they are talking about flowers and vegetables rather than Skunk.

Anyway do you think I should ignore their instructions and stay with the 5.5 t0 6.0 range that folk here have suggested?

The plant does look very healthy, large green leaves, very thick foliar growth.

Cheers

[Reverend]

Greetings, ph up is phosphoric acid in fancy packaging from hydro shops.

I grow in coco and like to keep my ph @ 5.8 but I do let it fluctuated between 5.5 and 6.2.

Cheers

[Crunchy]

i just use ph up and ph down... works well enough and isnt too expensive...

[chuffer]

Thanks folks for the advice. I shall let it stay at 5.6 and ignore what the manufacturers say, the plant is looking good

[u4r1k]

Gday again chuffer

 

I'm not growing in soil so cant really help ya but how about some pics man!

 

I've just finished building all my shit and started a grow too! It was a long time in the making!! But the links are in my sig

 

I'd be keen on having a look at your plant man post a pic

 

 

U4R1K

[bufo marinus]

5.6 is fine but you wouldn't want to go much lower