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 Ali Bongo
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Registered: 01/03/13
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Last seen: 13 years, 4 months
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 Water 
#653999 - 01/06/13 03:31 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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One possible obstacle to growing in compost at the moment is tap water pH, very alkaline in London. Is it a certainty that such a high pH, something like 7.5, would damage the plant and possibly kill it by locking out nutrients? Could I get away with tap water if I use a couple of drops of pH down? Or should I face the fact that only distilled water is going to get the job done?
Cheers,
Ali B.
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Mrshroom
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Registered: 12/04/12
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Last seen: 9 years, 22 days
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Ali Bongo said:
One possible obstacle to growing in compost at the moment is tap water pH, very alkaline in London. Is it a certainty that such a high pH, something like 7.5, would damage the plant and possibly kill it by locking out nutrients? Could I get away with tap water if I use a couple of drops of pH down? Or should I face the fact that only distilled water is going to get the job done?
Cheers,
Ali B.
well I still learning about this stuff but if your ph is high then I would think that by using some ph down to bing it to the right range of 6.5-7 then you will be fine as long as your water does not not have to much salt in it. Also if there is a lot of chlorine in the water just let it sit out over night to let the chlorine to evaporate.
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 Hawksresurrection
Registered: 12/04/08
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Re: Water [Re: Mrshroom]
#654035 - 01/06/13 02:08 PM (13 years, 4 months ago) |
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All you have to do is use some pH down. Just make sure you have something to measure it so that you don't go to low.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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