Apologies if I’m beating a dead issue. I Recharge my meds with a teaspoon per gallon per week. I hear Scotty saying he doesn’t adjust the pH of his water anymore, is that because the pH is at the desired pH ? My pH comes out at 8.1. Should I drop my pH?
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The kelp in Recharge is what raises the pH of a solution when using Recharge. The volume of solution is not typically enough to change your media’s pH buffer unless your media is dry and you’re completely drenching it. If I were you, I’d get it as close to neutral as possible or slightly acidic before mixing in Recharge. In the past Scotty’s water source was around 7 but now the reservoir has changed and his water is alkaline like yours and he currently adjust his water’s pH. Once you pour Recharge in a media, the microbes start consuming food and creating acids that help balance the pH around the rhizosphere.
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I drank the “no pH needed” koolaid for years. Once i started pHing my yeilds more than doubled. No water hits my plants higher than 7 and no nuts hit higher than 6.8. I’m not worried about it being exact but want to be close.
Your 8.1 water is 11x’s more alkaline than 7.0 water (i.e. you have less than 1/10th the amount of hydrogen potential). Soil does dilute it, but why start with less than ideal?
Hope it’s not too late but yes. Ph your water down to about 6.3 then add your recharge. My water comes out that high too and after I ph to 6.3 and add recharge I’m around 6.5