Yo DGC ,
First just wanted to say I’m your number one fan😀
Plus thanks for the O.G kush autoflowers that I won a couple weeks back on the 420 happy hour. All three popped and I’ll be growing those outdoors.
On a more serious note I came across some interesting information this weekend I thought I’d share. I was researching about powdery mildew since it’s getting closer to the outdoor grow season and powdery mildew seems to be an issue with a lot of outdoor growers.
What I read is that you can actually use water to kill powdery mildew spores. Apparently water that is ph’d above 9 is acidic enough to kill spores on contact and can also be used as a preventative..
Seems legit..but what are you’re thoughts.
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hydro larry what up .. ummmm dont believe everything you read on the internet sir respectfully i have never herd what you read so it may be true i have always herd the worse thing you can do two mold is spray water on it… the thing your looking for is hydrogen peroxide like 2 oz a gal my friend kills pm.. first growing outdoors good choice sun grown no big electric bills ,, but watch out for bugs man i grew outside for a little more than half my growing and there are things you can just not prepare for.. like ANTS , CORN EAR WORM , CATAPILLARS, EVERYTHING OUTSIDE.. lol the best strains for outside are mold resistant there are a bunch i always went with train wreck but it was a sativa so it never finished the ak 47 is a good one because it is 6 weaker um really any that are good and mold resistant or at least 7 on a scale of 10.. good luck,, oh ya shade tarps can completely block the plant out of view and still allow sound wind rain they sell heavy duty metal fence post for chicken wire metal fence the 5 foot kind are perfect and a tool two smash them in the ground a hallow metal tube thing that smashes them right in the ground,, even though a sledge hammer works as well… they allow wind through but keep the public from seeing what your growing little 5 or 6 footers i would say in a square with a walk way opening for matainace…
but high ph does kill mold i would wonder if 9 was high enough.. but now that i think about it ya mabey..
Yea man I appreciate the feedback
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I decide to tackle this from another direction. If you’re going to need high ph water there’s not a lot of choices out there so I went and looked up studies on the few high ph bottled waters that exist – inc wall of txt:
The results of this pilot study indicate that some brands of popular bottled water have a low pH, which could potentially contribute to dental erosion and tooth decay.
Being the most acidic water evaluated in this study, it can be assumed that the natural source of the Ozarka® water had a lower pH (or fewer alkaline minerals), as the pH of natural spring water will correspond directly to its mineral content. The public water supplies from Houston and Pasadena had a neutral pH, likely because the minerals are retained in tap water during the filtration process. Interestingly, the total dissolved solids were higher in the natural artesian waters and tap waters, likely because the natural minerals are retained when the water is filtered. The 2 natural spring waters had TDS values that corresponded to their pH, one being acidic and the other closer to neutral. All the purified drinking waters evaluated, including Essentia® alkaline water, had either a low or undetected TDS value. This can likely be explained due to the removal of the water’s natural minerals during filtration.
The two alkaline bottled waters evaluated were found to have an important difference. While both Evamor® and Essentia® waters guarantee an alkaline pH, the alkalinity is not achieved the same way. Evamor® water is sourced from a naturally alkaline artesian aquifer in Covington, La, and all of its minerals are kept during filtration. As a result, the mineral content in Evamor® water will match its pH exactly.16 Essentia® however, is sourced from the public water supply; minerals are filtered, and then the water is artificially made alkaline by electrolysis.23 Therefore, the high pH does not match the mineral content in the water (Table II), and is rather a result of the abundance of hydrogen ions created with the electric current. As mentioned previously in this paper, the health benefits of these two waters may be significantly different. If possible, the health care provider should be aware of not only the pH of a given bottled water, but also the total dissolved solids, in order to provide the best recommendation to patients.
The results of this study suggest that there may be several brands of widely accepted bottled water that have a pH between 5.16 to 10.38. The values found were lower than those reported in the manufacturers’ online water quality reports for all but one water, excluding those that did not have a reported pH value online. While continued research on the pH of bottled water is essential, this pilot study provides a baseline for practitioners to study and adapt in practice as necessary.
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Yep, I think you only need a teaspoon of baking soda to a gallon of water. I’ve used it
——Industrial Strength Hydrogen Peroxide…..diluted down with alittle water.