Making your own pH-up

[kebnekajse]

I bought some deionised water ( basically the same as distilled, right?) for my plants after a few different people adviced me to do so. But the pH, wich is supposed to be neutral, is very low, 5-5,5. Is it a good idea to take 2-3 dl and boil some eggshells in it to get a pretty strong base with which I can raise the pH in the rest of the water?

Would be nice not to have to buy pH-up from a store.

Thanks for caring

/kebnekajse

 

[Puffin Afatty]

5.5 is perfect :farm:

 

[kebnekajse]

Well, perfect for hydro, but for soil it should be a bit higher. Or so I've heard. But I'm pretty new to this, so I might very well be wrong.

Thanks for a, hopefully, good advice on pH for watering water.

/kebnekajse

 

[pcduck]

Is this PH reading before or after adding your nutes?

 

[HippyInEngland]

Hello Keb

Have a quick read

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28984

 

[kebnekajse]

before, nutes will lower some more I guess.

 

[kebnekajse]

British hippie:

I have already seen it, but thanks for tip and my compliments for a well written guide on pH. It's the part that says "If you understand what you are doing, you can use them instead of buying PH-up and PH-down solutions" that makes me wonder. But on second glance I noticed that you only have to know what you are doing when you are using hydro,, so I will go with the eggshell method and aim for 6,7.

 

[MARY-JANE]

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34186

check out this thread.

 

[kebnekajse]

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not quite sure what the thread has to do with different methods of raising pH, perhaps I'm a bit dumb.

Oh yeah, I'm a toker.

/kebnekajse

 

[MARY-JANE]

they say don't use hydrgen peroxide in soil only in hydro grow.