2023 our new gardening adventure

[jjannie]

Week 1 maintenance completed we also added 5 scoops of phDown, and after several of water cycles and longer 5min water cycle we're happy to report we measured the ph and it's at a 6.5 - happy dance! Next check will be tomorrow. Of course, we expect the 6.5 won't last but still it is nice to see this.

Well that's good news, too bad it's so hard to maintain that low PH. Do you know if that is normal, with hard water, to have to use that much phdown to keep it in the correct range? What would happen it you did not use any PHDown?

It's just not optimal growing conditions for the plants to do their best. Like I said some just quit trying to get their ph down. So, it's not showstopper by any means. It is normal for folks with our level of alkaline to have this problem. Even folks who are grow in large greenhouse sized hydroponic systems have it, but we're hoping once we can get it down it'll only take little each day to keep it there. Also, once we get our replacement ph down since it uses a different method who knows once we try it maybe it might only be a few drops of it per day. Haven't tested the water yet today to see how much it may have changed in a day's time.