Hey no worries man! I’ll throw my 2 cents in but I am far from an expert, I tend to say closer to newbie. I have been growing for about 3 years now with a good amount of success.
I am not sure if going high ph on waterings is the “best way†but it has worked for me. I had the same low soil ph last grow but caught it much later into the run. The plants were showing deficiencies by the time I started correcting. I was also measuring the run off in the beginning, and switched to slurry tests. I find them more accurate to what’s going on at the roots.
I also typically use dolomite lime mixed in the soil from planting to help buffer the ph. I did use it with the happy frog initial planting but I don’t think I added it to the sf that I transplanted to.
Either way, once the soil ph is in the 6.5 range I will water with 6.5-7. I will always ph adjust after adding nutes (I use nectar for the gods) too. I would have no issues giving my plants 7.3 to try to get the ph up.
Not sure if this helped you but let me know if it did or if you have any other questions.
