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Soil ph issues

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Ranger99

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Hello all, I'm having an issue with my soil ph being too high. I just transplanted a few days ago at the two week mark into 1 gallon smart pots using black gold soil. Everything was going well unto I checked the ph of the runoff and it was 7.4. I watered at a 6.5. Then I tried a 6 and it was still a 7.3 runoff. I tried a 5 and got the runoff down to 7, but that seems too acidic to be going into soil. I guess my question is how acidic can I go before hurting the roots to get good soil ph? I have a good ph pen and it is calibrated. Do I just transplant again into different soil? I'd like to do something quick as I'm starting to see nutrient deficiencies already. Any insight would be appreciated, thanks.
 
Since, you have it within 6-7 , I would continue to work the pH down a bit with each watering. I wouldn't try and "fix" it all at once- besides if you let the range bounce between 6.2 - 6.8 you will pick up the optimal range for most nutrients already in the soil.
If you fluctuate to much at one time, you will run into other problems ie-leaf damage.
 
Canadian Sphagnum peat moss, bark, compost, perlite or pumice or cinders, earthworm castings and controlled release fertilizer. Plus RESiLIENCE[SUP]®[/SUP]!

Controlled release fertilizer. That may be a problem. No idea if it's causing your current dilemma.

The resilience seems to be a silicate supplement which would be fine but it's kinda vague.

Transplanting may be tricky If you're planning on removing the soil.

Sorry, I wish I had a definitive answer...
 
Thanks for the response. So do you think the more waterings I do the ph of the soil will slowly drop? I've only watered once so far and it had no nutrients in it. I wonder if once I get to the nutrients it will help drop it as well. I'll just have to be patient.
 
You're doing it perfectly! Just keep watering it at 6.0 and it will slowly make it's way down over time. Your roots are going to get some amount of access to pH 6 water, and even if it comes out near 7 they still can access nutrients pretty well. As long as your plant looks healthy you never want to make drastic changes because sometimes you'll end up breaking something that wasn't necessarily broken :)
 
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