Adjusting, keeping steady & stable - pH in soil

[rich420]

So I have these questions about the very important..... pH, and wanted to see how other growers would approach this on a soil grow.

Is it the pH of the feed solution (nutes or water) that is most important? Or is it the pH of the soil? So what I'm really asking is would the run off be the most important right?

So would this be correct; regardless of what the feed solution is it doesn't matter as long as the run off pH is in the right range of what the soil pH would be?

What I want to know is if I needed to raise the pH of the soil/runoff- I would raise the pH of the feed solution right? So instead of having the solution at or around 6.3 where the run off is around 5.5, the grower should raise the solution to to around 7.0 so the soil/run-off is around the 6.3 range? Or is this the wrong way of doing it?


Thanks


(Anyone recommend any good guide here on the forum or out there on the net about pH for soil? Adjusting, keeping stable and steady, etc.)

 

[frankobud]

I would sprinkle a tbl. Of fast acting dolomite lime at the top of the pot (keeping back a couple of inches from plant stock ).This should bring your soil ph up.

 

[Gelado`]

Conversely if your pH is too high a little (and I mean a little, I need 5 drops per quart) of nitric or phosphoric acid (pH down) can get you where you want to be. I keep my water and nute solution at around 6.2, even in soil with organics.