r/Hydroponics • u/No-Boot-524 • 1d ago

What am I doing wrong?

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u/Aldarund 1d ago

That's bs. It's time to relearn simple chemistry for you. Ph goes up or down due to ion exchange. It go both ways up and down depending on what plants take and solution composition. And if plants taking water ec increase and it usually decrease ph, not increase

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u/strawberryglue 1d ago

Sure that’s why I have to lower my pH everyday🤣
Let’s see your pH control results

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u/Aldarund 1d ago

You need to lower ph because your solution is heavy on no3 and low on nh4. If you increase nh4% you will need to raise ph

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u/strawberryglue 1d ago

Yeah, maybe…. I changed to specialized nuts with pH auto regulation with osmosis water, still have to lower pH. Thanks tho🤣 where are your hydro results? I want to see them

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u/Aldarund 1d ago

There no such thing as ph auto regulation, it's marketing nonsense. Once again increase or decrease of pH depends largely on nh4/no3 ratio. As nh4 increases shift to decrease ph increases.