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THE IMPORTANCE OF PH WHEN
HEALTH OF CANNABIS PLANTS WATERING PLANTS
The general health and vitality of your If you are growing cannabis
plants will also determine how much organically in soil, you shouldn’t
water they require. If growth is slow need to worry much about the pH
or stunted, or if a plant is afflicted with level of your water/nutrient
diseases or pests, it will likely not solution. But for the majority of
need as much water as one that is cannabis growers who are using
thriving.Here are some signs that your common mineral nutrients and grow
cannabis plants are thirsty: weed in soil, coco, or hydroponically,
the correct pH level of the water is
DROOPING, WEAK PLANTS very important.
If your cannabis plants are very
thirsty, they will droop. The whole The reason for this is that cannabis
plant will appear rather sickly and plants have a limited pH window
lifeless, so it’s difficult to overlook this where they can take in nutrients. If
sign. One catch here though is that the pH level of the water is either too
thirsty plants can look very similar to high or too low, the plants are unable
those that are drooping because of to take in nutrients even if they are
over watering. present, a phenomenon known as
nutrient lockout.
The difference here is that the leaves
of over watered plants are usually When you grow in soil, the pH range
dark green and form a “claw” where of your water should be 6.3–6.8. If
they curl and bend downwards, so the you grow soil-less (e.g. coco) or
whole plant takes on a heavy and hydroponically, the pH level needs to
waterlogged appearance. If you’re be even lower, 5.5–6.1. To test your
somewhat experienced, you should be water pH, use a pH strips or pH
able to tell these conditions apart. measuring drops. If the pH is too
high or too low, use some drops of
Most of the time, it should be obvious “pH down” or “pH up” to adjust your
if the drooping is from over or under- water to the right level.
watering: If the soil is bone-dry and
you know you haven’t watered in quite Most of the time, if you’re using tap
some time, the sickly appearance of water, your pH will probably be too
your plants is less likely from over high. Also, if you’re adding cannabis
watering. nutrients to your water, measure the
pH first, then adjust it after you add
the nutrients. On Daggabay.co.za we
sell the PH strips for an affordable
price so that everyone can now test
their PH levels and get the best buds
possible.
