Using garden lime/soil acidifiers

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I ended up buying a lot of stuff for my first grow. Some of which I’m wondering if I needed to get.

During grow research prior to starting, the importance of proper ph was quickly made apparent. So I bought some Jobes garden lime and soil acidifier. But since then, I havent seen much mentioned about using these types of products. Unless I’m just overlooking those threads. I primarily see discussion involving ph up/down for mixing in with solutions.

So is this Jobes stuff useful for indoor grows? Or will my primary means of regulating ph be the liquid stuff?

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Many of us use pH Up and Down. I’ve never heard of anyone using a Jobes product. I would be careful about what else might be in the Jobes product.

You can alternatively use dolomite lime, which many of us use to help buffer pH.

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I would say they are used most frequently when you are mixing your own soil / medium. I also use them, limestone more often, to recharge and replenish used media.

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On the few occasions that res ph creeper down i have used hy-yield hydrated lime to raise the ph. I mix in water first which usually ends up at a ph of 12 then add as if using ph up. My wife uses distilled vinegar with no bad effects.

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Thanks for the replies. Sounds like they’re just used on the rare occasion you have to recharge the soil.

I just watered with CalMag and my runoff is at 6.32 which is a lot closer to dialed-in than it was when I did my first feeding a couple days ago. So it looks like I’m on the right path simply using the ph up/down.

Thanks again for the feedback, folks!

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