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Does anyone know about hydrophonics? I am not sure if that is even what it would be called. It just says that on the solution bottle I just bought. My indoor plants for as long as I can remember have always had very high alkaline soil. But since most of them were doing o.k. and I didn't have the time, money or desire to do anything, I did nothing. Until my favorite ferns started dying and would keep dying on me every time, I got one. As well as my African Violets. I just can't keep them alive. This brought me back into checking the PH along with a host of other things. Nothing was helping my ferns. But again, I never did anything to lower the PH either not knowing how important it was. So, when I finally realized the importance of PH, I started doing small things the internet would say to do like putting peat moss on top, but it changed nothing. Of course, I used plant food/fertilizers, better soils, different pots, bought plant meters and lights, etc. Recently, after much research I decided to change the soil of some of my plants to almost pure coconut fiber so I can have complete control over it. But not my ferns or violets because they have all died but one fern and I didn't want to change anything yet. So far however, I am not sure if that was a good move or bad one. And now it's winter and all my plants are not happy with the lack of sun and heat so I can't tell what is causing what. And now my last fern is dying too. I did get a plant light for it and some of my other plants because it is so dark in my house even next to the windows.
Anyways, I finally decided to get some PH down solution to give to my plants for a quicker response. I have plant meters that show PH and the PH on all of my plants according to many different meters is all the way to the Alkaline side and can't go any further. So, I guess they are definitely drowning in Alkaline so to speak. And this is why I decided to buy the PH down solution. It really doesn't say though how to go about giving it to my plants or how much to give them. Does anyone know anything about giving PH down solution to high alkaline plants indoors?
Anyways, I finally decided to get some PH down solution to give to my plants for a quicker response. I have plant meters that show PH and the PH on all of my plants according to many different meters is all the way to the Alkaline side and can't go any further. So, I guess they are definitely drowning in Alkaline so to speak. And this is why I decided to buy the PH down solution. It really doesn't say though how to go about giving it to my plants or how much to give them. Does anyone know anything about giving PH down solution to high alkaline plants indoors?