Can't seem to get the pH up

[zeeker]

Three weeks old. 2 gallon containers. OF soil (I know. Notorious for low pH). No nutes just yet. Has 1/2 cup of lime mixed in each pot. I am pH-ing the distiller water to 6.5, yet my runoff comes out at 5.7 ish. This has gone on for three weeks now. How can I get the pH of the soil up and keep it up? Need a quick, lasting fix before I start locking things out. Proven methods are welcome....PLEASE:cry:

 

[KUDO]

moring brv ph your water to about 7.1 7.2, see how you run off come out,your ph to low with feeds,you going in at 6.5 come out at 5.7 so go in like i say, to you see your ph start to rise up again then work form there brv, kudo

 

[zeeker]

No feeds just yet. The soil is very hot to start with, so I've been holding off feeding. It's getting to be about that time though. I'll try to go in with a higher than normal pH and hopefully it'll come out right. I was warned about this soil. I should have listened.

 

[KUDO]

not much you can do if soil hot brv, just flash the soil with ph water at 7.2,see how it goes brv, kudo

 

[zeeker]

Tomorrow is watering day, so we'll give it a shot.

 

[KUDO]

Tomorrow is watering day, so we'll give it a shot.

give her a good flash @ 7.2 if you feeding ph water @ 6.5 and you run off is
5.7 your ph has drop by 8,so if you water at 7.2 you run off should come back at 6.4,and if soil hot a flash well help brv,or you going to get lock up at 5.7, kudo

 

[zeeker]

We don't need any lock out happening. I've had it before, but that was from over feeding, and luckily flushing worked.

 

[Duck Commander]

i agree with kudo go in at a higher ph i had the same problem and didnt know how to fix it i added my garden lime to my feed and it worked a little faster. got my run off ph up from 5.7 6.3 in one feed but it didnt last long so now i go in at 6.8-7.0 and it sorts it right out mate ive always been confused a bit on the ph thing as dont know if you go off the run off value or split the differance on what it goes in at lol

 

[Muddy]

Hydrated lime will raise the pH of the soil pretty quickly. Just be careful as too much can cause root damage. It's a fine powder, like flour, and can be added directly to your water when you feed. No more than 1 tablespoon per gallon of water.

 

[zeeker]

Probably shouldn't do both, so I'll try the pH up at about 7 going in first. If for some reason that doesn't work right, I'll then add some hydrated lime and go fro there. Thanks fellow enthusiast's.