🤓Today I learned something new! I mad science geeked out on testing and adjusting my LA tap water PH levels to around 5.5-6 PH which is more acidic and what most houseplants prefer (previously about 7.5-8 PH which is too alkaline for most houseplants. Just got the basic water testing kit along with PH up & PH down solutions on Amazon. I learned that unless the PH of your water is correct for your plants, they are unable to take in nutrients from fertilizers and this could lead to fertilizer burn or just starve your plant. So by adjusting the PH of all my tap water i will soon see new healthier bigger growth! Since I am mid-process of shifting a lot of my indoor collection to Pon semi-hydro, making the water solution right is super important to me. I also found out about a new water purifying product that I am now testing out for the foreseeable future called API stress coat, (made for fish tanks) which apparently just adding a drop or two to each gallon of tap water will remove the heavy metals and chlorine and clorimine from it, making it safe to use as an alternative to buying purified water for my more sensitive plants (specifically Calathea, maidenhair ferns & carnivorous plants). We will see if it works as well as the you-tuber i watched and learned from… he seemed to think it was a miracle thing for all of his plants! I will update you all on this in maybe a month!
