This Will Be A Log Of Detroit's Water Ph. Due To The Water From My Tap Having Varied

[pic book]

from 3.9 to 14.3 in the last year, I have decided to record random readings when I'm pissed at having to spend for PH UP and PH DOWN.  Today  i'm I'm feeling frustragated by the swings in readings and the stupid spending $ represented by the big black garbage bag of empty gallon bottles I trashed today.

 

Course, water off the grow house roof is always neutral, not needing any adjustment.  I should be using multiple 55-gallon drums or 275-gallon steel caged totes at the down spouts to catch the always 7.0 or 6.99 PH rain.

 

Today my tap readings were 8.7 and later 7.5...

Edited February 8, 2016 by pic book

[Kingdiamond]

Mine is usually around 7.1 to 7.8 with a high of 8.1  here just west of the city.

[t-pain]

closer you are to detroit, the more the fluctuations will be, due to water main breaks and other issues

[garyfisher]

no way is your water coming in at 3.9 or 14.3.  I call BS on this.

[bobandtorey]

I use milk to test my PH tester 

[williams2311]

I use milk to test my PH tester

Interesting what's the ph of some 2% (im not kidding around i need to recalibrate mine)

[t-pain]

wonder what kinda percent milk drinkers are in here? everyone 2% or do some ya'll drink that skim milk?

[trichcycler]

organic, 0 fat here, or straight from the cow

[mibrains]

i stopped drinking that awful white fluid a couple years ago.. (prior to that i was 2% or more often skim... as a child we drank whole milk or powdered milk depending on what time of the month it was)

 

milk does the body good....

 

yeah..      if your a baby COW !

 

we are not bovine.

 

we as human beings do NOT need anything that comes from a cow's breast milk in our body...

 

do you have furry ears and a tail?

 

everything in bovine breast milk is intended to ensure a baby cow gets as fat as possible in the first 6 months of it's life... DNA and genetics ensure that a species milk is to provide nourishment for that species.. which other animals on our planet do you know of that harvest another animals breast milk to consume for nourishment?

 

also remember if your a male at or over the age of 40 you should begin significantly diminishing the amount of calcium you take in...

[garyfisher]

I ferment my milk with Kefir grains making a tasty tangy probioti beverage known as Kefir.  I use whole milk or goats milk from a friend.

 

http://www.kefir.net/what-is-kefir/

[Restorium2]

Interesting what's the ph of some 2% (im not kidding around i need to recalibrate mine)

Store bought is @ 6.5. Always very close to that. It's a good way to check your cheapo meter. If you get a wild reading check your meter in some milk. It's always 6.4 to 6.8. 

Edited February 10, 2016 by Restorium2

[zaphod]

I ferment my milk with Kefir grains making a tasty tangy probioti beverage known as Kefir.  I use whole milk or goats milk from a friend.

 

http://www.kefir.net/what-is-kefir/

Yup, me too.  I use 2% for my fizzy buttermilk and whole milk for cheese.

[trichcycler]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D0CKYK?keywords=ph%20calibration&qid=1455115518&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 

[bobandtorey]

Store bought is @ 6.5. Always very close to that. It's a good way to check your cheapo meter. If you get a wild reading check your meter in some milk. It's always 6.4 to 6.8. 

 

 

You said it better and i do agree have been teaching how to grow cannabis for a long time 

 

I am a master grower 

[imiubu]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001D0CKYK?keywords=ph%20calibration&qid=1455115518&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 

 

I have a bottle of this and used it once.

 

Anyone want it?

 

Free.

[trichcycler]

do you still need to calibrate your ph meter ever?    I have a bottle each of ph up, ph down, calibration and storage, all more than 10 years old. I replaced my ph meter a few years ago only to use it once to make sure it works.   I have no need for any of it anymore, including the tds meter.

[williams2311]

do you still need to calibrate your ph meter ever? I have a bottle each of ph up, ph down, calibration and storage, all more than 10 years old. I replaced my ph meter a few years ago only to use it once to make sure it works. I have no need for any of it anymore, including the tds meter.

The dude at my local shop told me i should check it about every 6 months to ensure its still reading right. Mine has been sitting in the garage going threw the warm and cold days i would like to check and see if its still reading correct.

[trichcycler]

could try the milk test in a pinch, let me know what you find.... I'm going to check the ph of milk soon, for kicks.

I always had a roll of ph paper for questions, but in three years running intense hydro, checking ph manually daily to compare to the auto checker and the paper ....my stupid cheap pen was never out of whack, according to the cal fluid and my reservoir experience. not sure what messes them up, maybe poor storage practices, a bump.

[garyfisher]

I'm still wondering how PICBOOK can achieve a pH of 14.3 when the pH scale stops at 14?  If you had water with a pH of 14 coming through your pipes, I reckon you wouldn't have pipes left....

Sodium hydroxide has a pH of 12 and is EXTREMELY caustic.    It will burn your skin right off, yet picook has H2O that is more caustic than this?????

 

 

 

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Edited February 25, 2016 by garyfisher

[imiubu]

I flipping love science