Guide to understanding pH in Hydroponics - Part I

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For anyone growing plants using Hydroponics be it hobby or commercial, learning and understanding pH is very essential for successful crop production.
Having the right pH ensures proper nutrient uptake and good crop health.
For more information on my training session: geekgardener.in/hydroponics-t...
This video is intended to explain the following concepts for beginners in Hydroponics both Hobby and Commercial
- What is pH
- How is pH measured
- What all different methods of pH measurement
- Units of pH
- Why is pH important in Hydroponics
- Why does pH increase or decrease (pH drift)
- What causes ph to drop in hydroponics
- how to maintain ph balance in hydroponics
- What is pH UP and what is pH Down
- How to lower ph in hydroponics
- What are the ingredients of pH UP and Down
In part II of this video, I will be presenting
• Video
1. What is pH instrument Calibration
2. Why is calibration required
3. What to expect when no calibration is done
4. What are buffer solutions
5. How often to calibrate your pH instrument
6. How to store the pH probe
7. Practical video on making pH UP/Down, Adjusting pH of the nutrient solution and calibration of the instruments.
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  • @TheGeekgardener
    @TheGeekgardener2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Everyone, I am conducting an online Training session spanning two days on the 19th and 20th Of February 2022. The timings are from 10am to 1pm on both the days The topics for the sessions are below Topics - Day 1 - Gentle Introduction To Hydroponics - Plants Science - Essentials - Critical Paramters - Non-negotiables - Plant Life Cycle & Propagation - Hydroponic Systems - Different Types of Systems - System Selection & Requirements - Nutrition & Management Topics - Day 2 - Commercial Farm Virtual Tour - Seed selection & Planting - Crop Planning - Crop Care & Management - Disease & Pest Management - Harvest & Post Harvest - Hobby & Commercial Farming - Automation & Types - Hydroponics as a Business - Sales & Marketing The training session will also include many practical tips and tricks of the trade for getting the best production from your garden or your farm. Please head to the registration page and book your seat. gardenguru.in/trainings/911-hydroponics-training-india.html

  • @emmavandermaas1545
    @emmavandermaas15452 жыл бұрын

    Soup metaphor is best thing ever. Thanks for making this easy to understand! :)

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to see this feedback and glad it is helpful. 🙌

  • @Jariaful
    @Jariaful6 ай бұрын

    Very good presentation

  • @eduardosabado4229
    @eduardosabado42292 жыл бұрын

    You are the best technically i have ever heard thank you very and more power

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your appreciation. Glad you like my videos

  • @desifoodinamerica7553
    @desifoodinamerica75533 жыл бұрын

    I am learning DWC . Although I am a fairly intelligent person and a science student. Only and only this video by you could set in my brain 🙏 all the best. You are doing a great job . Thanks for your efforts. And your wife sounds very well in hindi. I am watching all your videos. Thanks again

  • @mikec3820
    @mikec38203 жыл бұрын

    so much great info. liked and subbed a few minutes in. and haha at that 1 hater who thumbed down

  • @ericagel56
    @ericagel563 жыл бұрын

    Wow, very detail explanation, thank you so much sir 🙏

  • @nishithjain8908
    @nishithjain89083 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Mr.Mani. You seem to be a commercial grower. Waiting for the training. Waiting for the second video on pH.

  • @amitsaha5247
    @amitsaha52473 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir for this video. It helped me a lot to understand.

  • @dhariwalrahul
    @dhariwalrahul3 жыл бұрын

    Very informative. Waiting for part 2.

  • @neham6906
    @neham69063 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video. Very informative

  • @gauravjain1653
    @gauravjain16533 жыл бұрын

    Great!!! Put across in a language easy to comprehend. Real insight into the concept. Thanks. 👍

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @advaittrasy4522
    @advaittrasy45223 жыл бұрын

    This made pH so much simple. Thank you for making such an informative video! Looking forward for more such videos 😊

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Advait. Glad to hear your feedback. Stay tuned. More on the way!

  • @just_kevin777
    @just_kevin7774 жыл бұрын

    Absolute Understand with your proper taken example. Thanks for your time..

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comments. Glad it was helpful

  • @mandingnegrito3125
    @mandingnegrito31253 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your video. I learn a lot.

  • @avtarsinghbillingavtarsing1553
    @avtarsinghbillingavtarsing15533 жыл бұрын

    Very valuable information

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment

  • @ashutoshkrishna1
    @ashutoshkrishna13 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for understanding of pH..very meaningful...

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's my pleasure

  • @shrikad6667
    @shrikad6667 Жыл бұрын

    Sir i need to know relation between ph and temperature,thanks for a video.

  • @sudershanreddy8732
    @sudershanreddy87323 жыл бұрын

    Simply Super explained

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙂

  • @nileshgalipelli6373
    @nileshgalipelli63733 жыл бұрын

    Thanka for the video..can you please let us know where we will get PH up and down solutions

  • @anildalvi4965
    @anildalvi49653 жыл бұрын

    Nicely explained.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙂

  • @rajeevtyagihmdigitalchenna9075
    @rajeevtyagihmdigitalchenna90753 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sir. It's useful for us.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rajeev

  • @puneethsb496
    @puneethsb4963 жыл бұрын

    Can we have a video of hydroponic adoptions details.... How to we make. How to use. How to customize for diff plants

  • @xtraordinarylife6625
    @xtraordinarylife66254 жыл бұрын

    🙏🏻 Namaskaram Very elaborate and enlightening. Never heard or knew such indepth info on pH. Thanks for the video. Will be eagerly waiting for the next part/s. Please come up with more videos as such. Had been your student from the start as I purchased my first hydroponics system(Raft) from you. From there I had come a long way and still learning. After lots of initial and recurring failures I have succeeded in growing a few batches of greens and herbs. I will be DIYing an NFT system this very month in indoors. It will be my first step towards commercial venture, a small pilot project. I had a few training but none were as elaborate or technically satisfactory as your videos are. I want to learn from you so let me know if online Training is available. I should tell you I sometimes use sodium bicarbonate for pH Up. Usually it's pH down that I have worry about but lately it's been the former. I know it's not a healthy practice but would still want to know it's positive or negative impact on my plants. Thank you.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your very kind words. Hydroponics is all about paying attention and learning and understanding every single day as you rightly said. Regarding the usage of Sodium bicarbonate, excessive sodium is not good for plants. hence I dont use it much.

  • @freeentertainment533
    @freeentertainment5333 жыл бұрын

    How to maintain temperature and humidity in shade net house for hydroponic crops sir ..pls help me🙏🙏🙏

  • @nanguteali2302
    @nanguteali23022 жыл бұрын

    A bit late to this but GeekGardener, this is one of best explanations I have come across. Simple and very easy to understand. Do you have something similar on EC, its importance, why it jumps and how to manage this?

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Glad you liked it. Please find a similar explanation for conductivity also. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ioNrs5OFh6mfdZs.html

  • @nanguteali2302

    @nanguteali2302

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGeekgardener thank you so much for this ! I missed your 2-day session in Feb - I would be extremely interested in this should you be running another such session in the very near future. Looking forward to more amazing videos from you 🙏

  • @atulagarwal5514
    @atulagarwal55143 жыл бұрын

    How do i use nitric acid? Can i mix it in water to make a weak solution and then use, or should i use it in concentrated format directly?

  • @nongmaithemroshiya5765
    @nongmaithemroshiya57653 жыл бұрын

    Thnku sir 🙏

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are most welcome!

  • @garikhan7504
    @garikhan75042 жыл бұрын

    Sir , can I add water instead of phaphoric acid for pH up of acidic solution of pH 3.

  • @amit936019
    @amit9360192 жыл бұрын

    Sir..can we use citric acid for ph down as phosporic acid is very costly and hard to find..

  • @abhiray6074
    @abhiray60743 жыл бұрын

    Sir can I use citric acid for ph down?

  • @msdhavshelar9680
    @msdhavshelar96803 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you :-)

  • @jankisheth9525
    @jankisheth95253 жыл бұрын

    are you also conducting online training

  • @RevolutionFitnessPoint
    @RevolutionFitnessPoint3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I am looking for online training. Kindly send me the details. Thank you & regards

  • @ravivadduri9323
    @ravivadduri93233 жыл бұрын

    Very much useful information. Best video i saw on ph. Still ph up and down any other options are there.... Please explain.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I am working on videos on making your own pH Up and ph Down. Will also discuss various strategies. stay tuned.

  • @prashantmugali2952
    @prashantmugali29524 жыл бұрын

    Hi sir I want to learn about hydroponics in practically

  • @krishna-ee6kl
    @krishna-ee6kl3 жыл бұрын

    🙏🙏👏👏

  • @ZakirHussain-mz8ms
    @ZakirHussain-mz8ms3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sir, learnt something new today. Thank you. If possible you can do similar topics in regional languages...

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good to hear that. Will try to do it in regional languages. Will subtitles help?

  • @ZakirHussain-mz8ms

    @ZakirHussain-mz8ms

    3 жыл бұрын

    geekgardener yes sir, subtitles will help

  • @saudalfozan8410
    @saudalfozan84103 жыл бұрын

    Hello there, many thanks for this video. I have a problem and I think you would help me here. I adjust my ph to 5.8 then I added my nutrients. In few hours, the PH would go up to 7.4. Lools like the acid is reacting with the nutrients. How can I fix this problem?

  • @nanguteali2302

    @nanguteali2302

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Saud I have the same problem - did you manage to find a solution for this?

  • @iteind-profitadda5065
    @iteind-profitadda50652 жыл бұрын

    Can you balance pH by using combination of plant such that they release ions such that they release acidic and alkaline both

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    I dont see why not. But the plants themselves go through various absorption profiles. I have tried in the past to grow a fruiting plant and leafy in the same system. Fruiting plant absorbs more cations rendering the solution acidic. this will balance out the anion absorbing leaf greens in their vegetative growth. Tricky but doable

  • @vincentbado1313
    @vincentbado13133 жыл бұрын

    I want to use rice husk as main hydroponic media. Can I use it: a) alone, b) carbonized alone, c) mix with suitable media such as sand, compost or coco peat. Thanks for your advices

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    I havent used Rice husk as a growing media in my growing trials. But I have seen it being used in several farms outside India. Rice hulls have high amounts of Silica and some amounts of macro elements for plant nutrition. I think it can be mixed with cocopeat and used. If you get it in plenty of quantity for affordable price then it can very well be used as a mainstream growing media

  • @vincentbado1313

    @vincentbado1313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGeekgardener Many thanks

  • @sudhirbehal4468
    @sudhirbehal44683 жыл бұрын

    Where from we can get ph adjusting acid or solution. How much acid/solution to add

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    ph up or down can be easily obtained online. It can be made using phosphoric acid or potassium hydroponics. How much to add is determined by testing a sample. it depends on many factors such as dilution of acid, type of acid, water quality etc.

  • @koustubh1511
    @koustubh15113 жыл бұрын

    Can acetic acid/ vinegar be used for bringing pH down? Vinegar is easily available and cheap hence would be great if it can be used, at least for a home grower.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Koustubh, Acetic or Vinegar can be used. But they are weak acids and may be needed in higher quantity to do the same job. Use phosphoric acid to have better control

  • @koustubh1511

    @koustubh1511

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGeekgardener thank you so much for the response. I am shifting phosphoric acid soon. Also a side question - can acetic acid react with calcium and form calcium carbonate? Because I observed the solution turn whitish a day after adding vinegar

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@koustubh1511 acetic acid when it reacts with calcium nitrate in the nutrients will form calcium acetate. The whitish precipitate you see is probably from carbonates from hardness of the water.

  • @williamjelvy
    @williamjelvy3 жыл бұрын

    sir, if i use daily for ph down.. will the vegetables have problem coa of these chemical reaction?

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Using pH down daily in small quantities is not going to impact the crop much, considering the fact the plants are going to be absorbing nutrients and that will also be constantly topped up. Periodically its good to replace the solution to ensure there is no imbalance caused in the nutrients.

  • @poojitharao198
    @poojitharao1983 жыл бұрын

    Sir, our tap water ph is 6.5, do I have to add nutrients to it.. thanks in advance.

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, You need to definitely add nutrients to your tap water if you are intending to use it to prepare nutrient solution. Whether to add acid to adjust the ph or not really depends on the ph after you add the nutrients to the water. There will usually be a shift in pH due to the addition of nutrients.

  • @aaryamore8540
    @aaryamore85402 жыл бұрын

    I want to know about quantity to use of ph down

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    2 жыл бұрын

    Quantity depends on the situation, current pH of the solution. For more details you can checkout my latest video.

  • @prashantmugali2952
    @prashantmugali29523 жыл бұрын

    Hi sir I am interested to learning hydroponics, I completed MSC agri in agronomy, if any vacancies available plz informto me

  • @TheGeekgardener

    @TheGeekgardener

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Prashant, Send your resume to mani@hyperfarms.in

  • @prashantmugali2952

    @prashantmugali2952

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGeekgardener okay sir thank you ...

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