SpectacularG
Well-Known Member
If you been active here in the last week you know I am really struggling with soil ph acidity, don't matter what I do ph will not raise over 5.5 whatsover.
Things I tried,
Watering with Tap at ec 0.3 instead of RO due to buffering presence of Carbonates
Watering at 6.8-7ph with substantial runoff, medium stays at 5.3.
I am using Nitrate nitrogen so we know its not an Ammoniacal nitrogen release
It is not overfeeding because runoff ec comes out right
Its not Carbonic acid because I am not supplementing with substantial co2, The bag is new so I only get 450ppm of co2 at most
It is not root rot and death matter because roots are healthy, white, not rootbound and I use enzymes.
Things I haven't tried,
Dolomitic Lime
Growing in 60% coco perlite 70-30 from mother earth, 30% worm castings, 4% hydroton, 4% Vermiculite, 2% or less of pistachio biochar and azomite micronized.
Now, I bought advanced nutrients Ph perfect connosseur line and some osmotic stabilizer that will arrive in a few days but let's say I didn't or they won't fix the issue.
Probably the only thing left to check since it is very symbiotic with ph, absorption and microbiology is a Cation Exchance Capacity check.
I am not a scientist and even if I am still going to do it myself I am asking you to check how many positive and negative ions are in the feed in the picture.
If you can tell me in detail what is the CEC of the compounds I am using and in what kind of water (Ro, Tap, 50-50, or whatever) I should dissolve them to achieve the perfect CEC within the medium I am using in order to stabilize CEC and ph to 6, 50$ is happily waiting for you.
I am not a scientist and I don't know if I asked something impossible to apply to my situation due to too many variants but I hope there someone passionate enough here that loves science and can help me out, whatever the case I am man of my word and a week from now I will still send money to the most helpful message even if we couldn't find a solution. I decided to put something up from my end because this might be a tedious job so I wanted to respect the kindness and expertise of my helping growmie.
Thank you to anyone participating and trying to help me out!
A blessed day to y'all
Things I tried,
Watering with Tap at ec 0.3 instead of RO due to buffering presence of Carbonates
Watering at 6.8-7ph with substantial runoff, medium stays at 5.3.
I am using Nitrate nitrogen so we know its not an Ammoniacal nitrogen release
It is not overfeeding because runoff ec comes out right
Its not Carbonic acid because I am not supplementing with substantial co2, The bag is new so I only get 450ppm of co2 at most
It is not root rot and death matter because roots are healthy, white, not rootbound and I use enzymes.
Things I haven't tried,
Dolomitic Lime
Growing in 60% coco perlite 70-30 from mother earth, 30% worm castings, 4% hydroton, 4% Vermiculite, 2% or less of pistachio biochar and azomite micronized.
Now, I bought advanced nutrients Ph perfect connosseur line and some osmotic stabilizer that will arrive in a few days but let's say I didn't or they won't fix the issue.
Probably the only thing left to check since it is very symbiotic with ph, absorption and microbiology is a Cation Exchance Capacity check.
I am not a scientist and even if I am still going to do it myself I am asking you to check how many positive and negative ions are in the feed in the picture.
If you can tell me in detail what is the CEC of the compounds I am using and in what kind of water (Ro, Tap, 50-50, or whatever) I should dissolve them to achieve the perfect CEC within the medium I am using in order to stabilize CEC and ph to 6, 50$ is happily waiting for you.
I am not a scientist and I don't know if I asked something impossible to apply to my situation due to too many variants but I hope there someone passionate enough here that loves science and can help me out, whatever the case I am man of my word and a week from now I will still send money to the most helpful message even if we couldn't find a solution. I decided to put something up from my end because this might be a tedious job so I wanted to respect the kindness and expertise of my helping growmie.
Thank you to anyone participating and trying to help me out!
A blessed day to y'all
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