mcpurple
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i think you are mistaking me for another grower, i have yet to do a outdoor grow myself.
i how ever do not think a ppm meter is a necessity for soil grows
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i how ever do not think a ppm meter is a necessity for soil grows
upthearsenal
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It's good to know your water, but any bioactive soil will buff the pH to the plants needs. I've never used my meter for soil, always depended on the microbes in the soil to take care of business for me. Dolomite helps a lot, and if you have that and healthy fucking soil, you won't have any pH issues. It also has a lot to do with the nutes you use, if you are using chelated nutrients, then you have to worry about the pH and shit, because the plant is taking it up directly, rather than being made available by the microherd. that's just my view on things, and like Rize says "knowledge is power"
NONHater
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Thanks upthearsenal! Ya I know about that Dolomite Lime I use FFOF right out the bag, Usual at least add some perlite to the mix just got ahead of my self this grow. The PH testing is more for the water than anything. But I if I had the right amount of dolomite mixed with the soil then I wouldn't have to worry.
420God
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With what I've read I believe that's how it works.
NONHater
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Not my write up its copied and pasted...GayRioThug wrote this.
Dolomite lime is a great thing to use. It works by raising the acidity of most soil mixes to near a 7 ph. Adding the lime into your soil mix and allowing it to buffer the soil, allows you to not worry about the ph of the solutions you put into it. Shell meals can also be used for this same purpose, but the finely ground dolomite lime will make itself available more quickly. For those rare instance when you must lower the ph of your soil mix, it is recommended that one use gypsum. It works in similar ways as the limestone, but rather taking the ph down. But you can never become solely dependent on just one of these; the humates, the microbes, or the lime.
-GayRioThug
brownbearclan
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Is the one in the second pic a super-cropped clone by chance? Those nodes are super tight! =)Getting frostier and doing better now.
Been watering with plain water and they seem to like that more than anything else.
420God
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No, it's from seed with nothing done do it. I only supercropped the White Widow to keep their height down but the White Castle are all natural.
brownbearclan
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I meant to ask if it was monster cropped (clone taken during flowering) but that's way cool. Very nice! =)
captain chronizzle
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i only put gypsum in my garden outside. the lime is always at a neutral 7 ph. it buffers anything other than that. if its mixed in the soil, that will be the ph of the soil, 7. powdered dolomite needs to sit for a month. mix in into your soil before you use it. i stir it every week. get it mixed in real good. the only thing faster acting is epsom salts. they will take your soil to 7 real fast. i say again, 2 teaspoons per gallon at your watering.
420God
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My water run off is at 7.3 this morning and I have to give them another watering tomorrow.
I had to adjust the water to 5.8 before watering the last time to get it at the 7.3.
So my question is, do I have to adjust the ph of the water before I add it to the soil again so it doesn't go up?
I had to adjust the water to 5.8 before watering the last time to get it at the 7.3.
So my question is, do I have to adjust the ph of the water before I add it to the soil again so it doesn't go up?
420God
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That's what I'm wondering though. Should I lower the ph again before I water them and assume it will even out?
420God
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Aright cool, will do. Thanks for your help!
coonword
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