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Would some Sensi Cal-Mag be effective? Contains cal, mag, iron, amino acids, seaweed extracts, etc. https://www.advancednutrients.com/products/sensi-cal-mag-xtra/ Wormcasting teas are coming next summer only!

I'm in the middle of the book Teaming up with microbes but had to stop to do unrelated research. I'm looking forward to finish it! From what I understand, the microbes eat and break down the soil amendments to make them available for the plants to uptake. The liquid nutrients in salt form are...

Nah no dry microbes around where I live and the prices on the net are too expensive imo. Wouldn't the microbes do what the liquide nutes do (make nutes available to the plant)?

That's could definitely be a reason, never heard of that, thanks! That is also a very plausible reason I wasn't aware of, will try it as well! The thing is I read that too dry soil kills the microbes and that they need at least a little humidity to survive. The meter goes all the way to the...

Hi CannaCountry, Thanks for the lengthy answer! I put around 2tbsp per gallon (50%) when I transplanted from solo cups into 1 gallon fabric pots and around 1 1/2 tbsp per gallon as top dressing a month later. See the pics for the product recommendation. I use tap water which is around 7-8ish...

Yeah that's what I figured out. I guess I overrated the efficiency of dolomite lime... I've read also that a lot of people were not ph-ing their tap water and still grew successfully. I'll put every chance on my side this time.

Thanks man, glad to see that others also use Gaia with success so I can focus on other problem sources :)

Yeah I'm in no hurry and want to try to fix this and learn. I tried my best to control the different environments, I think the biggest mistake was not beeing able to control humidity... Soil, temp, lighting and genetics were definitely good and I followed some organic thread to prepare my soil...

@Bernie420 I could get my hands on this product. What do you think about it? https://www.gardenerspantry.ca/activated-em.html PS : The plants look a bit better after the epsom salts (watered once and foliar spray a few times a day) and some more vermicompost, albeit still lime green. Also, I...

I know, it breaks my heart... But I added some epsom salts and I can see the bottom leaves getting greener. They are @15" @115w right now. Yeah, that's what I will probably do do next time as well. But I didn't add that many nutes in there, I think it was really just a lack of microbes and...

Well Pro Mix is soilless I think so it was unfortunately a no go for me. And the Gaia Green fertilizers are just a bunch of amendments people buy separate and mix together when preparing an organic soil mix. Idealy I would source every component separated but I have space issues so this already...

Because getting ph drops and ph up/down means a good car drive for me. But I will eventually do it this week. Today, I will add some vermicompost and water with 1gr epsom salt per gallon. Thank you for all your help, I hope one day to be knowledgable enough to help some newbies like me :)

Wow, never thought about it. This is a great idea, will definitely try it out! Thank you :)

Thanks man, I really appreciate you helping me! Is, in your opinion, the ph'd water necessary (have to drive out a bit get the kit...) or should the dolomite lime already in the starting mix do the job here? EDIT : just got the epsom salts, can't wait to try it out!

Thanks for pointing out everything that's wrong with my grow :lol: I thought that reading about it for a year would be sufficent to grow something decent... But I guess I followed too much the reasoning of "it's just a weed that can grow anywhere" and when the first signs of a deficiency showed...

Thanks, will try to not flush and add vermicompost and epsom salts for now. I will do a research for which microbes are available where I live as it is not as easy as in the US... So you think the added microbes will take care of the now toxic soil without the necessity of flushing it?

I used the pre mixed bag (see picture) which already had dolomite lime in it as well as nutrients. Watered it for 1-2 weeks prior to planting the plants in it. After that I transplanted from solo cups to 1ga in the same mix but with added vermicompost and 25% of the recommended nute strength. I...

Thanks! I am using dolomite lime in the hope to do this. But I guess I killed the microbes so it makes sense to flush with ph'd water and adding epsom salts!

How does weed grow outside with a ph9 ?

I understand the epsom salts part but how do I get the microbes back in? What do you mean by this? That I could just let things as is and let time get things back the right way? Or that if I don't do this, then the plants are lost?