TheSnake
Well-Known Member
I been growing in soil for about 5 months or so, already had a harvest, was not the best and ive been plagued by nute lock out/ def for a while once they hit flowering for 3-4 weeks shit really starts to get yellow / rust.
I ph my water to 6.5 but one thing while adding nutes i never accounted for build up of salts and shit changing the soil PH overall. I read someplace by foliar feeding all the nutes you can avoid your soil fluctuating ph by just watering with ph'ed water, and using nutes only in foliar feeds. Now if I take my old miracle grow and nuke whatever runoff is off by higher or lower ph than it is to get run off to about 6.5, and then add boiling water of 6.5 to kill everything, it should keep me in the clear for lock out right?
Also started using fox farm due to its superior quality and that its pre-ph'ed, so i should not have major issues with that stuff, "i hope" lol...
All the nute problems and lock outs with soil are seriously pushing me towards giving up on soil all together because of the crazy amount of variables using it, and just going to bubble or hydroponics on my next major batch of clones.
Should i stick with soil for a bit longer and give it a fare chance or say fuck it, and trade in dirt and buckets for a flood table with rock wool and clay pebbles? lol
thanks guys - the snake
I ph my water to 6.5 but one thing while adding nutes i never accounted for build up of salts and shit changing the soil PH overall. I read someplace by foliar feeding all the nutes you can avoid your soil fluctuating ph by just watering with ph'ed water, and using nutes only in foliar feeds. Now if I take my old miracle grow and nuke whatever runoff is off by higher or lower ph than it is to get run off to about 6.5, and then add boiling water of 6.5 to kill everything, it should keep me in the clear for lock out right?
Also started using fox farm due to its superior quality and that its pre-ph'ed, so i should not have major issues with that stuff, "i hope" lol...
All the nute problems and lock outs with soil are seriously pushing me towards giving up on soil all together because of the crazy amount of variables using it, and just going to bubble or hydroponics on my next major batch of clones.
Should i stick with soil for a bit longer and give it a fare chance or say fuck it, and trade in dirt and buckets for a flood table with rock wool and clay pebbles? lol
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