Hello everyone. Had some big healthy plants and now after a few waterings from my outdoor hose I’m getting some new growth turning yellow. I need to test my ph run off and tap water first to make sure that’s my culprit but how do I treat my hose/tap water in a 50 gallon trash bin before I use it to water the plants. I’ve been just watering directly from the hose. I’m in Southern California. Have mostly landrace crosses.
How do I fix the ph on my tap water out of the hose for watering my plants?
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Red Hard Head
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Rez. You got that.
Test strips or pH meter.
A pH buffer, likely down.
A sump pump to water if you don't like schlepping buckets.
Since you got the rez, you can make compost extract too.
Fill with water. Put 5 gallon compost or EWC in strainer and shake it in the water till runs clear. Use immediately. Weekly to twice a week. If its microbes you want this is the easiest most effective way. Bubbling teas is cute, but unless you have a microscope, a cytometer and can ID the microbes you're getting more water soluble nutrients than a huge colony of soil microbes in a beneficial ratio. Compost and extracts will also buffer your soil to around neutral as well as have humates added to soil.
Compost fixes everything.
Test strips or pH meter.
A pH buffer, likely down.
A sump pump to water if you don't like schlepping buckets.
Since you got the rez, you can make compost extract too.
Fill with water. Put 5 gallon compost or EWC in strainer and shake it in the water till runs clear. Use immediately. Weekly to twice a week. If its microbes you want this is the easiest most effective way. Bubbling teas is cute, but unless you have a microscope, a cytometer and can ID the microbes you're getting more water soluble nutrients than a huge colony of soil microbes in a beneficial ratio. Compost and extracts will also buffer your soil to around neutral as well as have humates added to soil.
Compost fixes everything.
hazeman1911
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Juice works just not cost effective limonene dominate strains likes lemon juice
Hugo Phurst
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...can you collect rainwater?
I’m in California, would have been great to do this winter but unfortunately not now. I’ve made compost tea that has helped but I think it’s been an issue with the root system. Sounds simple but I am gonna try just flushing them and puncturing new air holes in the bottom of the pots.
Budzbuddha
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What is your medium ?
I live in California and i use TAP .
I live in California and i use TAP .
50/50 promix coco and FFOF w/added worm castings. I purchased a hose filter and added some lemon juice in the 30 gallon for a little PH down. I think I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was watering too fast and my pots weren’t laying even on the ground, so the water and nutrients were t getting evenly distributed and some soil probably wasn’t getting soaked long enough. I water slower now and rotate the pots just a bit and go through again for a second time lightly. It’s getting hot and I’m misting my plants now as well. Starting boogie tea brewing as well.
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If I didn't know what the ph was, I sure wouldn't be adjusting it! I've grown in soil and coco, but would never mix the two.
I tested it and it’s 6.8 so I’m trying to bring it down a bit. They seem to be doing good now. I prob should have just stuck with the FFOF but it’s spendy and I was gifted the Promix. It’s probably more like 70/30 Promix. I’ll keep an eye on them and start my compost tea cycles. Trying to focus on the future and not get stuck on shit and get tips for fixing the now.