budfarmer420
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No. If your soil is truly acidic the only cure is to repot. dolomite will work but it takes too long If you already have a lockout.
How to raise my soils ph? Dolomite lime didn't work.
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a mongo frog
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Why do it with a flush?
Iamlegend2121
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Maybee I got a bad batch then because I only feed them one teaspoon per gallon of water and I never have problems untill they hit flowering it like it takes a while to affect them but no matter how light I feed it still happens so I know it's the soil and I always ph my nutes before they go into the soil I even checked the ppm of it to go that route and make sure the feed wasn't to high I've tried everything except a ph probe. I even let soil and water sit in a cup for a couple of hours then checked the water in the cup same thing 4-5 ph
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a mongo frog
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When i transplant a mother plant into ocean forest, Knowing that the ph is going to be high my water goes in at 5.5 or so. To balance it out on transplant. So your saying the opposite way won't work?
Iamlegend2121
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I tried it with a flush on the grow I have going now because I though it was a lockout due to to much nutrients and buildup so I flushed and checked the ph at the end and it did not change at all. And throughout the whole grow my water was 6.5 ph so if it worked like that I wouldn't have had the issue to begin with
Iamlegend2121
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And the dolomite lime isn't for the grow going now it's for the ones I'm about to start so it doesn't happen again
Buy some red wiggler worms and and make a compost bin with your old fox farm soil. Slowly buy amendments like kelp alfalfa,your yards grass clippings twigs etc and plaNt itstraight into it. you need plenty aeration use cowboy charcoal from Lowe's Walmart etc as well as red lava rock etc.
Iamlegend2121
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I'll have to order some of the amendments from Amazon and I don't know where to get red wiggler worms but I'll defiinatley start looking into it and get it started. Thanks for all of your help on this
Iamlegend2121
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Okay I put 8 tablespoons in so we will see what happens
Iamlegend2121
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I did each layer of soil I added I put a tablespoon in then mixed and repeated the process untill it was full. How long does it usually take to work? I pretty much powdered most of it. Probably about a week or two right
Iamlegend2121
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The only thing I added was the lime I just didn't know how long it usually takes to raise the ph
bravedave
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Yeah, i grabbed a bag of MG perlite the other day and put it back on the shelf when I saw they mucked it up with MG nutes. Ended out buying about a 3 yr supply (4 me) for just a little more $ from a farm store/nursery.
Iamlegend2121
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Yeah they throw nutes in everything even their seed starting mix and organic soil have extended release fertilizer and the nursery near me likes to charge outrageous prices for everything they have so I stay away from them lol
bravedave
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I agree, but some stuff is not bad especially in qty.