Overwatering
- Thread starter Cookiezealous
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twentyeight.threefive
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Are you letting the soil dry before watering again? Hard to determine if it’s overwatering with minimal information.
Cookiezealous
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I thought I was but I definitely over watered a few times. I have a moisture meter, should I bury it and when it’s dry at the very bottom then water again. 5 gal fabric pots using build a soil 3.0 blend. Ph 6.5
It happened about 4 days after I fed them tea
What info would help figure the issue out?
It happened about 4 days after I fed them tea
What info would help figure the issue out?
PadawanWarrior
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Cool. So you're doing the organic thing. What was in the tea? I've got a basement full of BAS stuff.
And are you adjusting pH? If so, with what?
twentyeight.threefive
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Ditch the moisture meter and judge dryness by weight.
Cookiezealous
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I’ve never done organic before, I’m really just worried that I’ve gone too far. Need to fix this issue. I’m just using ph down because the water here comes out at 8.1
I’m not even sure if it’s organic after the ph down. Was just looking for a simple grow. Tea is….
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Cookiezealous
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So it should be light, like real light?
I water about every 3 days. Should I wait like 4 or 5? At that point I’m worried I’ll mess em up
They’ve never dropped from underwater oh before so I guess I should try and wait it out.
is this from overwatering though? Like your best guess?
PadawanWarrior
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Never used Extreme Gardening Tea, but use the Mykos and Azos.
I'd stop adjusting pH, and take a break from the tea. Plain non pH'd water. My well water is around 7.8 and I don't adjust it. The microbes will do it for you. Adding acids can lower soil pH over time. I'm gonna look up the tea, and learn more about it.
Cookiezealous
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So no ph down in the living soil and they’ll bounce back. They’ve been doin so good up until this point. Pretty frustrated
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PadawanWarrior
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They look great. I wouldn't adjust your pH if it's only 8.1
PadawanWarrior
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You haven't been banned yet,Do the exact opposite of what padawon tells you, if you’ve seen his grow journals you’ll understand
. Where's your plants, 
?
Cookiezealous
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Last question, do you use a water filter?
Just got one today that gets rid of chlorine and all that.
Just got one today that gets rid of chlorine and all that.
PadawanWarrior
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No. My well water is about 150 ppm and doesn't have chlorine.
Cookiezealous
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Ok
I’m gonna do what you said next watering
Gonna be a few days. I’ll let you know. Thank you, I appreciate you
I’m gonna do what you said next watering
Gonna be a few days. I’ll let you know. Thank you, I appreciate you
Cookiezealous
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Also gonna use the filter though.
PadawanWarrior
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No problem. Ignore the few haters, socks, and trolls. I'll help whenever I can.