Sidram420
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Hello I’m kinda new to the mix your own soil thing so I’ll start by letting you know exactly what I’m doing and how I’m doing it I’m growing indoors under a hlg 650 scorpion 4 1000 watt sunraise and 18 barinna four ft lights set up to have multiple color spectrums also using two agromax led four ft bars at 36 to 40 inches with normal light cycle growing in 7 gallons fabric pots Scrogged all lights maintain a 28 to 36 inch distance my soil is a mix of three parts each part being 2 and 1/2 gallons making each mix one cubic foot of medium I start with one part five year old amended Amish horse compost very healthy hearty stuff then one part perlite one part coco coir mixed with one and 1/2 cups epsoma garden tone one cup lime one cup kelp meal and four cups glacial rock dust watered with well not city tap water no chlorine or chemicals added water is medium in hardness and ph runs around mid sevens on scale I’m watering twice weekly with one gallon each water no runoff and the little I do have is collected in catch pan to soak back up I’m prefixing silica and cal mag at 1.5 ml per gallon and recharge at every other watering my question is should I ph the water or run it as is and if so should I ph before I add the recharge also soil is top dressed with one inch of garden straw going to top dress with epsom salt one week before inducing flower any advice would be greatly appreciated