[PXL_20220708_225907239] [PXL_20220708_225902163] Good evening everyone, I had another thread and we figured out I have a cal or mag issue with one of my plants. My water going in is 6.5 and coming out around 5-5.3ish. It is oceans farm but apparently I’m missing the PH balancing part lol. I’m us…

[image] GrowingIs4Everyone: put the dolomite lime in? I recently raised my soils ph by adding a shot glass into a quart of my water and when it mostly dissolved I added it to my next watering. [image] GrowingIs4Everyone: PH distilled water? I use r/o water also and you can’t ph it, it…

Thanks and yea I wasn’t sure how to go about doing it because I didn’t want to just end up right back where I started at

Before you do all that. Have you done a soil slurry?

No because I don’t want to F my roots up. Also slurry and runoff should be relatively close to one another from what I’ve gathered.

[image] GrowingIs4Everyone: Also slurry and runoff should be relatively close to one another from what I’ve gathered. I disagree completely. [image] GrowingIs4Everyone: No because I don’t want to F my roots up Ive done several throught a grow, no problem. people use soil probes and ba…

I’m using oceans farm which apparently had a ton of issues with PH just from reading on here. Im 99% sure it is accurate because my other 2 I have no issues with are spot on with my run off PH using other soils ( one happy frog and another a mix I made).

[image] Docnraq: TP holder rod makes a great core drill. (Sanitized obviously @Docnraq you’re slaying me buddy :rofl::rofl:

[image] GrowingIs4Everyone: using oceans farm Do you mean Fox Farm Ocean Forest? Me too, I actually stack two FF soils together. Fox farm has buffers in it already, do the soil slurry before you add stuff. Runoff numbers will tell you alot but even the speed you pour your liquid in plays a …

[image] GrowingIs4Everyone: because my other 2 I have no issues Do they share pots? Otherwise this isnt. Good indicator.

Seriously though. Thats what I use to get a core. Only disturbe 1 square inch of soil 2 inches down. Gotta be gentle right, thats a lady, and you intend to penetrate her dirt :smirk:

Dolomite Lime for low soil PH question

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Docnraq July 9, 2022, 2:46am 14

Read about FF soil from @mrpeat he has been using the same OF soil for 4 years.

He talks a lil about it with me in my journal

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Dolomite Lime for low soil PH question

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