I use white vinegar and pH a 50 gallon drum
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As a new grower I’ve tried explaining this to a few people but it’s so tough to explain since a) im new and b) ph is like drilled into the bible. However unless your growing in a living soil 
which is what I’m growing in now. Which I didnt even realize the full extent of what I bought at the time 
I knew about the micros and everything feeding itself but I was not aware of the damage of phosphoric and citric acid from PH adjusters until about 15 days in. Luckily thumbing through random living soil grow forums I found the info. Thank you for explaining this!!! 
What I’m using currently
Not looking to bad
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That’s good. I dont think vinegar would have as big as profound of an effect as the acids in GH PH up and down. Like I said if it works for you, dont fix something that isnt broke.
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Yep no problem. Pretty much if you keep the micros in your soil happy, they will do a great job of keeping your plant happy. And that looks like a great soil.
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I may just try it this grow my only concern is though the water I use is de chlorinated it pH is at 8.0
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The microbes in a living soil have a tendency to buffer ph automatically, dont stress too much about it
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I believe mine is around the same. Last time I checked at least a 7.2-7.5 and I stopped adjusting it about 25 days ago and my lil cheese looks pretty perky
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Got my biological microbes factory going…worm casting tea that is
Was lucky to find a bag of worm casting for 9€ for 20liters, which will last me for a while.
Dual outlet aquarium pump with few stainless steel nut slipped on the tube to pull the stones down.
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you can get organic nutrients. i use espoma brand and an organic manure
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That’s all that I use, ORGANIC everything, soil is bio, loaded with nutrients like guano, and worm compost etc complete.
With adding the worm casting tea I don’t know what else I can add to make them (plants) happier.
What do you suggest?
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Kelp meal is a great thing to add to your tea
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And love your set up very cool
I love making my own nutes and when you see how much the plants love it and the end product is so much cleaner than anything you can buy from a dispensary or likely anywhere
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i would pay attention to the NPK ratio of the things you are getting. Just because it is organic doesn’t mean its what your plants actually need.
depending on the growing stage of the plants, you will need different nutrients. heard this before?
like higher nitrogen in vegetative and higher phosphorus/potassium in flowering.
idk the npk ratio of worm castings so i would look into that
you could buy bags of mycorrhizae to water in to your plants. you can do this at any time, although your organic soil likely already contains it-doesnt hurt to add more. (its a fungi that attaches to the roots of the plants)
The NPK of EWC is like 1.0.0 it doesnt have a huge NPK value.
Also the whole mycorrhizae hype is overplayed imo. You can use it, but too much can have the opposite effect. And if buying Mycorrhizae you want to make sure you are getting Glomus Intraradices and Glomus Mosseae as those are the only 2 types of myco that have been noted as colonizing cannabis.
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yea i work on an organic vegetable farm and the farmer said im wasting my money with myco lol.
ITS ALREADY IN THE SOIL!
Yep pretty much, ecto-mycorrhizae only colonized about 2% of plants, mostly trees- conifers ect. Endomycorizzae colonized around 80% but only 2 types have been recorded as colonizing cannabis roots, while that doesnt mean only two types do. It’s just the only ones that have been scientifically recorded as doing so.
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You can definately over do it, you really only want to establish the myco in the soil and then maintain it with the use of compost teas. Continually adding powdered myco with waterings will quickly build up levels in the soil to the point of the mycos outcompeting the plant roots for food. I use it sparingly in my initial soil mix(powdered) and in my cutting/seedling mix to help establish a vast root system. Other than that I supplement the myco in my soil with the occasional compost tea.
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trichoderma does something though. dont they?
For sure , whether or not it colonizes the roots as@Aolelon notes with the 2 other proven varieties or is of benefit to other organisms in the root zone I am not really sure I will try and dig a bit deeper so to speak and see what I can find out.
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