This is my first ever grow and choose living soil as a starter.
These 2 photos are in 5 Galon fabric pots with BAS 3.0.
Since i m using living soil i have not been using any PH up or down. I believe that may have been my issue.
My tap water PH is around 7.5 and do not know the tds yet.
I’m very disapointed on my first run and won t be making the same mistake again less feeding, will be moving to 25 gallon fabric pot and will ph water in my futur run.
Over 4 month of time spent taking care of them. Brown leaves was an issue and got worst over time.
I m week 6-7 into flowering, 3 to 4 more weeks to go if i don t trash them.
Allow your pics to fully upload then hit send. But you need to do a slurry test to get your exact ph and ppm readings. Im going to through the exact same thing.
Nutrient companies are in the business to sell more nutrients. Always start out light handed or easier when playing with fresh soils. They showed signs of nutrient burn in each photo. Like differing levels. It’s honestly a story of overfeed over time ya know…
All that said… I’d LOVE a ppm reading of the runoff. Following that (or even without it if u don’t mind nuking some damn fine soil) I’d flush if it was sky high or at least heavy watering only for a week or 2, then push bloom pretty heavy.
Or I’d reset the soil flushing asap, and give them a comprehensive yet nitrogen light feed.
Those leaves won’t look any better. But you could even only water them until the end and let them produce something. No way I’d pull them tho. Maybe drop some more seeds this weekend and let them get started in there somewhere
I also belive nute burnt. I have over ammended and suffered it. Living soil will regulate the ph of 7.5 easily. My solution that works for me is no nutes…make sure soil lives. Myco if needed to restart the soil. No flush. You are in flower and the leaves will not recover. You will have no issues finishing i believe and get very smokeable bud. Reuse the soil but ammend it at 1/4 strength and let the soil cook a few weeks before use. My ph is 8.5 or better going in and never adjust it. Healthy soil…healthy girl.
Guys i finally received my PC60 5 in 1 from apera, immediatly did the calibration and here are my results from my tap water.
PH: 7.6
185 micros
131tds
0.09ppt
I will do the same test and post the results using the big boy filter it s suposed to filter the chlorine and chloromine out.
Good. Little low on the tds for flush water. I would add like a half dose of calmag per gallon. I like my flush water to be at about 300-350ppm (tds) this makes sure its stable enough to adjust the soil ph vs being adjusted by the soils ph.
Since i have just 2 or 3 weeks left and As other advise i don t think i will be flushing but instead i will let it ride till the end.
I m thinking ahead and on my next run. My goal is to have a more succesfull run and also trying to avoid making the same mistake. I bought a boggie plus hose attachment filter suposed to remove chlorine and chloramine out.
I just tested the water and here is what i found. I m thinking of using it for my next run.
PH: 8.4
193us
135tds
0.1ppt
In addition I will be upgrading my fabric pot from 5 gallon to 25 gallon using living soil BAS 3.0.
If it were you would you ph down to 6.3 the water goimg to the soil? Again i m thinking ahead.
I’d prefer the 7.4 lower ppm to the 8.3 and higher. Yea higher ppms sit better, but lower is more ‘in the range’ naturally…
A 25 gall pot is ALOT of soil. I’d rather you fine tune your skills on smaller bags (are you outside)…
BuildASoil makes a great soil. I wouldn’t pH a thing nor use tap water. All distilled or rainwater for those girls. If you HAVE to use tap? Aerate and let sit 24 hours to keep those microbes away from the chlorine and etc… terrible for the bennies.
I m inside, my tent set up is the 2x4 kit from ac infinity, if my calculation is correct i could fit 2 25 gallon fabric pot. I heard that the more soil you have the easier it becomes when growing with living soil.
I m still worried about the chloramine i read it can t be removed like chlorine can.
Rain water is an option but how long can i keep it, i read online that it can be store safely using food grade bucket.
