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dewd, I'm salivating already! I'm dying to try all of these, and as you know, reports are great on them all! I can't wait to see them get the A-T treatment-- BOM-bomb!
... I'm glad you asked EoF about the dolomite -even better, you're letting them react and stabilize some for a while; 4T/gal might be a bit heavy, if extra Ca-Mg is added in as well.... I would still recommend getting an Accurate 8 soil pH probe to see how the pH is affected by the dolomite against a pot without it, in order to gauge the speed and magnitude of pH elevation of the dolomite alone, w/o nute and plant affects...(run-off will still work okay, but it's PITA!)-- why guess, when you can know! Plus it'll be damn handy if there's an issue later... One interesting thing about dolomite, I think it won't force your pH beyond 7.0, even if there's too much,... but it might be difficult to lower pH if needed... I expect your mix to be on the high side of 6's pH, but we'll see,.. only things that get wonky at higher pH's, near 7.0+ is Fe and Zn; no mistaking them either, and easy to dose if it becomes an issue... better still, with Optic Foliar coming aboard now, if you have any micronute' defc. issues, the Transport will see to them very quickly!
... I'm glad you asked EoF about the dolomite -even better, you're letting them react and stabilize some for a while; 4T/gal might be a bit heavy, if extra Ca-Mg is added in as well.... I would still recommend getting an Accurate 8 soil pH probe to see how the pH is affected by the dolomite against a pot without it, in order to gauge the speed and magnitude of pH elevation of the dolomite alone, w/o nute and plant affects...(run-off will still work okay, but it's PITA!)-- why guess, when you can know! Plus it'll be damn handy if there's an issue later... One interesting thing about dolomite, I think it won't force your pH beyond 7.0, even if there's too much,... but it might be difficult to lower pH if needed... I expect your mix to be on the high side of 6's pH, but we'll see,.. only things that get wonky at higher pH's, near 7.0+ is Fe and Zn; no mistaking them either, and easy to dose if it becomes an issue... better still, with Optic Foliar coming aboard now, if you have any micronute' defc. issues, the Transport will see to them very quickly!