some questions for
@pop22 @GeorgeCloney and
@4d-Rock :
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@4d-Rock I'm using ProMix HP with MC. I personally have a ton of MC v2 and like 4d-Rock, I run into issues every single f'ing grow early into flowering. My leaves turn yellow and start to show brown spots as time goes on to the point where the leaves look like they're decaying. In fact, the pictures of issues that 4d-Rock has shown with their grows could be photo-copies of my grows, the similarities are so exact.
Now for the questions;
with ProMix HP, what PH are we targeting. Read this whole bloody thread and I'm still not 100% clear what PH zone I should be aiming for. Some posts say 5.8 - 6.2, some say 6.0 - 6.4. which is it? I've been told specifically to use 6.2 with ProMix.
I HATE quitting, so I would REALLY like to be able to master MC with ProMix HP before I bail and switch to another medium. I don't see any reason why I wouldn't be able to master this but I'm beginning to think that they're not a great paring with each other.
All that being said, according to suggestions early on when I started using ProMix, I've been going with the PH 6.5 range with MC and ProMix HP, swinging between 6.2 and 6.5. My current grow, while very green and healthy during veg, has yet again gone to shit during flower. So I've started adjusting the PH to about 5.9ish as the run off water is now showing 6.0 to 6.4 PH.
It's only been about 4 or 5 days of lowering the PH, but for all I know, I'm doing it wrong, 'cause I believe I'm still seeing further yellowing of the leaves, just like 4d-rock has.
Next question is for IF and WHEN I decide to switch from ProMix HP to soil. ( I have maybe another grow or two left of ProMix in my bin)
For those of you using "soil" what are you specifically talking about? The word soil has been used to describe so many mediums now, I have no bloody clue what anyone means anymore. I think I even read a post in this thread from
@GeorgeCloney use the term "soil" with (peat and coco) in brackets. If I'm not mistaken, isn't that a "soilless"?
Reason I'm asking about the soil is because after I mix my MC with my tap water (20-30ppm at about 7.6 PH), the solution stabilizes long term at 6.4-6.5, give or take a point either direction as PH swings occur with city water.
So if I could just use a true "soil" instead of a soilless, I won't have to dick around with PHing or deal with the runoff. My real confusion is, real soils are rich in nutrients and microbial life already, so by using a soil and then using MC right from seedling, as both
@pop22 and
@GeorgeCloney have mentioned they do, wouldn't that be too hot? wouldn't a rich soil + the use of MC so early just kill the plant?
Where I live, I have access to all sorts of stuff. so I guess I'm trying to figure out what this "soil" is everyone's talking about. Like what is it? Surely not potting mix? I live in BC Canada, so we have A TON of "soil" options here. Living soils, compost soils, flower bed soil, top soil, potting mix soil....
If I wanted to switch to soil while also using megacrop, what the hell am I looking for in a soil? For example, there's even this stuff I can readily purchase,
https://www.reindeersnatural.ca/Brown_Gold.htm says it can feed plants for up to 4 to 6 months. I imagine if I used this stuff with MC, I'd burn the plants to death in a couple weeks.
So what is "soil"? lol. What kind of soil should I be looking for when using MC right from seedling all through to harvest?
In my mind, if you guys are using actual "soil" as well as MC right from seedling without burning your plants, your soil must be pretty inert? Or?
Thanks for taking the time to read my confusions, lol!
