Day 8: 5/18 TL DC (too long, dont care) - 250ml water @ 123ppm and 6.8pH
Interesting development today. This plant is in Royal Gold Basement Mix. Their website lists it as a coco blend. I am planning to run this plant with Oregons Only Nectar For the Gods nutrient line. I have their sample/starter kit. I asked
@Arthur for some input a while back but hadn't been sure when i would get to trying it out. I did mess up a bit and I failed to do a soil slurry test before starting. Did not read instructions fully. Ack!
I did not read, or didn't listent to, the part where you need to slurry test first, and then adjust/flush the medium to get ppm and ph in perfect range. I really misunderstood that part. Sheesh, well, I think it will come out ok in the end. Just have to wait for the numbers to get in line before starting to add anything. I've got a couple weeks before that is a consideration anyways. So.....
Slurry test tonight:
2oz soil (by weight)
2oz distilled water (tested at 7.0ph and 0ppm)
Mixed and let stand for 15 minutes
PPM: average reading 629ppm, high 680, low 570 ( I stuck the probe in and remixed a few times and let it stand until I felt the readings were consistent.)
pH: 6.0 (this was steady)
NFTG recommended PPM count is between 300-500 and if too high to flush with herculean harvest until closer to proper range. I think a couple more weeks of just plain watering will bring the ppm count in range. I will re-slurry before staring any nutrients.
They also recommend a pH between 6.3 and 6.8 as a starting point. I will water in a little higher than 6.3 and hopefully by the start the soil test will have higher pH.
Tonights addition: 250ml water with 0.5ml bioroot and 0.25ml Dynagro Protekt (silica product) @ 123ppm and 6.8ph
Pics:
Blurryness courtesy of Kostas being 70 and losing his tripod in the house somewhere.....clutter and too many hobbies.... really, this is the best one I managed to shoot.....
Oh, oh, here's a steady one! I leaned on a book! Second set of leaves growing in nicely. Whee!