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[ClydeWalters]

I’m also using:

Silica Blast

Hydrogaurd

CaMa+ every 3-4 waterings




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[hesgone13]

I think most of us can agree that scientific info has pretty much established that a canna plants' need for Ca declines as the end of veg and the beginning of flower as the need for PK increases.

I was glad to see that Greenleaf has reduced the amount of CA and increased the PK in their 2.0 version. I ran into some Ca overload on my last grow during flower in spite of reducing the amount of MC 1.0 fed. I have been wondering about this since then and I believe I ran into the answer today.

I was talking to one my county's water chemists on the phone[just called and asked for a chemist!!]and asked him about Ca overload in plants in general[heh heh]! He pointed out something I had never thought about. He said that our county has a large amount of dissolved Ca in it on a regular basis. This is because of our location close to the Appalachian mountains. This whole area was created by glacial action which deposited huge amounts of limestone as they receded. Limestone is basically calcium carbonate and this gets dissolved in run off water and streams in the area....thus leading to high Ca in our water. This is what causes the brown stains in sinks and tubs.

His recommendation for folks who use tap water to hydrate their house plants[heh, heh again]is to be very careful is using plant foods that are high in Ca and titrate carefully. He also said this situation was prevalent from Maine to Georgia where the Appalachians run. Because of run off, this doesn't occur just in the mountainous areas......it can be in any part of the eastern states.

I thought this was very interesting and offer it as a FYI.

 

[ClydeWalters]

I think most of us can agree that scientific info has pretty much established that a canna plants' need for Ca declines as the end of veg and the beginning of flower as the need for PK increases.

I was glad to see that Greenleaf has reduced the amount of CA and increased the PK in their 2.0 version. I ran into some Ca overload on my last grow during flower in spite of reducing the amount of MC 1.0 fed. I have been wondering about this since then and I believe I ran into the answer today.

I was talking to one my county's water chemists on the phone[just called and asked for a chemist!!]and asked him about Ca overload in plants in general[heh heh]! He pointed out something I had never thought about. He said that our county has a large amount of dissolved Ca in it on a regular basis. This is because of our location close to the Appalachian mountains. This whole area was created by glacial action which deposited huge amounts of limestone as they receded. Limestone is basically calcium carbonate and this gets dissolved in run off water and streams in the area....thus leading to high Ca in our water. This is what causes the brown stains in sinks and tubs.

His recommendation for folks who use tap water to hydrate their house plants[heh, heh again]is to be very careful is using plant foods that are high in Ca and titrate carefully. He also said this situation was prevalent from Maine to Georgia where the Appalachians run. Because of run off, this doesn't occur just in the mountainous areas......it can be in any part of the eastern states.

I thought this was very interesting and offer it as a FYI.

Excellent share friend

I personally pay for distilled water quite a bit :/ I need to just invest in an RO filter I think




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[hesgone13]

Excellent share friend

I personally pay for distilled water quite a bit :/ I need to just invest in an RO filter I think




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Thanks! I think I would go online and find out from your area's water quality report just how much of a problem you have before I spent any money......I plan to keep using outgassed tap water in my grows, just going to be careful withe MC during flower.......the vast majority of folks in the US should have little or no probs.

 

[slowandeasy]

Yea the first 2 smaller plants are Sour Cracks

I have one EXTREMELY dark green pheno, and a more normal green colored pheno. The darker pheno was allot taller and branches out far better than the lighter pheno

I flushed both plants this AM actually and switched my schedule to

Flush (done) Water water feed water feed water feed etc....


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Are you using Happy Frog as your MEDIUM?

 

[thetreeman]

Excellent share friend

I personally pay for distilled water quite a bit :/ I need to just invest in an RO filter I think

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RO is definitely the way to go. I was struggling till I installed a RO filter last year. now my water from the filter is consistently 15ppm, used to be closer to 400... I was trying to figure out what my issue was, so I got water test reports from local water processing plant, interestingly enough, the NACL (salt) level of our water has doubled in the last 10 years, to levels that some plants arent happy about it. Never see any news in the paper about this.... I think it has to do with upstream fracking, they use salt water extensively in oil production!

 

[ClydeWalters]

Are you using Happy Frog as your MEDIUM?

It’s mostly happy frog yes.

I’ll never use HF again

The most hydrophobic soil I’ve ever used

Barky with twigs n shit in it. Terrible soil compared to other stuff out there.

It works tho I’ll give it that


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[Moabfighter]

It’s mostly happy frog yes.

I’ll never use HF again

The most hydrophobic soil I’ve ever used

Barky with twigs n shit in it. Terrible soil compared to other stuff out there.

It works tho I’ll give it that


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I was big on fox farms soil when I started growing. But the stuff is like literally twice the cost of pro mix, and I can’t see any difference in the quality output vs the price.

I don’t mind the fox farms soils at all but fuck they’re expensive.

 

[thetreeman]

ive been a fan of coir for a while now, I do use pro mix for some plants/starts, but I have better results with coir usually, they do require a bit more maintenance tho with coir, daily watering, etc.

 

[slowandeasy]

I have a suggestion, use a higher quality medium. You spent a lot of time and money on your set up. Using subpar medium is kind of silly if you are willing to invest in other areas, invest in a cleaner medium. Fox Farm medium is garbage, I would start by throwing that stuff in the garbage. Not being a jerk, I am just being honest. I would highly augsugg just doing Coco, if you are using MC as your nutes. Dirty Happy Frog soil isn't gonna help your plants, watch out for bugs. Fox Farm will add those for free. Good luck!

It’s mostly happy frog yes.

I’ll never use HF again

The most hydrophobic soil I’ve ever used

Barky with twigs n shit in it. Terrible soil compared to other stuff out there.

It works tho I’ll give it that


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