"Natures Living Soil" is not very good

[Tom Bombadil]

@Eyes on Fire I tagged you not Cannalove... hes just jacking my thread..

anyhow.. u requested pics n i finally got up the energy to pull out a girl under some decent light and take a couple.

 

[Cannalove420]

Good move. Did you get the dry or liquid version of the nutrients? Those will take 1-2 weeks to see the effects, but better late than never if you are experiencing deficiencies. If I were you, I'd be trying to get as many good microorganisms in your soil as fast as you can. Something like Recharge or Great White is the way to go. Those are the workers that process the elements of the soil and feed them to the roots in a way that the plant can use them. That will help with any lockout issues you may be experiencing. Of course, as with organics, it takes a little longer to see the benefits of corrections.

They are liquid Nutes. I have some microbe tea my local grow supply store makes. Should I add that? And do I ph the microbe tea? I’ve been having to ph my water to 3.4 to get the runoff to 6.8 so I’m worried that low of a ph will kill the friendlys if I add it with my acidic water

 

[Eyes on Fire]

@Ron Paul ahhh,ok. I rarely read all of it.looked like he/She did.LOL sorry. But yeah man, thats the way its going to go with that soil man.sorry,I know because I have seen this a lot as well as been asked what my thoughts are.uhhhh,NOT impressed thus far and its the soil usually NOT the grower.But if you were up to re potting and destroying the pot its in now it has a shot...however I would have to say 60 % success maybe..?LOL

 

[Tom Bombadil]

@Ron Paul ahhh,ok. I rarely read all of it.looked like he/She did.LOL sorry. But yeah man, thats the way its going to go with that soil man.sorry,I know because I have seen this a lot as well as been asked what my thoughts are.uhhhh,NOT impressed thus far and its the soil usually NOT the grower.But if you were up to re potting and destroying the pot its in now it has a shot...however I would have to say 60 % success maybe..?LOL

im not even sure that one gg4 in the pics is gonna auto flower...5-6 weeks old and only preflowers...too cold still to go outside probably..but its leaf issues arent any worse..shes still drinking like crazy just not going into flower..hate to have to chop..thought about taking cuttings for outdoor...dont think another indoor run is doable without ac..gets up to 90 in the tent room in summer...fuk getting overgrown tho

 

[Metal Shop]

They are liquid Nutes. I have some microbe tea my local grow supply store makes. Should I add that? And do I ph the microbe tea? I’ve been having to ph my water to 3.4 to get the runoff to 6.8 so I’m worried that low of a ph will kill the friendlys if I add it with my acidic water

How did you mix your soil originally? The same ratio as Mr Paul here used ?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

shouldnt have to worry about ph in a healthy, well balanced soil.

 

[Cannalove420]

How did you mix your soil originally? The same ratio as Mr Paul here used ?

Yes I mixed in the nature living soil into the bottom of 1/3 1 gallon pot. I Evan put a top layer on about a week and half ago. Seems to be helping along with adding cal mag. I just started to feed 1.2ml to a quart of water of Pure Blend Pro Bloom . The spotting and yellowing seems to have slowed down and flowers are starting to pack on weight. I think my light may be a little intense, the leave edges are starting to cup a bit and the lights is as high as it will go. I finally got the soil ph in range so maybe now I’ll start to see improvements. Since I been feeding them pbp they seem to be reacting pretty well to the light feeding. The leaves seem happy and also seem to be getting there color back. I just don’t know how I should be adding the microbe tea. Do you think I could ph the tea down to as low as 3.5ph? That’s what I’ve been having to ph down to in order to get the ph to slowly drop. Thanks for the reply’s fellas

 

[Cannalove420]

shouldnt have to worry about ph in a healthy, well balanced soil.

I definitely did something wrong or didn’t mix enough soil of maybe I should of added lime or sulfur to the mix but I used damn near that whole back of amendment to 2 1 gallon pots and it does not seem to be strong enough.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

its the soil itself man,its a caustic blend as I call it. nothing you did most likely anyways. the soil is a fine soil and probably similar to Kind Soil. which is also a fine soil.these just essentially need to be added to a flower and Bloom mix of soil or boosted and thinned then add the soil additive of Kind or NLS,and it preforms well most often times.these always lack in flower.Most do,and the spotting tends to lessen and often heavier in Veg. so teas and top coating are your friend right meow.if you can ruin the pot you couild cut it away with a nice flower soil and probably do pretty decent this early in flower. Just a suggestion. Happy harvesting.

 

[Metal Shop]

I definitely did something wrong or didn’t mix enough soil of maybe I should of added lime or sulfur to the mix but I used damn near that whole back of amendment to 2 1 gallon pots and it does not seem to be strong enough.

Well plants look pretty decent now, so it doesn't look too bad!

I have some NLS soil cooking right now that I mixed right around 1lb per 3 gallons (auto strength).
I watered with some molasses and Great White and it's in a garbage can now for 30+ days. I hope this will help it.
I am wondering if there is anything else I should do?

Based on this thread and others, I plan on supplementing with some teas.
Not going to count on H2O alone to go the distance...