New Grower Soil ph questions.

[growbewan]

but there aren't too many nutes in that mix?

what mix? the problem with miracle grow is not the nutes, its the fact that theyre slow release. in other words, they slowly release over the course of the entire plants life span. mj plants are very nute sensitive, so that is bad. technically your only supposed to nute every other watering, and not at all for the first 2-3 weeks. and with miracle grow your feeding them nutes all the time, everytime. does that make sense?

 

[The Squid]

what mix? the problem with miracle grow is not the nutes, its the fact that theyre slow release. in other words, they slowly release over the course of the entire plants life span. mj plants are very nute sensitive, so that is bad. technically your only supposed to nute every other watering, and not at all for the first 2-3 weeks. and with miracle grow your feeding them nutes all the time, everytime. does that make sense?

I believe he is referring to FD's soil mix.

 

[letis]

Yes, they do make liquid ph up and down to regulate your water and feeds. You can lower the ph in yours feeds and that will lower your soil ph some. If it is really high and you need it lower, get some powdered sulfur and using the correct measurement for your size container, work it into the first inch or so of your soil, carefully, then water. This will lower your ph. I am not sure exactly what you're doing here but I hope this helps.

i have ph up/down and with this i adjust my water ph always to 6,6-6,7(nutes included) when i water them...that's why i asked if there is something only for soil..like powdered sulfur but in liquid... i don't know how permanent is this solution (by watering with lower ph).
for example if i have soil ph 7,5 and i water every time with 6.2-6.3, is this going to lower my soil ph near 7 at least till next watering? but isn't bad when you use nutes in the water to adjust the ph lower than 6,5? can't cal/mag for example being locked out?

 

[The Squid]

If it is consecutively coming back up then you should add some powdered sulfur to the top soil and water. This will bring it down permanently. A smidge below 6.5 is OK, but try to stay at 6.5 of course.

 

[gbd]

at this point i'm taking a look at the dwc method. i think it'd be easy for me to maintain, and i'd only have to monitor one level of ph. thanks again for all the help fellas!

 

[growbewan]

hahahaha i hope we didnt scare you off gbd! as long as you can monitor it, deep water culture from what i hear is def the way to go! good luck my man!

 

[The Squid]

at this point i'm taking a look at the dwc method. i think it'd be easy for me to maintain, and i'd only have to monitor one level of ph. thanks again for all the help fellas!

I don't know about all that now. I used to be under that impression too but Hydro is normally more work than soil or Promix.

 

[growbewan]

it is alot more monitoring, but if you can be around to do it, from what i hear its more forgiving than soil. and your yeilds reflect that too. just my 2 cents..i so wanna do that, but just intimidated right now..ill get used to soil first~

 

[The Squid]

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I have definite plans of trying my hand at hydroponics after this upcoming grow is finished. It would be harder for me to do it during the summer but ideal to make a run starting in November. I just think it would be hard for me to keep good reservoir temps during the summer. So I might actually wait until then(November), but who knows. It'll probably be just a really simple self-made DWC, and I'll probably just be doing one alongside my regular Promix grow.

 

[BuddyLove]

well, i actually have found that soil, or soil or mixtures are too hard to maintain...i find that hydro is very very simple, especially a dwc bucket setup with an airstone at the bottom. ph and temperature of your rez needs to be maintained but.....thats really easy to do.i have converted a fellow member here that has grown in dirt or for over 20 years...he's never been happier.

I don't know about all that now. I used to be under that impression too but Hydro is normally more work than soil or Promix.