Indoor Sunshine adv mix #4 and ph????

[StChristopher]

LMAO I read 50% say its like hydro so keep ph 5.8-6.2 range
50% say keep it 6.3-6.5

Anyone use it that could point me in the right ph please

Thanks good people

 

[215medicineman]

ive been using sunshine #4 for over a year now with my autos and i always treat is just like dirt. 6.3-6.5. dont listen to anything else, ive had the most amazing results with SunShine and FoxFarm

 

[StChristopher]

Thanks much, I kinda thought that myself. I just killed a bunch of Big bangs auto with some bs soil from lowes. I got a bale as a free sample of Sunshine adv and giving it a try. I tryed transplanting one of the big bangs into the new soil-less mix after I washed the roots. So far after 4 days I think she may just make it doesn't look the best but hasn't died yet.

 

[215medicineman]

Well the great thing about sunshine #4 is that is has a small amount of starter nutes already in it. It's perfect stuff, not to dusty or to much perlite. Last time my hydro store was out of #4 so I had to get pro-mix but it dries out way to fast for me. Are you using just sunshine? Or do you mix it with a potting soil?

 

[StChristopher]

No soil in most of my pots, had to transplant 1 that was 22 days old left a little of the old crap soil in the root ball. Maybe should have washed it all off but the root ball was massive, and as I was trying to clean chunks of dirt started falling off tearing roots with it. So I potted it quickly before much more damage was done. 4 days later cant tell if its going to pull thru are not. Top is still green but the bottom leaves are yellow maybe slow death.

 

[Muddy]

Depends on which Pro Mix you use and the type of lights you are running. BX holds a little more moisture than HP and is best for HPS lights. HP for CFLs, T5s or LEDs.

Well the great thing about sunshine #4 is that is has a small amount of starter nutes already in it. It's perfect stuff, not to dusty or to much perlite. Last time my hydro store was out of #4 so I had to get pro-mix but it dries out way to fast for me. Are you using just sunshine? Or do you mix it with a potting soil?

 

[Muddy]

Stay with the 6.3 - 6.5 range. I grow in Pro Mix, which is also a soil less mix, and have experimented with different pH ranges. Even though some say to run lower pH in soil less, I've found the 6.3 to 6.5 works best.

LMAO I read 50% say its like hydro so keep ph 5.8-6.2 range
50% say keep it 6.3-6.5

Anyone use it that could point me in the right ph please

Thanks good people

 

[PoopsMcDoogle]

If using dolomite lime to buffer your soil, I reccomend buffering it to 6.1 to start with. Let it sit and work its magic for at least a week and then re-check the pH. I just mixed up a batch of SS#4 but over-limed it. So I mixed a bag of roots organics in to bring it back down. Ended up with pH of 6.1. But after two weeks of sitting, it has risen to 6.4. I will always prepare my mixes ahead of time from now on!

 

[StChristopher]

LOL my dumb ass added to much lime.... got a new pen today and my ph is at 7 any way I can bring this down?????? Plz don't say ph down Iv tried. no matter how low of ph I take my water down my run off is 6.9 to 7.
I added 1 tbs lime to 1 gallon of soil... To much... I have plants already in soil so adding more soil is not an option. This time I added 10 tbs to 15 gallons of soil and its ph at 6.3 - 6.2 mind you its sunshine adv #4

any ideas how to bring that soil from 7 to 6.3-5 fast???? And yes its fine to say dumb ass the wife tells me now every time she se me

BTW I have the new soil mix for some Think Different & Big Domina........Was wondering how that was going for ya

 

[akito]

How does the number 4 compare to the number 8? Im using the 8 right now. Seems good. Guy at the hydro shop said it is the same as promix.