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So... you’re feeding at pH 5.8? Does that leave your soil pH at 6.5 ish?
I had a total nightmare in soil towards the end of my mud years. It did look pH related too, so maybe that’s where the problem was.
That's what I try to achieve.... 
The Feed / Nutrient mix in my reservoir reads 5.8 ph, but the soil at the roots (50% down the pot) reads 6.4 ph.
I use Autopots with Airdomes 50% covered with an inch of ph adjusted down cley pebbles.
The pot is filled with my soil mix, 60% Canna Professional soil, 25% Perlite and 15% Pebbles, some "Charge" and "Plant Magic Mycorrhizae" added for root development.
The roots grow into all the soil, pebble and airdome areas, as you can see from the pic below (from another one of my grows).
So some are wet most of the time - in the extra oxygenated water/feed in the tray at the bottom of the pot, and some are dryer, up in the pot soil level.
"Roots - Glorious Roots"
How there are two different ph readings, is a whole new subject around "Soil Buffering".... Or so I believe...
It's a bit deep (well for me anyway)
....I just know that doing it works 
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Some grows back, I had, what eventually was diagnosed as a "lockout nutrient deficiency", caused by an incorrect soil ph and sought advice in the infirmary, here on AFN.
@Waira helped me out and put me on to the different Soil ph reading (if I remember correctly).
He may jump in and tell us ?
He is the most knowledgeable man, for plants and problems (in my book) !!!!
The Feed / Nutrient mix in my reservoir reads 5.8 ph, but the soil at the roots (50% down the pot) reads 6.4 ph.
I use Autopots with Airdomes 50% covered with an inch of ph adjusted down cley pebbles.
The pot is filled with my soil mix, 60% Canna Professional soil, 25% Perlite and 15% Pebbles, some "Charge" and "Plant Magic Mycorrhizae" added for root development.
The roots grow into all the soil, pebble and airdome areas, as you can see from the pic below (from another one of my grows).
So some are wet most of the time - in the extra oxygenated water/feed in the tray at the bottom of the pot, and some are dryer, up in the pot soil level.
"Roots - Glorious Roots"
How there are two different ph readings, is a whole new subject around "Soil Buffering".... Or so I believe...
It's a bit deep (well for me anyway)
....I just know that doing it works .Some grows back, I had, what eventually was diagnosed as a "lockout nutrient deficiency", caused by an incorrect soil ph and sought advice in the infirmary, here on AFN.
@Waira helped me out and put me on to the different Soil ph reading (if I remember correctly).
He may jump in and tell us ?
He is the most knowledgeable man, for plants and problems (in my book) !!!!
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they like Morecambe and wise , little and large ,cannon and ball ,ant and Dec or perhaps the crankies :smoking:
