transplant ph problems.

[bgrt]

can someone help me with something. i have been trying to get the ph of the soil i hope to plant into down to an acceptable level so i can transplant but im not sure if its going to take a huge amount of time. i watered the pots that were made up last week with 8.8 water and they come out at around 6.2 so it must be pretty far off very aciditic. i need to transplant as they are getting rootbound or will be very soon. so should i transplant and fix over time or start again with new soil or wait? i have no car so it will take me time to be able to get soil to my house days maybe a week or more delivery or finding someone i can trust to come buy soil/ pick me up...

think i did a similar watering last week and similar reading so i dunno if its changing much.

also im thinking of just transplanting tonight and fixing over time... but correct me what would you do?

https://www.autoflower.org/f2/ph-control-info-8016.html more info there if needed

 

[namvet]

I must be hi or something.I couldn't follow any of that but thanks for the trip.

 

[bgrt]

glad to have helped

 

[Eschatos]

I must be hi or something.I couldn't follow any of that but thanks for the trip.

:dance:

 

[bgrt]

any ideas if anyone understands?
i will just transplant later if not as im thinking rootbound for another week will be worse than dealing with ph being off.

ideas?

 

[Eschatos]

bgrt, if I were you, I would rather stun the girls early on and let them get root-bound for a couple days until I fixed my soil. They would catch up soon. That would only delay their life cycle for a bit. It's a gamble... What's your plan on "fixing over time"? PH-ing your waterings is no fix and that's for sure.. What resources do you have available? Maybe it's time for experiments haha Straight up perlite is an option, peritoponicsTM
please take my advice lightly will ya? :smoke: Whats the worst that could happen anyway

 

[bgrt]

i wasnt offended, i added some lime to the soil during mixing not much but all i could get was garden lime, dolomite seems to be impossible to find around here. ill be making an order tonight or tomorrow for some other stuff so suggest away money isnt a huge issue but obviously not hundreds for amendments.

they have been in these small pots a long time *see sig for info* theyre around 30 days old now so it seems like its getting a bit late for recovery from stunting for the autos is all. im not too pushed on getting a huge yield from them more so the photos.

it most likely wont be a couple of days is all. i have on hand ph up/down, garden lime, nutes of many kinds not much else some peat reduced multi compost but i think this is part of the acidic problem so probably no use anyway. no car/transport, no one to help so its most likely gonna take longer.

in the linked thread i was asking for ph advice all i know is basically that. andy botwin was saying that phing water can change the soil ph over time so i was following this basically. it has worked for the smaller pots they are in now as they were similarly acidic when i first got a ph pen to check, theyare now around 6.4 . i would have had all of this the week of planting but orders got screwed up and delayed etc.
is andy wrong? or did i misunderstand? just it seems to have worked on the smaller pots...

andy botwin
I'd figure that my soil pH is somewhere around 6.2. So the next time if I want to bring that up I may water with 6.7 until my runoff comes up to exactly where I want it. It'll move around some depending on the plant and what stage of growth it's in, but you can keep it within range fairly easily with some practice.

maybe for the sake of the autos i should transplant them as i used similar soil last year though had no means to check ph. they seem like a hardy plant and since i dont really care about them as much maybe worth the risk? and then keep the photos in small pots till i can be sure ph is ok. im not saying your wong btw just trying to make the best of a less than perfect situation.

 

[Eschatos]

No offense intended bgrt, just typing my mind hoping I could help From andy's 6,7 to 6,2 and eventually 6,5 , to your 8,8 watering and 6,2 run-off there's a lot of difference. A couple decimals of ph is no biggie, 2,6 ph difference is a lot though. Your soil needs permanent adjustment bgrt, no quick fix.

I say it again, "I" would delay transplanting till I have my soil ready.

edit: 6.4 ph is near perfect anyway

 

[bgrt]

i know but the soil that i got to 6.4 in a week or so was similarly acidic. and also i may be getting\a shitty reading. runoff last week watered with around 7/8 water its runoff was around 6.5. im confused. if i dont have any solutions by tonight ill transplant the autos anyway as i said theyre kinda just to have something while im growing as im out of everything so a half ounce would be fine. theyre just extras in there if i have the space.

how would you amend it back to the right ph you say that watering wont do much or take too long. im making an order, any suggestions on how to fix it?.

 

[Eschatos]

Try a ~6.5 ph watering. It could be your soil is just right.
Sorry I fell asleep last night :smoke: