what the heck happened

[growingmicro]

You need to do a slurry test to get soil ph now with what u have! Just dig up couple tablespoons from edge of pot and add about the same in water and stir it up in a cup! Then dip your pen in and u can get accurate soil ph! No extra goodies needed!

am i doing it right?

 

[growingmicro]

Yup leave it it’s fine! I’ve even had mushrooms pop up on indoor pots! And how much vinegar u use and did u ph mix after adding the nutes etc? Vinegar only takes a few drops to drop ph from mid 7’s into mid 6’s in my experience!

I put a dessert spoon for 4lt one gallon, and i ph after it was at 6.1

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Yes that’s how u test the soil

 

[growingmicro]

Yes that’s how u test the soil

although I tested it with tap water wich is 8.0 ph, so 7 is to high?

 

[growingmicro]

Hey @namvet25 , @TxRebel/Mark said I should tag you in this thread that maybe you can help me.

 

[Kyote]

6.5ph for soil is what i see a lot of. I tried using vinegar for a ph down and found it to not be very stable, so I got a bottle of ph down. If the ph is too high or too low, some nutrients get locked out, the plant is not able to use them. I had that problem on my first grow around the 35 day mark, and my water ph and soil ph were both way off.

 

[Arthur]

What size pot/pots? -- 11Lt
What is your watering/feeding schedule? -- I water every 2 or 3 days depending if i can lift the pot with my left hand xD
When you adjust the water ph with vinegar, are you letting it stabilize? -- It was the first time I put vinegar, put before any nutrients, don't know how to let it stabilize, just wait a lil bit or a lot?
like you've been feeding from the beginning. - started feeding on the 3 week (24 days) And it was 1/2 of the prescribed dosage that biobizz recommends for All Mix

And I guess it got worst real fast after the last feeding in which I put vinegar for the first time and I used the full dosage for the first time...

Every 2 days seems a little fast in soil, to runoff? Or no?

And adjusting pH comes at the very end, after everything else has been mixed in.
While 7 is high, there was a thread on here several months back where someone ran the entire grow @7. Am guessing it would be more detrimental early on than in flower as P&k are normally available at slightly higher pH
I keep coming back to the water every couple days...

 

[growingmicro]

Every 2 days seems a little fast in soil, to runoff? Or no?

And adjusting pH comes at the very end, after everything else has been mixed in.
While 7 is high, there was a thread on here several months back where someone ran the entire grow @7. Am guessing it would be more detrimental early on than in flower as P&k are normally available at slightly higher pH
I keep coming back to the water every couple days...

I guess you are right and I had just smoked a blunt. I would have to say between 3-4 days and I always have a lil bit of run off

 

[Arthur]

I guess you are right and I had just smoked a blunt. I would have to say between 3-4 days and I always have a lil bit of run off

Doh! Have been there... or mixing nutes get distracted for a moment and completely forget where I was and what was next.

Do they sit in a catch pan or above? Shouldn't be allowed to sit in runoff, its waste, you don't want that reabsorbed.

 

[420Forever]

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