josiahlee420dailyyy
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I agree it's a ph problem with either the water or the soil (too low probably, and probably the soil's ph). It's a fine line. Potential hydrogen problems are ( IMO ) the biggest things that newer growers encounter. There are absorption charts.
On soil if you go under 6 and above 7 you'll have problems. Also in soil the ph can go up or down depending on soil type after a couple days of feeding. Check the soil Ph or run off. If "hot" flush it with distilled water or ph'd water at around 6.5. I would probably bring the distilled down from a 7 to 6.5 to make sure that the water ph is at a level that you can still optimally absorb any nutrients out of the soil. I would say next run use a soil like Foxfarm Happy Frog as a plant can go in this for quite a while without added nutrients. Invest in a really good ph tester that can be recallibrated. Water at 6.5. And break any feeding cycle/ nutrient feedings down into smaller doses. Meaning don't mix cal-mag, main nutrient, silica, humic, fulvic, etc all together at once. I do cal-mag everytime at a small dose and then add my main nutrient, that's it. If I need more silica I might add it to the next watering with just water and cal-mag. Small doses of a nutrient here and feeding there. Never a Cocktail of multiple nutrients. Stuff can start locking out nutrients right when you mix them. I believe that GH brand of flora whatevers says not to mix B before A or something to that effect. Same thing. You don't want to lock out everything in the nutrient mix. Not all nutrients are made to go together. I find that cocktailing jacks a plant up. Besides if you use a really good soil with a good nutrient profile you shouldn't have to add nutrients. Marijuana grows in some of the craziest places under some crazy conditions. In nature you never see a bottle of nutes next to a landrace patch.
On soil if you go under 6 and above 7 you'll have problems. Also in soil the ph can go up or down depending on soil type after a couple days of feeding. Check the soil Ph or run off. If "hot" flush it with distilled water or ph'd water at around 6.5. I would probably bring the distilled down from a 7 to 6.5 to make sure that the water ph is at a level that you can still optimally absorb any nutrients out of the soil. I would say next run use a soil like Foxfarm Happy Frog as a plant can go in this for quite a while without added nutrients. Invest in a really good ph tester that can be recallibrated. Water at 6.5. And break any feeding cycle/ nutrient feedings down into smaller doses. Meaning don't mix cal-mag, main nutrient, silica, humic, fulvic, etc all together at once. I do cal-mag everytime at a small dose and then add my main nutrient, that's it. If I need more silica I might add it to the next watering with just water and cal-mag. Small doses of a nutrient here and feeding there. Never a Cocktail of multiple nutrients. Stuff can start locking out nutrients right when you mix them. I believe that GH brand of flora whatevers says not to mix B before A or something to that effect. Same thing. You don't want to lock out everything in the nutrient mix. Not all nutrients are made to go together. I find that cocktailing jacks a plant up. Besides if you use a really good soil with a good nutrient profile you shouldn't have to add nutrients. Marijuana grows in some of the craziest places under some crazy conditions. In nature you never see a bottle of nutes next to a landrace patch.
Once you get good a ph, you'll may still have issues but electrochemistry wont be one