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[DANfour20]

I ph before i add nutes but even as im typing this i can see how this is wrong lol..

These plants affected are 3 diff strains but i have another 2 of diff strain again in there under same conditions, feed etc and they are fine, no probs attall

Yeah definitely wrong lol, that mg takes my ph down by .5 with a tiny pinch, cant begin to imagine what difference youll get with all that your adding.

 

[zeddd]

I ph before i add nutes but even as im typing this i can see how this is wrong lol..

These plants affected are 3 diff strains but i have another 2 of diff strain again in there under same conditions, feed etc and they are fine, no probs attall

the nutes will drop the pH further thus im correct about the lockout im afraid

 

[zeddd]

Jesus lads we're being very polite today haha

fuk off lol

 

[DANfour20]

Cunts

 

[zeddd]

calcium is interesting in that u need at least 5.8 in coco for uptake and at most 6.5 in soil, drop soil below 6.5 and it cant uptake cal

 

[theslipperbandit]

 

[ValleyDragon]

calcium is interesting in that u need at least 5.8 in coco for uptake and at most 6.5 in soil, drop soil below 6.5 and it cant uptake cal

Back to the drawing board then, didnt realise this because always thought soil was more forgiving, with a ph range of 6.0 to 6.9 for everything to work but will adjust everthing for nxt grow...thanks for sound advice

 

[DANfour20]

I saved that.

 

[DANfour20]

Do i check soil ph via run off with water ph pen? Ive never done this.

 

[THCBrain]

Hey @zeddd what's a good ph to start with in coco I did it to 6.1 and I ph'd the run off it was reading 6.4?? I'm gonna use the vitalink coco nutes...

 

[THCBrain]

Sorry didn't see the table above lol

 

[ValleyDragon]

Can see off this that 6.5 is the perfect soil ph, need to recheck pen before next grow

 

[zeddd]

this chart explains why some of us foliar feed cal mag when in coco/ hydro, the leaves will absorb cal mag in a broader pH spectrum than the roots....so u can run the veg plants at 6 to get em N up plus foliar then drop the pH to where u wanna be in flower, in soil ph 6.5 airate the water with an airstone so ya leaves don't droop after a feed edit..oh yeah and there is some utter bs being put around started by Cervantes that foliar feeding confuses the plants, lol they fukin love it

 

[theslipperbandit]

Do i check soil ph via run off with water ph pen? Ive never done this.

Nah bruv, u mix your nutes then ph.if the ph is 2 high I usually add a bit more veg nutes as it drives ur ph down n I add either rizo or silica to get it back up i rarely use ph down n up.no need to check ur run if it's silly.
When phing never go below 6.5 but 6.6 is perfectly acceptable.rememner indoor youre god.you control everything so why not make ur shit as optimal as possible?

 

[zeddd]

Hey @zeddd what's a good ph to start with in coco I did it to 6.1 and I ph'd the run off it was reading 6.4?? I'm gonna use the vitalink coco nutes...

don't know vitalink so wont be able to help

 

[theslipperbandit]

this chart explains why some of us foliar feed cal mag when in coco/ hydro, the leaves will absorb cal mag in a broader pH spectrum than the roots....so u can run the veg plants at 6 to get em N up plus foliar then drop the pH to where u wanna be in flower, in soil ph 6.5 airate the water with an airstone so ya leaves don't droop after a feed

Yeah b4 flip I foliar calmag n silica. Most ppl need calmag during flowering due to its corilation with the pk

 

[THCBrain]

No worries mate our lass is being tight on me making me use what I got first before I go changing and buying more lol though I have convinced her I need too smaller tents and have a separate veg room and a auto flower room

 

[theslipperbandit]

don't know vitalink so wont be able to help

vitalink was the first nutes I used n they were crap. I noticed a massive difference once I swith ed to canna n their mono range is a god send especially for flowering I add extra N with my feeds n they love it

 

[theslipperbandit]

No worries mate our lass is being tight on me making me use what I got first before I go changing and buying more lol though I have convinced her I need too smaller tents and have a separate veg room and a auto flower room

My missus doesn't even smoke but is very supportive with my expenditures..ad of late I promised to make some tintures with some flavour added so she can have a few smokes as when she hits my bong so goes odd for a few hours so the pen may help

 

[zeddd]

No worries mate our lass is being tight on me making me use what I got first before I go changing and buying more lol though I have convinced her I need too smaller tents and have a separate veg room and a auto flower room

well is it a 2 part feed or a one part? is it specifically for coco, 6.1 is too high imo for coco the sweet spot is 5.8 but when u get used to it u can play around with the pH a fraction only imo