i dont use lime and i know this may sound neglectful but i dont mess with soil ph so i dont use lime i just start with a local house blend from the flower shop which has no slow release fert in it then just add fertilizer as directed. i feel you on the paranoid i also chopped up my first garden when a friend came over without calling first i too was high as a kite lol but now i realise as long as you dont tell anyone it is almost impossible for the popo to catch you. i love growing and the growers community is for the most part a friendly one. i grow belladonna and have never messed with ph i have read that so long as ur using soil, the ph can have a larger range also adding lime can cause nutrient burn if you have to add alot. i have also read the mj grow bible 2x and if i have questions i refer to it and this forum usualy the advice here is in line with the book
Not really. For me personally, the pH stuff seems kind of overkill. I mean I'm sure it helps but I don't need any hardcore yields out of my babies. Not to mention the hassle of calibrating meters and measuring stuff lol. I am just a noob though but judging from your plants it doesn't seem like maintaining a constant pH is a necessity.
LoL. Speakig of noobiness and paranoia. Funny story. My very first grow, me and an ex got into a fight and she threatened to call the police on my closet grow. So I called some friends over and we tried to smoke both plants in one night. And smoke we did. We smoked a shit load of pollen LOL. Didn't even know that both plants were males.
Well those days are over. Absolutely no one knows about my grow except the internet but the internet is awesome. And I actually haven't smoked in a couple of years.
Oh. I only put about 3 tablespoons worth of lime in each pot.