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Yeah I'm definitely understanding the relationship between moisture and the soil better the longer I do it. I want to push it a bit more this grow and torture test the drying cycles. I'm running a 4th seedling in happy frog with non phed water that I can do whatever I want to for experiments.

Here's an update. I gave the plants 100ml back on 11/5 and I think today they finally might be ready for water. Still trying to strengthen the stems before a transplant. I'll bury the stems when I transplant to help the lankiness.100ml gave them a small drip out of the bottom, so I may try 80ml...

I may actually try this with a jack Herar photo I'm running alongside my new pro mix grow. The jack is already in plain HF soil. So you run just the foliage pro one part through flower? I always feel the plants get worse with the bloom, and not just less N. Are your PPM numbers including the tap...

Watering problem as in they are staying wet too long? I find 100ml will have them just barely drip out of the bottom. Maybe they need to be like bone dry before the next watering. I'll add updates.

Hey man. First off that grow journal looks great. I started my pro mix BX grow on 10/29 and so far the only issue is the seedling light wasn't close enough and they got stretchy stems. However, I'm more perplexed by what kind of looks like a type of nutrient burn on the leaves already. I've...

Not gonna lie it's like a $20 basic meter with a gauge. Are these not worth using?

I think my last question for now is whether to feed every time or plain water in between? Also how wet should the pro mix be ideally? Is peat moss drying out worse than soil? I have a soil moisture meter if that's easier. I'm hoping all of the extra oxygen porosity in the medium means more...

Do you plain water feed at all?

I've been using Dynagro FP and bloom. Protekt is a big no as it makes it even MORE alkaline. I have a ton of PH down so maybe I'll just PH down to 6.0 or so with every feeding? Does adding PH down actually help prevent the buildup or does it just keep the PH in a range where absorption is...

Well 5 gal pots seem to dry out every 2-3 days and I'm hoping to get less maintenance. I'm growing in a 2x4x5 tent and I don't have the room/electrical capacity to run the hydro setup I want so this seems to be the closest. I suppose I could always switch to a non fabric pot? There are some auto...

My tap is about 210 PPM or so. What are you referring to with the carbonate? The hard tap is already adding lime with each watering? The lime also buffers closer to 7 anyway I believe? So if anything always starting lower would be best I would think.

Any downsides to amending with lime? What lime source is best for this medium? I'm running 7 GAL fabric pots so maybe 2 tbsp per pot? I'm assuming lime can't be top dressed mid grow and would require an up potting if PH becomes unstable? I was thinking 5.8-5.9 would be my normal target PH as I'm...

Trying pro mix bx for the first time. I'm seeing a lot of mixed info on ideal PH range and if PHing water is needed due to the lime buffer. Since there is always a lot riding on each grow, I'd rather not fuck around and find out. Is Pro Mix actually treated like semi soilless (hydroish) at...

Is there enough PH buffer to survive a full grow cycle?

I'm pretty familiar with what the tell tale signs of nutrient burn are. However, it got me thinking how do you differentiate nutrient burn progression getting worse vs another deficiency you are trying to address. For example, the plant shows nutrient burn symptoms but also shows signs of what...

Here are some updated pics. I still don't think they are deficient as the new growth continues to show signs of burn as well as the undergrowth still being overall mostly healthy looking. I don't see a lot of textbook signs of N or P loss (no yellowing from the tips inward, yellow wilting, no...

Here were the plants on 9/22, 10/1 and 10/7 for comparison.

Problem is nutrient burn continues to spread when feeding just at the 400 range. It's also possible the lights are due for an upgrade. They are already pretty weak being 2x HLG 100 R specs (not to mention they are now 2 years old). If the plants can't eat the nutrients fast enough then even 400...

Funny enough I will be switching to pro mix HP for my next grow for that exact reason: blank slate. However, I was always led to believe happy frog had maybe 2 weeks worth of food in it? Ocean forest is a different story. They actually dry out a bit faster than 3 days even so I could be watering...

Fox Farms Happy Frog 5 Gal smart pots Dyna Gro nutrients 1/2 tsp bloom fed every other watering Plants watered twice per week PH 6.2-6.8 Tap water is pretty alkaline 7.7 or so. Also has about 190-200 PPM before nutrients All the rest is within range. Temp, RH, airflow is adequate. I've ran...