Help I’m getting a lot of run around!!! Slurry test

Yeti0329

Yeti0329

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Okay some about two weeks ago my sharks breath started dropping leaves like crazy I figured nitrogen so I added cal mag a week later the plant isn’t getting any better so I went to some friends who grow and they said do a slurry test well that came out to 5.8 so if I’m watering with 6.5 why is the ph of my slurry test so low I’m running emerald harvest nuts I mix nectar of the gods #4 soil with happy frog and ocean forest in 7 gal pots
 

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myke

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I don’t know what’s in your soil. But peat is acidic. You’ll need to water above 7 to make the ph move at all.
I’ve done hard corrections on plants with ph of 12 water just to get it to move 1.
 
Yeti0329

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myke said:
I don’t know what’s in your soil. But peat is acidic. You’ll need to water above 7 to make the ph move at all.
I’ve done hard corrections on plants with ph of 12 water just to get it to move 1.
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myke said:
I don’t know what’s in your soil. But peat is acidic. You’ll need to water above 7 to make the ph move at all.
I’ve done hard corrections on plants with ph of 12 water just to get it to move 1.
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how does one keep a staple ph then?
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PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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myke said:
I don’t know what’s in your soil. But peat is acidic. You’ll need to water above 7 to make the ph move at all.
I’ve done hard corrections on plants with ph of 12 water just to get it to move 1.
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Yep.

Hard PH corrections

As some of you have heard, the method I use to correct a crashing PH in soil seems harsh, but it works. Here’s a sick plant I had with a ph of 5.1 I fed/flushed her with 10.8 ph mix with 2 times the volume of the pot. This is a few days later, and soil has buffered to 6.5 Not perfectly healed...
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calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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Fox Farms Soils are inconsistent and unpredictable, it's made out of residential compost. Switch to coco next time and I bet you have no problems if you use simple nutrients and don't over think it.
 
Yeti0329

Yeti0329

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calvin.m16 said:
Fox Farms Soils are inconsistent and unpredictable, it's made out of residential compost. Switch to coco next time and I bet you have no problems if you use simple nutrients and don't over think it.
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What’s a good brand I’ve been thinking of switching ?
 
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donkeyshow

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calvin.m16 said:
Fox Farms Soils are inconsistent and unpredictable, it's made out of residential compost. Switch to coco next time and I bet you have no problems if you use simple nutrients and don't over think it.
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and be ready to water/feed often. I’ve had much better luck since switching to 50%+ coco mix.
 
Bukvičák

Bukvičák

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Yeti0329 said:
Okay some about two weeks ago my sharks breath started dropping leaves like crazy I figured nitrogen so I added cal mag a week later the plant isn’t getting any better so I went to some friends who grow and they said do a slurry test well that came out to 5.8 so if I’m watering with 6.5 why is the ph of my slurry test so low I’m running emerald harvest nuts I mix nectar of the gods #4 soil with happy frog and ocean forest in 7 gal pots
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I do not see any signs of pH issue… pH 5,8 in mix sounds pretty normal
 
mudballs

mudballs

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In soils, intensive fertilization with ammonium-based fertilizers or ammonium-forming fertilizers (urea) may lower soil pH.

too heavy fertilizing i bet.
 
Yeti0329

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mudballs said:
In soils, intensive fertilization with ammonium-based fertilizers or ammonium-forming fertilizers (urea) may lower soil pH.

too heavy fertilizing i bet.
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I’m half dosing my nutrients I try to feed twice and flush so there’s not to much build up
 
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