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getogrow

getogrow

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Im not trying to be a dick but you guys cant test ph as easy as you say. You can test it all ya want but you cant get an accurate reading nor can you change it. Even if you could get a good reading , you cannot change it with a lil bit of "up". If you think your ph is around 5.2 then watering with a 7 will raise it ? No, that only works for 30 seconds.
You say your on week 6 of flower so im going to guess 12 weeks ish of being in that pot ? IF that is the case then the buffers they add to the soil may be getting low. (lime an oyster shell) IF that is the case then the mix will start getting low as the peat moss base it contains. Lets just assume all that happened, you simply cannot "fix it" by ph'ing your water. Within seconds of that ph'ed water going into the pot , the soil will buffer the ph to where the pot is at. Lime or another buffer is the only way to change soil ph in a short period of time. I invented the slurry test years ago and its still not accurate but its better then run off.
Take a cup of your "5.2" soil an mix it in a cup of water, wait 30 minutes and test it. it should read 5.2, Now, take your solution of ph'ed water/food and do the same test with a scoop of your 5.2 soil.....check the results. Its still going to say the same.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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getogrow said:
Im not trying to be a dick but you guys cant test ph as easy as you say. You can test it all ya want but you cant get an accurate reading nor can you change it. Even if you could get a good reading , you cannot change it with a lil bit of "up". If you think your ph is around 5.2 then watering with a 7 will raise it ? No, that only works for 30 seconds.
You say your on week 6 of flower so im going to guess 12 weeks ish of being in that pot ? IF that is the case then the buffers they add to the soil may be getting low. (lime an oyster shell) IF that is the case then the mix will start getting low as the peat moss base it contains. Lets just assume all that happened, you simply cannot "fix it" by ph'ing your water. Within seconds of that ph'ed water going into the pot , the soil will buffer the ph to where the pot is at. Lime or another buffer is the only way to change soil ph in a short period of time. I invented the slurry test years ago and its still not accurate but its better then run off.
Take a cup of your "5.2" soil an mix it in a cup of water, wait 30 minutes and test it. it should read 5.2, Now, take your solution of ph'ed water/food and do the same test with a scoop of your 5.2 soil.....check the results. Its still going to say the same.
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Wow, I didn't know you invented the slurry test, lol. You're hilarious man.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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You're too far into flower to really do anything. Plain water - mild nutrient - plain water -mild nutrient ---- When the soil drys out. If you keep dumping stuff into your soil to try and get it to some level of whatever you think it needs to be you'll just have a plant drowning in wet soil with other issues popping up and you'll be like a dog chasing its tail.

Just do minimal things and ride it out. Remember where you went wrong and don't make the same mistakes on your next grow.

There is NOTHING you can do at this point to make that plant perk up and look healthy. Just limp across the finish line and call it a day. Don't make things even worse by jumping from adding this to adding that.
 
getogrow

getogrow

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PadawanWarrior said:
Wow, I didn't know you invented the slurry test, lol. You're hilarious man.
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because it was getting old watching people checking run off .....so the 50/50 soil/water mix was just my opinion on what would be closer to accurate. Its not very accurate but its as close as your gonna get with the meters we can get. (If you can find the original post by wyteboi6 then have at it, its not that deep)
 
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