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Cookiezealous

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I thought I was but I definitely over watered a few times. I have a moisture meter, should I bury it and when it’s dry at the very bottom then water again. 5 gal fabric pots using build a soil 3.0 blend. Ph 6.5
It happened about 4 days after I fed them tea
What info would help figure the issue out?
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Cookiezealous said:
I thought I was but I definitely over watered a few times. I have a moisture meter, should I bury it and when it’s dry at the very bottom then water again. 5 gal fabric pots using build a soil 3.0 blend. Ph 6.5
It happened about 4 days after I fed them tea
What info would help figure the issue out?
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Cool. So you're doing the organic thing. What was in the tea? I've got a basement full of BAS stuff.

And are you adjusting pH? If so, with what?
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Cookiezealous said:
I thought I was but I definitely over watered a few times. I have a moisture meter, should I bury it and when it’s dry at the very bottom then water again. 5 gal fabric pots using build a soil 3.0 blend. Ph 6.5
It happened about 4 days after I fed them tea
What info would help figure the issue out?
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Ditch the moisture meter and judge dryness by weight.
 
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Cookiezealous

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PadawanWarrior said:
Cool. So you're doing the organic thing. What was in the tea? I've got a basement full of BAS stuff.

And are you adjusting pH? If so, with what?
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I’ve never done organic before, I’m really just worried that I’ve gone too far. Need to fix this issue. I’m just using ph down because the water here comes out at 8.1
I’m not even sure if it’s organic after the ph down. Was just looking for a simple grow. Tea is….
 

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Cookiezealous

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Ditch the moisture meter and judge dryness by weight.
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So it should be light, like real light?
I water about every 3 days. Should I wait like 4 or 5? At that point I’m worried I’ll mess em up
They’ve never dropped from underwater oh before so I guess I should try and wait it out.
is this from overwatering though? Like your best guess?
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Cookiezealous said:
I’ve never done organic before, I’m really just worried that I’ve gone too far. Need to fix this issue. I’m just using ph down because the water here comes out at 8.1
I’m not even sure if it’s organic after the ph down. Was just looking for a simple grow. Tea is….
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Never used Extreme Gardening Tea, but use the Mykos and Azos.

I'd stop adjusting pH, and take a break from the tea. Plain non pH'd water. My well water is around 7.8 and I don't adjust it. The microbes will do it for you. Adding acids can lower soil pH over time. I'm gonna look up the tea, and learn more about it.
 
larfybudz

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Do the exact opposite of what padawon tells you, if you’ve seen his grow journals you’ll understand :bigjoint:
 
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Cookiezealous

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PadawanWarrior said:
Never used Extreme Gardening Tea, but use the Mykos and Azos.

I'd stop adjusting pH, and take a break from the tea. Plain non pH'd water. My well water is around 7.8 and I don't adjust it. The microbes will do it for you. Adding acids can lower soil pH over time. I'm gonna look up the tea, and learn more about it.
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So no ph down in the living soil and they’ll bounce back. They’ve been doin so good up until this point. Pretty frustrated
 

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