PH problems with soil, need help

supchaka said:

Fuck the ph and all this other witchcraft, you're feeding 3x a week in ffof, I saw the problem from the get-go. Lay off the nutes. Ocean forest is hot as is. Unless its been in the container for like a month already I wouldn't add anything. Buy some bottled water from the little machine in front of the grocery store for .20 a gallon, or use tap water and throw that ph pen in the drawer.

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Hallelujah and Amen! More +rep for supchaka.

hugaddiction said:

Thank you sir, only actual advice I got on here. I believe your right. This is the first time I have had a problem with it in years of working with soil so I suppose I just freaked out because I couldnt find a straight answer anywhere. So few people let them get as bad as I did, so most dont have to learn how it works. Ill probably have to kill the two burned ones, I dont for see them coming back from this, 80% of fan leaves are toast and the flower growth is looking stunted.

Any one use promix? Is the ph battle easier to fight in that medium?

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I've been using promix for years mostly without problems. Its soilless so you dont have to worry about over feeding when you give just plain water. personally, I always Ph my FEED to 6.5 and my regular WATER to 7

supchaka said:

Fuck the ph and all this other witchcraft, you're feeding 3x a week in ffof, I saw the problem from the get-go. Lay off the nutes. Ocean forest is hot as is. Unless its been in the container for like a month already I wouldn't add anything. Buy some bottled water from the little machine in front of the grocery store for .20 a gallon, or use tap water and throw that ph pen in the drawer.

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I agree that ffof is hot, and I would have leaned toward this being a nutrient issue if the soil phs were not so low on the two that were doing so terribly. Also these plants were water only for the first few weeks when I repoted them during veg.

Does soil ph go acidic if a plant has chemical burn, or has been over fed? I have been feeding at 900ppm in flower, even in the first few weeks. Should I be more cautious to ease into a solution that hot? By this I mean, should my transitional nutrient solution be at 700-800ppm instead of 900? I am not seeing any burns on the leaves until the plants are getting to about 3 weeks into flower.

How long do you wait to feed in ffof?