Recent content by Kevin L

I managed to get hold of a digital PH pen meter, which I calibrated. My tap water is 7.19. I then diluted soil samples in distilled water. The plant which is in worst shape gave a shocking 8.4. The other one has 7.4. A sample of my own compost gave 7.28. What is the ideal PH? I guess nutrient...

I don't have a soil ph meter but, as things stand now, I better get one quickly, thanks for asking. Do you have any to recommend? This one seems to be a decent choice, but I am no expert. I will also get a water ph meter and test my tap water. I shall post the results here as soon as I manage to...

Kelp only contains micro-nutrients and it's an algae, not a synthetic fertilizer. I doubt that it could fry the plants on its own and lock out other nutrients, since I used very little and diluted in many liters of water.

Thanks all for your replies and encouragement. I have no control over temperature as the plants are growing outdoors. I haven't done any flush yet. I am not familiar with fertilizers and, if my understanding is correct, after a flush one needs to re-introduce nutrients to the soil with some...

I used this kind of soil last year and one plant died before flowering. I was spraying colloidal silver on a couple of her lower branches and I thought that was the reason she had died. But now I start to suspect it has something to do with the soil. Tap water is plain drinking water which I use...

Hi, my plants are showing signs of stress, with some leaves drying from the margins and turning yellow. It is affecting mostly old leaves, but now it seems to be spreading to smaller/younger leaves too. They are growing outdoors in hot weather. The soil is a mix of 60% generic potting...