Canno's First Attempt At L.O.S Paired With A Thirst For Knowledge

[Cannoisseuras]

The next set of ladies are here

 

[Cannoisseuras]

 

[imtoasted]

Nice man brainstorm sounds pretty sweet and i got me some slh on the way too!! Cant wait to grow that one out.

 

[brightlight]

This might sound stupid but how do you test soil PH.. ...not with a pen, so.....?

A good Q actually.....mostly w/ slurry tests.....equal amts. soil mixed w/ neutral H2O. Let stand for 15-25 min. Test pH & ppm. Will tell you not only soil pH but whether or not to feed based on soil ppm. Also have a Bluelab soil pen but prefer slurry.

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Blue labs are nice... I have a cheap Milwaukee ph600 but it does the job

 

[Cannoisseuras]

I like how if you how to the MART and get a zero water pitcher filter it comes with a free tds meter

 

[Cannoisseuras]

QUESTION?

will adding pH down to your A.C.T hurt your beneficials

 

[Guy Cavallero]

Blue labs are nice... I have a cheap Milwaukee ph600 but it does the job

Yeah they make quality stuff. My truncheon is a bluelab. I'm in in the market for a better PH pen after i thought i had a malfunction......so might have to pull the trigger on one.

 

[Guy Cavallero]

QUESTION?

will adding pH down to your A.C.T hurt your beneficials

Can you not use lemon juice over a traditional ph down?

 

[imtoasted]

Yea ph down will kill off microbes

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Can you not use lemon juice over a traditional ph down?

Lemon juice works the same?

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Also...

If I don't have any plain unscented dish soap at hand is there any other common household items that can be used for foliar feeding?

And do you HAVE to use something to make it stick to leafs better or can you just use water and watever ferts?

 

[Guy Cavallero]

Also...

If I don't have any plain unscented dish soap at hand is there any other common household items that can be used for foliar feeding?

And do you HAVE to use something to make it stick to leafs better or can you just use water and watever ferts?

I use Epsom salts for an extra magnesium boost and Calcium nitrate in my daily foliar sprays. Huge difference in my leaves from it. No more red stems at all.....

I recently had that ph battle which made me much more aware of how much foliar spray can help. Especially when I thought it was a deficiency. I do use a wetting agent but it's not necessary. I remove my plants from the cabinet and do 1 at a time.

 

[Guy Cavallero]

Lemon juice works the same?

It does, just continue to monitor ppms if you need a lot of change. Citrc acid powder also works if you prefer dry measure.

 

[brightlight]

QUESTION?

will adding pH down to your A.C.T hurt your beneficials

Not necessarily. Suggest always pH before adding microbes to solution. As others have suggested, food grade citric acid is a good pH down source.

 

[Gee64]

i add organic cal mag right before i use the tea. About 1/4 strength takes my teas down to 6.5. Cold pressed organic fish fertilizer at about 1/3 strength also does it for me. My water starts out at about ph 8.3 before brewing.

 

[Cannoisseuras]

My water is 8.3 after it sits out for a day or two. I also run it through a dechlorinator

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Is that vit c/ citric acid stuff that's in the canning aisle the same stuff your referring to

 

[brightlight]

Yes that's it. Just check to see if 100% citric acid. Much easier to "dose" than liquids too.

 

[Cannoisseuras]

Thx