Kingsnake235
New Member
hey there!
having some issues, doing some reading, the usual; looking for a way to up my soil ph with organic nutes (biobizz) and was directed to this thread
which says:
most references i find of bonemeal raising pH is when its mixed into acidic soil before planting, so my question is:
can it be used mid grow and how so?
could i crush it and mix it into the solution?
make a tea of some sort?
or can i just top dress and flush it thru?
after working through a diagnoses of my issues, it seems to be a pH related lockout, possibly due to my overzealous molasses feeding; i began flushing with a weak solution and checked the runoff pH with liquid indicator - it showed ~4.0 - i was pretty shocked to see red/pink, last times i checked it was up in 6.5 (yellow/green) area. (full rundown can be found in my grow journal, link in sig)
i continued flushing with plain water (tap@7.0) until the pH went up and i got it as high as maybe 5.5-5.8, its so hard to tell sometimes with liquid. I don't have pH up, and biobizz says not to use chemical pH adjusters, so i need to get that pH back up before my problems worsen.
all the above is speculation on my part, so i'll add a few photos in here too:
progression of leaf symptoms
just to show where the leaves were affected, bottom to middle, before falling off
today, back left, most central leaves are gone, and as you can see, its spreading to the higher growth.
worst affected in the photos is a Black Indica, 74 days from seed, day 26 of 12/12, being fed 2.4mL/L of BioBloom, Top Max, and Bio Heaven, every 6-7 days, but this time 4; last feeding received the same concentration of fish mix, and has had 2 back to back feedings of molasses (oops).
after flushing, was fed with 1/4 strength (2.4mL/Gallon) bloom, topmax, heaven for 2.2-2.1-2.2
something else i figure may be contributing; i started with a poor, dense soil mix, so the central root ball is very hard and the soil is sometimes hydrophobic, when they were put in 4G pots i had a new soil mix 25% perlite - the photo is deceiving.
completely open to the likelihood that everything i've assumed is incorrect, so any input is appreciated!
cheers!
having some issues, doing some reading, the usual; looking for a way to up my soil ph with organic nutes (biobizz) and was directed to this thread
which says:
Here are some that will raise the pH: use these SOIL Adjustments when your pH is to low: pH UP, dolomite lime, hardwood ash, bone meal, crushed marble, or crushed oyster shells, potassium hydroxide
most references i find of bonemeal raising pH is when its mixed into acidic soil before planting, so my question is:
can it be used mid grow and how so?
could i crush it and mix it into the solution?
make a tea of some sort?
or can i just top dress and flush it thru?
after working through a diagnoses of my issues, it seems to be a pH related lockout, possibly due to my overzealous molasses feeding; i began flushing with a weak solution and checked the runoff pH with liquid indicator - it showed ~4.0 - i was pretty shocked to see red/pink, last times i checked it was up in 6.5 (yellow/green) area. (full rundown can be found in my grow journal, link in sig)
i continued flushing with plain water (tap@7.0) until the pH went up and i got it as high as maybe 5.5-5.8, its so hard to tell sometimes with liquid. I don't have pH up, and biobizz says not to use chemical pH adjusters, so i need to get that pH back up before my problems worsen.
all the above is speculation on my part, so i'll add a few photos in here too:
progression of leaf symptoms
just to show where the leaves were affected, bottom to middle, before falling off
today, back left, most central leaves are gone, and as you can see, its spreading to the higher growth.
worst affected in the photos is a Black Indica, 74 days from seed, day 26 of 12/12, being fed 2.4mL/L of BioBloom, Top Max, and Bio Heaven, every 6-7 days, but this time 4; last feeding received the same concentration of fish mix, and has had 2 back to back feedings of molasses (oops).
after flushing, was fed with 1/4 strength (2.4mL/Gallon) bloom, topmax, heaven for 2.2-2.1-2.2
something else i figure may be contributing; i started with a poor, dense soil mix, so the central root ball is very hard and the soil is sometimes hydrophobic, when they were put in 4G pots i had a new soil mix 25% perlite - the photo is deceiving.
completely open to the likelihood that everything i've assumed is incorrect, so any input is appreciated!
cheers!