- Thread starter
- #201
Known
Well-Known Member
I can make a simple recipe with black peat 70% perlite 30% and add to that 1tbsp of epsoma dolomite lime per gallon?
This will work?
This will work?
Please Help!
- Thread starter Known
- Start date
Soilless is not hydro, and every soilless mix I have seen in the US has lime mixed in to stabilize the pH, usually around 5.7. That's where soilless seems to be designed to be. If you have slurry tested your mix and it comes out at 7, toss it outside or put a house plant in it.
And in my experience, any medium with lime buffering can be used without worrying about the pH of your nutrients for at least one grow. Maybe more depending on your water. If you want to pH your water, aim for 5.7 - 6.0 for peat.
I don't know how much lime to use to buffer your home made recipe, but you can try making this mix if you can find the ingredients:
And in my experience, any medium with lime buffering can be used without worrying about the pH of your nutrients for at least one grow. Maybe more depending on your water. If you want to pH your water, aim for 5.7 - 6.0 for peat.
I don't know how much lime to use to buffer your home made recipe, but you can try making this mix if you can find the ingredients:
Making your own soilless mix aka Faux Mix
Making my own soil-less mix (aka Faux-Mix) Not everyone has access to Pro-Mix, but most towns have a Home Depot nearby. Here's my attempt at making a Pro-Mix HP copy. First lets start with the ingredients: 1 - 3 cubic foot bale of Peat Moss 1 - 2 cubic foot bag of Perlite 1 - 6.75 pound bag...
www.420magazine.com
- Thread starter
- #203
Known
Well-Known Member
This is ready to be used right after mix?
Do i have to wait for the lime to be active?
Do i have to wait for the lime to be active?
The lime should be active within 3 days of getting it wet.
- Thread starter
- #205
Known
Well-Known Member
Im going to try this
Great! In the meantime, give your plants water and nutes around 6.0 pH and see how they do. And don't expect them to look like the last grow in a different soil!
- Thread starter
- #207
Known
Well-Known Member
The problem with my current plants, is that i transplant them from the 7.1 soil into the 2 new soils i got, the plagron light and the compo sana. 2 days passed until now so i guess im going to see changes after 3-4 days when the roots start taking the new mix of soil.
I'd give it a week, but no one here saw pH issues with the pics you posted. Just you!
- Thread starter
- #209
Known
Well-Known Member
I just see slow growth. Maybe its my fantacy but growing 3cm in 7 days is very slow...
Slow growth doesn't indicate a pH issue. pH issues result in unhealthy looking plants. As dabomb said in the 4th post: "It's a different strain, buddy, of course it's going to grow differently. Not all strains grow at the same speed or in the same way. "
Not to mention a different medium.
Not to mention a different medium.
- Thread starter
- #211
Known
Well-Known Member
I throw there like 6 different kind of strains, most of them had the genetics of my previous grow, the super silver haze
- Thread starter
- #212
Known
Well-Known Member
something is not right definetely. let me take a photo of 2 plants i have, sprouted above soil on the 1/1/20, so they are in the 19th day today. 1 minute
No two seeds are the same. And you don't have a visible pH issue from the pics you posted. Might be something else, but your focus on pH seems misplaced.
- Thread starter
- #214
Known
Well-Known Member
19 days, 12cm on the left, 9 cm on the right
They look great. Front left looks hungry! And if they're not autos, it's no big deal if one grows more slowly than another. You flip when they're the right size!
- Thread starter
- #216
Known
Well-Known Member
Ok, i see. I will flip them much later on when the staggering become visible. But still something dont feel right
Feed them and then find something else to do!
- Thread starter
- #218
Known
Well-Known Member
Dude, its killing me............
I wanted to ask you one more thing, in the soilless mix with peat perlite and lime, if i add compost its changing anything?
I wanted to ask you one more thing, in the soilless mix with peat perlite and lime, if i add compost its changing anything?
It absolutely is! It's adding nutrients. You should choose between using bottled nutes or building a living organic soil, but I don't recommend some hybrid...too many variables.
- Thread starter
- #220
Known
Well-Known Member
These products should set them in a rapid start i think
Bactrex
Organic Soil Fertility Improver. BACTREX Has beneficial soil bacteria for the root system. Contains Trichoderma genus mould . Provides protection against root pathogens. Converts organic matter into nutrients. Certified 100% Organic.
www.biotabs.nl
Startrex
100% Organic Soil Conditioner (NPK 3-1-2) Brings soil back to life! High probiotic bacteria content Contains silicon (Si) & Fulvic acid.
www.biotabs.nl
Mycotrex
Natural Soil Conditioner Blend of 9 species of Endo Mycorrhiza spores Contains Beneficial Rhizo Bacteria, Seaweed meal & Humic acid Increases root capacity by up to 700% Improves absorption of water & minerals from the soil which increases the growth ratio. Certified 100% Organic
www.biotabs.nl
