Brofessional888
420 Member
Hi guys,
In mid January, my plants got hit with nutrient lock out. It was due to my own fault, I was testing the run off incorrectly. I proceeded to flush my plants to remove salt build up, and my plants recovered nicely after about a week.
I believe I am encountering some sort of salt build up in my soil, because I have noticed the run off of the soil is consistently at 7.0-7.1, no matter what PH my water/feed is. Plants haven’t showed signs of stress yet, I am trying to avoid that promptly.
Strain is Blue Dream by HSO. Day 46 of flowering.
16 pots with organic potting soil (dolomite lime, worm castings, added perlite).
Solar system extreme 1100
Guano Super Bloom (organic)
Canna Bio Flores
Nulife megayield
Emerald harvest CalMag
Cannazyme once a week as per recommendation of the hydro shop to help break down organic matter
Canna PK13/14 (this has stopped after entering into week 7 of flowering)
My questions:
1. Is it too late to flush again? I have heard people say you shouldn’t flush during flowering unless absolutely necessary.
2. Is there something I can add to my feed to get the soil back into ideal range? Dolomite lime etc? If so, could someone please recommend dosage of amendment source per litre or gallon of water.
3. Does anyone know why I am encountering the same problem again?
I have been using a feed feed water water schedule due to my current time schedule.
Below is a little summary of the last few watering/feeds:
08/08 feed
1 and 2 6.0ph
3 4 5 5.9ph
10/02 feed
1 6.0ph
2 3 4 5 5.5ph
12/02 water with molasses
1 - 5.5ph
2 - 4.9ph
5 - plain ph water 5.3ph
14/02 plain water
1 and 5 4.8ph
2 3 4 4.2ph
In mid January, my plants got hit with nutrient lock out. It was due to my own fault, I was testing the run off incorrectly. I proceeded to flush my plants to remove salt build up, and my plants recovered nicely after about a week.
I believe I am encountering some sort of salt build up in my soil, because I have noticed the run off of the soil is consistently at 7.0-7.1, no matter what PH my water/feed is. Plants haven’t showed signs of stress yet, I am trying to avoid that promptly.
Strain is Blue Dream by HSO. Day 46 of flowering.
16 pots with organic potting soil (dolomite lime, worm castings, added perlite).
Solar system extreme 1100
Guano Super Bloom (organic)
Canna Bio Flores
Nulife megayield
Emerald harvest CalMag
Cannazyme once a week as per recommendation of the hydro shop to help break down organic matter
Canna PK13/14 (this has stopped after entering into week 7 of flowering)
My questions:
1. Is it too late to flush again? I have heard people say you shouldn’t flush during flowering unless absolutely necessary.
2. Is there something I can add to my feed to get the soil back into ideal range? Dolomite lime etc? If so, could someone please recommend dosage of amendment source per litre or gallon of water.
3. Does anyone know why I am encountering the same problem again?
I have been using a feed feed water water schedule due to my current time schedule.
Below is a little summary of the last few watering/feeds:
08/08 feed
1 and 2 6.0ph
3 4 5 5.9ph
- 6.5ph 1200ppm
- 6.8ph 1200ppm
- 6.7ph 1100ppm
- 6.7ph 1150ppm
- 6.8ph 1200ppm
10/02 feed
1 6.0ph
2 3 4 5 5.5ph
- 6.7ph
- 6.8ph
- 6.9ph
- 6.9ph
- 6.7ph
12/02 water with molasses
1 - 5.5ph
2 - 4.9ph
5 - plain ph water 5.3ph
- 7.1ph + 3L of 4.5ph = 6.9ph
- 6.9ph
- 6.9ph
- 6.9ph
- 6.9ph + 3L of molasses 4.2ph = 6.8ph
14/02 plain water
1 and 5 4.8ph
2 3 4 4.2ph
- 7.1ph
- 7.1ph
- 7.1ph
- 7.1ph
- 7.1ph