Roots Soil Ph run off question.

NorCalTransplant

NorCalTransplant

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So I planted clones that were in rapid rooters in one gallon buckets with roots soil. I'm only on my second watering, just shy of two weeks. I phed to 6.5 and my water run off was like 5.0 Is this something I should be worried about? Should I maybe ph my water to a solid 7? Thanks for any input.
 
Joedank

Joedank

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I cut my roots soil with perlite and coir it has always trended towards acidic not that much though . I add some crushed lime to my compost tea but it is not a big help roots has kinda gotten wild with the mix luckily staying acidic but just barely the last pallet I got to make supersoil stunk and was really hot! Made great outdoor super soil though
 
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Wetdog

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NorCalTransplant said:
So I planted clones that were in rapid rooters in one gallon buckets with roots soil. I'm only on my second watering, just shy of two weeks. I phed to 6.5 and my water run off was like 5.0 Is this something I should be worried about? Should I maybe ph my water to a solid 7? Thanks for any input.
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Not so worried as aware. Since you know the roots is acidic, you'll need to get some dolomite lime, or garden lime and add it to your mix before the next transplant. The mix you will be transplanting into. The lime is available at Lowes or HD, or similar. Make sure you do NOT get hydrated or 'quick' lime, these are different and to be avoided.

@Joedank. Adding crushed lime to a tea is a bit of a waste, add it to your soil mix. It's crushed rock and not going to dissolve much in a tea as you've noticed.

Wet
 
Joedank

Joedank

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glacial rock dust is its name sorry from vital earth and it will change my ph tons not lime witch i used to use in a week long brewed tea seems to take my aicdic water and move it into the right just basic range for high microbial action a easy do buffer and cheap at half a cup per 25 gallon batch then recut by half with my 5.5 tap h2o adding lime to soil is always my first choice but gently buffering is my second and i seen to see results but who knows. i have seen my ph change to the basic from a little molasses a few hours into brewing. thanks for the save wetdog
 
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Wetdog

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Joedank said:
glacial rock dust is its name sorry from vital earth and it will change my ph tons not lime witch i used to use in a week long brewed tea seems to take my aicdic water and move it into the right just basic range for high microbial action a easy do buffer and cheap at half a cup per 25 gallon batch then recut by half with my 5.5 tap h2o adding lime to soil is always my first choice but gently buffering is my second and i seen to see results but who knows. i have seen my ph change to the basic from a little molasses a few hours into brewing. thanks for the save wetdog
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Man! I wish I could source that locally. Shipping rocks is expensive and the only one I do is Azomite, but the Glacial rock dust is up in the top 3 or so of things I would like to get. I can't even find granite dust and we're sitting on a boatload of it.:roll: The shipping on the Azomite is 2x+ what the actual product cost.

I'm real big on rock dust and minerals/trace.

Wet
 
Joedank

Joedank

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I get it for cheap from a bro pm me and I could second hand you some or alot if you want
 
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