while it sounds good... it's not entirely true. I've come to the conclusion that there is a relevance of pH even when growing organically. If your pH approaches neutral throughout your entire pot, you have decreased solubility of key minerals like phosphorous and your photosynthetic catalysts (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, etc). Now your microbes may assist in the breakdown and delivery of some of these nutrients, but the solubility of these nutrients is still relevant because you want mineral diffusion to happen in your soil. The microbes can assist in delivery around the root zone... but you still need to be able to use water to mobilize nutrients throughout the medium because there are some that are in plant available form.
Just thought can i use ph up and down if im using great white microbes?
i wouldnt mix the microbes in the same jug as the ph up or down. use the microbes seperate. NO chemicals are good for bacteria but we still dont know which bacterias will actually die. (unless you replant the plant into different soil , the ph of your soil will not change with just ph up or down. My knowledge says it will not help AT ALL an may even hurt your grow. PH is for hydro guys PERIOD. you cannot determine the "accurate" ph of your soil without a lab and a lot of time and money. The PH of the water/food you put into that soil will change to the soil's PH VERY FAST.
Why dont you like it? Have you switched to a different brand of bottled organic nutes? I have some earth juice veg thats been laying around for a few years i planned on using when my plants are big enough
My ONLY issue with EJ was that i got too much of it and it went bad pretty quick. the bloom was all chunky, i believe i still used the grow even after a couple years of laying around. But all organic liquids are going to go bad fairly quick .....its just part of trying to be fully organic. At that time in my life I needed to switch to something more "instant" then fully organic liquid could give me. I aint been in the market for a few years but im sure they make way better liquid organics then they used to.
I stopped worrying with the ph in soil. I’ve got some of that good Michigan well water about 200ppm and just let them go.
You got good soil , no need to ph anything. you can test your ppm for your own personal reasons but true organics will not read correctly on a ppm meter .....long story short , the meter reads "salt" contents (metals) and a lot of organics are not in salt form ....yet.
No but great white is a great pile of beneficial bacteria to add to your soil. I feed the same with or without. If you have a good supersoil or organic soil then the microbes will help to create a lil bit more food for your girls but if they look hungry , they probably are.
I was under the assumption that the microbes consume the nutrients then basically crap them out again and the plant can absorb them in this broken down state easier, is that right? I cant get my head around it, my plants definitely grow bigger and faster when using great white and i hate to add extra nutrients but they seem to be asking for it. By the way i have been working with a strain for a while now so i was used to feeding her right but after adding great white it just seems she wants more! Maybe its all in my head lol
I just started another cycle but i changed my soil from light mix to all mix which is basically the more fertilized version so hopefully i will have a better run this time and i suspect i may need to reduce my liquid fertilizer, well hopefully
