ItBurns420
Active Member
Hello all! Long time lurker, first time poster. Let's get to it.
I have been growing for a few years now but always hydro (hand watered in coco.) I decided to switch to organic for this grow and so far I've had nothing but headaches when I thought I was going to be making things easier on myself lol. I purchased a super soil mix from a guy locally and it came very highly recommended. It's equal parts sphagnum, compost, and perlite plus whatever he amends with and it also has bio char in it. Everything I've ever read about organic soils has taught me that the mix needs to be composted before use, however the guy making it advised that with his blend that is not necessary. His instructions were to simply plant and water it in with compost tea. I got to see the inside of his greenhouse when I was there and it was filled with lush green plants so against my better judgement I followed his instructions. Now I am 2 weeks into flower and I'm having issues. Several of my plants are very light green which led me to believe they were N deficient so I top dressed with some high N guano and begin watering with tea every other watering. I saw some recovery initially but the plants were not fully recovering and I started to see some necrotic spots in the margins of the leaves. I did a slurry test and determined that my ph in the root zone is 7.4. Eureka! Well now I'm trying to find information on how to lower the pH of my soil and I'm not having any luck. One thing I read conflicts the other and now I'm very confused about how to move forward. Any word of wisdom from the organic gurus here? Thanks a ton for any advice you can provide!
I have been growing for a few years now but always hydro (hand watered in coco.) I decided to switch to organic for this grow and so far I've had nothing but headaches when I thought I was going to be making things easier on myself lol. I purchased a super soil mix from a guy locally and it came very highly recommended. It's equal parts sphagnum, compost, and perlite plus whatever he amends with and it also has bio char in it. Everything I've ever read about organic soils has taught me that the mix needs to be composted before use, however the guy making it advised that with his blend that is not necessary. His instructions were to simply plant and water it in with compost tea. I got to see the inside of his greenhouse when I was there and it was filled with lush green plants so against my better judgement I followed his instructions. Now I am 2 weeks into flower and I'm having issues. Several of my plants are very light green which led me to believe they were N deficient so I top dressed with some high N guano and begin watering with tea every other watering. I saw some recovery initially but the plants were not fully recovering and I started to see some necrotic spots in the margins of the leaves. I did a slurry test and determined that my ph in the root zone is 7.4. Eureka! Well now I'm trying to find information on how to lower the pH of my soil and I'm not having any luck. One thing I read conflicts the other and now I'm very confused about how to move forward. Any word of wisdom from the organic gurus here? Thanks a ton for any advice you can provide!