thenotsoesoteric
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I've been using Tupur mix for a few grows now and with the general hydroponics line I had no PH issues and plants did great. Didn't lose fan leaves throughout all of flowering for the most part but I switched to Pro blend pro and PH problems followed. With GH 3 part I would just mix in tap water, my tap is good to go so no issue there, most times I had to add a little PH up to get it to 6.0 after adding in cal/mag. Now with the PBP I noticed nutrient lock for the first time in a while. I still add fertilizer then PH to 6.0 and when I feed I usually have descent run off so no salt build up but once I noticed deficiencies I checked the run off of both my flowering plants and my vegging plants. The fudging PH is below 4.0!
Since then I have ran over 8 gallons of corrected mix through my one gallon grow bags in veg and the damn PH has barely raised at all so I had to raise the PH of the mix I was adding to like 8.0 for a few gallons to even get it to come up to the 5-5.5ish range. WTF.
One problem I know I had was I forgot to condition the Tupur before I used it in the pots and bags. I thought I'd be cool just to run a few gallons through each but I should have condition the Tupur by itself first. But since I always water till run off would lime even help or would I just flush it out before it breaks down? Should I add it to the mix after I condition the Tupur or add it with select feedings?
Any thoughts welcomed.
Since then I have ran over 8 gallons of corrected mix through my one gallon grow bags in veg and the damn PH has barely raised at all so I had to raise the PH of the mix I was adding to like 8.0 for a few gallons to even get it to come up to the 5-5.5ish range. WTF.
One problem I know I had was I forgot to condition the Tupur before I used it in the pots and bags. I thought I'd be cool just to run a few gallons through each but I should have condition the Tupur by itself first. But since I always water till run off would lime even help or would I just flush it out before it breaks down? Should I add it to the mix after I condition the Tupur or add it with select feedings?
Any thoughts welcomed.