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Buddy Hemphill
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What is your pH that you're adjusting from? What's your soil mix? Why do you feel the need to adjust your pH anyway?
The microbes will buffer your pH in your soil naturally for you. I don't even bother with a pH meter, and for the most part in an organic system it's unnecessary. (though I'm sure I'll get eaten alive for this). :-)
roots organic with 1/2 gallon of Denali humus and 1/2 gal of wiggle worm, with EJ Rooters Myco and White Widow.
I start at 5.8ish at 18-22 ppm's out of the tap.
Using EJ's full line up with Humisolve and Hygrozyme. Mixing using their 'mild" at 1/4-1/2 strength.
I usually end up in the high 3.xx's ph. After 6 hrs bubbling yesterday it jumped a tenth or two.
I understand (at least I read Teaming with Microbes and stayed ay Holiday Inn Express last night:)) a little about ph and microherd health...
but 3.xx? Why take a chance....repeated feeding at this ph SEEMS bad. I am not willing to roll the dice.
Do you think feeding nutes in the 3.xx ph range continuously is cool? I mean...just what CAN the soil buffer? There has to be a point of no return no matter WHAT kinda soil you use.....right?
Or will the right soil just buffer damn near anything? I dont know and cant bring myself to experiment on my girls.
Has anybody that 'never' ph's ever just seen what their ph really is?....like how much are you calling on the soil to buffer for you. That would be good to know. There has to be a limit as to what the soil can stand.
Acceptable ranges would be a good conversation. There again, maybe the right soil makes everything ok. I just dont know...thats why I post here!!!
TIA