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I've been growing my pot in soil for years and have, for years, thought that the leaf 'burn' I always see towards the last half of bloom was a Potassium deficiency, although adding additional 'bloom' fert didn't really help. Fast forward to this winter. The wife and I decided to have a small, 2x4 tent, veggie garden in the spare bedroom, so I planted tomato, bell pepper, cilantro, kale and spinnach, all in FF Ocean Forest. I also used FFOF with my Subcool's super soil for my pot plants.
Now I've had BER on tomatoes I grew outside in the ground and am ammending the soil accordingly for this years planting, but I never dreamed that I would have a worse problem with FF soil than with the dirt in my yard. A few weeks into the tomatoes set, I discovered the awful truth. All the tomatoes and most of the peppers had BER. Know what cause BER in tomatos and peppers? Calcium deficiency! Yes, I know there can be other factors, but far and away, the #1 factor is Calcium deficiency. Google it!
All that time I was mistaking a Calcium deficiency for a Potassium deficiency! Amazing what I 'think' I've learned from our veggie garden, planted in 100% FFOF and with a majorly serious Calcium issue. And before you ask, it's even worse because these plants were all watered with city water, filtered (chloramine removal) and pH'ed to 6.0-6.3 with Absorbic acid (vit C) and test in the 120ppm range before any nutes are added.
So with just around 6 weeks in on the tomatoes and 9ish weeks on the pepper picture, well, you can see for yourself. Needless to say, I expect to be adding additional Dolomite lime to my soil mix for my next pot grow.
And now, in the interest of the whole truth, I took some dolomite lime and added some white vinagar to release the calcium and proceeded to overdose them on calcium, .... because sometimes I'm a lugnut, just ask my wife.
Anyway, after a couple flushes to lower the Calcium, I wound up with the tomatoes in the last picture. We've been enjoying fresh Jan and Feb tomatoes since.
Please feel free to comment and leave recomendations and thoughts. This is how I learn!!!
Now I've had BER on tomatoes I grew outside in the ground and am ammending the soil accordingly for this years planting, but I never dreamed that I would have a worse problem with FF soil than with the dirt in my yard. A few weeks into the tomatoes set, I discovered the awful truth. All the tomatoes and most of the peppers had BER. Know what cause BER in tomatos and peppers? Calcium deficiency! Yes, I know there can be other factors, but far and away, the #1 factor is Calcium deficiency. Google it!
All that time I was mistaking a Calcium deficiency for a Potassium deficiency! Amazing what I 'think' I've learned from our veggie garden, planted in 100% FFOF and with a majorly serious Calcium issue. And before you ask, it's even worse because these plants were all watered with city water, filtered (chloramine removal) and pH'ed to 6.0-6.3 with Absorbic acid (vit C) and test in the 120ppm range before any nutes are added.
So with just around 6 weeks in on the tomatoes and 9ish weeks on the pepper picture, well, you can see for yourself. Needless to say, I expect to be adding additional Dolomite lime to my soil mix for my next pot grow.
And now, in the interest of the whole truth, I took some dolomite lime and added some white vinagar to release the calcium and proceeded to overdose them on calcium, .... because sometimes I'm a lugnut, just ask my wife.
Anyway, after a couple flushes to lower the Calcium, I wound up with the tomatoes in the last picture. We've been enjoying fresh Jan and Feb tomatoes since.Please feel free to comment and leave recomendations and thoughts. This is how I learn!!!
