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Lol no it’s cool I’d rather have it in one place so I can find it easy. Less stuff for me to rememberIt's gives good deta on how ph can be affected by uptake but also gives good info on how the ph of the soil affects the form... I just skimmed so I think it does but if not... lower ph shifts free ammonia into ammonium and vice versa. As ammonium is taken up it will lower ph and covert more ammonia to ammonium. So you can see there are a few factors at play.
Gonna leave it there and see what transpires on the convo.
@Dosifry if you rather me take this convo to a new or different thread just let me know I don't wanna clog up your grow log.
When you add the silica let it mix by itself for an 30 min or even an hr if a big res... DO NOT PH ADJUST until after that mixing time. Then adjust to 6.5 and add nutrients. It needs time to mix at a high ph.I have the potassium silicate but stopped using it after the first week because whenever I added it my rez would look cloudy the next day. I will try it again but let it sit an hour before adding the other nutes. The roots look white from what I can see. It’s now a super dense root mass however.
I would add that info to your ph thread definitely.
So the flora duo A 5-0-6 is 4.4 nitrate and .6 ammoniacal (5ml/gal)
The flora duo B 1-5-4 is almost even split. (10 ml/gal)
Cali magic all 1% is nitrate nitrogen.
I’m in 3 gallon pots and they are ALWAYS heavy. I’m doing 2 watering cycles one for two minutes, one for one minute. Roughly (very) .3 gal per minute. I haven’t tried real hard to measure runoff and dial in the amount that runs through. Every instinct tells me TOO MUCH WATER. I’ve always grown in peat based or peat/coco, never straight coco. So I’d be thinking root die back because I’m slightly suffocating them therefore the drop in the ph.
Okay I’m rambling. Week 3 of flower btw and thank you! I will now go read the link you just posted. Already read your ph thread good stuff
Overall N is down from veg, overall rootmass is up and that means natural root shedding is increased... that root shedding is in large part producing ammonia as its broken down from it organic state. Then in order for it to be converted to nitrate you need the bacteria that will break it down into nitrite and then a different one that breaks it into nitrate. If you have them it happens extremely fast... within minutes. I would be able to tell you if I was there as I have all the tests for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. You can cheat though. Catch some of or use a syringe to pull water from the media and take it to a local fish store they will test it for free and tell you if you have ammonia/ammonium in it.So most of my N is in nitrate form, confusing
Yes absolutely you ph after mixing then always again after you've adding the others... always ph adjust at the end.Okay will do. Normally I don’t need to adjust the ph at all. It always hits 5.8-6. W the potassium silicate should I adjust down if I’m above 6.5 when all said and done?
And btw Thanks again for your time
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3. You want to avoid that if possible to high in sodium but will work in a short term pinch if used sparingly.That’s what I used tonight. KHCO3 god ok baking soda. I’m glad you think so.
Can use the fish store stuff or something like fish shit (actual product name), enzymes, beneficial bacteria such as Raw microbes bloom.Aqua manSoi tested the ammonia w an aquarium test kit. I put a syringe in the side of the pot and pulled out just enough to work with. Looks like 1ppm. Do I need an enzyme and if so Can I use an enzyme from fish store or should I goto hydro store? Thanks man. Latest ph runoff was 5.3. I’ve started using the potassium bicarbonate as well and am still between 800-900 ppm w 3 1 minute waterings a day.
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