If I pick up the earth juice natural up will this affect the taste in the final product ? Ive been using tons of gh ph up and am a bit worried I may be hurting the plants
yes flushing properly is the key. Baking Soda?..take your chances..I've never used it but heard it can burn plants.
with out ph up and silica? Im pretty late in flowering and using the fox farm linup but after mixing it drops to around 4.0 ph. How are you guys doing it?
Nice I bean looking for that can you or would you share how you've used woodash or how it should be used? Thanks in advanceYou can make woodash yourself and it has a ton of great nutrients for plants...it will also up ph very fast...here is a chart of nutrients in woodash...the npk ratio is 0-1-3.....
Table 1. Range in elemental composition of industrial
wood ash samples
Element Wood Ash*
Macroelements Concentration in %
Calcium 15 (2.5-33)
Potassium 2.6 (0.1-13)
Aluminum 1.6 (0.5-3.2)
Magnesium 1.0 (0.1-2.5)
Iron 0.84 (0.2-2.1)
Phosphorus 0.53 (0.1-1.4)
Manganese 0.41 (0-1.3. )
Sodium 0.19 (0-0.54)
Nitrogen 0.15 (0.02-0.77)
Microelements Concentration in mg/kg
Arsenic 6 (3-10) .
Boron 123 (14-290) .
Cadmium 3 (0.2-26)
Chromium 57 (7-368)
Copper 70 (37-207)
Lead 65 (16-137)
Mercury 1.9 (0-5) .
Molybdenum 19 (0-123) .
Nickel 20 (0-63)
Selenium 0.9 (0-11) .
Zinc 233 (35-1250)
Other Chemical Properties
CaCO3 Equivalent 43% (22-92%)
pH 10.4 (9-13.5)
% Total solids 75 (31-100)
* Mean and (Range) taken from analysis of 37 ash samples
I mix it in with my base mix as an amendment ....the PH can vary depending on the type of wood, micro nutrients will vary also... I use willow bark ash along with fresh growing tips of the branches. Let everything dry out real good and toss a metal tray on the ground with leaves and the wood pieces on top..... Don't use lighter fluid to start the fire, it will leave byproduct in your finished ash...... Willow has natural growth hormone in the growing tips and really blows roots out...... I also top dress during transition...... When making your base mix just use lime to balance you PH and let it sit for a while........ Check before using...Nice I bean looking for that can you or would you share how you've used woodash or how it should be used? Thanks in advance