Whatever, this isn't any topic to become fired up about.
I'm not fired up about it, just trying to steer somebody in the right direction on correcting their issues and try to help him/her harvest the most amount of highest quality bud they can for their grow space, strain and skill level. Following your advice will do the opposite. No 'nice' way to say that, and I am not being personal, merely blunt and direct.
Just trying to give back to da online weed community that I have been around a while, every now and then.
One of the reasons that I am not interested in arguing it, is that it is pointless. I would not change your mind, as your ego would be tied up in an online dispute, instead of trying to figure out what is best for yer ladies.
Further, the pH and anti-Cal/Mag stance that I advocate is not the norm, the 'online marijuana grower's' norm. So most won't listen, anyway.
Most folks on
all of the online weed forums today didn't watch these two issues, umm, take root, and become the incorrectly accepted norm, on said forums. Or if they were around, they weren't paying attention as it was happening.
I have been in several growrooms, including commercial, that had plants that were borderline, or obviously displaying, nitrogen toxicities - and, of course a bottle of Cal/Mag on the shelf. The use of Cal/Mag and the incorrectly perceived
need and must have of it in your garden is a myth. Incorrect 'widely accepted weed' pH ranges are a part of this Cal/Mag issue and responsible for lockouts of the two, not deficiencies, especially in peat/perlite based mixes. But for both hydro and 'dirt', it is too high, as oft-repeated.
The majority of people who participate today on these forums, with the sweeping acceptance of medical use in multiple states, do not know the poster responsible, in large part, for what the prevailing opinion on proper pH for indoor 'dirt' and hydro grows, and every other forum is. I do. I watched the whole thing start at the particular forum he and I were at that is long gone, and spread from there. The Lucas Formula also helped perpetuate the Cal/Mag myth, in addition to the other two reasons I have listed.
So, no rapin' of my momma. Just wanna make clear my stance, and help someone, either the OP or some lurker, if they are willing to have an open mind - that is why I posted those pics, proof is in the pudding as far as my claim. Mmmkay?
And that ought to about wrap it up for me in this thread, 'cause I just ain't interested in trying to convince
you,
fractal, about the truth in what I am saying. Anyone willing to listen and at least give what I said serious thought, has already read enough from me to know whether or not they want to explore my thoughts on their own further.
Toodles, fractal. Gonna split this thread, heard rumors their might be a bottle of Cal/Mag after my momma. I'm gonna go hunt that bottle down, kick the shit outta it, and then pour that shit down the drain - where it belongs ...
