Mr. Molecule
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And that lesson was: Do it every time, bucko.
"Hey, relax... when you're growing in organic soil, don't worry about adjusting the pH—the soil will self-regulate."
Only problem was, this time it didn't. My tap water here is 8.2.-8.4 in the summer, and I was watering with it and using it as the water in all my feedings. Everything went well until about two weeks into flowering, when I started getting yellowing leaves and leaf drop. I believe it was due to K getting locked out by high soil pH.
This 1000000000%!
My girls have been slowly choked out by our ~8.4pH city water... all beacause I bought into the "no Ph Bro" myth.
Here's my grow.
If I get this thing corrected, I'm going to be on a mission to keep this from happening to other people.
They are for sure make dem teas!Glad you figured it out...that being said I've grown organically indoors for two decades without ph'ing. My schedule is feed/water/tea etc maybe that helps my situation. I think weekly beneficial microbes teas are the key.
And that lesson was: Do it every time, bucko.
I've got a history of professional indoor cultivation, but outdoor work still holds a few mysteries for me. I did my biggest outdoor grow ever this year and went with organics. However, when it came to the decision of whether to balance feed solutions and water to 6.3, I relied on that old adage I've heard so often: "Hey, relax... when you're growing in organic soil, don't worry about adjusting the pH—the soil will self-regulate."
Only problem was, this time it didn't. My tap water here is 8.2.-8.4 in the summer, and I was watering with it and using it as the water in all my feedings. Everything went well until about two weeks into flowering, when I started getting yellowing leaves and leaf drop. I believe it was due to K getting locked out by high soil pH.
I quickly realized what was happening (and I'm thankful for that) and immediately started setting all my water and solutions to 6.3. The yellowing and leaf drop stopped, and things are going to be okay, but I'm sure I lost potential yield.
This was a bit confusing because I have done a limited bit of outdoor growing in containers in the past and didn't worry about balancing pH, and this didn't happen those times. Thus lulling me into a state of false security about it this time.
Anyway, this near-disaster convinced me that controlling the pH of all input is needed even in an organic system (for me, anyway... I appreciate that a lot of people don't do it and don't have problems. But I had problems).
I grow organically outdoor guerrilla I'm on tje east coast n and the water is about 7.8 ph I never Phd my water I only have 3 harvest under my belt with 4 plants each years but got 2 lbs every year so far ph has never bin a issue as I've never checked it 1 time yellow does happen earlier than chem nutes because it takes a little longer to reach the roots but that's nothing a little guano tea wouldn't fix but also leaves simple die off on there own from old age but if it was a lock out sum epson salt would fix that also if your ph is high squeeze a lemon in your water
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