EaudeTolete
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Hello everybody, I'm new here!
I heard a lot of good stuff about this forum.
This is my fourth grow and still not finding my ideal medium, try to keep it simple.
I'm just literally put the germinated seed in 1/4 gallon pots today. But in the first run-off to moist the medium, I had readings of PH 7.7 - 8.
I know is not optimal but is all organic. I'm on the day one, and I don't want to disturb the root, I damaged the seed root once repositioning the seed.
Here are the specs:
Medium: 40% Pro-Mix with mycorrhizae + 20% Coco w/ organic matter and perlite (good potting mix) + 20% Worm castings + 20% Mushroom compost.
(The Pro-mix I know contain buffers, I used this before with successful results, the only variant now is the dry mushroom compost, but I measured with and without this compost, with the same results in PH).
Water: Reverse Osmosis water at PH 6.5
I use BioThrive from General Organics but rarely use the vegetative one, because of the nutrients in the soil. Only use the Bloom one.
I had read in other forums and seed labs to not worry about ph too much in organic soil. Read a lot of people just not PH even the water (PH around 7.5 -8) with no issues at all. Apparently because of the microbial life that makes available the nutrients for roots. I know that nitrogen, fungi and other elements turn the soil more acidic.
Should I re-pot the seeds?
Add Ph regulator above like Peat moss nor other compost?
Or just wait to test the new soil?
Is bad idea to use PH Up/Down in all organic soil?
(sometimes I got GO nutrient measurements below PH 5.5 with Bloom)
I don't have access to a big variety of mediums or compost locally to make super soil. But I'll find the way of hearing your comments.
Thank You and have a nice day!!
I heard a lot of good stuff about this forum.
This is my fourth grow and still not finding my ideal medium, try to keep it simple.
I'm just literally put the germinated seed in 1/4 gallon pots today. But in the first run-off to moist the medium, I had readings of PH 7.7 - 8.
I know is not optimal but is all organic. I'm on the day one, and I don't want to disturb the root, I damaged the seed root once repositioning the seed.
Here are the specs:
Medium: 40% Pro-Mix with mycorrhizae + 20% Coco w/ organic matter and perlite (good potting mix) + 20% Worm castings + 20% Mushroom compost.
(The Pro-mix I know contain buffers, I used this before with successful results, the only variant now is the dry mushroom compost, but I measured with and without this compost, with the same results in PH).
Water: Reverse Osmosis water at PH 6.5
I use BioThrive from General Organics but rarely use the vegetative one, because of the nutrients in the soil. Only use the Bloom one.
I had read in other forums and seed labs to not worry about ph too much in organic soil. Read a lot of people just not PH even the water (PH around 7.5 -8) with no issues at all. Apparently because of the microbial life that makes available the nutrients for roots. I know that nitrogen, fungi and other elements turn the soil more acidic.
Should I re-pot the seeds?
Add Ph regulator above like Peat moss nor other compost?
Or just wait to test the new soil?
Is bad idea to use PH Up/Down in all organic soil?
(sometimes I got GO nutrient measurements below PH 5.5 with Bloom)
I don't have access to a big variety of mediums or compost locally to make super soil. But I'll find the way of hearing your comments.
Thank You and have a nice day!!