KingHale
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I had to read through this thread twice ... Iām quite certain that the majority of my mistakes can be fixed right here so I wanted to confirm something and ask a couple of questions.
1) I have a soil grow, Fox Farm Happy Frog and Iām using rainwater that runs off of my gutter system and then gets filtered and stored in 5 gallon buckets before itās filtered a second time and prepped with general hydroponics pH up/ down. Youāre saying I probably donāt have to pay balance my nutrients because the soil acts as a buffer? I had a gut feeling about that. So then, what value would there be in pH balancing the non-nutrient water? Wouldnāt the soil buffer non-nutrient water similarly?
2) I see that testing kits for alkalinity of water are quite involved. There doesnāt seem to be a simple meter like my blue labs pH meter. Any suggestions or recommendations? Also, the recommended alkalinity of water for growing in soil would be below 40ppm correct?
3) no matter what happens, if my soil pH meter is reading good, I should be good on alkalinity and pH right?
Thanks again for everyoneās assistance! I had no idea how complex this was going to get. Itās easy to get overwhelmed with it all but Iām taking it one piece of the puzzle at a time. Next Iām going to learn about pest management and then Iād love to learn more about āre-amending the buffering capacity of re-used soilā.
1) I have a soil grow, Fox Farm Happy Frog and Iām using rainwater that runs off of my gutter system and then gets filtered and stored in 5 gallon buckets before itās filtered a second time and prepped with general hydroponics pH up/ down. Youāre saying I probably donāt have to pay balance my nutrients because the soil acts as a buffer? I had a gut feeling about that. So then, what value would there be in pH balancing the non-nutrient water? Wouldnāt the soil buffer non-nutrient water similarly?
2) I see that testing kits for alkalinity of water are quite involved. There doesnāt seem to be a simple meter like my blue labs pH meter. Any suggestions or recommendations? Also, the recommended alkalinity of water for growing in soil would be below 40ppm correct?
3) no matter what happens, if my soil pH meter is reading good, I should be good on alkalinity and pH right?
Thanks again for everyoneās assistance! I had no idea how complex this was going to get. Itās easy to get overwhelmed with it all but Iām taking it one piece of the puzzle at a time. Next Iām going to learn about pest management and then Iād love to learn more about āre-amending the buffering capacity of re-used soilā.