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So, I switched from a hydro setup using GH to Earth Juice, trying to transition to organics in a soilless medium (promix with extra perlite), and so far it's a total nightmare.
The first feeding of Earth Juice I gave was about 8 ml of Grow, 5 ml of Bloom, and 5 ml of Catalyst.... I did not bubble the nutrient solution before hand... I just mixed and fed them. This seemed to work okay, but some old growth was starting to go yellow after giving them plain water 4 days later, so I decided they needed more nitrogen, and when it came time to give the plants a 2nd feeding, I went with a normal dosage of 15 ml Grow, 5 ml Bloom, and 5 ml Catalyst...
Well, that royally fucked up a few of the plants. It appears that it most heavily affected the plants in direct light, as the plants more on the outer edges still look pretty green and healthy... The plants in direct light, however, all have very light green/yellow/pale leaves from the medium to tops of the plants.
I know that this isn't nitrogen toxicity... There's no leaf curl or burned tips., just fucked up looking discolored new growth. I'm assuming this is a PH issue, due to adding extra EJ Grow. I think the solution I fed them must have been way too acidic.
The plants needed to be watered again, so I just gave them plain tap water for now, but what should I do to go about correcting this? I am not used to using nutrients that aren't PH buffered, and I REALLY don't like it so far. I've never had such problems with hydro nutrients.
Does bubbling your mix with a pump & air stone in a bucket really help level out the PH that much? I didn't try this at first, because it seemed like way too much of a hassle.
Is it okay to just use lower doses of the EJ Grow without bubbling like I did the first time to try to avoid these PH problems? Will brewing my own tea by bubbling allow me to use the normal 1 tbsp (15 ml) of EJ Grow without having such horrible PH problems?
Any help you guys can offer is much appreciated, because right now I feel like I just wasted $100 on these gallons of EJ :[
The first feeding of Earth Juice I gave was about 8 ml of Grow, 5 ml of Bloom, and 5 ml of Catalyst.... I did not bubble the nutrient solution before hand... I just mixed and fed them. This seemed to work okay, but some old growth was starting to go yellow after giving them plain water 4 days later, so I decided they needed more nitrogen, and when it came time to give the plants a 2nd feeding, I went with a normal dosage of 15 ml Grow, 5 ml Bloom, and 5 ml Catalyst...
Well, that royally fucked up a few of the plants. It appears that it most heavily affected the plants in direct light, as the plants more on the outer edges still look pretty green and healthy... The plants in direct light, however, all have very light green/yellow/pale leaves from the medium to tops of the plants.
I know that this isn't nitrogen toxicity... There's no leaf curl or burned tips., just fucked up looking discolored new growth. I'm assuming this is a PH issue, due to adding extra EJ Grow. I think the solution I fed them must have been way too acidic.
The plants needed to be watered again, so I just gave them plain tap water for now, but what should I do to go about correcting this? I am not used to using nutrients that aren't PH buffered, and I REALLY don't like it so far. I've never had such problems with hydro nutrients.
Does bubbling your mix with a pump & air stone in a bucket really help level out the PH that much? I didn't try this at first, because it seemed like way too much of a hassle.
Is it okay to just use lower doses of the EJ Grow without bubbling like I did the first time to try to avoid these PH problems? Will brewing my own tea by bubbling allow me to use the normal 1 tbsp (15 ml) of EJ Grow without having such horrible PH problems?
Any help you guys can offer is much appreciated, because right now I feel like I just wasted $100 on these gallons of EJ :[