Big Trouble in little Mephisto land

[STILLSMOKIN]

I use epsom for mag with organic otc calcium/vitamin d pills. Lol

 

[flash_cannon]

I've always used botanicare ph down with no issues. Takes 1ml for a whole gallon to drop from 8 to 6.5. I have worms living in soil with no issues at all.

Thanks for your reply buddy.

I'm sure you use them with no issues, and I might struggle to fix it retrospectively with organics! I'm going to try to avoid using phosphoric acid as a 'fix' and properly determine the problem then look at the options. I'll try and get a PH testing kit and test the tap water, tap water with nutes and the runoff. Maybe even the soil too. I'd still be reluctant to use PH down just because of the phosphoric acid and it's possible effect on microbes.

The worms sound interesting; are they live?? or worm castings? I'm going to look to amend my next soil with some of these; worm castings, bat guano, perlite, fishbone, blood meal, Epsom salts, sweet lime dolomite.

 

[flash_cannon]

I use epsom for mag with organic otc calcium/vitamin d pills. Lol

Thanks man, gonna get some pure Epsom salts from the chemist today and dissolve in the next few feeds as a test

 

[EyeWood]

Thanks for your reply buddy.

I'm sure you use them with no issues, and I might struggle to fix it retrospectively with organics! I'm going to try to avoid using phosphoric acid as a 'fix' and properly determine the problem then look at the options. I'll try and get a PH testing kit and test the tap water, tap water with nutes and the runoff. Maybe even the soil too. I'd still be reluctant to use PH down just because of the phosphoric acid and it's possible effect on microbes.

The worms sound interesting; are they live?? or worm castings? I'm going to look to amend my next soil with some of these; worm castings, bat guano, perlite, fishbone, blood meal, Epsom salts, sweet lime dolomite.

I'm organic also and just use lemon juice squeezed fresh for my down.

I would also highly recommend this soil probe. It's not too expensive and it's saved the life of both my plants. I was also using biobizz light with UK tap water but still managed to drift out of range .

It's £44.99 from TekcoPlus, it's acturate in solution as well as soil (tested in pH test solutions). There's a cheaper one from China available which I've also bought, but it's shit and unreliable.

Good luck!!

 

[STILLSMOKIN]

Thanks for your reply buddy.

I'm sure you use them with no issues, and I might struggle to fix it retrospectively with organics! I'm going to try to avoid using phosphoric acid as a 'fix' and properly determine the problem then look at the options. I'll try and get a PH testing kit and test the tap water, tap water with nutes and the runoff. Maybe even the soil too. I'd still be reluctant to use PH down just because of the phosphoric acid and it's possible effect on microbes.

The worms sound interesting; are they live?? or worm castings? I'm going to look to amend my next soil with some of these; worm castings, bat guano, perlite, fishbone, blood meal, Epsom salts, sweet lime dolomite.

Yes live worms. Wait till it rains real good and go save them from being bird feed. Everywhere I read has said that ph down from phosphorous doesnt hurt microbes, that you kill microbes with too low ph. Also states that fungi microbes grow above 7.5 ph. You may have washed away your buffer, but they do look nitrogen def. May want to feed along with mag and see if that helps.

 

[flash_cannon]

thanks man I have a bottle of nitrozyme - I'll give it a go in small doses

thought it was too much N in the biogrow as they clawed up but it looks like def now. maybe they are hungry monsters after all!

 

[Citadel]

thanks man I have a bottle of nitrozyme - I'll give it a go in small doses

thought it was too much N in the biogrow as they clawed up but it looks like def now. maybe they are hungry monsters after all!

Watch out if you use fish mix for veg I used the same dose as grow and got toxic straight away[emoji24]

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[Waira]

...they are starving, eating fans like crazy,.. get on the bloom nutes, and look into getting a PK booster, as BioBizz is very mild stuff,.... I see P defc, S too i think,... I see a little tip claw, but no other signs of N tox', and the color is way pale...