New Grower First Auto Grow, 2 x White Widow

[Broadsword]

So can I add dolomite of Lime into the feeds I give?

 

[redrobbo]

Check your ph before you do anything,if it is low you can top dress some DoL and/or mix some in waterings.It will take a coouple of weeks to work tho,and the powdered lime works better as it will work its way through your medium.
Watering with a higher ph will help bring it back up eventually,but a flush might be the quickest option
depending on how low ph is.
I would try to get a soil growers opinion before you take any action,but ive seen a few grows go acidic
with unbuffered peat moss in the medium.

 

[hairyman]

How you measuring PH pal?, i got an accurate 8 coming on a slow boat from china (very slow boat) up to 8 weeks, you can get the lime from most garden places , b&q have it, i bought a load of stuff from poundland the other day, blood,fish and bone etc cheap as chips or a pound to you i going to reuse my soil once i get through the bag, there's a thread here poundlandgrow he done great with the nutes from there.

 

[Broadsword]

Check your ph before you do anything,if it is low you can top dress some DoL and/or mix some in waterings.It will take a coouple of weeks to work tho,and the powdered lime works better as it will work its way through your medium.
Watering with a higher ph will help bring it back up eventually,but a flush might be the quickest option
depending on how low ph is.
I would try to get a soil growers opinion before you take any action,but ive seen a few grows go acidic
with unbuffered peat moss in the medium.[/QU

Thanks for that Red,

Ok ReD

 

[Broadsword]

Whats wrong with my Girls?
Th leaves are breaking.
I fed both this morning and I see that the leaves are developing breaks around the edges.
I measured th ph of the run off and it was around 5.3. I put the feed in at ph 6.2 , so clearly I am making mistakes with my nutrients.
I coldnt get Lime yet and I don't have an Ph up.
Are there any home products which can help? Someone suggested Bicarb of Soda???

 

[Broadsword]

How you measuring PH pal?, i got an accurate 8 coming on a slow boat from china (very slow boat) up to 8 weeks, you can get the lime from most garden places , b&q have it, i bought a load of stuff from poundland the other day, blood,fish and bone etc cheap as chips or a pound to you i going to reuse my soil once i get through the bag, there's a thread here poundlandgrow he done great with the nutes from there.

Thanks for the heads up Hairy
M girls are growing fast and the wee one is coming into flower, She,s getting hairy look about her

 

[redrobbo]

Ive used bicarbonate of soda as a ph up,but it causes salt buid up if used regular.

 

[Broadsword]

Hello Again buddies. I been busy making the new grow space, not quite completed yet but bettr than what I was first using.

Much more space available now but still work to do to get fan installed. And maybe some more light fittings

However, my girlies are not yet over their problems so it is now down to me to get a cure for it,

The taller one o the 2 is growing wellbu seems to be getting the "claw" and some leaf damage, while the older and smaller one still has leaves curling upat the edges.

The 3r and 4t pics are the s smaller one

I think I should flush these before giving any more feed, measure the run off Ph and add the difference to 6.5 wich should tell me what my water Ph needs to be to raise my soil Ph to 6.5???

Should I be givng Magne/cal and or molasses at this point? I also got some garden lime, might sprinkle som on the top of the soil

Any feedback would be welcome, thanks guys

 

[Broadsword]

Just tested my run off and Ph is 5.8, so it needs to be 6.5 optimally?

 

[redrobbo]

Just tested my run off and Ph is 5.8, so it needs to be 6.5 optimally?

Correct.Then a light feed if youre flushing,she must be getting hungry with all those nutes locked out.
GL.