New Grower Fox farm nutes and ph questions.

[1guy1plant]

I have appreciated the advice so far. I have a couple of questions about ff trio and ph.

1. I have read that when I add my nutrients that my water ph will go down. Should I adjust water ph up in anticipation of drop before I add nutes or after or does it matter?

2. Can I mix multiple types of nutes in same gallon jug to water?

Thanks.

 

[Trapper]

Answer 1: You should do pH buffering (adjusting) last. Put all the nutes in your water then test it...that'll give you a starting point for what you'll want to do.

Answer 2: Yes you can....but if CaMg is part of the recipe, you'll want to put that in first and let it sit for a minute or two, then add the rest of the nutes.


The pH of your feed is THE PRIMARY way for you to make adjustments of your soil pH So as such, you need to know what your soil pH is in both the wet
state and the dry state...this is known as your "swing" or your "range". Soil will usually be higher pH when dry and lower pH when wet. You want these
numbers to coincide with the low and high of your desired pH range. In soil, that's roughly 6.1 to 6.7. Once you know the pH of the soil in these states
then you have the ability to tailor your feed solution to make adjustments and dial in that range.

Example:

My Soil pH is a little high right now...6.7 wet. So I feed 5.8-6.0 pH'd solution to bring that number down. It only brings it down significantly for a little
while then the soil restabilizes so the permanent effect is much smaller than the initial effect. But by doing so, I brought the pH down enough for the
soil to be in better range for the uptake of Iron (in the form of molasses) to handle what may be an Iron deficiency.

Hope that helps

 

[namvet25]

Always check your water ph after you add your nutes. What do you mean by mixing multiple nutes?

 

[Trapper]

I think he means like:

Big Bloom AND Grow Big AND CaMg, etc. in the same jug, Nammy...

 

[namvet25]

I was just wondering if he meant mixing different brands together.Thanks Trapp.

 

[Trapper]

I was just wondering if he meant mixing different brands together.Thanks Trapp.

My bad...:slaps:

 

[1guy1plant]

That is what I meant, two fox trio nutes in the same jug. Again, I really appreciate the help. I try and answer my questions by research but after awhile on some issues I ultimately end up with conflicting information. I have been running test after test on my soil, nutes, and temp control for my grow box. I wish my dang seeds would get here. They were shipped 8 days ago from Nirvana.