Scrappy
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My happy frog soils ph is super low at 5.3 I would like to raise it. Plants about 33 days old 24" or so. I got lime but how much do I flush thru a 5 gallon bucket and how much garden lime do I add?
My ph is messed up
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Hi scrappy use a spoon and sprinkle the lime on the top of the soil.. Lime really wont hurt a plant, and take a week or so to stableize the soil.
just use your hand and sprinkle it on like snow.
you will need a PH meter accurate 8 is a good one.
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Gaahh!! Another victim of FuxFarms soils,... Sorry to hear Scrappy! Is she showing symptoms of some kind? get us pics if so,.. Otherwise, there's a couple things you can do...Which kind of lime do you have? Brother Elvis is singin' the right gospels here, but not all limes are the same,... for this situation, my first choice would be hydrated lime, only because it's right now active, but must be used with much caution! It's chemically very different from ag lime and dolomite lime-- it's calcium hydroxide.... ag lime is basically crushed limestone, mostly CaCO3, may have MgCO3 and other minerals in it depending on source,.... crushed oyster shell is nearly pure CaCO3, constructed a little differently at the molecular level vs. mineral stone,... Dolomite is also Ca and Mg carbonates, but this is also constructed differently-- it's CaMg(CO3)2....this difference makes it much more slow acting than the other carbonate limes,... (forget about quick lime! Ca Oxide -that's nuclear shizzle, powerfully reactive and caustic).... that said, the fineness of the particle size makes a huge difference in speed of action as well,.. best to get stuff that's nearly powdered... oyster usually is, and most Ag' is too,... now, even if it's powdered, it's not dissolvable in water! the fineness just helps it penetrate the soil more readily,... but it won't go top to bottom right away, that's the problem with this,.. the soil itself can act like something of a filter, and so the whole works won't be adjusted right away,... which leads to the question of how urgent the problem is! A plant in real crisis should be flushed with pH'ed water to act immediately, then lime added for longer term acting buffering,... I'll double check with a soil guru on how much to use,... I don't think Ag or oyster shell can raise it above 7.0,... I know dolomite can't,... so using too much isn't a big danger,.. unlike hydrated lime! I used this to adjust last years
soils, after I discovered the issue the hard way,.. never had to double check pH before with then, but things have changed, sadly! I used only 1.5 cups in about 2cf soil, and it raised it from 5.1 to 6.5! 
... let us know about the plant Scrap', and we'll make a plan,...
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there r just a few bottom leave that are showin weird yellowin I know this could be from lack of light but more likes like. mag def down low as im getting 2 purple veins down the stem on a few and dotting on the stems which indicates to me it's stems are weakning I know this is cause o the ph causing I lock out I flushed her last night and used around 7 tsps of garden lime and then did a flush not sure if I shoulda waited to add line till after flush but w.e here is a pic before the flush (2nd grow)
the help here's been crazy better then any other forum I've use thanks guys.
the help here's been crazy better then any other forum I've use thanks guys.
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