Hey guys, just had my living soil tested from my 25 gallon pots. Could use some help interpreting these results. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
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Cool. I like soil tests. Did your plants turn out well in this soil?
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I just switched over to 25 gallons recently and ran into some issues vegging my plants. Was doing great for about a month but then plants started having weird issues. May have been a nutrient issue combined with stems splitting and mold spores getting into the wound. I transferred soil from 7 & 10 gallons. Hopefully after I fix the soil issues I can get a run in.
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Sorry to hear you had some issues. Got any pics?
As for your test, and how it relates to the health of your plants. Perhaps, the ph of the soil(s), is a bit high for cannabis.
So many questions, as soil can be forgiving, but it can also be a devil. What is your soil? Base? Inputs? Just garden soil dug up? Water source? ph of that water?
Give an idea of what your soil is, and how it got that way. Just looking at numbers and giving a recipe is not my forte’.
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Yeah you can take a look at my post over in sick plants.
Ph is a bit high, what do you suggest elemental sulfur?
My soil is mostly KIS organics living soil that I’ve used over the past year and a half. I’ve mostly used BAS craft blend, kelp and vermicompost for inputs. Just trying to get my numbers in check before I start the next run.
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I checked out your thread. Seems some quality people and pot growers chimed in over there. Fortunate we are to have such a resource.
You are on it’s trail. Dont make any sudden movements. Nice and slow.
I’d make sure the soil is well airated, and maybe add some gypsum to help with the compaction that always comes in no till.
Then I would add some worms to each pot.
And if you want to start growing in it right away, then you can ‘cheat’. Use NFTG Herculean Harvest liberally to flush your pots out. PH the herc mix to 6.0 to start. then do a slurry after a couple of days. see if it came down. it will.
thats me tho, i cheat 
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Yeah Tad over at Kisorganic just gave me some recommendations based off of the soil tests. Said they all need ag sulfur and pots 1&2 need some extra calcium. He also stated all 3 had too much nitrogen and suggested a flush. Being in 25 gallon smart pots though makes flushing a bit difficult.
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