Haha I was until his YouTube channel kept getting canned … I like the growing segments not so much watching him take dabs lol
The MEIZHI was only $200CAN… I guess pretty costly compared to building my own … but as a beginner I wanted to get the basics down pat before I start diving into making my own light … plus I’m no electrician lol so a lot of learning in my future lol
What about adding clay pebbles to the top? Would that help?
If not I may have to try a spout like that … just kind of difficult getting to back row of plants and I don’t wanna move em too much during flowering .
Edit@ReikoX answered my question before I could respond !! Thanks man !
I was thinking the same in terms of top dressing … but I gave the girls the last top dressing they will need for the remainder of the grow … I’m curious how it would go for future grows
QUESTION -
In terms of organic growing and keeping benificial bacteria alive and well
I PH water using lemon juice to keep things organic , if I used a PH down product would that have major affects on my benificial bacteria and microbial life in my soil?
I like the lemon juice cus the price is rite but I’m wanting to make a larger water resivoir and lemon juice only lasts about 4 days
What do some of you organic growers use to lower PH?
As an organic gardener, I don’t pH my water. The plant, along with the microbes, can modify the pH in the rhizosphere where it needs to be. Unless you have super hard water (pH 8+) I wouldn’t bother.
In the past I have used citric acid powder to pH down my hard water. I would mix a working solution of 2.5 grams to 250 ml distilled water. This can then be added at roughly 10ml per gallon as a starting point.
Soil amendments such as dolomite lime, epsom salt or gypsum will help, but at 8 or 8.2 or anything near that, I would go with pH down to correct the water. It will mess up your soil after a time.
ya i get that its organic… i was mainly looking for a organic product that could keep the pH lowered for long periods of time … but as you mentioned its likely not as good as phosphoric acid for long term stability.
i was looking to make a water reservoir and get it to a good ph and not have to worry. but the more i look into it im prob better off sticking to what im already doing with the lemon juice.
So the plant on the right is one of two of my “Carnage” bag seed… it has always been of a lighter shade then all of the others… its starting to get a little more noticeable along the way… QUESTIONS :
keeping things organic is there a fast releasing Cal/Mag tea i could brew? or another common alternative to the bottled stuff?
or should i let my organic soil and nutrients just run its course and as you guys so nicely put it “LITFA” ?
Wait a second, why do you think you need Cal/Mag? The plant shows neither a calcium nor a magnesium deficiency. A picture without the LED would help a lot. I noticed the purple LEDs tend to accentuate the lighter green plants. When I would look under natural light they were still lush and green.
Keeping it organic, top that pot with about 1/2 inch of worm castings and water it in. Worm castings are coated in calcium carbonate in addition to microbes etc.
May well be she wants more nitrogen, or possibly she’s a quick finisher like @legalcanada said . You just top dresses three days ago, organic nutrients take a while to break down and become available. I would give them some LITFA for a week and re-evaluate.