I’ve been paying more attention to pH’d water and pH condition this grow, and I’m getting ready for the next one.
I mixed up a batch of 3:1 potting mix/Ocean Forest, compost, with ~40 pct perlite, and then a little guano, castings and bone meal.
I plan to move a plant from a plain Solo cup start into a one gallon with this mix.
Can I test its hotness before I have a plant in it?
How do I do that? Put a few 7.0 gallons through and measure the pH of the runoff?
What can I do if it is hot or low?
My next “self-course” is probably going to have to be in measuring nutrient uptakes and PPM, but I’m reluctant to do that. lol
But can I/should I test for soil hotness before I even plant? This seems like something I should really probably do, because this seed in particular is very special.
Is there a reason youre diluting the ocean forest? I see alot of new growers tinkering with it and they end up running into deficiencies right before flower. I started seedlings in ocean forest for years. Its not hot. Quality has gone down hill tho.
If you dont like it for seedlings just transplant them from a happy frog and into the OF. Let the plant exhaust all the nutrients from ocean forest then go from there.
I’m not sure why you want to test an activity that don’t exist yet. Testing the EC of the drain to know if it’s “hot” why not but the PH of a fresh soil … just read the packaging ? ^^
There really isn’t any package to read from, really. . .it was a custom blend that started with relatively small amounts of packaged products (the OF and the basic potting soil that I started with).
So I can measure the EC but the pH reading of the run-off won’t matter until there’s a plant in there? I’m confused. Thank you.
I don’t understood well the context at first glance, more clear now. Take it in count.
Yup, the activity of the plants matter for the soil’s life. The “organic wave” have a bit too much pushed to consider the strict reverse in ignoring the symbiosis.
Now with soil i’m quite radical. When i throw some seeds outside, “i don’t PH the planet”. So i do strictly the same indoor.
Is there a reason youre diluting the ocean forest? Yes – it’s all I’ve got right now. It works out about to about 1/3 of a gallon. I’m only making enough soil here for a one gallon pot.
I’ve read that OF tends to be hot, but I don’t plan on using FF soils anymore – I would rather start building my own, even if that simply means mixing it my own ferts or top-dressing a various stages, or a combo of both.
as any nutrients will supposedly kill/stunt/burn.
