I personally pH all my soil-destined nutes at 6.3-6.5 and I never have any imperfections at all.
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I grow in soilless,,,but thanx for the support...I hope they do grow well,,, especially before I plant these herbies seeds...mostly autos which will grow in mother/veg room with a couple photos...
This is why I avoid RO, most nutes expect the calcium from your tap/well water. No point in filtering out useful stuff IMHO. The loop should be buried once it gets bigger.well upon further investigation it seems to be a cal and mag deficiency...and upon further investigation distilled water has neither cal or mag,,, just good ol hydrogen and oxygen...mixed with my ph being so low...I will correct next watering and report back... but the one that the stem looped in the rapid rooter...anybody ever seen such a thing???will it be a problem???
Not true, just means he should treat it as hydro/soiless, aka you must feed everything in a proper balance, you can't expect the soil/medium to make up for inadequacies in your nutes.That's the problem. That doesnt provide essential nutes verses an already ph'd soil mix. That explains the slowed growth. You need to transplant into a healthier soil mix. And you can top dress with the perlite. You also want to strategize and get yout gardening supplies and soil mixes stocked up. You dont want to have these problem when comes time to flower. But thats the problem your just groweing in vermicule and perlite. Those are amendments that you add to your soil mixes to enhance them somewhat. You need a pre power soil and a power soil that is ph'd ready. Becausr when you try to add different things that the plants need at once, it stresses the whole grow session.
I hate cal mag, drives me nuts. I have diatomaceous earth (33% silica, 18% calcium, used on medium surface to prevent insects), calcium nitrate, and magnesium sulfate (epsom salt). I also use sulfuric acid for PH down during flower (adds sulfur for tric development) vs nitric acid (nitrogen for veg) during veg.nomo...u never let me down...I am growing hempy,so I treat it as hydro...I just thought distilled water would be best...newb mistake...and thanks for the tip on burying stem...lol it only makes since....next watering feeding will be with tap,,,will order cal/mag tomorrow...thanks again....
yes, same stuff used for soaking feet or whatever. It' just Magnesium Sulfate (magnesium and sulfur, both very needed and useful to your plants), you will notice there may be both fertilizer directions and foot soaking directions on the same package. And it's dirt cheap too.on the diatomaceous earth...where do you purchase there are so many kinds....and as far as Epsom salt...u mean like Epsom salt you soak in for swelling???if so I would like to know more