Run Off pH Is Ridiculous...

[jawbrodt]

Yeah, I s'pose you have a point, I'm lucky, in that my tapwater is always 6.8, my soil's always 6.8-7.0, and after mixing my fert mix enough times, i don't even really have to measure anything, to keep my PH close to the 6.8 range. But, if I'd just started growing, and never checked a thing, and happened to have a bad batch of acidic soil, or really fucked up tapwater/fert mixture, my plants would've never finished. And, if there was somebody telling me to not even worry about PH, I would've given up growing, because i'd have never figured out the problem. But, then you go and say something like "just add worm castings, lime, etc...." to keep your PH in check, is retarded. What you just said, is "PH IS IMPORTANT, but I've been doing this long enough to know that mine will stay in an acceptable range, and don't give a shit about it anymore". Don't tell that to a new guy, that doesn't know what he's doing yet. Not everybody is lucky enough to get away with not checking anything, not right from the start.

Yeah, yeah, I get it, the whole point was to create a big debate, and stir up things. I can tell you this, you won't be winning any Cannabis Cups, unless you do that thing you find so ridiculous....tweaking your PH.

 

[watchhowIdoit]

Yeah, I s'pose you have a point, I'm lucky, in that my tapwater is always 6.8, my soil's always 6.8-7.0, and after mixing my fert mix enough times, i don't even really have to measure anything, to keep my PH close to the 6.8 range. But, if I'd just started growing, and never checked a thing, and happened to have a bad batch of acidic soil, or really fucked up tapwater/fert mixture, my plants would've never finished. And, if there was somebody telling me to not even worry about PH, I would've given up growing, because i'd have never figured out the problem. But, then you go and say something like "just add worm castings, lime, etc...." to keep your PH in check, is retarded. What you just said, is "PH IS IMPORTANT, but I've been doing this long enough to know that mine will stay in an acceptable range, and don't give a shit about it anymore". Don't tell that to a new guy, that doesn't know what he's doing yet. Not everybody is lucky enough to get away with not checking anything, not right from the start.

Yeah, yeah, I get it, the whole point was to create a big debate, and stir up things. I can tell you this, you won't be winning any Cannabis Cups, unless you do that thing you find so ridiculous....tweaking your PH.

So you would tell new growers to measure run off pH as a means of what? And water test kits are cheap and available. I do believe I mentioned its important to know what you are working with. As far as CCs go I dont care, guess you missed the pic I posted awhile back on the previous page.....

 

[watchhowIdoit]

I'm back Bro Joe! Going to be starting a fresh journal very soon. Another few weeks of being very busy, then time to show the na sayers how its done. I should have never started the C99 journal knowing I would not really have the time to spend on it or the garden. Got some Kwazi-Motos a week old and off to the races. Got 2 Phatt Friutys just up(freebie regs from last years Attitude promo). And just sank 5 fem Nirvana NLs in pellets this morning which I promise you all will produce some monster colas...........