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If it's only been 4-6 days since xplant, I'd give them a week or 2 of just plain water to let them get adjusted to the new mix before trying to 'fix' them. See what they look like in a couple weeks time. Wet

If it's a fresh mix (newly made), yeah you might need a shot of epsom salts. I've used dolomite for years (still do), but noticed years ago with fresh mixes the Mg is slower to release than the Ca and can result in a Mg shortage early on. A one time application of epsom is usually enough to...

Today (June 21), is the summer solstice. Plant ready for nutes yet? Wet

Decomposers, no worries. Wet

Leave the leaves alone. They will drop off on their own and the plant can still draw whatever nutrients are left in them. Couldn't see in the pic, but those buckets do have drainage holes in them, yes? Your mix looks like it would benefit from more perlite. I run 40% perlite as a minimum...

I don't pH my water at all, straight from the hose. A well buffered soil will bring the waters pH to match it's own in short order. The water pH has just a very temporary effect on the soils pH, but the soil has a huge effect on the waters pH. It's very simple overall, but pretty complex to...

You're GTG with the Down to earth. The mulch/fines should be flakey, about the size of a fingernail if that helps. The second one (Evergreen 1112345), is what I normally use, ~1 1/2 gallons/cf and 1 gallon of EWC (homegrown)/cf and ~1/4 gallon of cow manure/cf to give you a rough proportion...

Use pine bark fines/mulch instead of mushroom compost in your combo. VOE on that. ~$2.50/2cf bag at HD or Lowes. Is the oyster shell flour or the chicken grit stuff from the feed store? The chicken grit is useless, way too coarse to breakdown. Should be the consistancy of talcum powder...

Just transitioning, they look fine. Just don't go trying to "fix" them till they get into larger pots in a week or 2. Wet

Yeah, sorry for the hijack, but that sounds like a plan. ^^ It can take several years to finally get a mix tailored to your grow style, location and environment. Mainly it's after the grow when you see what you have too much of, not enough of, and what's just right. I liken it a lot to making...

So, when is the pine bark going back in your mix? Sorry, it just dawned on me that you ( I think), meant fines when you typed fir and I thought you were refering to Fir trees. A conifer for sure, but still different than a pine tree. I really think the root of your problems goes back to the...

IDK, could be except kelp meal is not used in high amounts. Most likely manure's and compost. Both are very high in sodium, especially manure. I still use manure (Black Kow), but much less than I used to for this very reason. Wet

Ivory liquid is just a very old brand of dish soap that old school growers used as a wetting agent. The soap nuts would work very well getting the peat moss to accept water. Wet

Huh? I see coir mentioned AFA high sodium, but nothing about peat, other than the "Spagnum peat moss outperformed coir" blip from Utah State U in the last paragraph. IDK, I've never used coir. Mainly because of studies like Utah State U did. I also get my peat at HD or Lowes, but generally...

Not "compost", but pine bark as it comes from the barking machine when the logs first enter the mill. Fir bark is not the same as pine bark, two different trees. There are literally hundreds of bags, outside, in the garden centers of HD or Lowes of pine bark. They come in Nuggets, Mini...

This is a new one for me. I have never heard of, or have washed peat moss and don't think I ever had high sodium or sulfur issues. At least, none that caused problems. It stays dry, expanded from the bale, till finally moistened when I add the perlite at the end of the mixing process. It is...

Locally, the pine bark mulch is $2.50 for a 2cf bag at both Lowes and HD. Never tried the composted stuff, just the stuff from the sawmill. Again, because the old guy said "Use this". Wet

It's the way I was taught back in 1972. No reason was given then, just "add a big shovelful of the bark fines", while pointing at the bag. It has been a part of my mix ever since. I did leave it out ... once ... on the advice of an internet "expert" and that particular batch was a disaster...

AFA problems coming from the worm bins, just bear in mind that bugs that attack live plants generally don't hang out much where there are no live plants and decomposers usually don't bother live plants. Considering the food source goes a long way with the good bug/bad bug thing. Like the...

Tim1987 I use sand in my worm bins also and have since 2009 - 10 when I first started the bins. But, I do remember a nugget from somewhere saying to avoid the sharp, contractor sand, like for making motar or cement. Bought a bag of play sand and still have at least half left after 9 years. I...