Yeah that is what I meant lol had been up all night making sure no one tried to steal my shit outdoors so was tirreeddd lol.
Man my first grow I used FFOF & didn't ph anything/everything went smoothly. I also didn't add much nutes tho. Since then I've been growing in roots organics 707 (because much cheaper) and adding lime/oyster shell.. Just as FFOF has in there's (minus the lime) but still been ph'in stuff.
I would have to agree with the guy below that soil ph does matter a great deal. It is just a matter if the soil is buffering the ph or if you are when mixing nutes/water. Do you use R/O water, or why do you add calmag? By the way in flower they need more sulphur and less calcium/magnesium. I know plenty about beneficials lol. I need to learn more, as there is always more to be learned, but I make teas for my plants and feed them regularly with it but ESPECIALLY after any transplant. To each their own, but if your giving them bennies then it would be beneficial to feed molasses throughout the entire grow ( it feeds the bennies to give them energy/make them bigger & stronger
)
I also have been told by a 10+ year grower with a degree in plants (I can't remember the name of his degree lol) that if you want to go from start to finish with soil that is not really soil (I.e. FFOF, roots, etc) then you need to grow organically from start to finish. That it is the synthetic nutes that really screw with the ph. Now, I don't know the truth to this from experience, but this is just what I have been told. I do know that synthetic nutes especially ones high in P have a very low ph anyways.
I am really glad to hear that is working out well for you. I am going to experiment with something similar in the near future. Roots 707 with lime mixed in, one with lime & oyster shell mixed in & one with just oyster shell & one with none. Then go from start to finish without ph'ing and compare the results. (Using clones from the same mom, of course)
I know one 15+ year grower that says Ph is one of the most important things in a grow. He consistently pulls 2-2.5 lbs per light of the stinkiest, most dense nugs I have ever seen. He also pushes nutes very heavily. You can't tell in the end product though. Very smooth and tasty.
So idk for real. I just want to learn what about real soil naturally buffers the ph. I feel like it should be possible to go from start to finish with stellar results without ph'ing shit. Maybe growing organically without synthetic nutes is the only way? Idk lol ill just have to experiment and see.
On a side note: is your organic mix towards the end an organic bottled nutrient, or do you personally mix them together?
Also, I am assuming you mix the silica in with the soil since you said it's in powder form?
Also, my grandpa is a farmer who grows fields of corn. He said ph is very important. But his fields do not require ph'ing water an what not.. He just amends the soil with fine dolomite lime (for quickly fixing the ph) then pelletized lime for keeping the ph steady overtime. He also grows in natural "real" soil though.
But all in all I wonder if my friend is correct, that growing organically without synthetic nutes is the only way to go from start to finish with good results. When you think about it, yes, farmers don't ph stuff, but they are also not using synthetic nutes (to my knowledge anyways)
Sooooo I still don't know lol. Any thoughts?
wanna get to my first harvest and have a harvest
), no ferts yet, then ill feed usually once before transplant into the final container 5/7 gal with a half strength mix with calmag, then i add my bennies again after transplant to get those roots moving again into the new container. Then ill usually give it a week before i start to feed again and feed about once every week after that or third watering with store bought nutes (cns17 currently), calmag, silica and thats about it. I finish up with some molasses and organic feed which i slowly switch to so i dont have to flush. 
