silvrsurfer77
Well-Known Member
So Im growing in mass whole potting soil by first amendments soil
http://firstamendmentsoil.com/products.html
And Im using a apec RO system that has a calcite mineral replenishing filter at the end.
http://www.amazon.com/APEC-Water-Systems-ROES-PH75-Alkaline/dp/B00NWZ1RCK/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458578454&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=apec+calcite
my concern... 6th Stage: Calcite Acidic Water Neutralizer 10" - adds calcium carbonate to increase water alkalinity
this stage is great for your body and drinking but it puts the ph of my water up to 10ph. I Believe the calcium carbonate is beneficial to the plants and all but Im not sure what to do with the ph of my water. I played with some different soils and had bad gnats, tried everything and I used a ton of DE which messed up my soil completely and i had tons of lock out. Moving forward I am using this masswhole potting soil which locals rave about. I had super slow growing healthly plants, then I started adjusting my water ph to around 7 or so and things seems ok for a week or two. I had one day where my ph pen spazzed and I gave em water prob around 5.5-6 ph, but corrected and flushed the next day bc I saw some burn. Thankfully it was only a small group of plants. Now my other group which has been healthy n nice for 2 weeks is suddenly showing some ph burn it looks like and one of my flowering looks to have ph issues on lower leaves.
ive never had issues growing in good soil before and im a bit frustrated. So a few questions
should I be adjusting this water?
should I be adding super thrive or anything or does that calcite stone do the job ?
Any other possibilities?
http://firstamendmentsoil.com/products.html
And Im using a apec RO system that has a calcite mineral replenishing filter at the end.
http://www.amazon.com/APEC-Water-Systems-ROES-PH75-Alkaline/dp/B00NWZ1RCK/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458578454&sr=8-3-fkmr1&keywords=apec+calcite
my concern... 6th Stage: Calcite Acidic Water Neutralizer 10" - adds calcium carbonate to increase water alkalinity
this stage is great for your body and drinking but it puts the ph of my water up to 10ph. I Believe the calcium carbonate is beneficial to the plants and all but Im not sure what to do with the ph of my water. I played with some different soils and had bad gnats, tried everything and I used a ton of DE which messed up my soil completely and i had tons of lock out. Moving forward I am using this masswhole potting soil which locals rave about. I had super slow growing healthly plants, then I started adjusting my water ph to around 7 or so and things seems ok for a week or two. I had one day where my ph pen spazzed and I gave em water prob around 5.5-6 ph, but corrected and flushed the next day bc I saw some burn. Thankfully it was only a small group of plants. Now my other group which has been healthy n nice for 2 weeks is suddenly showing some ph burn it looks like and one of my flowering looks to have ph issues on lower leaves.
ive never had issues growing in good soil before and im a bit frustrated. So a few questions
should I be adjusting this water?
should I be adding super thrive or anything or does that calcite stone do the job ?
Any other possibilities?