how important is adding lime? how much?

[stickyickyicky]

all i could get is MG Organic potting mix here.

5 gallon plastic kitty litter container
about 4 gallons worth of the organic mix
1 hand full - MG blood meal (12-0-0)
1 hand full - Mg bone meal (6-9-0)
3-4 hands of MG vermiculite
almost a gal worth of MG perlite

I am asking very kindly if some one can suggest the lime amount i should add
i know it has to be powdered but how much? should i also get worm castings to help out my mix? any thing else that is not to hard to find this time of year?

Thanks ALot

STICKY

ps - i used to water with
SCHULTZ powder "orchid food"(19-31-17) i then found "bloom plus"(10-54-10) but have not used it.

 

[j.guit.err]

I would follow your mix as closely as possible. Lime is very important to stabilize the PH of your soil. It tells you the amount in "organics for beginners" thread. Good Luck!

 

[I N Hail]

Sticky
I dont know the exact amounts right off hand go to the ORGANICS FOR BEGGINNERS thread it's there .



I N Hail

 

[stickyickyicky]

basically it says 2 tablespoons per gallon. about the same as the blood and bone meal. guess ill add a hand full. (when i grab it)

would it be ok to mix lime+water on its next watering into a plant that has already been planted? i planted it with out the lime in the soil. its on its first week of 12\12 after being transplanted. im going to eventually plant my clones in the ph adjusted soil later on.

 

[I N Hail]

Sticky Don't want to guide you wrong So hit the chat room and ask that OK.



I N hail

 

[BurnOne]

basically it says 2 tablespoons per gallon. about the same as the blood and bone meal. guess ill add a hand full. (when i grab it)

would it be ok to mix lime+water on its next watering into a plant that has already been planted? i planted it with out the lime in the soil. its on its first week of 12\12 after being transplanted. im going to eventually plant my clones in the ph adjusted soil later on.

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

basically it says 2 tablespoons per gallon. about the same as the blood and bone meal. guess ill add a hand full. (when i grab it)

would it be ok to mix lime+water on its next watering into a plant that has already been planted? i planted it with out the lime in the soil. its on its first week of 12\12 after being transplanted. im going to eventually plant my clones in the ph adjusted soil later on.

Here's some info that may help with future grows, not so sure about this one. Since I don't do organic I can't speak from experience here. A "hand full" of ingredients is only as good as your ability to replicate or adjust the same formula down the road. Precise measurements will take some of the guesswork out of the game when things get dicey! It's kind of like mixing 2-cycle fuel. Too much oil will kill you from the blue exhaust fumes and too little will singe the piston rings. An undetermined amount of gas and a splash of oil will run the machine but could cause problems later. If problems do arrise it's always good to have an accurate reference point to make necessary adjustments.

One way to judge the correct amount of lime is to mix everything except the lime, perlite and vermiculite. Add lime at the rate recommended in the organic soil thread (the amount of nutes you add and the pH of the mix will affect the amt of lime you need.) Then add the perlite and vermiculite. These two ingredients are neutral and don't need lime. You'll get too much lime in your mix if you measure it based on p & v included.

Put some of the mix in a pot and water it. Allow the pot to sit for three weeks. Water will activate the lime and get it to doing it's thing. If it damps off add some more water, keeping the sample moist. After three weeks or so you can pour enough water through the sample to measure the pH runoff. The correct amount of lime will buffer your soil and allow you to add water at a lower pH than you'd be able to do w/o lime. Too much lime is like the point of no return cause it's nearly impossible to correct without major hassle. Hope this helps.

 

[stickyickyicky]

burn one- i basically saw that coming

Disco- thanks man! that helps alot. putting in the terms i am familiar with (gas\oil) helped me understand alot better.

appreciate it!

 

[habeeb]

do measure lime out please, you can add to much lime and then be getting 8-9 ph !

I would suggest adding 1 TBSP then top dressing with another one if you are seeing def. but lime seems to not like me so much so...

 

[oohcow]

Don't make your first noob mistake like me. I was looking for lime in the middle of winter no one had it. Instead of ordering it, I decided to "fuck it" and go ahead with it anyway.

the 4th week of veg my shit started to have ph problems, I ordered the lime straight away and topdressed with it.

Fast forward 6 weeks. All my plants are looking great except 1. I know that if i got the ph right the first time, that one would look beautiful (it is the best plant in the entire garden even tho it has ph problems)