Sadhu Sciences
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Well how do you know you have a pH lockout? Your flushing sounds drastic. If you are going to swamp your soil, I'd let things dry out a bit otherwise you'll drive the O2 out of your soil. What soil do you have and what volume?
I don't really change ACT recipes for veg or flower.
Hey Microbeman,
I had a question about the PH level of the tea I feed to the soil. I have a low PH to my RO water based on my location. The tea naturally becomes acidic and is already at around 3.6 after 24hr of brewing. I usually mix the 5 gal of concentrated tea to 40 gal of RO water. The PH comes out to 4.5 range after they are mixed. Would I want to raise the clean RO water to a higher PH of < 7 in order to achieve an acceptable PH range within the soil?
Your advice would be much appreciated. I only say this is because it dropped the PH in my soil to 4.2-4.6 range. The plants then became locked out due to PH , after checking the runoff. I have never had to deal with the base RO water being too low of PH, but I guess I must adapt. I have been raising the PH to 7 in the 40 gal tank before adding the 5 gal of concentrated tea.
Am I killing the colonies by doing this? i Know using PH is a no no anyways, but I am in a dilemma. Your advice is much appreciated. Thanks
Namaste