2 questions...About dolomite lime & EJ prod.????

[ZeusOGrefugee]

Hello all, I am currently in the 2nd week of my grow. Alittle backround first, check out my grow:

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=47817

I am currently in soilless Pro-Mix, just switched to all Earth Juice products and am using EJ : Grow, Bloom, Catalyst, Meta-K and Microblast. I just fed the girls a mild dose of all the above at the measurements of : Grow - 1tsp/gallon, Bloom - 1 tsp./gallon, Catalyst - 1 tsp./gal, Microblast - 1/2tsp./g, and Meta-K - 1 tsp./g. What I was wondering is how often to feed them this stuff. I usually go 1 feeding with nutes @ mild strength, then water, then reg strength nutes, water, med. nutes, and so on... Anyone with exp. using EJ please let me know what u think. My other question is about dolomite lime. Can I sprinkle it on the top soil and water it in, or do I have to mix it with the soil?? I have never used d lime B4, and this is only my 2nd grow w/ EJ products. Thanks for all the help guys. Peace...

 

[BurnOne]

ZeusOGrefugee-
Use powdered dolomite lime and mix it with your soiless mix @ 2 tbs./gal. of mix.
I recomend that you use the directions printed on the bottles of the EJ products. Each plant responds different to nutes. Some Indicas like lots of food and some Sativas are more modest.
Burn1

 

[ZeusOGrefugee]

Thanks Burn1 - So I cant water the lime in huh!??Guess Ill have to use it on the next grow. I dont seem to be havin any PH problems...so, Ill just wait. As far as the EJ goes, I am using the bottle measurements, I just have heard that EJ can be real Hot sometimes, and I dont wanna burn my babies.....Peace.

 

[goldfronts]

I didn't have any problems with my grow till i started using earth juice on my grow. At first my plants were doing great, but then after i saw signs of yellowing, i started to feed with earth juice at 1/2 strength (3lb Earth juice Guide). Right away my plants started to yellow, and brown. I thought that i might be feeding them too much still. I was bubbling the earth juice for 24-48 hrs before feeding, and i thought that this was supposed to fix the low ph (Earth Juice Is Acidic). After my plants continued to get worse, i decided to get a phmeter, and i found that when i intitally put the earth juice into the water bfore i bubbled, the ph was between 3 & 4. Even after bubbling for 24 hrs, the ph never rose more than 5. I added dolmite lime as a top dressing, and started to ph adjust my fert solution, and now my garden is so green, and growing at a crazy rate. The difference is like night an day now.

Some people say that if you use dolomite lime at 2 tbs per gallon of soilessmix, there is no need to ph adjust the nute solution, and that could be true, but i have not had such luck.

Good luck