Sorry to say, but those can't be trusted. Unless you have a decent pH meter, a slurry test is your best option. But I bet your soil pH is just fine. The microbes probably have it about perfect. That yellowing is from them being slightly hungry.
it's true,i caught it smoking my stash!
Looking colorful. That Terp Tea looks good, but if you want to save money and are wanting fast acting K, langbeinite and potassium sulfate seperate are way cheaper. Langbeinite by itself is a good terp booster. It's sulfur, magnesium, and potassium. I'm on my 3rd 5 pound box of langbeinite now and I've only used it on my indoor pots of soil. If I want extra K without the Mg, I use potassium sulfate.
I'd be on the lookout for budrot too. Those leaves dying into the buds can cause issues.
desert,not very humid here
i work at the grow shop so i get 30% off everything...and i'm lazy so something already mixed up is better for me
Nice. I saw you talking about buying beneficial insects and worms before. If I was you I'd just get some good EWC to start. BAS has decent vermicompost. The vermicompost should have more life than their EWC. There are also red wiggler cocoons in it so in time you'll have worms as long as your soil is healthy.
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i was looking at the colorado stuff on the bas site so i'll see about getting the owner to order some on the next bas order...we need to get cubic yards of 3.0 in for a customerNice. I saw you talking about buying beneficial insects and worms before. If I was you I'd just get some good EWC to start. BAS has decent vermicompost. The vermicompost should have more life than their EWC. There are also red wiggler cocoons in it so in time you'll have worms as long as your soil is healthy.
They had another kind a long time ago that really kicked ass, but the Colorado Worm Company stuff is decent too. I found Big Eyed bugs in that older stuff. Those are bad ass.
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That's awesome your shop goes through them. Grow Generation has ordered through them for me to save shipping, but the one by my house closed. I have to go down the hill now so I usually just go through BAS. But I try to wait until their big sales. Black Friday is one of their good ones. I bought a 44# bag of Craft Blend last month when it was 50% off.
we have both in stock,and charged bio char...and the barely straw...so i'll be set on recycling....except of course for somewhere not full of plants!
Just remember you only want up to 5% biochar according to BAS. I added that to my soil along with the pumice and rice hulls when I mixed up mine. That was like 4 years ago. It's probably time to mix in some more peat moss and stuff, but as long as it works I'm not messing. My 15 gal pots of soil are heavy as shit now, so I don't like moving them around or messing with them much. Way heavier than the original FFOF.
tell me about it,i just hauled 2 bags of happy frog home and i swear it weighed more than a bale of pro mix
