Shcrews, some salt ferts seem ok in moderation. I used to be freaked out to use any thinking I'd severely damage microbes, but I use small amounts of calcium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and n-phuric acid and have plants with sap pH of 6.5 and 18-20 brix this year. The initial nitrate in the soil was between 20-50 ppm after chicken shit and bone meal applications. I think 50-100 ppm is all thats really needed for big plants. I'm still messing around trying to to supply all the n they need with microbes but its hard to do without at least some manure or ground seed or animal products.
It is frustrating to see people treating outdoor soil like a hydro grow though.
This is a totally fascinating topic to me. Couple it with the fact that nitrate (and k)moves through the plant much fasterthan ca and you can understand why nitrate can have
such a horrible impact on plant health. Essentially you are forcing the plant to grow faster than the cells can properly fill in.
Limiting nitrate while getting the plant to take up organic N and getting that ca/b/si trinty working right makes life easy..
We should talk about it sometime
We look at it like si is the highway, ca is the truck and b is the fuel
your posts remind me how bad my chemistry skills are lolWe look at it like si is the highway, ca is the truck and b is the fuel
no i will order one.Shcrews, you have a refractometer yet? Cheap on ebay/amazon if not.
thanks. yah i think i was overwatering, things are looking good now except a couple stragglersSo glad the plants are growing out of their little episode! And wow they are exploding! The plants and sunsets are looking awesome!! The pup is cute as hell too!
Yah drip is damn near finish. will be nice, but the funny thing about that is the fire hose is great compared to the watering wand i was using for years.Cool the dripline is almost done, no more fire hose will be nice.
its from a wellMaybe you already said it but where do you get your water?
that is correct. i like the coots mix a lot and the lava rock gives it great structure for outdoor monstersAnd last question, the soil mix was just watered with straight water last year and will be this year too? So no nutrients added for two years? That's amazing. I'll have to look up this coot's mix.
Is the drip system up or what? Or is that for next year?
Is the drip system up or what? Or is that for next year?
Is the drip system up or what? Or is that for next year?
nice bush.. what strain ?Its almost finished. Been working all day