Im ready to transplant to a final home and was wondering how much of this and that I should use for the soil. I am using
Fox Farms Ocean Forest
Chunky perlite
Earthworm Castings
Epsoma pelletized dolomite lime (I couldnt find and powdered).
Im going from a 1 gallon to an approx. 3 gallon pot. Currently Im in a mix of FFOF and Fertilome Ultimate Potting Soil with no perlite or anything else. Im adding lime as my PH was fine for a while, then it tanked to 5.5 after about 3 weeks and after a flush it went up to 6.8. After a feeding (6.5ph solution) and 6.8 watering, it tanked once again so I would like the added lime to stabilize the PH through flower. I know FFOF contains the oyster shell to buffer so I want to know how much lime would be over doing it (Im guessing 1TBSP/gal would be alright?) Here are my estimations for what I have, please let me know if Im under/overdoing it anywhere.
8 cups Ocean Forest
4 cups earthworm castings
4 cups perlite
1 TBSP pelletized lime (crushed up a bit with a hammer)
Im using the lucas formula with floranova bloom. My tap water has a high ph of 9.2, and the FNB drops it top around 4-5. With my plan to amend my soil with lime, I should PH my mix to around 6.1-6.3 and let the buffers in the lime bring it up correct?
Thanks for any advice!
Fox Farms Ocean Forest
Chunky perlite
Earthworm Castings
Epsoma pelletized dolomite lime (I couldnt find and powdered).
Im going from a 1 gallon to an approx. 3 gallon pot. Currently Im in a mix of FFOF and Fertilome Ultimate Potting Soil with no perlite or anything else. Im adding lime as my PH was fine for a while, then it tanked to 5.5 after about 3 weeks and after a flush it went up to 6.8. After a feeding (6.5ph solution) and 6.8 watering, it tanked once again so I would like the added lime to stabilize the PH through flower. I know FFOF contains the oyster shell to buffer so I want to know how much lime would be over doing it (Im guessing 1TBSP/gal would be alright?) Here are my estimations for what I have, please let me know if Im under/overdoing it anywhere.
8 cups Ocean Forest
4 cups earthworm castings
4 cups perlite
1 TBSP pelletized lime (crushed up a bit with a hammer)
Im using the lucas formula with floranova bloom. My tap water has a high ph of 9.2, and the FNB drops it top around 4-5. With my plan to amend my soil with lime, I should PH my mix to around 6.1-6.3 and let the buffers in the lime bring it up correct?
Thanks for any advice!
