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What happen to my babies?
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You added to much lime to your mixture; now you are going to have either add coffee grounds or more peat..... you will have to take another pot and put a little mixture in there with what you have in your plants and water it untill you find the right ph mixture...
or get some ph down after you mix your nutrients.
Like Isaid they did not transplant; but if a lot of soil fell out they did not need it; when you transplant you will always lose some soil
or get some ph down after you mix your nutrients.
Like Isaid they did not transplant; but if a lot of soil fell out they did not need it; when you transplant you will always lose some soil
You can use vinegar in water yes, since you are soiless it will have more of an impact; so go ahead and try vinegar but do not use a whole lot; 3 tsp will be enough to bring a whole gallon low if you have high ph tap water like in the 9's
mine was in the 9's and had to use 3 tsp per gallon of water.
mine was in the 9's and had to use 3 tsp per gallon of water.
I think you meant to say pH "down".
But to answer that question, most of the pH adjusters used in aquarium fishkeeping are usually sodium based and is very bad for your plants.
Only the ones labeled as "safe for aquarium plants" are acceptable for adjusting pH in your ferts. Jungle brand pH reducer as sold at wallymart stores aquarium fish department IS phosphoric acid and will not harm your plants. Phosphoric acid is the same thing grow shops sell for pH down.
hth
Stitch : it's nice to hear vineger works for bring the ph down.
10k : thanks stopping by. yes already chech the ph adjuster for aqua is mainly composed of sodium hydoxide and sodium bicarbonate (ph up?), these are toxicates
as explained in wiki. but cannt figure it out why sodium bicarbonate used in also bakery?
will look for somehing unhamrful.
some folks say fulvic acid for organic ph down and suggested better than using vineger or citric acid, but after some surfings, most of them have ph above 10!
maybe ther is something chemically going on when poured into the soil.
in medcal research, vineger and citric acid after assimilated by the human body do raise the ph of the blood up not down, they act like alkaline eventually!!
would this be the same for the plants? hummmm, interesting
the babies are doing well after the tranplant, the burning stops. wont feed them hamberger whil they are still under 2 weeks old again!
will not water them till the weight of pot is close to that of the empty plant pot as 10k suggets.
the lower leafes of MH#1 are yellowing out, do the leaves start yellowing entirely at this stage or its N deficency?
can't post pics, some trouble on the forum's disk.
thanks again
10k : thanks stopping by. yes already chech the ph adjuster for aqua is mainly composed of sodium hydoxide and sodium bicarbonate (ph up?), these are toxicates
as explained in wiki. but cannt figure it out why sodium bicarbonate used in also bakery?
will look for somehing unhamrful.
some folks say fulvic acid for organic ph down and suggested better than using vineger or citric acid, but after some surfings, most of them have ph above 10!
maybe ther is something chemically going on when poured into the soil.
in medcal research, vineger and citric acid after assimilated by the human body do raise the ph of the blood up not down, they act like alkaline eventually!!
would this be the same for the plants? hummmm, interesting
the babies are doing well after the tranplant, the burning stops. wont feed them hamberger whil they are still under 2 weeks old again!
will not water them till the weight of pot is close to that of the empty plant pot as 10k suggets.
the lower leafes of MH#1 are yellowing out, do the leaves start yellowing entirely at this stage or its N deficency?
can't post pics, some trouble on the forum's disk.
thanks again
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