Dr.earth pure gold 2-2-2 instead of premuim gold4-4-4?

southbayLA154 said:

Yeah pretty much have to put in the powder and water shake it up .
So since it between 6.0 -6.5 , I'm guessing I should hold off on the lime correct?

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Ya. I wouldn't use any. If you want to raise the pH I'd use oyster shell flour instead. It's much milder.

PadawanWarrior said:

I assume that's like a slurry test. That works.

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When using fish fert . Should I water till slight runoff or or just a deep waterin..

Would it be fine water when the soil is slightly damp but not moist or wet?

southbayLA154 said:

When using fish fert . Should I water till slight runoff or or just a deep waterin..

Would it be fine water when the soil is slightly damp but not moist or wet?

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Fish fertilizer and organics, no runoff. Chemicals, you want some runoff so salts don't build up.

And I actually try to keep my soil moist. I don't want it to dry out since that would kill or make microbes go dormant.

With chemicals I'd let it dry out more. With organics keep it moist if you can.

southbayLA154 said:

Yeah pretty much have to put in the powder and water shake it up .
So since it between 6.0 -6.5 , I'm guessing I should hold off on the lime correct?

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Wouldn't you want to something in the soil for long term buffering though?

Marq1340 said:

Wouldn't you want to something in the soil for long term buffering though?

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Microbes will do that for him. But he could add a little OSF to be safe. That will add Ca too. I can't use much since I have Ca in my water already.

Marq1340 said:

Wouldn't you want to something in the soil for long term buffering though?

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so I need to transplant, from solo to 1 gallon
The peat moss out the bag is at 6.0 ,
How much lime should I add per gallon ? to raise it to 6.2-6.5?

southbayLA154 said:

so I need to transplant, from solo to 1 gallon
The peat moss out the bag is at 6.0 ,
How much lime should I add per gallon ? to raise it to 6.2-6.5?

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seems really high for peat. Are you sure about that?

And mix small batch of medium up and test it, to see ph, and get ratios right for bigger batch to mix

side note, peat is terrible to use for anything just because of how it is obtained. I made the mistake of getting some myself

You can use the 222 but there's no calcium or magnesium. I'd pre amend with homegrown. I do that for every single seedling and because of the time for the roots to reach the nutrients/also the breakdown time is perfect for when they start needing it. I've never overfed a seedling this way.

southbayLA154 said:

so I need to transplant, from solo to 1 gallon
The peat moss out the bag is at 6.0 ,
How much lime should I add per gallon ? to raise it to 6.2-6.5?

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I wouldn't add anything to change the ph of the medium. Dr. Earth has microbes through Trubiotics to help buffer, and regular watering around the 6.3-6.5 range will be more than enough