Anyone using recharge having pH issues?

ebcrew

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Does anyone here use recharge?

I ask because I am having some serious pH issues in my organic soil grow. It seems after using recharge my pH of soil has dropped to 5.3. This is causing some serious phosphorus issues among others. Then again it might be something completely different, I am super new at organic growing.

The water i was using was 6.8, 240ppm measured with bluelab meter, so i thought I was good this whole time. If anything i figured my pH would be high. I was wrong!

My soil is 50/50 ocean forest and happy frog with perlite. I added the mixture into a tote and added Kelp Meal, DTE 4-4-4, Dr. Earth 3-9-4, Fish Bone Meal, and EWC. I cooked it for a few months and it was teaming with microbes.

I didnt do a control with no recharge so im not sure if its my soil mixture being to acidic or if its the recharge?
 

Norcal69

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Ive used it too. Ive had issues with low ph using that among other things. Maybe because it has molasses in it which can drop ph
 

ebcrew

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sucks because it was so expensive and now its just sitting there because im afraid to use it. No one ever replied and offered any advice. your the first since may lol thanks bro
 

Norcal69

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Yea no problem. I think u can add a lil dolimite lime in or on the soil and that is supposed to keep the ph more stable, but i never have tried doing that
 

Angus Hung

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I run organic soil in beds {4x8} and have been reusing the soil for over a year. and have noticed the soil PH is very low. {PH 5}
I have been watering with ph 7 water trying to bring it back up. Im probably going to trash the soil next run if i cant get the PH higher.
 
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