This is also a used theory during veg with bottles nutes. Unfortunately the synthetic nutes kill off the last of the microbes in the soil by flower.
That’s earth juice... they have their own product that they sell.. not knocking them, but if you’re making your own tea and you’re not feeding a bottled nutrient, don’t ph. Ph is not needed if you’re doing organics right. My single plant has been growing for about 6 months now, and I added not one drop of PH up or PH down. I got all my water from a RO filter and watered straight in. I fed one compost tea my whole grow and just top dressed with more soil and EWC and compost. My plant never showed a sign of deficiency or toxicity. My plant has not burnt up or anything
Well... with my growing application I added a lot of fertilizer to my soil when I mixed it. I made sure it would be enough for my plant. I mixed FFOF as my base soil with Perlite, Malibu compost, EWC, and dr earth 4-4-4 and 3-9-4. I can’t Vogue for the OP, but if you’re adding the food, the microbes break it down and feed your plant.
Let's not forget many of the pH up and down products affect microbes as well.
Exactly why you shouldn’t PH if you’re growing organics. Again, my plant has been grown seed to just before harvest with only watering RO water. No ph, no bottled nutes, just watering my soil when dry. And my occasional molasses, fish and kelp fert that I have. But that is just microbe food lol
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Don’t ph if you’re growing organics. Organic means NO BOTTLED NUTRIENTS! You pretty much feed the bacteria in your soil(water) and they go to work breaking down all the organic matter(poop, bark, moss, etc.) in your soil. You can mix in some molasses to your RO water to help feed the microbes better. But if you’re using bottled nutrients at all, then you should probably ph. If not, don’t ph and enjoy!
yes I noticed! like literally 3-4 DROPS for 3 gallons.Yes it needs ph down, but it need alot less then it does with tap water
Thats true. Its also true that using salt nutes can f up the microbial life as well. So if you're going organic or soil just wanted to make sure you were adding nutes healthy for the soil as well.
so plain water doesnt always need pH'd
appreciate that and I will. thanks everyone for the tips. one can never know too much
I am just beginning to use compost teas.... about a cup of EWC, tsp of bio-char, a smidge of RAW Cal/Mag, a cup of fungus laden forest floor and a couple of days of bubbles.... some of these compost teas ive seen are really extensive.... mine is simple I guess....not sure how well it works but we shall see. The soil on my property is incredibly fertile I figure would be wise to figure out a way to tap into it.