Ok ladies and gentlemen this is my first time growing and my plants in a 20 gallon bucket with happy frog soil. I just started noticing some yellow leaves and also some leaves getting reddish blotches on them also a few leaves have holes. The only new thing i have done was start giving her nutrients which was last Monday and I plan on giving her nutes every other monday so another feeding next week. Not sure the pictures will show but I'll get more pictures tomorrow. Also any recommendations on what to use to get my soil ph levels down ? They hitting 7.5 ph atm
I'd spray some epsom salts the way the leaf tips are bending. Sulfur lowers soil ph. Reddish blotches might be calcium def, but can't see in the pictures. Just my 2cents
Spray Epsom salts? Does Epsom salt have sulfer in it or something? Thanks for your advice I'll try the salts just don't know how to mix it up? Also someone told me to try concentrated lemon juice said it should bring soil ph levels down?? Ever heard of it?
You can get epsom salts at any big market or drug store. I just mix them into my water before feeding. Like he says the sulfur will help lower the pH and the magnesium will help a deficiency. Epsom salt is also known as magnesium sulfate. It's a chemical compound made up of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen.
I have heard of people using lemon juice to adjust water Ph.....not necessarily strictly soil Ph.....but running lower Ph'ed water through your soil will help to bring the soil Ph down....I have never used the lemon juice method as I just use Ph UP and Ph DOWN
I've actually used sulfuric acid diluted down with distilled water. Almost any parts store has it in a box with a bladder and spout. You have to be careful of course. An accurate pH probe is absolutely recommended if you delve into the acid.
Ok I'm gonna go get some Epson salt to mix in with the water I water with tap water and its really high ph like 8.5 almost 9 im pretty sure this is my problem I have some ph up but cant find any ph down anywhere so I'm hoping the Epson salts will help my problems out! I can tell its some kind of defiency but not sure which?? She was growing fine up until this point so not sure what went wrong I just wanna fix it before it gets worse
Also the soil ph tester I bought from rural king which is a farm store doesn't seem to read lower then a 7.0 which is stupid if you ask me lol anyone know of any otger ways to check the soil ph level? Thanks in advance sorry I'm such a nube lol
If you have been watering your plant with that kind of Ph....then that is MOST LIKELY your problem....with a Ph that high....the plant is experiwncing nutrient lock out....which means the roots can't take in the needed nutrients....fix your Ph and most likely your problems will go away
Epsom salts should help. I'd start off one tablespoon per gallon water, then reduce that to one teaspoon per watering. You don't want them building up either.
Basically this....depending on your water.....say, 1 teaspoon of Vinegar will affect the water of someone more or less than you....depending on your water makeup.......I hope that makes sense
Also when will i know that she's in flower stage for sure or not? If she's still in veg. Maybe I can fix this problem so she can get the nutrients needed for bud time?
I use a 2 part fertilizer for growth and a bloom fertilizer for my flowering girl. I have to ph these seperetly as the bloom fertilizer rises the ph more than the grow fertilizer, I adjust that by 5ml vinegar per gallon and increase slowly until I reach 5.8 to 6.2 ph I use 10ml of vinegar to bring down the ph from 7.0 to 6.5ph or so in a 4L (1gal) jug and about 20ml of vinegar to 4L(1gal) of water with bloom fert.
The white vinegar is more acidic than the distilled. A cup of white vinegar per gallon water is what is usually recommended. It does take quite a bit vs 10ml acid. . Vinegar to Acidify Soil in Organic Gardening Using Vinegar on Soil To lower the pH level of soil and make it more acidic, vinegar can be applied by hand or using an irrigation system. For a basic treatment, a cup of vinegar can be mixed with a gallon of water and poured over soil with a watering can.
