ph booster and reducer

[Pam]

ALright, we're talking SOIL here. Most soil growers don't bother keeping such things around. You need to make sure the soil is 6.5-7 and also the water. Lime is used in soil as a buffer and can be added as a top dressing. To acidify the easiest way is to add one asprin tablet to a gallon of water and soak the soil.

 

Soil grows are just not that sensitive. In hydro you really have to be careful, but soil is much more forgiving. Unless your Ph is way off, you shouldn't have troubles.

 

 

PS, I have never had a need for a resevoir I use VERY LITTLE nutes in a soil grow as my soil mix is what feeds the plants. When I do need to add something I most often foliar feed something simple and organic. Most problems in soil stem from the confusion between hydro nutes and soil. And also from an overloading of the soil. When you pour nutes into soil they do not just run off as in hydro. There eventually will be problems with buildup, and flushing soil is not as easy as soiless mediums.

Edited March 22, 2008 by Pam