PH coming down slowly

All that looks good to me. I am going to tag @Oldguy he is more familiar with Super Soil than myself. Let’s see what he has to say.

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Yes I really dont want to send them into flower looking “sick” like they do. This is my first grow so everything is new to me.

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Thanks for the tag @kellydans. I’m not in supersoil but …
here goes.
@croberts1290.
Some dolomite lime Top dressed will help bring the ph up but it’s a little slower acting.
At only 2 tablespoons of dolomite in the mix it almost seems a bit short for your mix.

And with the girls not so happy I’d def wait for topping and 12/12 switch.
With a healthy plant you’d want at least a week after topping before 12/12.
Let me tag @Spiney_norman. Think he’s more familiar than I am on soil chemistry.
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I need the soil PH lower

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Sorry. Misread things. :man_facepalming:

Here’s a link to some organic ph lowering amendments.
Again , Apologies for the confusion.
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Wheres the link?

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Gimme a sec.

:wink::+1:

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I have some clippings that Im leaving in a bag to compost.

What was the base soil you started with?
And how long did you age it?
Was your lime Dolomite? or hydrated?

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Aged it for 30 days


Lime I used.

You may have a magnesium deficiency
Dolomite lime is calcium and magnesium, the one you show is just calcium.
Just my observation.
What soil did you start with? The recipie calls for 10 gallons of soil. What brand and type was it?
If it is magnesium deficient, a dose of epsom salt in your water should help.
The epsom salt added to your mix is a short term source untill the dolomite starts to break down.

Happy Frog for the base.

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I have Cal Mag if that would help.

@croberts1290 Were you able to locate your TDS meter to check the ppm run off of your soil.

No yet.

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Ok so this is the first plant on the right. 810 ppms

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810 is that after you flush 5 gallons of water through it.

No i need to move them to do that i put some in a separate cup and its reading higher.
Right 1132 ppm
Left 1322 ppm
Back 1797 ppm

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Run 5 gal through each plant? Water ph’ed to 6.0?

Okay your numbers don’t look bad. It would have been curious to know the first runoff and check the PPM when you first started to flush those numbers would have probably been a lot higher. At this point I would let the pots dry out for a few days before I give them any more water. Watch the new growth see how the plants responds. What was your final pH check?