Marcus gets back in the closet.

[RB1]

They all look amazing @Marcus

F All to be ashamed about using ACV or the soda

I think that got blown out of proportions... Think its obvious i mistook the method and materials being used due to the slang being used. Neither was i knocking the method of adjusting ph.

Just didn't think you needed to ph when using soil...

[Guest]

They all look amazing @Marcus

F All to be ashamed about using ACV or the soda

I think that got blown out of proportions... Think its obvious i mistook the method and materials being used due to the slang being used. Neither was i knocking the method of adjusting ph.

Just didn't think you needed to ph when using soil...

Nothing blown out of proportion. You can't back track now

[Marcus]

Girls are showing a bit of burn here and there, this soil is a tad hot, but them bits will get lopped off when it comes time to top and trim them back.

I'm aiming for 5 or 6 koalas on each plant, staggered opposites down the main branch will be removed. I'll take pics when I do this. It'll keep them manageable in such a tight space. As soon as they all hit 6 nodes they'll get chopped n flipped.

But yeah, The Dude really does abide.

[Marcus]

Nearly forgot...



Blackout blind from the Ikea place. It'll do for now. Saves me swearing at gorilla tape for a day or two, trying to stop the cubby glowing like a big orange glowy thing.





(you may need to turn your computer on it's side)

[Tictok]

OOoo got some bat poo on the go Marcus

I'm always messing around in the batcrap. The stuff grows me some nice plants.

Heard good things about house and garden, following this one.

I thought I'd try a different brand TicTok, PLagron has been good to me but the price has jumped a bit and this stuff was only a tenner a bag.

@RB1

I also use ACV in soil and also use the bicarb to offset things a little and also they both help to keep the bugs down.

I did some tests using water quality strips before and after adding the vinegar and the results were surprising:

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10781

Take a look and read if you wish and feel free to raid my topic too

There are also other benefits of using ACV

Korean Natural Farming has many uses for it which is one succesful agricultural technique if you ask me.

Maybe I was the one who mentioned it to marcus or I got the idea off him @Marcus ....?

Also isn't PH one of the 1st things you'd check in diagnosing a plant issue?

Also try using ABV with the mother in as this is much better, contains even more goodies and also has to be organic to have a live mother culture.

If you ever want any more links then please feel free to ask? Always open to help out. I may have something on my blog about this too or a subject related to ACV and PH.

Hi Rik.

I've used bicarb and apple cider in most substrates for years now, since a drippage incident with ph down, a pair of sunglasses and my conk shaped nose.
I was lucky it wasn't my eyeball really.

I've always ph'd my feeds in any medium and I rarely get problems.

These were in soil and ph'd...



And these...



These were in tomato compost, using miracle grow liquid ferts... all ph'd




etc etc.

Bringing out the big guns ! Point well made sir.

I always ph my water in soil, I've had problems when I don't.

The logic of not ph'ing water for soil because the soil will buffer and adjust (?) doesn't make sense to me personally. Why not give the soil water at the correct PH so no work is required, path of least resistance.

I'm currently using PH down but might switch back to ACV if it contains good things.

Nice work as always M.

[Marcus]

Bringing out the big guns ! Point well made sir.

I always ph my water in soil, I've had problems when I don't.

The logic of not ph'ing water for soil because the soil will buffer and adjust (?) doesn't make sense to me personally. Why not give the soil water at the correct PH so no work is required, path of least resistance.

I'm currently using PH down but might switch back to ACV if it contains good things.

Nice work as always M.

Hi TicTok,

I feel the same, the way I look at it is, even if the soil does 'buffer' itself why give it extra work to do?

I'm feeding liquid organic ferts that are immediately uptaken, not top dressing and waiting 6 weeks for microbes to break stuff down, so hitting the sweet ph spot for the grub is needed.

My tap water is 8.3ph... That's not very canna friendly in my book. So I aim for 6-6.5 when I sling them their food.

Some ferts can drop the mixed food down to 3ph... again, not very friendly to the plant, so a bit of bicarb brings it back into line.

I also don;t even bother letting the tap water 'gas off' anymore.

[Tictok]

Bringing out the big guns ! Point well made sir.

I always ph my water in soil, I've had problems when I don't.

The logic of not ph'ing water for soil because the soil will buffer and adjust (?) doesn't make sense to me personally. Why not give the soil water at the correct PH so no work is required, path of least resistance.

I'm currently using PH down but might switch back to ACV if it contains good things.

Nice work as always M.

Hi TicTok,

I feel the same, the way I look at it is, even if the soil does 'buffer' itself why give it extra work to do?

I'm feeding liquid organic ferts that are immediately uptaken, not top dressing and waiting 6 weeks for microbes to break stuff down, so hitting the sweet ph spot for the grub is needed.

My tap water is 8.3ph... That's not very canna friendly in my book. So I aim for 6-6.5 when I sling them their food.

Some ferts can drop the mixed food down to 3ph... again, not very friendly to the plant, so a bit of bicarb brings it back into line.

I also don;t even bother letting the tap water 'gas off' anymore.

Exactly. Now I'm slowly switching to living soil I use ecothrive neutralise drops to remove the chlorine and chloromine just to be on the safe side. Just updated my diary, the results are pretty clear with PH'd water.

[Keeno]

Nice idea that black out blind @Marcus. I might pinch that to 100% make sure no light from my veg tent is hitting my plants.

[Marcus]

I've flipped these to 12/12... just because they're big enough now... and will be topping them when they show me their necks, only need enough so I can get a clean cut. 1 has been topped at the 6th node and the rest will be this week sometime. Then I'll work out when to strip a few branches off if needed. Might be able to let them be with a few stakes in the pots. Dunno.

Fed Sunday 1.5L of PH'd tap water and fed this morning (Wed) with the same.




Cooking on gas so far.

[Tictok]

Superb, they are looking awesome @Marcus

I use the same cake cooling racks ontop of the drop trays. Great idea.