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PH is 4.9- BAD batch of happy frog.

xanado18
xanado18started grow question 5y ago
Ok so yeah definitely seeing a problem here, BAD batch of happy frog. First time in soil, just got a blue lab pen, Calibrated and checked, & my PH is reading 4.9-5.0 on my soil. What do I do to get that number up for seedlings, as well as treating 5 bags of soil entirely??
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StayWeededanswered grow question 5y ago
Dolomite lime will buffer the pH and bring it back up into a usable range(and add some cal/mag). Itโ€™s sold as Garden Lime in most garden centers for about $5. Make sure itโ€™s dolomite lime and not hydrated lime. First thing you should do is amend your bags of soil with it since it needs time to break down. Add 2 tablespoons of lime per gallon of soil or about 1 cup per cubic foot. Iโ€™m not sure about adding any to the solo cups but Iโ€™d just transplant them to bigger pots after you lime the soil. I see you have Recharge also. Iโ€™d wet the soil with some of it after amending so the microbes can start breaking down the lime quicker.
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