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does PH matter in Organic Soil like Biobizz?

sourdiesel1896
sourdiesel1896started grow question a month ago
I have a lot of problems on my plants, i flushed them, i water with biobizz nutes in Biobizz light soil. i ph my water to 6.3. Because of ongoing problems i just checked ph in soil and its 5.8 wich seems to low for organic? What am i doing wrong :(
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question a month ago
It is low, and it might be some something else growing in the pot other then weed. like microbes. Don't Ph down the water and use it as is, and in a week test it and see if it is still around 5.8. I bet it will boast up to 6ish something. Biobizz is made of fancy molasses, so lota sugars in the mix, and that in turn feeds microbes. Microbes are great at managing the PH of the medium and don't really need a lot of help once they are setup unless its the wrong microbes. I grow outdoors in pots and will never once PH down my water, all my plants look fine. indoors is almost the same. My next grow I won't be altering PH as the stuff I will be feeding with is micro super food and will do the work for me.
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einamio
einamioanswered grow question a month ago
Just fyi I use biobizz light mix and nutrients with 6.3ph water and my runoff is usually closer to 7
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question a month ago
Organic feed is heavy in salts. So when you get a salt build up it tends to drop the ph like your describing. So that is my take from what your explaining. Flushing is to correct a issue then it is needed in cases with soil. Especially with big plants when they can handle a full saturation. I think you have just been feeding heavy or was not getting run off at feeds. The run off at feeds is Mini flushes to also disprove Flushing myths of not needed.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question a month ago
How you test soil ph ??? With cheap 5 $ meters or you bought something expensive, like triple blulab probe or something. People check run off, but even then you have to know how to test. Dont take first run off, take middle or last, colect it to clean plate and so on, many things. Flushing is for coco or hydro, in soil you never do this shit. Fact.
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