Recent content by Allotrope1000

Ck. Bro, you nailed the importance of pH! Newer growers take note. Follow this simple science and you will end up a grow master.

I'd grow it out, too. If your grow conditions are resulting in problems, new plants will simply succumb to the same problems. There are lots of recent posts on pH, which is critical to plant health. Test the pH for your medium (soil, coco) and adjust to proper range. If that is the problem...

Ckbrew and chipmunk have recently posted several excellent comments on pH testing. They are experienced laboratory guys and their advice is worth following. Golfnrl is also correct. Drops are a pain. I would venture that most of the growers use test strips or a pen. I use a cheap Vivosun pen...

Yes. Chip is correct. Pens can bite you. My first one failed a couple of years ago and my plants were growing slowly. Got a new pen, adjusted the pH - et voila, happy plants.

I'd like ckbrew and chipmunk to verify this post. (BTW, ok if I'm wrong). In my limited formal science education, I learned that pH is logarithmic, e.g. pH 8.0 is 10 times more alkaline than pH 7.0, not 1 times. A 10% increase, say to 7.1 is about a 26% decrease in acidity (H+, 10^.1 = ~1.26)...

This is more for newer growers, but I'd like ckbrew and chipmunk to verify this post. (BTW, ok if I'm wrong). In my limited formal science education, I learned that pH is logarithmic, e.g. pH 8.0 is 10 times more alkaline than pH 7.0, not 1 times. A 10% increase, say to 7.1 is about a 26%...

Orggrwr is spot on. Soil tends to buffer itself around pH 7, but veggie gardeners will physically ammend their soul pH to match that sweet spot. Correct pH is essential to your grow. IMO, not checking pH is simply introducing something to go wrong. My coco grows ALWAYS have pH managed 5.8 to...

I have been lucky, five years outside and no thieves. But, it is behind a 6'+ wall and quite obscure, no smell.

I think Ckbrew and Chipmunk's suggestion of pH test strips is a good idea for smaller grows. Simple, sound advice from guys who know their way around a lab! Personally, I use a cheap $20 Vivosun pH pen. Yes, I have to calibrate it occasionally, and they do break (back up is pH strips). But...

I like Chipmunk's H2O2 solution. I might dilute the standard 3% store bought hydrogen peroxide to 50/50%. (Chipper, do you dilute yours?) I had some white flies my first grow. A 50/50% solution, half water, half 70% isopropyl alcohol got rid of most of them. Could work on mites. Orggrwr's...

Keep fighting, Chipmunk! Keep growing! Keep posting!

Be careful, Chipmunk. I am no electrician (beyond replacing light switches). Maybe Orggrwr could give you a quick check with a pic of your rewiring job?

Hi, sallymom. Glad to see you are still growing real, edible vegetables! I feel your grow anxiety. Nursing a plant for months then fearing the dreaded botrytis. Definitely not fun.

Hey, Beeman! You and I think alike. Pretty easy to McGyver grow improvements. I am always doing it. I cannot endorse more your comment about matching strain genetics to the growing environment. Actually, if growing outdoors that's the FIRST thing I woud do - assuming a legal grow state.

Good job, Chip. You always have something new!