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HELP! Soil?

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Firsttimernate123

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I got the entire setup and 15 Days In on (my first grow) I'm realizing I'm using the wrong soil which is why I can't get the pH balanced in the soil. Expert Gardener from Walmart with the slow releasing nutrients...looked good to me when I was there but I should have done more research! I just I want to know where I should go from here having just transplanted from smaller parts yesterday to what you see in the picture should I switch soils or is shock too big an issue this early? thank you
 

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for me it takes about a week after transplant till i see them taking off. i would not freak out yet.
have you been trying to balance ph the one day or long time ? slow releasing nutrient soil is not usually reccomended.
other people would know more.
 
Yes I now know the correct soil when I transplanted yesterday I transplanted right back into the same soil just to be safe cuz they are growing as you see but it's definitely not the right soil! And because of that the pH is way out of whack
 
Nevermind.... I should have read the entire post first. Yeah, I have that same pH meter, I think. Three position switch that does moisture/light/pH. Bought it at walmahts & it did exactly what everything else I've ever bought at walmahts does. Worked half a dozen times & went south. I started to get real strange readings & decided to take advice from the GWE tutorials page & buy a decent pH meter. Less than 20$ and I'm very happy & much less fretful about my pH levels.
 
Hi Firsttimernate,
Hears what I would do if they were mine. Get some good quality organic soil, and transplant them. Check out "Growing basics" that Nebula haze has got posted above, especially her recommendations on super soil. If you could get your hands on something like Kindsoil, that would be primo, if not, a lot of stores are now starting to cary the Fox Farm line, get either the Ocean Forest or Happy Frog. Not my first choice of soils, but Fox Farms will be a vast improvement over the timed release stuff, and will do ok. After that, watching your PH will become much less of an issue, specially with Kindsoil. The Micro Organisms in organic soil do all that PH balancing for you, so you really shouldn't have to worry about it to much.

I would use non transparent pots, or cover them so light doesn't hit the soil. How is your fan situation? It looks like they might be getting to much breeze. When you transplant, go all the way up, to within about an inch of the leaves, it looks like the light used to be a little to far away, which made them "stretch" to reach it. Don't go moving that light to close yet though, they don't want it to bright right after transplant.

Those plants aren't done yet, not by a long shot. Your gonna do just fine. Lot's of great help, and good folks on this site to help you along. Make sure you read through the Growing Basics up top, I still learn a lot there, when something doesn't go right for me and so I read through it again.
 
I can tell you know what you're talking about because I just lowered my lights 2 days to go from what online recommended for a 150 watt sodium bulb hps? what the recommended 2 ft But the more research I did I realized 150 watt could be much closer... should be much closer! And the fan isn't oscillating it's the square one I keep on 1....4 ft away. When I transplant into the other good soil (tomorrow) should I Clump the roots with my hand as is now to avoid shock.... this is the part I fear I'll mess up on..p.s. Thank you so kindly for your help
 
Maybe i missed some stuff but not sure what your doing. If you do decide to transplant work around the roots ompletley. They will fill the new area.
 
What do you mean by working around the roots? I should leave as much behind leaving only roots into new soil or my question was should I grab like a fist full of that (bad soil) and re-transplant it in to foxfarm soil
 
Leave the soil on the roots. Try not to interrupt the roots at all. Dig around them if you replant. I think that maybe flushing very well and then adding the right nutrients would work as well.
 
I am trying to remember but drill holes in the sides of those buckets all over. As many as you can make so it drains from the sides and bottom if your in buckets. In effect making an "air pot."
 
That's what I'm kind of in the process of doing now is letting the soil dry a little before I transplant, now here's the good question I agree with the flush and will try that before I transplant but what kind of water should I use out of the tap or purified , distilled!? Ty btw
 
Look up air pots so you get the idea. Those buckets will work very well with side holes. Sorry if im wrong and your not in 5 gallon buckets.
 
I check pH daily before n after adding nutes (foxfarm) until I can get a PPM meter or EC or TDS I donno! I got to figure out where my water is at from tap as I know this is affecting pH. It's drinkable, I got the town report from the water district with every percentage....so I've been letting it set out for 48 hours and then using to try to get the ppm's down
 
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