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Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« on: February 06, 2015, 06:17:21 PM »
any thoughts on the best way to increase the acidity of soilless mixes and the best option for liquid feeds and Te 's?

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Re: Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 06:31:37 PM »
I believe used coffee grounds are acidic. I have heard that 10% of the mix can be grounds.
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Re: Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2015, 11:10:52 PM »
Pine bark is acidic component if soilless mix.
Dynagrow foliage pro ...for foliar feed. Nutricote 13 13 13 is very good slow release for soil.

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Re: Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 02:57:27 AM »
I was hoping for some kind of liquid/ powdered acidifier. Is there something like this out there?

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Re: Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 07:19:25 AM »
Sulfur. 

You can add vinegar to your watering can in a 1 to 16 part ratio.
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Re: Acidifying soilless mix and best nutrient feed?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 01:15:57 PM »
PH down from mail order is a nice option and you can also add liquid trace elements and nutrients ordered from online. The pH down has some buffering capacity so pH will not drift so dramatically.

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