Why Organic Gardeners Don’t Care About pH!

[@rizza7575]

I don't Ph anything anymore. I love it! Started with Ocean forest and Down to earth amendments. Once the grow is done I clean up the soil a bit reamend and go again with no issues so far. I'm sure being on well water helps me as well.

[@blizzard_of_Za]

Haven’t owned a phone pen in over 7 years, since I went full organic and make my own labs and ferments

[@konstantintzagas9462]

I still Ph my water, i use a super Coco Mix with light Mix/coco/ wormcastings and bat guano and use organic slow release. I always start at 6 and finish at 7. Only when i brew a compost tea i let it Go where it goes. Ps i dehydrate banana and potato peels 50/50 ratio and make Them into a fine Powder and use this with wormcastings, bat guano and molases for my teas.

[@graysonscott1765]

Since running peat, coco mixed with perlite and soil/castings. Peat and coco work together to keep the ph incheck for the whole grow. I ph for experiments especially on spring onion shoots, see who wins the race!

[@doveseye.4666]

I can grow different cannabis plant cultivars with the same nutrient mix from seed to harvest because I use a buffering agent that keeps my tap water at 5.2 - 6.0 so I have no schedule, I just add 5ml to a litre only when I water, it’s one bottle entire grow.

[@doggonegeoff5755]

One grow my PH pen took a shit on me in flower. It was saying 6.5 but was actually 9.5 and almost killed my plants. It took me two weeks to figure out.

[@aras187king]

Great ❤

[@M_ilitant]

You don't have to PH when you grow organically...if you grow in a soil bed or 15+ gallon pots, never water more than 10% of the volume of the medium, don't add anything to the water like Cal Mag or silica, and don't use tap water. If you are the average home grower in a 5 gallon pot of organic soil, you need to PH your water. A lot of y'all think the yellow and dying leaves is just the fade in week 6 flower, but it's actually PH lockout.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

Honestly, I don't know what the PH is of my soil or water. I don't use fertilizer, pesticides, fungacides, or herbacides (organic or synthetic). I just use urine, compost, and woodchips. My plants are doing just fine.

[@KootMed]

Since moving over from salt/mineral based nutrients to fully organic I have to ask the question . . what is pH❓🤣🤣🤣

[@Featherless1]

I get a better fade using liquid nutrients than I do organic

[@PatrickWilson-hy5yf]

Funny you say that I made the switch to organic soil with no human inputs turns out the ph was not correct for what I was trying to grow I added chicken manure blood and bone and a organic all purpose fertilizer some dolomite lime still nothing I planted would flourish like I was use to with just standard potting mix with a 3 month slow release fertilizer and trace elements all I did was use ph tap watered and my garden would absolutely bloom every single time until I tried to saving money and going the organic route

[@konstantintzagas9462]

Mic drop😮

[@Shrewparadox]

Organic gardners do care about pH. You wouldn't buy soil for plants like blueberries for our space. Organic gardners use fertilizers that are already set for pH. You add myco and bacteria that regulate pH for the plants. I am running GH flora currently, and i only pH when i add calmag and silicic acid. The nutrients are formulated to do it for you. The silicic acid i use is really base, so it does have to come down. Without nutrients, it starts around 9.5 pH. With nutrients, it lands around 7.5 pH. With nutrients and no silicic acid, i usually hit 6.0-6.3 without adjusting. It runs in the higher range in flower which which is ideal for both veg and flower.

[@88ranchok]

If your organic you don't need to worry about pH

[@ebblesr]

If your water from your tap is 8.1 then yes you do.

[@whitedevilcannabisco.2769]

I Always PH, when I dont is when I see issues. All organic......

[@krishendo9433]

yeah people have good PH water from their taps so they tell everyone it's fine. but if the water from your tap is way off you gotta PH really

[@Dudeabides422]

@@krishendo9433 I'm far from an expert, but from what I understand, the Alkalinity of the water (a separate quality than PH) has a lot to do with how impactful the water's PH will be in the soil your adding it to... In other words a water with high PH and high Alkalinity will impact the PH of the soil more than water with high PH and low Alkalinity.

[@konstantintzagas9462]

But i will try it next Run...🎉❤....Blue lab will find you Chris😂

[@gregc.9313]

I do hydro and have never tested PH once. Never ran into any issues other than the occasional nutrient issue which is easily remedied. I truly believe PH is just a scam especially considering that Monsanto and such own pretty much all ph chemicals/kits, etc… Hydro+Lotus nutes=good times.

[@Closet420]

i feel like its so hard to control ur ph like it might give a reading but once its in and running its gonna start changing and i feel like if im cloning a mother to grow over time itll be so use to my water it wouldnt matter

[@hbpw857]

Organic growers do not use tap water .

[@ebblesr]

Humus isn't a real molecule.