I think I'm losing my mind
I flushed the plants today and I was unable to get a runoff higher than 6. I started w/ plain water with just a pinch of hydrated lime. The runoff was 6. Then I remembered reading something from Jorge Cervantes saying that you can use up to 1/4 cup of hydrated lime per cubic foot of soil. So I used about that amount and the pH of the solution was off the charts. The test strip was black!
Frustrated, I used it. I followed it with a gallon of water (pH 7). The runoff was 6. WTF???? The only things I can think of that could cause this are:
1. Test strips are inaccurate for measuring a solution high in lime. Or,
2. There is an acid factory in my soil. Or,
3. I am a complete doofus.
If the grow fails at this point, I will still have enough smoke for our needs. So I wasn't afraid to try this. I'm just interested in learning for the next grow. There is something here I'm not understanding.
I will have Cannazyme, Rhizotonic, Reverse, and better soil and nutes for the next grow. Thanks for the recommendations Weedhound. I have learned so much during this grow that I must consider it a complete success. Even if the yield is a fraction of what it could have been.
P.S. Walter was my favorite, but Achmed is now. Silence! I kill you!