Is this nutrient lock

[VinDeezle]

Have you been regularly watering this medium to runoff? Quick note. Turbo dirt is a living soil. Running off a living soil will deplete it quick smart as you'll be flushing all the nutrients out as you go.

If you are putting in 1100 (what exactly is boosting the input EC sorry?) and it's coming out nearly half, your medium is depleted for sure.

Tbh on a medium like that you shouldn't have to check pH or EC, it just complicates everything. If you want to check pH and EC constantly and run off the medium you are better off using peat or Coco.

The benefits of turbo dirt or similar is that they already have buffer compounds for pH in the form of mineral dust and a ton of nutrients in the medium that will flush out if you run off.

 

[VinDeezle]

What macro amendments are you feeding? If you are adding whole amendments like the bud/bloom and what not, a lot of those nutrients won't be broken down in the soil immediately and won't really measure as salts in the medium until they are eaten and shat out but the microbes in the mix over time.

Another reason why measuring the EC of a living soil can be a bit touch and go sometimes.

I've ran turbo dirt a few times before and found I'd get yellowing pretty rapidly around week 10 from pop unless I kept up a pretty good top dress schedule or started feeding liquid organics.

 

[VinDeezle]

Oh, and bloody nice effort for a first grow. Should've mentioned that first haha.

 

[Green Genius]

this is what you want to use to test soil pH

Manutec 50ml Hydroponic Liquid pH Test Kit

Find Manutec 50ml Hydroponic Liquid pH Test Kit at Bunnings. Visit your local store for the widest range of products.

www.bunnings.com.au

 

[Green Genius]

Also
1. Smaller the container the bigger the problems with living soil
2. TurboDirt = problems unless remediated

 

[danny357]

I have been adding go&grow and bloom&bud as well both veg and flower root roids and ocean grow at 2/3 when recommended cause I didn't want over do it

 

[VinDeezle]

I have been adding go&grow and bloom&bud as well both veg and flower root roids and ocean grow at 2/3 when recommended cause I didn't want over do it

Something like aminogro or an enzyme product would help to break down the available organic matter a bit faster, but ATM you are looking at increasing your supplemental/liquid feed if you want immediate results.

I'd up the fish hydrolysate for some more N and find an affordable amino/enzyme product to help break down the organic matter that still in the medium waiting for microbial digestion/ fixation.

Other plants are looking alright though. The top dressing of meals and rock dust can take weeks to months to break down depending on each compound, so stepping up the fish hydrolysate would help in the shorter term. You could also use any available synthetic base as well if you aren't fussed about staying organic.

 

[VinDeezle]

Fresh castings are one of the faster acting pickups in an organic medium if you do want to stick with a top dress schedule as worms have already digested and broken down the nutrients. Can never go wrong with some castings for immediate response with every top dress of meals and rock dusts as they take a while to break down..

Casting tea or a top dress of fresh castings would do wonders in the short term. I always find the microbes and roots like it, and the top of the medium will be full of fresh fungi and fuzzy feeler roots after the castings go on.

No other amendment has caused such a fuss with the life in the medium tbh and can't vouch for it enough. In the loop BNE do really nice worm castings. Sponsor Green genius stock it if you are interested.

 

[danny357]

Thanks for the information will get some