Quote Originally Posted by phatsesh101
Ive used sunshine mix #4 and and with the lime its more soillike than soiless mixes such as coco or rock which i think are nuetral ph. peat on the other hand is pretty acidic. lime kinda levels it out. prob is though the lime runs out after 2-3 months and your ph will drop which makes it great for clone to flower growing but it can be a pain otherwise.

but to go on would be pointless cause i would just copy quote rusty

i have great results with 6.5-6.8 in #4 any lower and they yellow as a matter fact all peat that ive used mg ff or whatever.

also i would stop with the ro water just let your tap water air out for a day your not growing dro
They apparently put the lime in to bring the pH back up apparently. I have several friends who are using SunShine with the pH around 6.0, the guys are the Hydro store told me 6.0 is fine too. Looking back, sometimes I give it as low as 5.7 - maybe that's the problem I'm running into. I'll go 6.0+ from now on.

As for using the tap water instead of r\o, I figure if I add the cal mag I'm fine... but maybe you guys are right.

Yes, the type I'm using is what you referenced - thanks for looking it up bro. I've only been vegging these things for like 4-5 weeks so I figure the lime hasn't broken down just yet. I think I'll just up the pH.

I'm running my PPM at about 850. I put 10ml per gallon of Liquid Karma... a mL or two of cal\mag per gallon, and then 8 ML per gallon of Hygrozime. I was told because most of my nutes are organic, I should push these puppies a bit more. I'm going to boost these fuckers up tonight and see if they perk up. I don't think I'll flush, I'm trying to get into flower within 4-5 days. I'll hope for the best, up my pH to 6.0, not a spec lower, and up the base nute to see if maybe they are just hungry. I'll keep you guys posted.