Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide.

What I was trying to say, is that the soil mix is buffered (usually with lime) to get the mix to buffer to a set ph. In other words...an african violet mix is buffered differently than the cactus mixes, which are buffered differently than the coco mixes, which are buffered different than other mixes from other companies, and so on....Each mix and brand have their own formula, so dialing it in is sometimes a drag, unless you have lime and a ph pen.

If you are trying to fight against the ph of the soil, perhaps adjusting the soil or switching brands may be necessary.

For instance: If the soil is buffered to a 6.0, (which would have less lime than a mix buffered to a 6.8 or 7.0) then even if you add 7.0 water, runoff will be closer to what the soil is buffered to. Perhaps in the range of 6.1 to 6.3 or so, runoff. As the lime depletes in the soil, the buffering fades with it. Adding lime bumps the ph of the soil up.

This is where patience and a slow-go approach comes in handy. Eventually it all falls into place. Making small changes, one at a time will net you the best enlightenment, because you can see the cause and effect results. If you change three things, and it still doesn't work...which thing was the wrong thing?

Getting tired. Hope I got the point across. I think I'm explaining it more complicated than it has to be. :jointsmile:
Yep you got the point across. Sorry for the fatigue. I have a tendency to over explain things too...hence my long replies. So I'm keeping this one short. I guess I miss understood the guy at my hydro shop when he said that coco will assimilate to what you put into it. I think I'm miss understanding quite a bit. His statement would lead me to believe that whatever I put in the coco, that's the ph level of the coco...maybe not now. I'm sticking to the one at a time method. So now I will just give them pure balnced 5.9 tap with no nutes and see what happens over the next week or so.

Thanxs Rusty and Phatesh for helping with the latest dilema.
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sergentjunk Reviewed by sergentjunk on . Please help! TS form included C=Answer if you grow coco E= EVERYONE needs to answer lol! E-indoor E-coco E-specific medium: coco/perlite CSL-Soil type/brand: Readygro Moisture formula SCL-Anything you have added to the soil: none SCLR-Soil or slab runoff pH: 6.5 Rating: 5