Quote Originally Posted by 319
... You probably have killed most of you soil microbes with FF. But this is just a guess.
Since you're wrong, perhaps you shouldn't be guessing when someone else's meds are at stake. I've been sucessfully using Fox Farms for almost 10 years with no issues from it's proper use. The Fox Farms weekly feeding schedule is a great place to start when dosing the ladies. (it's on the Fox Farms website) Hard to screw it up if you use it as directed.

Bad idea to switch nutrient manufacturers mid-stream. Redundancies between the two can cause lockout conditions. A low ph can look a bit like overwatering, but bouncing your ph back-n-forth is a great way to stress 'em too. Proper ph range in a peat-based medium is between 6.3 and 6.8. Quit trying to re-invent the wheel...and if you have any further issues copy-n-paste the troubleshooting form here, then fill it out as completely as possible. This dragged-out hit-n-miss "diagnosing" bullshit is likely to cost you your plants if it continues. Especially if the "diagnosis" is from someone with inaccurate info.

Organics are only as good as their proper use. Same goes for non-organic nutrients. (regardless of the source...a chemical compound is a chemical compound.) Organics are truly over-rated and over-hyped.