Oh So Grow So

This thread http://www.gardenscure.com/420/growi...akistan-2.html sparked a curiosity in me. I've seen a couple of different house hold items such as vinegar for use as a pH down (I think?) and epsom salt as... I cant remember what its used for, but you get the point.

Sound off on anything you could find around the house / in a regular store to use as a nutrient or additive! (if you know some basic directions for dosage add that as well)

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Oh So Grow So

Well shit this was a dud. I ran into some home remedies looking at another board

you can use baking soda for pH up.

Vinegar and lemon juice among other things can be used for lowering pH, but it’s not as effective and lasting as pH Down itself.

Epsom salts. for magnesium to facilitate peak nutrient uptake. add ¼ tsp. Per gallon of water.

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ILLEGAL-SEED

fish water-as is, baking soda makes a ph of 7 almost no matter how much is used. an 1/8th teaspoon per gallon will do. epsolm salts for magnesium problems. compost for nutes and soil additive. burnt white wood ash for pottasium soil additive. go look for worms for a week everynight, keep them in good soil and some sort of box, make your own castings. sliced potatoes for fungus gnats, just lay them ontop of soil and change every other day. all i can think of for now.

analog

Molasses.

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penguin

You should definitely NOT use baking soda for pH up. If you're growing in soil or potting mix, you should really question the need to use pH adjusters in your water/fertigation solution anyway.


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smh

I haven't seen this one before. Almond shells as a substitute for rockwool and peat moss. I don't know about U.S. and Canada, but almonds are pretty common here in Pakistan and I haven't seen rockwool so it could be useful to some.

ScienceDirect - Scientia Horticulturae : Almond shell waste: possible local rockwool substitute in soilless crop culture

Edit - @ analog - What exactly do you use molasses for?

ILLEGAL-SEED

molasses contains a little bit of nutes but is mainly used to feed the good bacteria in your soil. if you ever made guano tea, by bubbling guano in some water, you can add molasses to sort of feed the bacteria. in the end its real good for the root sysytem.

Oh So Grow So

You know what, I'm an idiot. I took that from a thread discussing bubblers. so baking soda is probably a hydro only need.

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sli phox

molasses supposedly make the bud taste a little sweeter after harvest. I'll be trying it in my soil near harvest time (if it makes it taste better...why not?)

and almonds are actually fairly expensive here, but it'd be interesting to grow in nonetheless.

penguin

No, baking soda is poisonous to plants, in hydro or soil, and should not be used.


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