Lowering the pH

When I transplanted my plant I added some fresh organic soil that we had picked up to help fill in the pot and then my pH spiked up to an 8 so before it could do damage to my plant I looked for a way to fix my pH problem.

I got my bottle that I store my water in added a cap full of my special ash to the water and tested the pH it came out to 6.8- 7 range next since I don’t have the money to go out and by lime or pH down I went online and found out that saw dust and wood chips would help so I went out collected up some and added a layer on top and watered her till I got some run off.

I retested the pH of soil afterwards and after only one treatment the soil pH had gone back down to the 6.5 -6.8 I’m going to continue to monitor the pH and make adjustments as needed.


[Update] it has been two days and only one treatment the pH dropped back down into the proper range and I had to remove as much of the sawdust and wood chips that where left on top to prevent further drop of the pH.

~Juniper~

[Update] it has been two days and only one treatment the pH dropped back down into the proper range and I had to remove as much of the sawdust and wood chips that where left on top to prevent further drop of the pH.

The Bending Project

At the beginning of this month I topped and then transplanted my sativa plant into a 5 gallon pot and gave her fresh organic potting soil. At 73 days she was 15” tall and I want to continue her in veg for a while longer but I was going to run out of room fast so I decided it was time to start my bending project

Using small metal loops that I attached to the pot I started half way up the plant and used a natural rope tied loosely around the stem to start bending it back and used 2 sticks to support the stem. Then I attached a string an inches up I attached a second string to start the bend over process over the next few days I tied the strings down till I could attach 2 strings to the top branches and separate them out so they wouldn`t be so close together and get more light to all the branches.

Since I have started this project I have noticed the stem getting much thicker and stronger and branches that once was growing very slowly have now thickened up and have started growing much faster branches and one on the bottom have grown up and snaked around so they could get closer to the light.


My plan for the end of this month is to pinch the tops and branch her out more. I will bend the branches around to form a nice solid bush.

~Juniper~