OrganicSteve
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hey guys how can I fix a potassium deficiency in a soil organic grow?
Potassium deficiency
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@Emilya would be around soon to help you! 
Modest Grower
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Feed your plants more bananas. Sorry, it popped in my head and I couldn't resist. @Emilya would likely have a better answer for yo. Best of luck!
Big bloom may help.Maybe top dress with organic compost i use Coast of Maine lobster compost to top dress during flower.Both Big Bloom and Coast of Maine lobster compost are OMRI rated organic.
Emilya Green
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more microbes? Add potash or an organic K booster. Is this a mineralized organic soil that could be expected to sustain a grow without nutrients, or are you just trying to grow a natural grow with non synthetic nutes?
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OrganicSteve
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yeah i just gave it a tea the other day so the microbes should be good. Yes this is a soil that i believe should be able to get me through seed to harvest without having to add anything else other than teas. i do not use any synthetic nutes. I have been having problem with this batch of soil for a bit now. first my ph was way off running around a 4.0 so i gave it some dolomite lime to bring it up to around a 6.8 now i'm having a potassium deficiency. I'm almost ready to throw out my soil and start all over or pay a couple hundred dollars to get my soil checked out and see where i'm going wrong.
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OrganicSteve
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thats funny because I was just reading where they say to put some banana peels under the soil which will release some potassium but way to slow of a release.
Emilya Green
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what recipe did you use to build your soil? How long did you cook it? Which microbes did you grow in your tea? Was it appropriate to this stage of the grow? Did you add pottash or something in that tea to develop the microbes that you specifically need right now? Also, pH should not be an issue or even on your radar in an organic grow. I am suspecting that you have gotten ahead of the learning curve a little bit here.
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OrganicSteve
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recipe is from tlo x 2 book. i cooked for over 60 days. tea was a high N tea with worm castings i added greensand and langbeinite to the mix as well. the only reason why I have been watching the ph is because i was having a phosphorus lockout due to the acidic soil. Which i believe was my fault by not adding enough dolomite lime to the mix before cooking.
Again big bloom and the compost i mentioned are both 100% organic.The only difference between your soil and mine is tiger bloom other wise i'm all organic.The compost has red worms which are perfect for aeration and nutrients.And yes they are still alive even with tiger bloom in the soil.
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OrganicSteve
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big bloom is a synthetic nute is it not? compost would work but i don't got any.
Negative its 100% organic OMRI listed.
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OrganicSteve
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im just wondering potassium is an alkaline substance if its going to make my soil even more alkaline since its already hovering round 7.0
You do not have a whole lot of options have you ever tried to rot your own food for soil use?
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OrganicSteve
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yeah i do that now
What about a fresh water fish tank with water in the right ph range?You can feed that to your plants.
We can only make suggestions its up to you to fix the issue.
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OrganicSteve
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I've looked into it since my wife has around 4 fish tanks... but all the different stuff she puts in there probably wouldn't be good for the plants. i've asked her to try and keep a organic tank without any added stuff but she says it kills her fish.
Honestly forget about being 100% organic until you actually know what your doing.
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OrganicSteve
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yeah honestly i think that's what is going to happen. i do have some power bloom from gaia green so ill try that out and see what happens.
