Well, there was enough in the Pro-Mix to bring the pH up, but there wouldn't be much of as residual fraction at all -especially in view of the fact that the mix only makes up a half fraction of the soil. There's some salvation in the fact that Tomato-tone contains 5% Ca though. It's hard to tell if you'll have enough, but you have options. The plant has only been in the soil for a couple of days. If it's not too much trouble to pull it out & incorporate additional lime, I'd incorporate a heaping teaspoon per gallon of soil. If it's a bother, you can wait & see or purchase/use a liquid Ca supplement like Cal-Mag Plus.

Al

Thanks! I will try to incorporate the lime...I truly appreciate your knowledge on this forum!

Well - THAT was a nice thing to say, Jaclyn. ;o) Thank you!

Al

Hate to bring this up but that is an awful lot of compost in a self-watering container when using a water-retentive peat based mix. (maybe too much even in the regular container as well and I am not even in the 'add no compost' camp when it comes to regular containers) Did you get the idea from Incredible Vegetables in Self-Watering Containers by Smith?

Ran across an interesting study where they incorporated various composts in potting mixes successfully to grow nursery plants to save money on mix so it can be done.

But SWC are another thing entirely.

What sort of compost did you add?

Hope you won't have problems but IF your plants start yellowing or just don't look all that robust I would first consider that 50/50 mix. Good luck with your plants.

You'll be fine if you left out the lime. =)

Farkee:
Not sure where i got the idea...I spent ALOT of time online researching...and reading...It certainly seemed like a good idea at the time :)
However, the compost was commercial stuff that was purchased for the veggie gardens at my job (a winery/restaurant) neutral pH, and had a great black color and a fairly high amount of what looks just like the bark fines everyone posts here. Since it's super heavy when wet, i did adjust the mix after the first couple of containers, since i couldn't move the mixing bucket :0 Also, I have been mixing the compost with perlite (about 2 quarts per 5 gall bucket) first before i mix it into the peat to lighten the load so to speak.
The ratio is actually more like 60/40 peat/compost and so far everything is growing well.
I certainly won't grow in this mix next year $$$, but instead opt for the gritty mix, since i have been able to find everything here in virginia.