blastyblast
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thats what I was thinking, maybe I'll try milk once, do you think i should use skim,1%,2% or whole?
interesting, your the first person iv seen with this in my 3-4 years of growing...you work at a tobacco plant or somthing?And these are mine.... Pretty easy diagnosis.
interesting, your the first person iv seen with this in my 3-4 years of growing...you work at a tobacco plant or somthing?
my guess would be...nute burn..and ph issues...you said you dont use a digital ph meter...if your water is ph of 6-6.5...that must be before your nutes are added...most nutes are going to effect your ph.get a digi tester because any other type of strip test isnt going to give you a correct reading...seeing as nutes change water colors.you also got a hint of nute burn that i can see from some of the pics...thats the yellow on the tips of the leaves.start your nutes off at 1/4 strength...then increase after they get used to it.and if you start misting your plants with milk...first your gonna start having bug issues...and second...do you want the smell of soured milk on your plant and in your soil?
give her a good flush...let it dry out..then start doing 1/4 strength feedings....other than a few curled leaves...and the yellowing...which will happen in most flowering plants....it look pretty healthy.trying new drastic measures can hurt your plant more then help it...try the easiest solution first.
first off..a good meter isnt that much...mine was only $20.and i started with the liquid testers...and had major issues...after getting a digi meter did i find out that 1 liquid tester was about 3.4 off from what it really was,and the other was about 2.8 off...so id rather spend the $10 more and KNOW im getting a correct reading...and not have to deal with making sure i get the right amount of drops in...then staring at a color chart.if your just growing 1 plant for fun...then you really dont need one...but any serious grower does.there's nothing wrong with liquid ph testing. i used ONLY liquid testers for around the first 6 months i was growing, and i never had any issues. the chemical they use changes color with different ph ranges, and trust me, with the small sample you're checking (less than 1/2 oz.) your nutrient color will not affect the test significantly, if at all. yes, the meter is the better option. But if you are maybe just getting into growing and don't wanna spend all your money on hydro stuff and then decide to go to soil because it's so confusing to grow hydro thanks to all the misinformation, then yes i would recommend spending $10 on a liquid test kit that will last 6 months, instead of spending ~$50 or more on a meter that you may not end up using in your growing anyway. in fact i still have my liquid as a backup in case my meter should ever fail.
hmmm. i used to doubt the effectiveness of liquid testers, so i tested it side-by side with my meter, and they were within .5 of each other. as far as KNOWING with a meter, if you have to calibrate it, there's LOTS of room for error. also, not all meters will read EXACTLY the same either. i have used 2 meters side-by-side as well, with a variance of around .3, which tells me that there's no such thing as an EXACT ph reading. they will almost all get it close to eachother. besides, in nature when is ANYTHING ever ideal? soil ph varies sometimes even in the same back yard, yet most plants do fine regardless that fact. PH isn't as important as most people claim it to be. most plant scientists would agree that at ph ranges above 6.5 you lock out iron, at ph levels above 6.0 you lock out phosphorus and calcium, but at the ph ranges 4.0-6.0 all nutrients are available, with the ideal range for most plants being between 5.0-6.0.first off..a good meter isnt that much...mine was only $20.and i started with the liquid testers...and had major issues...after getting a digi meter did i find out that 1 liquid tester was about 3.4 off from what it really was,and the other was about 2.8 off...so id rather spend the $10 more and KNOW im getting a correct reading...and not have to deal with making sure i get the right amount of drops in...then staring at a color chart.if your just growing 1 plant for fun...then you really dont need one...but any serious grower does.