You may be on to something in regards to my pipes. If I take a reading on the other end of the house in the kitchen the 8.8 drops to 7.7. Go back to the original spot it gets up to 8.8 again. Tried several times and the results are very consistent and I notice the pressure at the bathroom is...
Bull Run water here - just calibrated my pen - here is what I'm dealing with.........far cry from the 7.7 to 8.3 pH level my local provider claims they measure at the treatment plant.
Thanks Panda. RedBeard got a hold of me first thing this morning and cleared things up as well. Good service from Founding Fathers Genetics so far, pretty pumped to get going on these.
Look forward to your pics.
I am of the opinion you shouldn't make a practice of watering to runoff in soil because it can drown out your roots from lack of oxygen. Especially when your plants are little and don't have a big root system. The only time I water to runoff is if it looks like I need a corrective flush due to...
Panda you inspired me as well. I ordered up some:
Runtz x Obama
Do-si-dos x Obama
AF1 x Obama
Secret Service
From your initial post I gather at least some of what you purchased are regular (r) seeds but you only popped a couple Mendo and a couple Secret Service. Did you just get lucky and all...
Good move keeping that light up higher for now, gotta eeeeease them babies into bright lighting.
Careful with feedings. From my experience with Fox Farm soils I found they pack plenty of nutrients to keep your plant going for a while so be careful about adding too many additional nutes this...