KING CHILIE
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What type of burn is this? 
Light burn? I don't know help me plz ( :
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KING CHILIE
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There is some yellowing not much
weednurd420
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dont look like much to worry about to me bet she will snap out of what ever it is
tropicalcannabispatient
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Tnx for the help az
weednurd420
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yea I got that to but I ph my tap water it went away with out me doing any thing to it
KING CHILIE
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I have never checked water ph. Maybe I should. I live in an area known for natural occurring springs underground. I could possibly have high mineral content. The water also kinda tastes like Dasani, which is mineral water.
I could switch to bottled water I guess
I could switch to bottled water I guess
CanBud
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Ya I moved cities so it was never an issue for me but I went on the water report for my area and it was averaging over 8.2 so I bought some decent digital meters for PPM and PH, Phd to 6.7 added what I use for feed and they're growing WAAAY better.
weednurd420
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dont really need to ph water in soil to b honest,, I usually dont but am this grow .. soil buffers out its self
You pH'ed before adding nutrients, not after?
I don't think the pH of the starting water matters. And, I don't even pH my nutrients. (But, I would urge people to try that on a single plant before taking that as a rule. It could depend on how strong they feed, how many bottles of things they use, etc.).
CanBud
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Yes based on recommendation and it usually drops to 6.5 after I mix a 5 gallon pail. Using Botanicare Pro and growing in Pro-Mix with perlite and some Sea Soil mixed in, getting a baseline was my main goal. I'm planning on hydro grow next so it doesn't hurt to get used to things involved right.
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polishpollack
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getting a baseline in soil and switching to hydro isn't going to work. hydro grows are handled a little differently and you can't really use soil nute levels and pH for a hydro grow. if you're going to use hydro, you'll need a ppm meter so you know how much fert is in the water at any time. If you wanted to try something kind of cool, just use perlite. use perlite like it's soil, filling the grow pot with perlite. this way you're more hydro than soil, but can probably use soil grower's understanding of how to fert the plants. the reason for this is because the water/nute mix will stay in the perlite for a while. not as long as soil, but it will stay for a time. people have had successful grows using perlite like a soil. research youtube videos for this.
CanBud
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Yes I've done some reading and I have a PPM and PH meter, good ones not eBay junk. My baseline comment was regarding getting my soil PH back to it's correct range which I believe I have done now. Recently I found a barely used 8 site hydro unit for dirt cheap so I figured with my house having a sump pump built in for the ground water it would be easier than lugging soil in and out of the house. Res change just run a hose in there and bingo, plus I'm installing a hose bib from water manifold. That perlite idea I might try or something like that before I do hydro as I don't want to fuck up the seeds I have going in next.
KING CHILIE
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I have only used tap water and 0 nutrients so far. I will fertilize Jan 1st. I removed the burned leaves. They are doing well now.
KING CHILIE
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Probably going to use Fox Farm Grow Big
polishpollack
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is something wrong with the botanicare?
KING CHILIE
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No never tried it. I'm looking at there CNS17 online
polishpollack
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nothing wrong with using the pro. plant looks pretty good so far. brown areas might just be damage that won't spread. hard to tell right now.
KING CHILIE
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Everything is looking A - Ok