To be honest on the water ph I've been a slacker to buy a ph meter beause I know ill need ph up/down additves that I haven't saved the money to purchase yet. I been filling up a few empty water galons and I let them si for a day or two with the top off and then I been watering almost every day ot two because I think the plant is suffering from heat stress. I been feeding it with the jobes fert... like maybe every three days. So maybe its just poor drainage or too dry/wet?