Newbie with a Rough Situation but a Hopeful Plan. Please Help!

Any good cheap strips you recommend or good p h soil tester;

From what I've heard the soil testers are mostly crap, especially at Home Depot. You need a PH tester for the liquid you are pouring in. The idea being you put your water in the pitcher, add in your nutes, then check the PH. Then I usually adjust with a little PH Up solution and test the solution again. When it is right, I pour the pitcher or mix into the pot. I like the strips because it helps with a baseline distilled water read until I dose it. For whatever reason, the PH meters have hard time measuring distilled water because it is not buffered with anything. I also keep the strips handy to keep the meter honest. Those things need to be recalibrated every now and then and you want to make sure you are getting an accurate read. If you buy a PH meter, you will most likely need to get some 7.0 PH solution to continuely callibrate it.

If all this sounds expensive or like it's too much work...it is one of the more important parts of growing. If that still doesn't motivate you, just get the strips they are like $5. But make sure you get them at the hydro store...I have gotten some shitty ones at drug stores that don't work.

At this point, you can improve your situation in the grow, but you really need to take this to heart and iron out the wrinkles for the next one as I am sure you do not want to make this mistake again. The bottom line is that the more leaves and the healthier the plant, the more bud you will yield.

You can look around here for recs on specific brands. I use a Hanna meter and the strips are called pHydrion.

So i got strips and cal mag.

What I did on my last watering was used the amounts suggested on the back per gallon of distilled, I used the cal mag and then my humbolt nutrient for food and then I tested that gallon with the strips and it came out to 7 and so did the run off from the plant.

The cal-mag is a good investment. The PH should be a little lower, but 7 isn't going to pave the way destruction. What week are you in?

I think I'm in my 8th or 9th week. But she's still growing. I can see it day to day.

If you are on your 8th or 9th week of flower (not total grow) you should start checking the trichomes. I think white widow leans more to the indica side and you will be harvesting soon.

yeah of flower. i have no idea, i think its been like almost two months, ive been checkin the tris every week or so. still a bit clear and the buds are a skinny. some are gettin puffy and fat!

shes starting to get horny! but i feel like i still have a good couple weeks left. is this just a natural cycle? like i should just let her go till whenever she looks ready? i dont change the light time right? still 12 12.

Stay on 12/12 and watch those trichs. You can look up everyones opinions, but basically you want cloudy milky without too much amber

Did you ever chop? What happened

I chopped. Buds aren't too thick but it works for me. Smoked it and its a pretty good high. Probably second best to what I've had before. Plus for next time i know what to do different.

Next time?....Did you get a harvest pic?

Yeah, maybe ill do another grow. I dunno. Maybe get some better lights. Yeah ill upload one later.