Yeah. I ordered a ph meter but it won't arrive for another week
My ph is about 7.8-8I wouldn’t give up, the roots grow too and the part above soil won’t grow a lot while the roots are growing when it’s this little. I think once you can PH the water your plants will be happier. Do you use any mycorrhizae? That would help too.
The PH of the soil .. it's a soil meter from amazon.
The soil meter says the ph of my soil is 7.8 or so....but the water I'm using is 6.4*
Like I said before, I have the liquid PH tester...which does the same thing as the meter you suggested. I got the soil meter to try and figure out the ph of the soil but its basically trash so I'm back to only knowing the ph of the water i feed the plant....which wont help me since I cannot feed till it runs off...my plant will drown. Any helpful suggestions/solutions?
Water less.. Every 2-3 days i find it hard to imagine all the water is evaporating after 1 day. I get that you want to take care of the plant but less is more, it looks like its drowning.
It's not drowning. If you look at all the other pics the soil is very dry. I took the first pics shortly after watering. The plant is in direct sunlight from 7 am to 6 pm and indirect sunlight until about 7:45 pm. Put your plant outside in dry, blazing heat (temps 85 degrees F plus) and see how your plant would fare watering every 2-3 days. I have never watered to have runoff...no water has ever leaked through the drain holes because I do not water heavily.
That means its sitting bud, not starting an argument but just cuz it looks dry doesnt mean it is, i guarentee the center of that solo cup is soupy, even my 3.5 gal has problems draining and its made specifially for plants.
Not here to argue...I'm telling you that I know for certain it is not overwatered. I'm not new to gardening, only new to this kind of plant. The plant is dry. The soil on the bottom (which I can see and feel through the drainage holes) is dried. The moisture detector that I have tells me it is not overwatered and my finger that I shove down to the center of the cup tells me it is not overwatered. Any other suggestions?
If I dump out the cup and take a picture of the soil to prove to you that theres no soup going on in the middle of the cup, will you
This is what gets me.
Since nobody picked up where i left off, you should never be above 85 degrees.