First time having an issue

elac1980

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This is the first real issue i have run into with these plants since i started growing them.

1. Planted clones on 4/20
2. Strain cherry berry (got it from a friend of mine as a clone)
3. 600 w Apollo system
4. cabinet is 6' tall 4' wide 3' thick
5. soil is fox farm happy frog
6. fox farm nutes the trio grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom at full ff recommended strength
7. Temps are right at 78 to 73
8. 35 days into flower

I dont have a ph stick tester to test my water but i do have the strips. which my water out of the tap comes out at 6.5 after i add the nutes its real low like under 5. I got a soil ph tester but its a 10 dollar cheapo at home depot and always reads at about 7. I have read on some forums that ph in soil is not as important as in like dwc. I understand the whole nute lock concept. So my question is I know that the leaves are supposed to start to yellow when the plant is close being done. But i think i still got a little bit to go. Am i over reacting or is the first pic is yellowing on the fan leaves between the veins and it only seems to be on all the fan leaves of this one shoot. second pic i noticed it maybe 2 weeks ago but it has not spread so i didnt worry about it. My feeding schedual is this Tap water, Tap water, Feed, Tap, tap, feed......... Fox farm recomends the bush doc to flush and wash all salts build up away but i have not used it. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks
 

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a mongo frog

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This is the first real issue i have run into with these plants since i started growing them.

1. Planted clones on 4/20
2. Strain cherry berry (got it from a friend of mine as a clone)
3. 600 w Apollo system
4. cabinet is 6' tall 4' wide 3' thick
5. soil is fox farm happy frog
6. fox farm nutes the trio grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom at full ff recommended strength
7. Temps are right at 78 to 73
8. 35 days into flower

I dont have a ph stick tester to test my water but i do have the strips. which my water out of the tap comes out at 6.5 after i add the nutes its real low like under 5. I got a soil ph tester but its a 10 dollar cheapo at home depot and always reads at about 7. I have read on some forums that ph in soil is not as important as in like dwc. I understand the whole nute lock concept. So my question is I know that the leaves are supposed to start to yellow when the plant is close being done. But i think i still got a little bit to go. Am i over reacting or is the first pic is yellowing on the fan leaves between the veins and it only seems to be on all the fan leaves of this one shoot. second pic i noticed it maybe 2 weeks ago but it has not spread so i didnt worry about it. My feeding schedual is this Tap water, Tap water, Feed, Tap, tap, feed......... Fox farm recomends the bush doc to flush and wash all salts build up away but i have not used it. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks
Plants look great, your going to easily make it to harvest in another 27-30 days. only advice would be to get a ph meter. Only other thing would be to change to feed, feed, tap water. But again your plants look super good so keeping what your doing might be the best thing to do.
 

bobtokes

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i would be surprised if your tap water is 6.5 that is acidic, more like 7.5 i would say
composts do buffer your ph as long as you have the right compost, i think your locking out mg because your ph is low
 

elac1980

Member
So cal/mag will that solve this issue or at this stage just let them be?
Would giving them cal/mag hurt them ?
I know i need a digital ph tester but cannot find one anywhere i guess i will have to order online.
Is there anything i can put in the soil to fix the ph?
 
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