I forgot about checking the ph in the begining, and when I finally found a tester, about 2 weeks ago, I found out my ph was 7.6!!
So I got the ph down, a couple drops later and I got it down to 6.8 and watered with that after it sat for a little while and retested.
Is it because I shocked it with the lower ph? I've been trying to ever since I saw it that high.
I water every time it is 2-3 in' dry (finger test), Not using any ferts, soil is organic w/ perlite and vermculite, and nitrogen nutes. I couldn't test the pH run off, because I was using water that had been dyed blue, even after a rinse and started back on just clear (since those two weeks ago) the runoff is still a very very slight shade of blue. But when I tested the run off, it turned a very dark shade of blue (way over 7.