My plants look terrible and are getting worse

It takes some time in soil for corrections to show but I think you have a root problem. Get your nose down close to the bottom of the pots does it smell sour? I suspect root rot. Get some Botanicare HydroGuard or Southern Ag Garden Friendly Fungicide.

If they smell sweet and earthy it is something else but this rapid decline needs to stop.
 
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Okay I will go smell them right now. Do u think they all could get root rot at once? Bc they are all declining and quickly. I really appreciate you taking the time to help also
 
Definitely not in the roots. They smell so good here is a picture of the roots.
 

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Well you were putting a lot of carbohydrates in and that can lead to anaerobic growth if you over-water.

All of these are suspect under too high of usage, recharge- coconut powder- aloe Vera powder- molasses. I gotta tell you I see these kind of problems often when people start to feed precharged mediums like FFOF. My theory is some nutruents get used up while others remain and there is no way to know how to get the balance back.
 
Okay I understand. When I get my soil ph probe wed. If it turns out that they are nutrient locked out. How do I raise the ph level in the soil so they could start taking up nutrients again? Garden lime?
 
Definitely not in the roots. They smell so good here is a picture of the roots.
Root rot has an obvious odor so you do not have that.

Well ok stop doing anything extraordinary. Water, Water, Fertigate 3g/Gal. MC 1/4 tsp Epsom.

Do you have Kelp and humic/fulvic acid? If so add that to your fertigation as well.
 
I have kelp meal and can get my hands on fulvic acid. Should I keep giving the sweet candy? Or just keep on with the MC
 
Okay I understand. When I get my soil ph probe wed. If it turns out that they are nutrient locked out. How do I raise the ph level in the soil so they could start taking up nutrients again? Garden lime?
No that is too slow and if you add enough to be effective now it will be too much in no time. You want to shape it gently over a few days by watering and fertigating with PH 6.4. Water to 20% run-off to see if we can wash out whatever is too high.

There is always the fire-hose method - last ditch hail mary effort. I don't think you should go there yet. 5xvolume flush and start over with Nutrients 4g/gal MC, Recharge, kelp, humic acid.
 
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