I'd just leave them til there ready to fall off, pruning alot of leaves all at once may stress her out even more. What was the pH going in and coming out?
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I had pH that dropped below 5 on my last grow, and I lost a lot of fan leaves. Once I fixed the problems things didn't get any worse, but most of the damaged leaves eventually died. I just left them on the plant until they fell off when I gave them a gentle tug. They sucked all the nutrients out of them and the bud turned out fine.
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6 in 6 out (still using paper but dif in the 6 range
I've never used those testing papers and don't know how reliable they are. A pH pen and a soil pH meter is 2 things worth investing in.
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yup... very highly reccomened... get a good ph meter (Hannah)
soil meter can be cheap... try amazon... rapditest makes a 4 in 1... ph, soil, fertility, moisture, light
6 is a bit low... use a little baking soda in your next watering... get you water to 7.0.... should swing soil up to 6.3-6.5 range... might take a few waterings... ultimatley check your runoff until you see the apprpriate output...
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Hanna makes great pens, I have their combo pen. Little pricy but well worth it IMO.
For soil I really couldn't recommend those cheap rapidtest models, I have own one and know others who has they pretty much junk. Control Wizard Accurate 8 is a nice accurate soil meter.
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I almost lost my first grow to a Rapidtest meter that showed ~7 no matter what the actual pH was. Thankfully I caught it in time and I've been testing runoff since then.
Exactly my point Andy, LOL mine showed 7 as well and I had some very stunted Mi5 because of that pos.
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well i agree they are cheap... but mine has dfinetly helped.. i've seen one other... i plan on getting it... I think TBM was telling me about it back in the spring... no $$$ atm for it...
and you're right... always better to spend the money up front for quality whenever possible...... but sometimes we dont have that option... the ph meter def do... you'l be sorry if you get a cheap one cuz itll last a month n crap out on you.
highly recc this one as the probe is replaceable (usually goes bad over time)
http://www.amazon.com/Hanna-Instrum...8L58/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316966723&sr=8-1
edit: looked up that one you mentioned... thats the one! they are abit cheaper than when i last looked! def woorth the $$$$
http://www.amazon.com/Control-Wizard-Accurate-Moisture-Meter/dp/B004PDNQOK
and you're right... always better to spend the money up front for quality whenever possible...... but sometimes we dont have that option... the ph meter def do... you'l be sorry if you get a cheap one cuz itll last a month n crap out on you.
highly recc this one as the probe is replaceable (usually goes bad over time)
http://www.amazon.com/Hanna-Instrum...8L58/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316966723&sr=8-1
edit: looked up that one you mentioned... thats the one! they are abit cheaper than when i last looked! def woorth the $$$$
http://www.amazon.com/Control-Wizard-Accurate-Moisture-Meter/dp/B004PDNQOK
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i want to get a ph pen and tds pen but i don't have any $. all the income right now is from the wifes job as a waitress so all we get are tips. i'm unable to work cuz of my back. so money is tight and i know they are def worth the money. if anyone has an extra one laying around i'll take it lol. I have the rapitest soil meter but i don't like probing the dirt cuz you can hear your prob breaking roots and shit when you do it. freaks me out lol
