New Grower BWM’s First Indoor Grow (FastBuds BlackBerry Auto)

[Banjacked]

Cheers for the reply, I’m waay ahead of you with the stand, I’ve improvised and she’s plenty of space underneath now. It looks much worse under the lighting, I’ll try to get some normal lighting shots up shortly. Soil PH is a bit high Perhaps, sitting around 7ish.

Is that soil pH according to your 3-in-1 probe? Could be anywhere if you're only going by that. I have a probe I use BUT I checked it for accuracy using a glass of water and a calibrated pH pen and, since they both read the same, I know that one is "right". The 3-in-1 gets used as an indicator for how wet things are only. So pH could be WAY out of whack leading to all sorts of problems.

Next question is a simple one. Smell. Is there any,such as a "musty" or "rotting" pong coming from the bottom of the pot? If so, roots are gone and an emergency transplant into a bigger pot may be needed if she's rootbound (which I think is a possibility but damn early for it). So if there's no niff, I reckon your pH is too high and that's locking out N, Mo, P, etc, when added to the soil turning to mud.

PS. I wouldn't say "overwatering" as the leaves aren't droopy enough imo.

 

[Pro-T]

Is that soil pH according to your 3-in-1 probe? Could be anywhere if you're only going by that. I have a probe I use BUT I checked it for accuracy using a glass of water and a calibrated pH pen and, since they both read the same, I know that one is "right". The 3-in-1 gets used as an indicator for how wet things are only. So pH could be WAY out of whack leading to all sorts of problems.

Next question is a simple one. Smell. Is there any,such as a "musty" or "rotting" pong coming from the bottom of the pot? If so, roots are gone and an emergency transplant into a bigger pot may be needed if she's rootbound (which I think is a possibility but damn early for it). So if there's no niff, I reckon your pH is too high and that's locking out N, Mo, P, etc, when added to the soil turning to mud.

PS. I wouldn't say "overwatering" as the leaves aren't droopy enough imo.

Cheers bj, No nasty niffs here, all good. Yes, the PH was going by the meter......hence 7-ish. I know it’s not miles out though because I know my water PH is 6.3 and have verified with the probe to see how accurate it is. It’s not spot on but it’s close.

 

[Banjacked]

Your water pH is 6.3? Is that according to a calibrated pen or what the water company says?

Simple reason, they water company takes samples but that does not necessarily mean that is what YOUR water is at as there are various things that can influence the pH of water, and that means the only way to be certain is to check with a calibrated pen for certainty.

 

[Banjacked]

Oh, another suggestion. Get something like a chopstick and push that through the holes in the BOTTOM of the pot to break through any roots blocking the drain holes, then you'll need to do the same from the top, if things are like mud as the "deep" roots can easily have wrapped themselves all the way through any gravel or clay balls in the bottom of the pot and that will be blocking drainage leading to obvious problems as things drown in the mud.

Hopefully you can get her to come good, and since you have assorted new pots on the way then, hopefully, this one can be chalked up to "experience" and is something that won't happen again.

 

[Pro-T]

Your water pH is 6.3? Is that according to a calibrated pen or what the water company says?

Simple reason, they water company takes samples but that does not necessarily mean that is what YOUR water is at as there are various things that can influence the pH of water, and that means the only way to be certain is to check with a calibrated pen for certainty.

It was bottled water I used to test the accuracy. Not that it matters, I'm going to get some test strips today while I wait for my pH pen to arrive.
Hopefully I can sort this and get some juicy buds out of her.

 

[Banjacked]

It was bottled water I used to test the accuracy. Not that it matters, I'm going to get some test strips today while I wait for my pH pen to arrive.
Hopefully I can sort this and get some juicy buds out of her.

No offence, but trusting the label on bottled water is just as bad as, again, there's so many variables that can affect the end result in the bottle. It just needs a little bit more of one mineral or too little of something else and then that pH is nowhere near what the label says.

But cut off the yellowing leaves, they're as good as dead so are not going to help things.

 

[Pro-T]

No offence, but trusting the label on bottled water is just as bad as, again, there's so many variables that can affect the end result in the bottle. It just needs a little bit more of one mineral or too little of something else and then that pH is nowhere near what the label says.

But cut off the yellowing leaves, they're as good as dead so are not going to help things.

I’m not offended, life’s too short. But I think you misunderstood me, the water was simply water in a bottle that was given to me so I could see how accurate that made in China piece of sheeeet is.
Regards, BWM

 

[Pro-T]

Just to add, I wouldn’t 100% rely on it. It’s a piece of shit, excellent for the money though......

 

[Pro-T]

Is that soil pH according to your 3-in-1 probe? Could be anywhere if you're only going by that. I have a probe I use BUT I checked it for accuracy using a glass of water and a calibrated pH pen and, since they both read the same, I know that one is "right". The 3-in-1 gets used as an indicator for how wet things are only. So pH could be WAY out of whack leading to all sorts of problems.

Next question is a simple one. Smell. Is there any,such as a "musty" or "rotting" pong coming from the bottom of the pot? If so, roots are gone and an emergency transplant into a bigger pot may be needed if she's rootbound (which I think is a possibility but damn early for it). So if there's no niff, I reckon your pH is too high and that's locking out N, Mo, P, etc, when added to the soil turning to mud.

PS. I wouldn't say "overwatering" as the leaves aren't droopy enough imo.

Just reading over everything again, damn, this is deffo a ph problem like you say. Bad news is that I recieved my ph pen today. Bad Because they’ve Sent me a TDS test pen and not a ph pen. I fear my girl will be a goner by the time a replacement gets here. I have no idea what to do. I think it’s curtains.

 

[Need4Weed]

Just reading over everything again, damn, this is deffo a ph problem like you say. Bad news is that I recieved my ph pen today. Bad Because they’ve Sent me a TDS test pen and not a ph pen. I fear my girl will be a goner by the time a replacement gets here. I have no idea what to do. I think it’s curtains.

Sorry to hear this!