New Grower Sick plants! : [ help please!

[tsleazy]

last night i watered them and did the same thing stepside did. the runoff was around 6.5. i ordered a cheap ph and tds meter for future waterings. i had flushed her two watering ago. do you think its necessary again? or see how she does in the following week?

will she get worse before she gets better? or will i start seeing a turn around right away?

 

[AKsteel]

The damaged stuff will remain the same but it should not get worse. The new leaves should be nice and green.

 

[tsleazy]

I gave her a light flush. I must have been off on what I thought my ph was. This seems a bit lower than 6.5.



I ran five gallons through and kept raising the ph of the water. It was pretty dark blue and every time this is where my runoff was at. I don't think either fox farm ocean forest or happy frog auto adjust the ph.

I'm confused how I can't get it to change.

She seems a little bit worse than I remember last night. I must not have paid attention to how bad she has become. : /.

Its all lower growth and moving up. Getting into the new growth.

Also my stems seem to have a reddish maroon stripe all throughout them.



Sorry for the crappy pictures, best I can do. She seems worse in person.

Pretty worried about her.

Think I should cut all the string off her from lst'ing? watch and see what happens? take any other preventive course of actions?

Thanks!

 

[stepside]

Yours look better than mine. The whole pH thing is still kick in my ass. I wouldn't untie her until you've reached your goal of where you want her. I didn't do much lst'ing and I wish I did. Your plant looks good

 

[tsleazy]

what do you think that vial of water is ph'd to?

 

[greenjeans]

Looks like 5.8 to me. More to the green side.

 

[greenjeans]

...assuming that is the same GH kit that I have. I actually just tested my water both with those drops, and with my meter a couple of hours ago. Mine was maybe a hair more on the red side than what you have there and read 5.7. I would get a light light green tint in it for a 6.5-7.

Looks like you are in soil, so Calcium magnesium and phosphorus locks out somewhere around 5.8 according to this chart.