Overwatering

[The Internet]

So we are in this debate as to whether or not we have been over/under watering the plants. Lets say hypothetically last week i overwatered them to give them nutes. All the leaves have now gotten droopy, and I rewatered them again because it was time to water, my water meter said it was time to, and i have about every nute deficiency known to man (not severly, just showing signs).

So I just watered them graciously and put in the proper amount of nutes. If say hypothetically I was overwatering, can they recover from 2 over waters?

Note to self: use perlite when using ocean forest

 

[sandmonkey]

are you testing the pH of water/nutes before adding?

 

[The Internet]

are you testing the pH of water/nutes before adding?

this is going to sound bad but I cant afford a ph tester (the 2 that I have bought thusfar have been eternally broken). I want to buy the really good one but I have to wait anohter paycheck. But this guy I know says the ph of our water is 5.5 and the nutes have a ph of 3.5 i believe

 

[sandmonkey]

why don't you just get a pack of paper testers?

Even though I live in a country with one of the purest and cleanest waters, I find slight fluctuations in pH from day to day.

5.5 is way too low! you're plants are probably suffering from nute lockout because of this. adding more nutes will only make things worse.

You can use baking soda to raise the pH of your water or lemon concentrate or vinegar (acetic acid) to lower it.

 

[The Internet]

fuck do you think it is too late?

 

[guudbud]

Note to self: use perlite when using ocean forest

note to you: OF has perlite in it the way it comes

 

[sandmonkey]

I haven't seen a pic of the plants so I can't say, but you might wanna flush with (proper pH) water. Try to test the pH of the runoff as well.