LED BLEACHING
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WHO DAT1
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have you ever heard of bleaching, your LED light too close
WHO DAT1
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temps are getting pretty low at night about 55 to 60 degrees when the lights are out what is this led bleaching that I'm hearing about
justugh
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those veins are Black
that is not LED light bleaching man ........... u have not done a PH test yet...........soil should be a 6.5 to high to low and stuff can not be aborbed by the plant
if your plant was white with no black veins they i say it was bleaching but it is not .......look at that color on the stems of the fan leaves that is a sign the plant is not getting something it needs in the NPK range so of the other things with the leaves also so some chemical lock out
1 test the PH of the water u are using if it is 7.0 lower it to 6.5 ......if lower then 6.5 move it to 6.5
2 set your plant over a area to flush it
3 to flush and readjust the ph u need to put 3 times the amount of soil so if u are in a 5 gallon soil planter u need to run 15 gallons of water tho the planter (the water should be set to 6.5 )
4 let the soil dry out before u water/ feed it again and increase the PK ratio u been offering
that is not LED light bleaching man ........... u have not done a PH test yet...........soil should be a 6.5 to high to low and stuff can not be aborbed by the plant
if your plant was white with no black veins they i say it was bleaching but it is not .......look at that color on the stems of the fan leaves that is a sign the plant is not getting something it needs in the NPK range so of the other things with the leaves also so some chemical lock out
1 test the PH of the water u are using if it is 7.0 lower it to 6.5 ......if lower then 6.5 move it to 6.5
2 set your plant over a area to flush it
3 to flush and readjust the ph u need to put 3 times the amount of soil so if u are in a 5 gallon soil planter u need to run 15 gallons of water tho the planter (the water should be set to 6.5 )
4 let the soil dry out before u water/ feed it again and increase the PK ratio u been offering
WHO DAT1
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what's a good way to test the pH of the soil?
justugh
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the best way is the run off test ..............u PH the water to 6.5 and then pour some tho .......depending on how many gallons the planter is u need to pour water tho until it comes out the bottom ...........take a glass and capture it then test that .........as it passed tho the soil it was altered from the 6.5 to what ever the soil is
the other method but less on point is a soil probe
http://www.amazon.com/SUNLEAVES-Digital-4-WaY-Soil-Meter/dp/B006TDCM9Y/
as for the testing u can do the droplet test/paper test/meter test
http://www.amazon.com/Packs-Paper-Litmus-Strips-Tester/dp/B008IBOG7G
http://www.amazon.com/Sanastec-pH-Test-Liquid/dp/B008BMJ8M0
this is the most on point one ......but it requires other things to work correctly storage solution.... calibration solution 4.0 /7.0/10.0
http://www.amazon.com/HMDPHM80-Digital-pH-Temperature-Meter/dp/B0096N8OWI
DurbanP
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Does it give you a ppm reading on the back of the bottle?
WHO DAT1
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What is that I'm new too this
DurbanP
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Ppm= parts per million. I don't know that brand of water but if they add minerals to it then it can lead to bad things such as lock out. For what it is worth, my leaves grow all sorts of weird sometimes, I've noticed that type of growth more with led grows then any other type of light--my personal observation only.
Read up on ppm a little bit. It is very useful to understand. You would need a tds meter (10 dollars on ebay)
WHO DAT1
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It was a phosphorus problem
WHO DAT1
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It was a phosphorus problem
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Azhden
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If you have the extra $ to spend on a tester, this is (one of) the best (IMO) of all of them for 'soil' type grows 
http://www.amazon.com/Bluelab-PENSOILPH-Soil-Tester-Pen/dp/B00CJIDFAS/ref=sr_1_9?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1422657540&sr=1-9
http://www.amazon.com/Bluelab-PENSOILPH-Soil-Tester-Pen/dp/B00CJIDFAS/ref=sr_1_9?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1422657540&sr=1-9