Need some advice on which nutes to feed(flower day 43)

Medicated Bonsai

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Whats good fellas? I find myself needing your guy's advice, once again.

It's been about 4 days since my last watering so, i've decided to feed the ladies today. I plan to scratch in 2 tablespoons of Dr. Earth's Flower girl on the surface soil of each pot. Along with that, I also plan on feeding 1 tablespoon of molasses and 5ml of Bontanicare's CalMag(recommending dose is 3-5ml) per gallon of water.

Here's where my questions come in :
1) Each plant seems to be showing separate symptoms. The one on the left seems to be yellowing from the bottoms up and the discoloration looks to be inbetween the veins. This leads me to think that it's a combination of Mg and N deficiencies. The plant on the right had only a few leaf's that yellowed but the discoloration seems to have stopped after the last feeding. The only symptoms that this plant is showing is some weird orangish blotches on a few leaves. I thought it was rust fungus at first but I'm not sure anymore. Any thoughts? And would it be stupid of me to feed these girls from the same res? I usually just mix everything at once and water from an insecticide sprayer.

2) Should I even use this Dr. Earth's Flower girl on the top surface?

3) I didn't realize that Root's Organic was mainly coco/peat moss...Will any of these nutrient's cause a swing in the pH of my feed? I'm afraid of using pH up and pH down because I feel like it messed my plants up on the last grow.

4) Is the combination of N from CalMag(2-0-0) and Dr. Earth's Flower Girl(3-9-4) too much at this stage in flower(day 43)?
 

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Whats good fellas? I find myself needing your guy's advice, once again.

It's been about 4 days since my last watering so, i've decided to feed the ladies today. I plan to scratch in 2 tablespoons of Dr. Earth's Flower girl on the surface soil of each pot. Along with that, I also plan on feeding 1 tablespoon of molasses and 5ml of Bontanicare's CalMag(recommending dose is 3-5ml) per gallon of water.

Here's where my questions come in :
1) Each plant seems to be showing separate symptoms. The one on the left seems to be yellowing from the bottoms up and the discoloration looks to be inbetween the veins. This leads me to think that it's a combination of Mg and N deficiencies. The plant on the right had only a few leaf's that yellowed but the discoloration seems to have stopped after the last feeding. The only symptoms that this plant is showing is some weird orangish blotches on a few leaves. I thought it was rust fungus at first but I'm not sure anymore. Any thoughts? And would it be stupid of me to feed these girls from the same res? I usually just mix everything at once and water from an insecticide sprayer.

2) Should I even use this Dr. Earth's Flower girl on the top surface?

3) I didn't realize that Root's Organic was mainly coco/peat moss...Will any of these nutrient's cause a swing in the pH of my feed? I'm afraid of using pH up and pH down because I feel like it messed my plants up on the last grow.

4) Is the combination of N from CalMag(2-0-0) and Dr. Earth's Flower Girl(3-9-4) too much at this stage in flower(day 43)?
You should be good on the additives. Are you aware of your starting pH at all? Buy a cheap roll of litmus paper. Lasts a very long time and is perfect for our purposes. Asking because of nutrient uptake.
 
You should be good on the additives. Are you aware of your starting pH at all? Buy a cheap roll of litmus paper. Lasts a very long time and is perfect for our purposes. Asking because of nutrient uptake.
I never checked the starting pH but I amended some Dolomite lime in each container(I’ve heard this helps balance pH?)

I have a few strips of litmus paper from school. Is there a way to check my soil using these?
 
I did a slurry test and they're both reading around 7 on the colored pH scale thing.

I've only mixed in 5ml of CalMag(per gallon of water) and the pH seems to be the same. I think I'll hold off on the Dr. Earth's Flower Girl. I'm just afraid of havin N tox later on. Do you think it'll be ok with just CalMag?

EDIT ::: I decided to use some pH down so now i'll be watering at around 6.0. Just curious but, if my digital pH meter is reading it at 8.3, could I just use my digital pH meter from now on? I'll just pH everything to around 8.0.
 
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I did a slurry test and they're both reading around 7 on the colored pH scale thing.

I've only mixed in 5ml of CalMag(per gallon of water) and the pH seems to be the same. I think I'll hold off on the Dr. Earth's Flower Girl. I'm just afraid of havin N tox later on. Do you think it'll be ok with just CalMag?

EDIT ::: I decided to use some pH down so now i'll be watering at around 6.0. Just curious but, if my digital pH meter is reading it at 8.3, could I just use my digital pH meter from now on? I'll just pH everything to around 8.0.
Sounds risky with the meter. But if it’s all you’ve got.
 
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