Plants getting sick quick please look

BenRipped

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Plant is in veg three weeks from clone was doing ok, is super silver haze strain. Started turning lime green and getting droppy over last 3 days. I've been growing in potting soil and using tap water only with rapid roots. My tap water in about 8ph and I got 6 other strains all doing ok without a ph down in tap and in same soil. So today I ph'd water 6.5 and gave it a light watering it seemed to get worse. Can anyone help me, I'd feel bad If I lost one of my babies. Other plants are doing great not sure if i should start ph'n my water to 6.5 or just keep using the high ph tap?
 

Taviddude

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When you are running a high PH overtime what ends up happening is that the nutrient salts fall out of suspension, and salt buildup occurs in your medium. One PH'd watering isn't going to do anything. High PH also locks out nutrients.

Flush your plants with 3 times the volume of your pot worth of PH'd water. So if you're growing in 5 gallon buckets flush with 15 gallons of PH'd water. This will not only correct your PH problem, but will remove the toxic buildup of salts in your medium. Finish the flush with a 1/4 strength feed. If you are not feeding your plants go out and get some nutrients. That could be the problem in itself if you have not fed yet. Most soils will carry a plant for 3-5 weeks before feeding becomes necessary.

Hope this helps ya man.
 
^^^^ exactly what he said and use lemon juice to correct the ph of ur water also what r u using to test ur ph? also to properly check the ph u need to check the run off wile using water thats between 6.4 and 6.8 and to be honest that looks more like a n defency nitrogen dosent get locked out untill about 8.5 - 9 so if u have really alkaline soil it could be a lock out so before u flush ur next watering make sure ur check the run off ph and go from there.
 

BenRipped

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I use a hanna pen tri meter to check ph run off, I don't have a soil ph kit yet. I flushed plant this morning with 6.5ph tap water. The intial run off was 7.4. I flushed several more gallons with 6.5 the water was running pretty clear, it still showed 7.2ph on run off. So I flushed a few more gallons with 6.0ph water and the run off was still 7.4, so I just feed at 1/2 strength, should I just add lime?
 

Krondizzel

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I use a hanna pen tri meter to check ph run off, I don't have a soil ph kit yet. I flushed plant this morning with 6.5ph tap water. The intial run off was 7.4. I flushed several more gallons with 6.5 the water was running pretty clear, it still showed 7.2ph on run off. So I flushed a few more gallons with 6.0ph water and the run off was still 7.4, so I just feed at 1/2 strength, should I just add lime?
I'm jealous of your 6.5 tap. Mines 8.5 out of the tap. :spew:
 

Taviddude

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Flush with whatever you have to flush with ph wise (5.8 ?) to get your soil down to 6.5.
A small amount of lime wouldn't hurt.
 
u dont wanna slam it way down ull shock the plant the biggest mistake newer growers make is to just to conclusions and try to get every thing right now u gotta relax and take every thing slow make sure u have a fan on the soil or ull get root rot and a gaggle of other complacations and no need to add lime like i said ur next watering check the soil run off and go from there and ffs just relax lol also is ur pen calibrated if not u could be way off just a fyi
 

*BUDS

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Its looks too hot in there, what are the temps and have the temps gone up for the plants ,eg relocation.
 

BenRipped

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Its looks too hot in there, what are the temps and have the temps gone up for the plants ,eg relocation.
The temp it 74ish pretty consistant. it's been two days now and I think im seeing a Mg problem. My tap ppm is 130ish of unknown sources. Would it be beneficial to add calmag to waterings when using tap? if so at what 5ml per gallon? or less with tap. I don't have RO and won't for sometime. I noticed also some purple stems forimg on other plants as well, they havent shown problems yet as ther ein gallons soil. It seems this small 1 gallon plan is showing problems faster than others?
I show some pictures if anyone can confirm Mg problem? I think the ph problem is fixed.
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It may be a P deficiency. Nute lockout will result in yellowingon the tips of the leaves. get a fert with a higher P and N, a 20-20-20 fert is always good
 
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