getting rid of the home depot fert will help them ALOT! i would go just water for a couple days(48 hours) and then give em 400 ppm grow for a week(1/4 strength).I use ionic and start with 400 ppm and bump them up 200 ppm every week till i hit 1400 ppm, then i hit em with grow and bloom 50/50% at 1600 ppm . In between my weekly bump up i top off my res with ro water & 1/4 strength cal mag only. when you get to around 1000 ppm ionic will put my ph. right at 6.2 from 7.4 out of my ro. if you dont use ro water you probably won't need cal-mag. good luck