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Hello I'm pretty new at this but my plant looks like shit since I put in flower
My ppm I water with is 1025 and my pH is 6.51 looks like they are wrinkle and big fan leaves dieing
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I did a flush yesterday pH was good at 6.65 and ppm was in about 1200 range but the thing is when I fed my ppm was 1025 shouldn't it be lower not higher
I wonder if my pH pen is fucked up I have 2 pH pens they are having different readings witch I don't think they should
 
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Lets us know what nutrition and feed rate you are using.
How are you watering and since you have a ppm in do you also have a ppm out?

For new veg 1000 ppm seems high but need to know the nute choice.
 
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genxguy said:
I did a flush yesterday pH was good at 6.65 and ppm was in about 1200 range but the thing is when I fed my ppm was 1025 shouldn't it be lower not higher
I wonder if my pH pen is fucked up I have 2 pH pens they are having different readings witch I don't think they should
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Have you calibrated your tools?
 
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genxguy said:
I did a flush yesterday pH was good at 6.65 and ppm was in about 1200 range but the thing is when I fed my ppm was 1025 shouldn't it be lower not higher
I wonder if my pH pen is fucked up I have 2 pH pens they are having different readings witch I don't think they should
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Your putting nutes in a nutes ritch medium ofcourse its gonna be higher parts of dirt are going out as well
 
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amneziaHaze said:
Your putting nutes in a nutes ritch medium ofcourse its gonna be higher parts of dirt are going out as well
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Actually there is a very good way to run soil as an organic grow to start and then convert to chemical ferts. I almost went this way as I liked the idea of a natural start and then a nutrient loaded flower.
It will have the same rules as a coco grow but has a dry cycle where you track EC in your soil until it drops below 800 ppm and then you track the in and out and adjust based on numbers.
The lady I was following grows 8 oz autos in this method.
I was following her for a year and all her grows went very well.
 
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genxguy said:
I did a flush yesterday pH was good at 6.65 and ppm was in about 1200 range but the thing is when I fed my ppm was 1025 shouldn't it be lower not higher
I wonder if my pH pen is fucked up I have 2 pH pens they are having different readings witch I don't think they should
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What does your feeding look like? Nutrient line, amounts, everything that goes in your water
 
#11
1025 ppm for my nutes I'm doing earth juice bloom 0-3-2 1 Tbsp - gal teaspoon of cal-mag since it's early in flower about 5 weeks I do 1/2 teaspoon of grow and my PH 6.51 my brother in law gave me this stuff said they are good then come to find out he didn't like them too much just yesterday.
 
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JIMKSI64 said:
Actually there is a very good way to run soil as an organic grow to start and then convert to chemical ferts. I almost went this way as I liked the idea of a natural start and then a nutrient loaded flower.
It will have the same rules as a coco grow but has a dry cycle where you track EC in your soil until it drops below 800 ppm and then you track the in and out and adjust based on numbers.
The lady I was following grows 8 oz autos in this method.
I was following her for a year and all her grows went very well.
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JIMKSI64 said:
Have you calibrated your tools?
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No I was told they come calibrated by my brother inlaw
I'm not asking him because he said put my pH at 7.0 for pH but I got lock out so I did 6.50 and she loved it I'll send a pic of my plant in veg
 

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#13
Ok. Here is what I see.
You are still maintaining the organic nature of the grow. As such the EC numbers do not mean much as it is picking up residual nutrients still in the soil and the bloom juice.
The mixture of water and nutes needs to be pH corrected to 6.3 / 6.5
What you are missing is any nitrogen support for your plants. It actually says 0 under the N.
You will need to support the nitrogen for the plant for a few more weeks. I would amend the soil with some EWC and prolly a couple of cups. Stir it into the top of the soil and water slowly next watering this plant does not need more stress.
Hopefully in this organic grow you saved all the fan leafs you could as they power organic grow nitrogen when the tank runs low. In imidiate chemical fert grows this is less of an issue as the nitrogen is available very quickly.
As a soil organic grow this needs a dryback period.
The PH tool may be screwing you and the fact that is did it right after the flip would be about the expected degradation of the pH calibration for a new tool. Ph tools and EC/ppm tools should have had a chemical kit and instructions on how to calibrate.
The low end of the chemical tools are not a good choice for cannabis. There is basically a 1 pH range for steering cannabis and if the tool has been off for a while the flush did not help as you are not adjusting if the tool is out of calibration you are miss adjusting the pH.
I threw a lot at you and if not clear ask questions so we can help.
 
#14
Yes can I use a different kind of pH reader that's more accurate
And 2nd
Can I use like a 1/2 teaspoon grow
With my bloom for the nitrogen
 
#15
Sure. It will take about 7 to 10 days for any real action. The yellow will not get better. Wait until they are all depleted OR they go necrotic and die.
I would see what the recommended grow feed rate is and just do that. It's organic and it's hard to get sideways.
I mean sure add cups when it says tablespoons yes gunna hurt stuff but organics at feed rate should never have an issue.
 
#16
Since it's in flower it's not going to grow no more new leaves?
So after I let soil dry next feeding do bloom and grow
 
#17
It depends. In flower large fan leaves can continue to grow but any new ones will be very small and there will not be a lot of them once flower initiation is over. The plant will then start making sugar leaves in the bud runs.
Fan leafs that sprout from established buds are showing stress. Some strains foxtail easier than others.
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I already answered the nutrition question with explanations. If the statement is not clear I am not sure more I can say than any is better than none.
 
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How's the environment? Tops look like they're getting crisped and that dark color and curling leaves suggest to me like it's been fed too much nitrogen at the wrong time of its life... but pics aren't the best and my old eyes suck so take it with a grain of salt.

I would be aiming for a soil runoff of about 1.5-1.8. Some folks should maybe do that before they even determine whether or not a plant should be fed anything supplemental. Hybrid feeding you're flying blind gotta take control where you can.
 
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