Crappy looking plants

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Enforcer

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What do you mean? I use proper ph (5.8-6.1). I dont use a cheap ph pen, and the blue lab ph monitor is calibrated regularly...infact it tells me when it wants calibrated,every 30 days with flashing lights. I rinse with r.o water after after every use. Between uses its stored properly in ph probe solution with twist on cap. Storage solution changed every time I calibrate.
Don’t put your Blue Lab meter in RO water. Pure water will alter the chemistry of the probe and kill it.

Edit: I guess I should read all the way to the bottom before responding. @clackmon is correct.
 
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Good information, thanks.

Wont lie alot of what I'm doing is based off my notes/doodles from observations when I first started coco. One of my bold/capitlized notes was dont over water. I did try keeping coco on moist side in veg and water twice daily at first. Plants started to look over watered and not reach for light. Thats why I went longer between feedings, it made them happy. I never let pot get super light or bone dry, just dryish to where I can stick finger in and feel moisture still, but not soggy. So maybe we are talking about the same thing, and I'm just poorly describing how I do it. For flower I do have/use a automatic feed system on timer that feeds 3 times a day and it stays faily wet but they love it then, pry what you meant by developed roots. If this recent nutrient change doesnt work I will definitely hook up automatic feeder so they get a few small feedings a day. I'll also raise my p.h. on tomorrow's feeding to 6.2-and keep it between 6.2-6.5 for veg, and lower in flower. Thanks for letting me know it could also be how I water. I'm simply going off stuff I learned from first two runs with coco.....still alot to learn if you cant tell lol.
Throw them on the drippers. I put rooted clones into 1gal fabric pots and they immediately get 3x a day waterings. I tried doing hand watering twice a day for the first couple weeks in 4” square pots a few grows ago. They hated it. Now they go from the propagation dome to the drippers. Never have any issues, and I reuse my coco. My full flowering plants get up to 6x a day feedings. I mix my res up to EC=1.2 pH=6.1-6.3. Never ever let coco dry out. Keep it moist and irrigate often to refresh the nutrient solution in the root zone. That makes happy plants in coco.
 
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Thanks for pointing out not to use r.o. water to clean probe @clackmon

@Enforcer I'll look into drippers and fabric pots are next step. I was just wating till they got bigger before putting into the gallon smart pots, its good to know next time I can skip the multiple transplants and put them in final home off the bat.
 
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