HELP! I’ve been growing these for about 40 days now. I started them inside and moved them outside about two weeks ago and problems started to occur. When inside I was watering them with water from one of my fish tanks. Now that they’re outside and I was using water from the hose. After seeing the leafs turn brown I tested the ph in my tap water and it was at 8.6. Since than I’ve been lowering the ph in a bucket and watering them with a ph or around 6.0. I’m assuming the fluctuation is what caused the leafs to turn like that. I was wondering if anybody thinks it could be a nutrient deficient? I’ve been feeding them regularly with fox farms “grow big” and they’re planted in “Happy Frog”. After changing the ph the new growth seems to be healthy and green but I thought I’d share and get some other opinions just in case. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
from the happy frog site the soil ph is 6.3 to 6.8. it suggests that a run-off ph test is not good, to try a slurry:
Helpful Hint: testing for pH in soil is very different than when you test in water. Testing the runoff from a container is not always accurate as the water just drains out nutrients. If you want to use your current pH instrument instead of one calibrated for soil, you must test your pH with a slurry test. Take ½ cup of soil and mix with 1 cup of water. Let it sit for 30 minutes and test away. We recommend that everyone test their pH as it is a top cause for many plant problems, but spend the extra money on a better meter and keep the tip clean.
having said that, i dont think it is the water.
i think it is light.
did you harden them? i think they will recover when they get use to the sun.
Ohhh.... Moving from inside to outside. The pH is off because the whole plant is off.
I'm guessing that you had it on 18/6 before you moved it outside where it is naturally 12/12.
looks like you’ve been watering too frequently,
bloated leaves, burnt leave edges, curling down, little stunted for 40 days.. etc .. all signs of watering too frequently..