Cannanugget
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just pour water in the pot and test the run off. soil ph meters are kinda tricky
I personally think it's a pH issue, but wouldn't be too concerned about it if the plants are otherwise performing well.What makes the soil ph meter tricky? I bought the Bluelab digital meter, doesn't seem too tricky to me. I know those cheap ph meter they sell at home depot are shit, but I figured Bluelab makes good stuff for testing water now they have something for testing soil ph. Maybe you can elaborate a bit more for me?
I'll definitely test the run off, but they're still wet so that's not going to be for a few more days. Thanks
i thought u were talking about a soil ph meter from walmart or whatever. its weird lately try to help someone and they get all pissy about it. I'm not trying to say you don't know how to grow or anything and if you got it figured out then why ask the question? the picture you have showing is not a ph issue. every year when the seasons change we see a rush of certain similar problems on these boards, in the winter/fall there's quite a few that are related to cold temps and in the spring/summer there's quite a few related to hot temps. take a picture of you own plants, and put them up. if it is a PH issue i think you would be seeing other signs then what that picture is showing. are you getting a ruffled leave? what soil were they in before they were put into black gold and what did the runoff test at? also now run some water thru the empty black gold pots and see what that ph is.
I personally think it's a pH issue, but wouldn't be too concerned about it if the plants are otherwise performing well.
I've never seen heat problems show like that, they go the other way, canoeing downward, sort of like they're protecting the stomata under the leaf.
I detest the run-off test, by the way. Since you invested in a good meter, perform a soil test in the following manner.
Start with water of known parameters, the cleaner the better and the more neutral the pH the better, RO/DI is fantastic. This will be the water you use to make a solution.
Gather a few small samples of soil from the affected plants, mix those samples together, then mix with enough water to make a very loose slurry--you're going to want to be able to separate a good amount of water from the soil here.
Let sit for 5-10 minutes, strain off and test parameters. You can measure EC/TDS/ppm and pH and will gain a more accurate idea of what's actually *in* the soil instead of what you can wash through it.
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