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Need help, plant looking unhealthie

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biologic

I agree with corky on this one. Put it on 18/6 to give her some rest.
Ok the roots look fine.
My theory was wrong.
 
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JainyGG

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So might it be better to feed her tap with an ph level ranging from 8-9 then putting that stuff in there? Will tap water with that "high" ph level hurt the plant? I will try to get some ph-down in a grow shop until then, use that stuff for adjusting the ph level or use normal tap water.
 

corky1968

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Your tap water has a pH of 8 to 9?

That's pretty high. Mine is in the low 7 range.

BTW: pH 8 to 9 is too high for Cannabis so do bring it down.

You can use a few drops of vinegar for now until you get the pH down
from the Grow Shop. That fish stuff is most likely not too toxic otherwise
fish would die. Just go slowly with it. I tried looking online for it's chemical
composition and couldn't get any information.
 

JainyGG

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Hey Corky!

Yeah, its between that,I will try it with vinegar, I get the ph-down tomorrow.

What PH should the run off water have? I just tested it and the ph of that was around 6, while I fed it with water that had an ph of about 8.5. Is that normal?

Greetings

I am trying my best to figure out whats going on with the help of you guys, it's exciting.
 

corky1968

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The grow medium and nutrients in it always tend to drive the pH down.

Anywhere between pH 6 and 6.5 is good.

I like sticking around 6.2 -6.3 myself.

If your pH runoff is in the low 6 zone I wouldn't add too much pH down stuff.

Some people like going into the pH 5 zone but I don't.
 

JainyGG

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Hey!

I watered it with tab water now, it's PH 8.5 but the runoff now is at about 6.0. maybe thats better now. Well see, second night of no light today, will update you guys with pictures tomorrow.
 

JainyGG

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Hey guys,

some new pictures. the plant is growing, but the 2 leaves after the first 2 are getting brown too.
I don't know what i can do to stop that, the new growth alawys looks okay, then some borwn dots appear and the leaves get bad as they start getting bigger.
On the last picture you can see a close up of the leaves that came after the first set.

Should I just kill it and start all over?
 

doams

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Okay, I will switch from 24/0 to 18/6, it wont hurt i guess. I am kind of scared of destroying the plant entirely by revealing it roots, but i will try to do that. will update you guys with pictures!

Thx for all the answers so far! Much appreciated!!

you can cut bottom part of roots it will stimulate growth its like topping a plant you are literally topping roots no worries just dont cut too much less than half is ok.

is your ph pen calibrated?
to me it looks like ph is off and/or there is something wrong happening in the root zone next time try jiffy tabs and coco /just a tip/.
 

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