At about two weeks, I noticed the leaves were turning pale. I knew I needed to re-pot and change the soil. But I'm lazy. So for the next two waterings, I flushed her with distilled water. Actually for the second flushing I added about a teaspoon of vinegar to a gallon of distilled water thinking that would help things. (I continued to use distilled water + vinegar, but after that first watering I use about a drop of vinegar to a gallon of distilled water as opposed to the full teaspoon or so I used the first time. I spent way too long figuring out how to calculate the pH of weak acids rather than buy a pH meter, since no one has ever asked that question on the internet. Ever.) Also, I discovered that purple stems are not normal. The first set of leaves weren't looking so great, pale, and the tips were starting to look burned. But this had started well before the vinegar was introduced. After a week of procrastination, I bought a bigger pot and some new soil. I also had been out of weed for 8 days at this point. You'd think that would motivate me...

Feel free to comment... I'll add more tomorrow about how the last two weeks went.

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