Newbie here Need Advice.

Alright well I am new to this but Ill get started. My temps are from 65-83f and water every three days without nutes. My humidity varies just checked today and low 21 high 30%. I have had a lot of seedlings die already and want no more to do so. I have a 8 bulb t5 light that are 54watts each and it was around 4inches from tops but it was to close after a bad experience so its around 6inches from tops now. Here are some pics the leafs are turning yellow and drooping, help please


last picture is what happens after a while...

...type of soil?
...water source?
...do you pH balance your water?
...what's your runoff looking like?

The soil is an organic Wonder type, My water is out of Nestle Purelife purified water,and normal drinking water from walmart. I do not ph water I assumed it was alright since it was purified and what not.Im not sure what you mean by runoff??

stonehead89 said:

The soil is an organic Wonder type, My water is out of Nestle Purelife purified water,and normal drinking water from walmart. I do not ph water I assumed it was alright since it was purified and what not.Im not sure what you mean by runoff??

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run off is the color of the water that drains through the bottom of your containers.

Wow that I am not sure I havent paid much attention to that?/

...Hmmm, well. It seems you haven't done any research on your hobbie here. Let me direct you to this reading material >>>> https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq

I have a lot of research let me tell ya

do you have hole punches in the bottom of those styrophome cups?

If I recall right it is sorta clear although it does have a slight dark tint to it

yes around 2 or 3 the size of a Phillip screwdriver bit

...what? ...really? ...you've got research? ...in what? ..."let me tell ya", pH balance is the single most important thing about growing, and is usually the first thing someone learns. "let me tell ya"

Let me tell you something I dont need any advice from you and i know ph is one of the most important things but I have not forked over hundreds on a ph tester so I figured purified water and rain water would do just fine so get the fu*K out of here Gangster wannabe

how compressed is your soil? and what is it made up from?

....Hmmm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJrg_dPOEms

i did my first 2 grows (sucsessful) with out testing my PH. then i started putting a cap full of distilled vinegar in my purified water. it did help since vinegar is acidic. then i went to a fish store and bought a ph test kit for like $6. it wasnt great but it helped till i finally forked over $55 for a real digital tester.

It is not compressed hardly at all It s actually sorta loose. It is made up of 60% pine bark fines, 20% hardwood bark pines, charcoal granules, sandy loam top soil, perlite, and compost

I do have a ph/ moisture/light meter from sunleaves that was like 11 bucks but I am not sure its even worth using it

the light meter sucks on those. the ph is close. but not too acurate. try it and let us know the ph

alright be back

It says it is around 8 which i assume that is my problem, what are some good ways to get that down and keep it down?????/