What are these spots?

kmog33

kmog33

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Top and bottom look like light burn. Middle one looks like start of a couple deffs, but if it's just one or two leave that look like that just wait it out it looks healthy and happy. Don't over think it.


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Jenny 209916

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I'm aware of the light burn and I did raise the lights a bit I'm running t8s. It is just a few leaves affected. I haven't gave them any nutes yet I'm just letting the soiI do it's job for now. I transplanted jan29 in hap frog soil and keep my water ph around 6.4 or 5.
 
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Jenny 209916

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The only time I didn't ph my water is when my I caught my neighbors 2 male chihuahuas peeing on my plants.. Not exactly on the leaves but on fabric pot. So I flushed a few of the girls with water immediately
 
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Jenny 209916

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Yes I agree forget what the bottle says lol. If I let water sit for 24 hours do I still have to ph when adding nutes? I usually do
 
Gary Goodson

Gary Goodson

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First go check out your city's water quality report to see if they use good ole chlorine or teh nasty chloramine. Unlike chlorine, chloramine will not dissipate out of the water no mater how long it sits.

Ime age old in tap water was always around 6.7 so I checked ph, but rarely had to adjust. Sometimes it would be a little lower but always above 6.
 
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Jenny 209916

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Ok thanks Gary I'll look into my city water report and I'll get back to you on that. I have added age old to my tap water in the past and I believe it's around 7.5 and I usually use ph down to get in the mid 6.
 
Gary Goodson

Gary Goodson

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Jenny 209916 said:
Ok thanks Gary I'll look into my city water report and I'll get back to you on that. I have added age old to my tap water in the past and I believe it's around 7.5 and I usually use ph down to get in the mid 6.
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Mid 6 is good. My stance on ph adjusters has always been to use the least amount possible. So try not to be heavy handed with them. Nothing worse that over shooting your mark and then having to use ph up to correct.

Im fine with anything in between 6-7 when in soil... Hell, I really don't even think I'd ph 7.5, they would get it just like that.
 
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Jenny 209916

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I'm in the stocktôn area I'm pretty sure it's crappy water. Do you ph runoff? I heard Its not necessary to ph when using organic nutes.. I still ph when I give them just water and when I feed but not sure if I have to
 
Gary Goodson

Gary Goodson

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Jenny 209916 said:
I'm in the stocktôn area I'm pretty sure it's crappy water. Do you ph runoff? I heard Its not necessary to ph when using organic nutes.. I still ph when I give them just water and when I feed but not sure if I have to
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Nope, no need to ph unless is crazy out of whack. im very comfortable with 6-7 and I'm not really worried about 5.5-7.5, but if go into the 4's or 8's id have to do something about that.

I also wouldn't ph plain water or run off at all.
 
Gary Goodson

Gary Goodson

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One more tip for ya. I really like age old. Easy to use and very effective, but it lacks in the flavor department. No, I'm not talking about opening the bottle and taking a swig. Lol, I'm talking about in the finished product. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it tastes bad at all. Just that it could use a boost in flavor and aroma. Adding FF big bloom really helped that out.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002KHDLW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1455831856&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=big+bloom
It's not strong at all, but that's ok. You just want the flavor and aroma it adds to the finished product. You can't burn your plants with it either. Oh and it's not some bullshit sugar water, it's basically ewc and guano.
 
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Jenny 209916

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Gary Goodson said:
Nope, no need to ph unless is crazy out of whack. im very comfortable with 6-7 and I'm not really worried about 5.5-7.5, but if go into the 4's or 8's id have to do something about that.

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gotcha thanks for your help, time and info and everyone that stopped by
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