ok thank you do you ph ive got a few of them cheapy ph pens but they never work lol i seem to always get problems in flower with browning leaves.
BucketGrower
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You can easily use that tap water. You just want to make sure you have healthy soil microbiology and or add microbiology often.
how would you go about adding more my plants leaves are all going brown since flower any ideas gotten worse since these pics
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BucketGrower
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Looks like a nutrient issue. What soil have you been using? Have you been adding anything to your water?
bio bizz light mix soil with 5 tablespoons of dolomite lime mixed in fed nothink Only small amounts of cal mag + was waiting for yellowing before I added nutes but started to brown instead so started to feed small amounts no change gave a recommended dose of bio bizz nutes and seems to be abit better hard to tell though was in bio bizz soil for about 2/3 weeks before browning and started to brown as it started to put on some buds I always get problems in flower veg is flawless and grows lovely
BucketGrower
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Well it looks like too much of/too little something from what I can see. The water you're using could be a factor.. Good luck buddy!
Edit: Re-reading your initial post now. You are using Ro water. I've heard people caution soil growers from using it. Not sure why, but it's what I've heard.
Edit: Re-reading your initial post now. You are using Ro water. I've heard people caution soil growers from using it. Not sure why, but it's what I've heard.
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TheSadBadGrower
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Leaves are a little dark so you may habve excess nitrogen. Certain toxicity can lock out other nutes.
BucketGrower
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Yeah dark green leaves with only 3 fingers on them has me worried.
saint0192
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My tapwater starts at about 175-200 PPM, and after the Brita filter it is around 75 PPM. Your base PPM is higher than mine, but a filter should bring it down significantly, and well within a safe range. RO is the holy grail, IMO, but if you can get it under 200 PPM I wouldn't worry.
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saint0192
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So, those are pretty far gone, I see 2 options:
You might try flushing heavily with water, I would use RO, distilled, or maybe filtered tap water, I believe your 400ppm tap water is likely not going to help and may introduce a new issue. Let the plants go a couple/few days before any nutrients added to try and finish flowering. If the plants live through the flush, start with low strength flowering nutrient mix, maybe 1/2 strength or less for the first two feedings. Based on the latest pics, I don't believe this option is gonna go too well, the leaf damage is pretty heavy. There is a good chance that flushing and leaving with little to no nutrients will finish off the plants.
The other option is to harvest now, cut your losses, and start a new grow. I can see good distribution of trichomes in the pics, and the smoke may not be full strength, but should be worth something. You're working with organic soil and nutes, so no need to flush before doing this. In the new grow, when it is time to change over to flowering, make sure to heavily flush and let the plants go a few days with nothing but water before flowering. This is to to eat up as much nitrogen and other nutrients as possible before adding your flowering nutrients at a low strength and then building up to full strength over the first couple weeks of flowering.
Disclaimer: It has been a long time since I grew in soil, but I've had similar issues in changeover to flowering, so I'm just basing this on what I remember from 12 years ago. Good luck!
You might try flushing heavily with water, I would use RO, distilled, or maybe filtered tap water, I believe your 400ppm tap water is likely not going to help and may introduce a new issue. Let the plants go a couple/few days before any nutrients added to try and finish flowering. If the plants live through the flush, start with low strength flowering nutrient mix, maybe 1/2 strength or less for the first two feedings. Based on the latest pics, I don't believe this option is gonna go too well, the leaf damage is pretty heavy. There is a good chance that flushing and leaving with little to no nutrients will finish off the plants.
The other option is to harvest now, cut your losses, and start a new grow. I can see good distribution of trichomes in the pics, and the smoke may not be full strength, but should be worth something. You're working with organic soil and nutes, so no need to flush before doing this. In the new grow, when it is time to change over to flowering, make sure to heavily flush and let the plants go a few days with nothing but water before flowering. This is to to eat up as much nitrogen and other nutrients as possible before adding your flowering nutrients at a low strength and then building up to full strength over the first couple weeks of flowering.
Disclaimer: It has been a long time since I grew in soil, but I've had similar issues in changeover to flowering, so I'm just basing this on what I remember from 12 years ago. Good luck!