Also stop with this "top inch dry" stuff stick your finger way in there! I stick my finger in the bottom drain hole (sorry Virginia).
It's hard to tell but it could be over watering, Incorrect PH or just stress. Some plants genetically have purple stems. But I personally think it's over watering. Overwatering does not always mean you’ve been giving the plant too much water. It can also mean that you’ve been giving the plant water too often, or growing plants in a growing medium that holds onto water without enough air, or doesn’t have good drainage out the bottom.
A dry cycle? I left 6 days in between the last water if that's what you mean?
Well I do know they have good drainage. Water basically runs right through. However If I'm not supposed to do the "top inch" thing when is it time?
Good luck to you bro. You can buy a soil meter that basically tells you if you need to water.
A lot of folks Water by weight, they know when it feels empty, or light.
Yes. As @Beachwalker mentioned above, feel the weight of your girl when you know she's dry and compare that to the weight of her when you've given a really good water. don't water again until she feels light again. that will give you good cycles of wet/dry for the girls. good luck with your grow.
I have purchased a moisture tester and they are all right below "moist". I have also tested the runoff for each plant and they all appear to be between 6.5 and 7.
pH runoff should ideally, from my observations, be lower coming out then going in. Why are you using distilled water?
I only used distilled if it's for a flush type thing. As far as PH goes I use liquid drops so I can't see point for point. At the beginning of the grow I used regular tap water with no pH readings. My tap water turns out to be closer to 8. So I lowered and now pay attention to the pH going in and out which might be why the fluctuation.
thtas a water issue
