Bojangles69
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I had to start flowering because after I added 3 more CFLs the plants literally jumped 4 inches in only **2 days**, which I found rather crazy.
I would take a pic right now but they're sleeping lol.
My question is this. I have 3 plants, I topped 1 only being worried it might not work great, but because the plant is growing so much better than I expected, I now want to top just 1 more. The problem is I started flowering 2 days ago. The plants *appear very strong and healthy, and ever since changing to a better soil they really took off. But I know people say to top at least a week before flowering. What are the actual chances of stressing the plant out?
My second question, I did a test on miracle grow where I put 1 teaspoon in a gallon of water than ph'd it (because I really wanted to use more than 1 teaspoon). The ph was 5.0 exactly. I was extremely shocked (even as a chem major) to see that only a single teaspoon dropped my ph that much. I don't even think vinegar would do that. Although my plants are rock solid and strong, I tested the ph of the run off and its the same as the miracle grow (only my second time giving nutes) a flat 5.0.
I noticed today now one plants leaves are dropping a bit, although the rest are fine. My simple question is how do I fix the ph? Do I add basified water with a specific chemical or just attempt to flush out the acidity?
edit: wow I just realized my avatar pic was taken about 2 1/2 weeks ago, the plants seemed to have already double in size with the new soil... how crazy.
I would take a pic right now but they're sleeping lol.
My question is this. I have 3 plants, I topped 1 only being worried it might not work great, but because the plant is growing so much better than I expected, I now want to top just 1 more. The problem is I started flowering 2 days ago. The plants *appear very strong and healthy, and ever since changing to a better soil they really took off. But I know people say to top at least a week before flowering. What are the actual chances of stressing the plant out?
My second question, I did a test on miracle grow where I put 1 teaspoon in a gallon of water than ph'd it (because I really wanted to use more than 1 teaspoon). The ph was 5.0 exactly. I was extremely shocked (even as a chem major) to see that only a single teaspoon dropped my ph that much. I don't even think vinegar would do that. Although my plants are rock solid and strong, I tested the ph of the run off and its the same as the miracle grow (only my second time giving nutes) a flat 5.0.
I noticed today now one plants leaves are dropping a bit, although the rest are fine. My simple question is how do I fix the ph? Do I add basified water with a specific chemical or just attempt to flush out the acidity?
edit: wow I just realized my avatar pic was taken about 2 1/2 weeks ago, the plants seemed to have already double in size with the new soil... how crazy.