Stressed plants and stressed grower.

JJARTS

Member
3 days ago I found the ph in my mix nutrients solution was low more than usual, a day before I did a foliar to my 12 plants with a formula to clean the white powder mildew in some leaves at the botton, I thought the low ph was because some drain in the buckets and finally to my reservoir...but the good thing was that it was my last day of the week before changing the mix, so I wasted it and run the next day just with plain water and adjusting the ph. After few hours the ph was low again and I adjust it back, next day I did fill my tank again with new mix and have to raise the ph, unusual thing because I have always to low it... but I didnt put to much my mind in it, but yesterday at night, when lights when on, I checked the numbers and the ph was very low, lower than ever, around 4.6, that was too much, I add some ph buster, plus cilica, calmag, and sm-90, all of them rise the ph and help the buster to raise in my 45 gallons reservoir, but in few minutes was low again... I started to feel worried about it, so I check my meter with the calibration solution to found out that the meter probe was mistaken the ph number, so all the buster and others I have put in my mix was unnecesary and because it the ph was very high... (I supose it because I have no meter to verified it) after it I got in to monitoring the plants and I saw them yellowing at top, also the old fan leaves got some yellow spot and lost some green too, and plenty of the new one became yellow, just the ones far from the lights preserve the dark green color, I m in the midle if the 4th week of bloom but they are still alive, I didnt know yet how high is the ph in the food, I just stop
pumping it and just ad some water to each one, water from the street pipe that here the ph normally is around 7.0 or less... I ordered the meter last night and it will be delivery tomorrow, still I have no ph metter to make another mix or check out the water ph level, but Im almost sure that the sicknes and the yellowing I saw last nite is caused by the ph to high even I didnt know yet how high... but at the end i will try to save them that are very stressed, After i clean a litle with water, I dimed the lights level from 1000 to 600 watts to make the plants slow the eating and to relaxing in a not to bright eviroment, this morning before lights when off I look the plants and nothing were change too much, more yellow leaves but the plants were still straigh up... tonite after lights get on I will see whats going on there, but if they are still alive, I have to find something to heal them and easy the stress that this situation has doing to them, my question is, anyone know what I be able to do it or what product i can use to minimize that stress and how to aply it in this situation?... since it never happen to me before, Im really lost... the only thing I have learned is I going to have 2 or more meters to monitoring my mix from now. Like when the doctor give you a bad news and you going to another doctor to see if it have the same opinion, we have to do the same with meter when the number are out of normal...
I apologise for my english and any inconvenience it could made but I just want to be understood, Im cuban and my languaje is spanish...
 

DblBrryInvestments

Well-Known Member
I seen your profile update and thought I could chime in and give you a bit of advice, not particularly on your grow, but how to get the help your looking for.

For one, don't give up bud, just keep at it, you'll get the hang of things.

The reason you more than likely have not received a reply on your thread is the way you post it.

No one is going to read paragraphs like that, you should keep it simple and straight to the point and space out different points like I am doing right now.

It make's it easier for everyone to read and keep track of where they are at, good luck man! I hope you find the help your looking for and don't give up!
 

JJARTS

Member
20160701_204021~2.jpg Thank you, i have some languaje barrier, im spanish speaker but I learning from advices like the one you just give me... and I m trying to find more advices and a solution to save my plants, thank you again.
 

DblBrryInvestments

Well-Known Member
Don't worry about your English speaking, English is only the 3rd most commonly spoke language, and frankly you speak better English than most people haha.

Gotta pretty large grow going on there, nice!!

Wish I could of helped out, but I have no experience in hydro.

I seen @Olive Drab Green replied to one of your posts, maybe link up with him, he's a very knowledgable guy.
 

JJARTS

Member
Ty, I will try but still a litle bit lost over here... I m spending to much time loking for something and trying to answer... i think i will be better in the future... thoses grow are 12 plants that arizona law let me have just because where i live, we have no dispensary over here so they give me license to cultivate 12 plants, and I will try to make thoses plants the widers i can, so i made a net over them so as soon as a branch pass the net I move it to the next hole keeping the plant as flat as I can
 

Olive Drab Green

Well-Known Member
How much longer do they have left? Santo mierda! Es mucho mota, hermano. Yo no saben la hydro, pero yo tengo coco/sphagnum/yucca. Espanol es un poquito, con su Englais, pero yo quiero a ayudar tu.
 

JJARTS

Member
Hard to know what he said, it could be a mix for a hydro,
5ml x gal spanish,
10ml x gal, English
1ml x gal, Japanese.

And a Thai folliar mix of 1tsp for gallon... use rain water for best results..

But the good part is that I got what he said... and it is a good thing that make me smile... thanks Brother.
 
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