New growth looks funky?

[Way2-High]

When I get home I’ll take some pics and see how it’s looking.

 

[Way2-High]

Well here’s how it’s looking now. Old stems are green, new ones are pink/purple.

 

[macsnax]

I've looked your pics over pretty good and I still see a slightly stressed plant that's starting to show a little purp action. @xtsho I know your a pretty good grower. I've looked his pics over and nothing is jumping out at me. If you see something I don't chime in man.

 

[Chip Green]

How was the soil PH measured?

 

[Way2-High]

How was the soil PH measured?

In a slurry. Testing runoff.

 

[Way2-High]

I've looked your pics over pretty good and I still see a slightly stressed plant that's starting to show a little purp action. @xtsho I know your a pretty good grower. I've looked his pics over and nothing is jumping out at me. If you see something I don't chime in man.

I constantly check them when I’m home. move everything around. I’m like a crackhead looking for some drugs. But it’s researching and learning that gets me high. Could me constantly bugging it cause an issue?

 

[xtsho]

I've looked your pics over pretty good and I still see a slightly stressed plant that's starting to show a little purp action. @xtsho I know your a pretty good grower. I've looked his pics over and nothing is jumping out at me. If you see something I don't chime in man.

It's so hard to make a call from a couple of pictures. Sometimes I wish I could just reach out and grab plants through my monitor, fix them, and send them back.

They are stressed but from what I can't say.

 

[Way2-High]

I figured it out,hopefully! There was no airflow to the bottom of the “airpot” and it was causing a damp spot that didn’t dry properly.

 

[macsnax]

I was going to say it looked a little over watered, but you said you had been doing a bit off topping and training, I just assumed the droopy-ness was from that.

 

[Chip Green]

In a slurry. Testing runoff.

The reason I asked, I had a few cycles, many moons ago that looked very similar... I "thought" my soil PH was 6.5(ish) based on runoff, and slurry(ish) tests. I was chasing my tail with lockouts, believing the PH was in the good range....
THEN, I invested in a BlueLab PH probe for my soil....Its the Leap probe, universal for media and solutions...Pricey tool indeed.
The soil I thought was 6.5 was actually 5.5, or less......runoff can be very misleading.
I go on and on, and ON about this thing, but seriously, it took me to new levels, because of how far off I was running without it....

Also I was making sure you weren't using one of those F'n two pronged "PH/Moisture" pieces O' shite"...…
(I was fairly confident you weren't)

 

[xtsho]

The reason I asked, I had a few cycles, many moons ago that looked very similar... I "thought" my soil PH was 6.5(ish) based on runoff, and slurry(ish) tests. I was chasing my tail with lockouts, believing the PH was in the good range....
THEN, I invested in a BlueLab PH probe for my soil....Its the Leap probe, universal for media and solutions...Pricey tool indeed.
The soil I thought was 6.5 was actually 5.5, or less......runoff can be very misleading.
I go on and on, and ON about this thing, but seriously, it took me to new levels, because of how far off I was running without it....

Also I was making sure you weren't using one of those F'n two pronged "PH/Moisture" pieces O' shite"...…
(I was fairly confident you weren't)

".runoff can be very misleading."

Exactly. The only way to get close to an accurate reading of soil pH is with a slurry test or an expensive probe that works like the one you have.. Runoff is a terrible way to determine the pH of soil and will lead people down the wrong path and chasing your tail as you say. Runoff pH is completely worthless when dealing with soil.

The next pH tester I purchase will be the one you have.

 

[Way2-High]

I’ll be getting a good meter soon. Then recheck it against what I’ve seen. Thanks!

 

[Way2-High]

So going with the theme of this grow I’m doing everything as cheap as possible!!! This is what I’m using to fix the damp bottom problem. Seems to be responding well. Thanks for everyone’s input!



Hopefully it’ be up and running again.

 

[macsnax]

So going with the theme of this grow I’m doing everything as cheap as possible!!! This is what I’m using to fix the damp bottom problem. Seems to be responding well. Thanks for everyone’s input!

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Hopefully it’ be up and running again.

You have the pot in a tote it looks like? I see how you can have an airflow problem. I bet you could get a little 6" fan at a dollar store on the cheap. Probably wouldn't need to point it at the pot, just down the side of the tote.... I like the building blocks too, use what you've got laying around.

 

[Way2-High]

I was just messing around with that tote as a little experiment. It’s not like that all the time, it was only in there for like 20 minutes while I checked some stuff. This is what it looks like.


This fan has always been in the closet blowing down at that gap in the back.

 

[macsnax]

I see, where are you pulling fresh air from?

 

[Way2-High]

I keep the other side of the closet open that’s why I put up a ghetto wall.

 

[macsnax]

I keep the other side of the closet open that’s why I put up a ghetto wall.

As long as you have fresh air coming in and little circulation, you should be good. Maybe add another fan. I just set up a 2 x 4 for personal and have three oscillating fans in there, a 440 cfm extraction fan, and a 120 cfm intake. Might be a little overkill but it can all be adjusted with controllers.

 

[Way2-High]

Well I think I solved it! Pictures I took today.


I untied some of them to show how crazy they can grow.

 

[Way2-High]

Spaghetti grow!!!