My plants are slowly dying!!!! PLease help

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PH- about 7.5
total alkalinity- 180-240
Chlorine- about 0
Hardness- about 50
copper- 0
Iron- o
nitrite- 0
nitrate- well its supposed to be a shade of purple but it came out brown so idk what the hell is going on there

I asked the guys at home depot for a calcium test kit but nada there, I will say that there is no calcium deposits on any of the faucets or shower head so idk.....but I got some 5 gallon jugs from walmart and im gonna starting getting filtered water from now on
 
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I dont think I can get my lights to 3 ft away from the plants, should I foilar feed witht he lights and fans off instead or just foilar feed the lower leaves?
 
mr.bond

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Bublonichronic said:
hey, i never foliar spray, i think its the dumbest shit ever, lol...why wuold you want o clog up your stoma? let the leaves do the breathing and the roots do the eating!!
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its pretty obvious hes having some issues uptaking nutrients or experiencing lockout of some sort... so why would he want to clog up the stoma? well if its getting 'clogged' with readily-available nutrients then it shouldnt need to try and source them from the roots for the time being. just because you dont use this method and clearly dont understand the benefits it can provide, you dont need to go around trashing people looking for help. next time offer your own advice and we'll see whos throwing around the dumbest shit ever.....

what a tool... i bet hes a democrat too. LOL

mr. bond
 
mr.bond

mr.bond

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amendment said:
I dont think I can get my lights to 3 ft away from the plants, should I foilar feed witht he lights and fans off instead or just foilar feed the lower leaves?
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nah you dont want to foilar with the lights off... plants typically 'exhale' more at this time rather than intake. mix a surfactant in with the water and nutrients you will be providing via foilar. this could be something like dish soap or a wetting agent like Dutch Master Saturator or AN Wet Betty (or others). I'd recommend the DM Saturator. This will allow the foilar feed to spread and absorb on the leaf, as opposed to pooling up and making hot spots from the light. flush first before you foilar. do the foilar feed only at first, 2-3 times/week until the plant is on track to recovery. should only take a week or less hopefully, then you should be good to go. at this time you can add your nutes back into the mix. keep a balanced nutrient regimen and avoid excessive additives. keep it simple...

as for your home test kit, the pH isn't too bad, not sure what kind of scale they use for hardness and alkalinity though. dont think i can help you there. it wouldnt cost very much to get a few gal's of RO water in the mean time so that you can ease back into feeding the roots after a little foilar. and ideally, you make the foilar feed with the RO water. cheers and good luck... let us know if you have any more questions.

mr. bond
 
pattykakes

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looks like a mag deficiency, mine looked exactly the same... I fixed it quickly by switching to RO water and using a cal/mag supplement...
 
Toolage 87

Toolage 87

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1 - Test your tap water.
2 - Distill your water.
3 - If you want to you might be able to make your water PH level lower if you do a distiller this should help take some of the junk out of the water.
4 - If you have an a/c with a water catcher you could use water from that but you should distill the water to make sure its clean.
 
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I will come back to this and let you know how it all goes btw, hopefully if anyone else has this problem they might be able to read it or something
 
Bublonichronic

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Wow...all I can say...mr bond let's see ur plants...u see me with my girl, prove yourself a better grower, my guess, you NOT...my advice here is on the $, like usual... And yea I'd rather see Obama the pres than McCain LMAO, ur fucking clown shoes bro

EDIT: i went threw your posts, your not worth my time newb, dont bother responding, im done witt you, and, i shouold mention i foliar fed in my first grow too, LMAO
 
Bublonichronic

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BTW op ur water is FINE, i would still suggest gettin a water filter tho, i got mine from home depot too, GE smart filter, 30$ http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100471282/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 , adn the carbon filters for the unit http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100034332/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 ........this thread is just gettin sad, and just remember, not everyone knows wtf their talking about, but ANYBODY can drop a commnet, make sure your not listening ot a 16 yr old on moms comp,lol GOOD LUCK
 
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amendment said:
PH- about 7.5
total alkalinity- 180-240
Chlorine- about 0
Hardness- about 50
copper- 0
Iron- o
nitrite- 0
nitrate- well its supposed to be a shade of purple but it came out brown so idk what the hell is going on there

I asked the guys at home depot for a calcium test kit but nada there, I will say that there is no calcium deposits on any of the faucets or shower head so idk.....but I got some 5 gallon jugs from walmart and im gonna starting getting filtered water from now on
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Your total alkalinity is the carbonate content of your water. And the numbers indicate what coud certainly have a bit of an elevated calcium content, but not unusable. As Panhead mentioned the addition of Hydroplex should help balance your calcium and magnesium to get you back on track. Another option is Earth Juices Microblast. Its alot like CalMag just without the calcium, a good choice when using tap water. And you didnt mention, any whiff of sulphur? If not then no worries there.
 
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panhead said:
I understand flushing,what i dont understand is why your blind as to why it isnt going to solve this issue,flush & restart is the most basic advice given round here for every problem its no wonder it does very little to help most new growers.

As for saying a member isnt qualified to give advice have you even followed any of this members postings to see his methods ?

I have some issues where i dont see eye to eye with a few small issues with his methods but on a whole he is one of the best versed growers on this site,ive learned from his postings,maybe if you put your pride away for a bit you could learn something as well.
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Thanks PH for the backup. Sometimes I think they should rename this forum FlushItUp, cause that seems to be the answer 99% of the folks gives. There are times leaching te medium is needed, but for the most part you are just putting a bandage on for a temporary fix I bet most of fthese members that are so gungho on flushing do not even know which elements are easily flushed from the medium and which one are bonded in matrix with the medium and are all most impossible to flush out. With experience I guess they will learn the hard way....

By the way PH, you need to clear your inbox.
 
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Bublonichronic said:
Wow...all I can say...mr bond let's see ur plants...u see me with my girl, prove yourself a better grower, my guess, you NOT...my advice here is on the $, like usual... And yea I'd rather see Obama the pres than McCain LMAO, ur fucking clown shoes bro

EDIT: i went threw your posts, your not worth my time newb, dont bother responding, im done witt you, and, i shouold mention i foliar fed in my first grow too, LMAO
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A huge ego and scared of knowledge. Speaks volumes about your personality. Almost makes me feel sorry for you, almost....
 
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