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Thanks Blitz! Ya; I bought the pH down today - will start using that on the next watering. :? :peace:

Looking nice!!

I read mixed things as to whether checking pH was required for organic soil grows, and head was swimming with all the information I was trying to absorb. A lot to learn but I'm having fun - thanks for taking time to help out!

That makes sense, and when I was harvesting heat was a huge issue - plus I hadn't set a timer up in the veg tent; previous grow I vegged for 18 hours a day; and during the heat I had the light on 24 hours. Things seem to have stabilized and I have active intake and exhaust in the other tent I...

Forgot to mention - one other possible issue is my local tap water. I haven't been bothering with checking my water pH, but recently read the water report from my water district and saw that they raise the pH to 8.2 to help with combatting pipe corrosion. I ran a test of my water today, and...

After posting my previous response, I did have one environmental issue that was starting to cause other problems - I wasn't paying enough attention while harvesting my other grow, and let the LED get about 4" closer to the plants than I should have - the larger plants were starting to exhibit...

I wasn't paying enough attention to these poor little plants while harvesting, and two of them developed some yellowing of the bottom leaves which then spread towards the middle of the plant. I thought it might be a nitrogen deficiency based on what I read, but posted a thread in the Plant...

Cool - hopefully helps a bit!

Just tested - water that I've had sitting for a couple of days to get rid of chlorine is over 8 pH! I looked on the website of the super soil vendor and they said that while it will buffer the pH to some degree, if significantly over 7.5 or it should be lowered. Live and learn - I'll start...

My water district says they raise the pH to that to avoid problems in the distribution pipes (??? that was in the water report), but I don't think it was that high when I took a measurement. I'll dig up my test kit and take a few more readings; if high I'll buy some pH down and try using that.

Sounds good - I'll give your suggestions a try and transplant to smart pots soon. I've developed a problem with my new grow (lower leaves have started yellowing / dying) so am hoping to get that sorted out and will then transplant in the next week or so. The safety pins sound like a great idea.

Temps and humidity are good - mid 70's F; RH about 50%. In my veg tent I have passive intake, and a 4" exhaust. I've actually been explicitly trying to stretch out time between watering - I was doing every 4 days; last watering I waited 5 days and the problem seemed much more pronounced this...

Looks good - let 'er ride!

Looking nice!

Hi there, it's a bit hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like they might just be starting to. I haven't grown autos so don't know much about them - the plants look nice and healthy, though! I'm still pretty new to growing, maybe someone with more experience can chime in. If they are...

Oh, and one other question - should I be worrying about monitoring the pH of my water for growing in organic soil? Because I haven't been - I read somewhere (I think on the Grow Weed Easy site) that for organic soil grows the water pH didn't matter, but have read recently that it does. I took...

Hi all, Over the last week and a half, my current Chemdog grow is getting yellowing / dying leaves at the bottom of the plant. Is this the sign of a nitrogen deficiency? I'm growing organically in a mix of super soil (Kind soil at bottom of pot) and coco coir (top half of pot). If this is a...

Thanks GroErr - I do have some of the 3 gallon smart pots; I think I will try them when I do my next transplant on my new Chemdog grow. The one plant I culled from my tent for the Gorilla Glue grow I've had in a smart pot - the two things I don't like about it are that every time I water I get...

I also did a trial run of bubble hash in a little portable washing machine today. I picked a bad place to do it - the side yard of my house which is unfortunately under a large pine and large redwood tree (LOTS of tree needles), which managed to get into my first batch and ruin it. I cleaned...

Yesterday I finished harvesting the bottom half of all plants. In cleaning out the grow pots, I noticed that the roots really didn't look too healthy on any of the plants, and only one of them had roots that had reached the bottom of the 5 gallon pot - the others only extended 1/3 to 1/2 of the...