Is this PH related or Nute?

PuffPuffPuffGive

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Here are some plants from seedlings. One is Jamacian dirt, the other is called Mystiva.

I'm wondering if this is a ph issue or a fert burn? I ask about the ph because my cheap assed Yellow Hanna broke after 2 months of 'use'.

O well, any help would be appreciated!

Thanks
 

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Big Red 2316

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im going thru the same thing right now i have alot of yellow leaves with brown spots that are dying. first i was told it was a nitrogen difficiency so i added more nutes and then a couple days later it was worse so i was told to rinse my trays flush my cubes and drain my resevoir down to halfway and water them once a day for a couple days im in your boat bro check out my plants.
 

bigtomatofarmer

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Generally pH and nute problems are related.
Yes very true. +rep

Puffpuffgive do you know what your PH is? That is step #1
Ph is very crucial to success.


Big Red 2316 said:
im going thru the same thing right now i have alot of yellow leaves with brown spots that are dying. first i was told it was a nitrogen difficiency so i added more nutes and then a couple days later it was worse so i was told to rinse my trays flush my cubes and drain my resevoir down to halfway and water them once a day for a couple days im in your boat bro check out my plants.
Hey Big Red, what is your ph? You can get a cheap chemical test solution that is also pretty accurate.
You can use Ph up and PH down from your local hydro shop.
 

PuffPuffPuffGive

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Thanks guys.

I thought my meter was working ok, but there were a few times I added a lot of up or down and the meter wouldn't change reading, I think it got clogged. I always tried to back up test with the drops, but they are a pain to calibrate with (i.e. you can easily mistake an yellow orange for a yellow green. I got a good meter that does ppm and EC and the plants popped right back up. I think the lesson I learned on this batch is to spend the money on a good ph meter, the bottom end digitial one's are useless within a month or two. Auto Calibration is a very important feature to have. The manual one's are crap. And you can overfert if your solution bucket evaporates. thanks for the confirmation guys.
 
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