Bobplant
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Germinated bag seeds, planted in Fox Farms Happy Frog, 12 plants under 175 watt Metal Halide about 2' - 2.5' above plants. Have been putting out in sun (on sunny days) then under MH when no more direct sun. No grow box. Water approx. every 3 days when top 1 1/2" of soil feels dry. Using rain water for watering. Fan on and off. . .seemed to not be helping. . .No nutes yet. Plants are going on 3 weeks old. It's my 2nd grow. . 1st grow was in Miracle Grow, CFL's, did everything wrong and plants rocked! The upper leaves are curling. .most downward but one is curling inward around the edges. Lower leaves are getting spots, yellowing and drying out and dying. Top of plants look okay but not great. I don't have any testing equipment (ordered a Milwaukee PH57 yesterday) but after reading posts I'm suspecting Ph is high and might have a Nitrogen deficiency. Using the same water as I used on my last grow. . .kinda bummed cause I figured Fox Farms would ROCK. . ready to go back to the Miracle Grow if this doesn't change soon. . .
I know it's hard to guess without testing ~ What can I try in the mean time? Also, when testing Ph, the meter will test the water but not the soil, right? So how do you test the soil? The tests I've seen show that you add water to the soil. . doesn't the Ph of the water affect the result?
Thanks for any blind insight and I'll post details of Ph in a few days!
PS Gotta add at the beginning they really seemed to be stretching like not enough light. . .had 175 MH AND a 150 HPS on em. . .close enough that I was worried it was gonna burn em. . continued to stretch. . .
I know it's hard to guess without testing ~ What can I try in the mean time? Also, when testing Ph, the meter will test the water but not the soil, right? So how do you test the soil? The tests I've seen show that you add water to the soil. . doesn't the Ph of the water affect the result?
Thanks for any blind insight and I'll post details of Ph in a few days!
PS Gotta add at the beginning they really seemed to be stretching like not enough light. . .had 175 MH AND a 150 HPS on em. . .close enough that I was worried it was gonna burn em. . continued to stretch. . .
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