Lime green foliage vs deep green?

FresnoFarmer said:

Some strains require higher levels of nitrogen than others.

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While this is true, it is also true that some plants exhibit different shades of green/yellow and are 100% healthy plants. I agree

Chip Green said:

pH of runoff is extremely inaccurate, and in no way a satisfactory indication of the pH of the actual media.

Outside of a proper slurry test, actual lab results, or a quality digital pH soil probe, determinations of soil pH are poppycock.

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This is terrible advise. Maybe that is your experience, but I have prevented a lot of issues in soil, promix and coco by simply catching a ph imbalance right away. To say that ph'ing runoff is poppycock is reckless advise man.

No advice was given. A factual statement was made, nothing more.

RobinT said:

While this is true, it is also true that some plants exhibit different shades of green/yellow and are 100% healthy plants. I agree


This is terrible advise. Maybe that is your experience, but I have prevented a lot of issues in soil, promix and coco by simply catching a ph imbalance right away. To say that ph'ing runoff is poppycock is reckless advise man.

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Ok

Alright everybody, so I finally pH tested my water with a liquid test kit. Out of the tap it is a high 8 or dark green. Once nutes are mixed in pH dropped below 4. I used almost a tablespoon of pH up for a 5gal feeding to bring it to around 6

I could've prevented these issues a while back, lesson learned to always pH test every feeding

Will test pH of run off when I do a non feed day