Major ph issues & nute lockout/deficiencies on in ground plant

What is the best way to correct this? Discovered my ph meter was shot, so got another one today.

I can not measure the run off on my in-ground plants and they are showing MAJOR P & N deficiencies. They are in there third week of bloom. My container plants Ph are off as well (going to measure runoff ASAP) so I know that the in ground ones are, I just don't know how much.

Should I start adding nutes, or will they be no good til I correct the ph and should just use ph adjusted water until that is corrected?

I am not sure the best way to handle this, especially since it is an in-ground plant.

Thanks to all who takes the time to help out!

They also look to be very unhappy, were as before blooming really started, they were reaching up for the light happy as could be.

They don't seem to be showing signs of over feeding and it would seem strange for your ph to change in the ground suddenly. So if they were happy just recently it doesn't sound like ph. I recommend getting a $5 soil test kit and finding out where your soil NPK are roughly at.

Thank you Bugeye, it is much appreciated.

I am going to do that soon. As far as ppm & & how often of feeding, what would you recommend?

oh man, what a hit. what happened? i fed my plants once a little too much and didnt water the next day after that. it wasnt as bad looking as your plant but it was pretty bad imo

Extacie said:

I am going to do that soon. As far as ppm & & how often of feeding, what would you recommend?

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Hard to say until you know what is wrong. Assuming this is a deficiency and not a lockout, I would give them a bigger feeding of the nutrients that are low than what they have been getting and then probably go to a slow drip with every watering and then another larger hit a week later if not improving. It gets tough in flowering to get good feedback from your plant like you get in veg so just do your best to move things in the right direction.

ULEN said:

oh man, what a hit. what happened? i fed my plants once a little too much and didnt water the next day after that. it wasnt as bad looking as your plant but it was pretty bad imo

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Mine have been having a few issues, didnt feed throughout their life like i should of been for one. Also recently discovered my PH meter was shot. It would calibrate then immediately read 7.0 when I would check right after, but turns out it's readings were 1-1.2 off because the probe was shot. If I were to PH my solution to what I thought to be 6.5, it was actually between 5.3-5.5.

It's weird, I have fed all outdoor plants the same at same PH, and one of them is 3-4x the size of this one and shows absolutely no deficiencies. Different strain though.

So most of my container plants PH are right around 5.0-6.0 right now. Been a bitch to correct, but with this new ph meter it should all be back in order soon hopefully.

Bugeye said:

Hard to say until you know what is wrong. Assuming this is a deficiency and not a lockout, I would give them a bigger feeding of the nutrients that are low than what they have been getting and then probably go to a slow drip with every watering and then another larger hit a week later if not improving. It gets tough in flowering to get good feedback from your plant like you get in veg so just do your best to move things in the right direction.

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Thank you very much Bugeye! Family's visiting, but i'm going to get a soil test kit later today or tomorrow. I really appreciate that advice, I had no idea where to start with in ground plants.