To flush, or not to flush...

First time grower and I do believe I have had a eureka moment. My plants are all over the place as far as symptoms. I have been trying to track down the issue. I have been monitoring my PH, and while a litlle high compared to what others have suggested (I have been keeping it between 6.5 and 6.7), I believe my main problem right now is that the water I have been using has gone through a water conditioner (one of the salt pellet variety). I think (but cannot prove) that I am getting nutrient lock up due to too much sodium in my soil.

Should I flush the plants? I am using fox farms soil and just recently began fox farms nute's (1/4 to start with). No improvement in the plants.

Attached are some pics of the plants.

The nice part is I do have a spigot BEFORE the water softener. I just tested the water (basically, water straight from my well), and the PH is 6.4. Water AFTER the softener is off the chart. I am thinking it is close to 8.0.

If you all think a flush is in order, I have read that it is 2-3 times the amount of water the container can hold empty, then , let the plants stand until the soil dries up before resuming watering/feeding again.

Input? Suggestions?

Flush it. Those are definitely fertilizer burns ( either you put too much or you sprayed the foliage and the heat from the light burned the leaves ... ). How high is your humidity ? Seems to me like they're curling up either because it is too hot ( in which case they are drying - MUCH ) or because of the humidity.

Trace elements are totally out of control, but it's easy to get mixed up as to which one is in lack or excess and in a stage as advanced as this one ( it's never too late ... ) I'd flush them right away.

growgrow said:

Flush it. Those are definitely fertilizer burns ( either you put too much or you sprayed the foliage and the heat from the light burned the leaves ... ). How high is your humidity ? Seems to me like they're curling up either because it is too hot ( in which case they are drying - MUCH ) or because of the humidity.

Trace elements are totally out of control, but it's easy to get mixed up as to which one is in lack or excess and in a stage as advanced as this one ( it's never too late ... ) I'd flush them right away.

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They have only had one feeding. I was trying to stay away from nutes by going with the best soil I could get. They looked this way before a feeding (which is why myself and others thought it was an imbalance; zinc defficiency), so I went out and bought some. There has been N O improvement. I started looking around for more problems and BLAM! The water softener hit me in the face like a brick wall. Still shaking my head that I did not think about it before hand!!!
As to humidty, I live in eastern Ohio, it does not get bad here. As well, the leaves themselves are cool to the touch. Overall, the room is probably 82-85 degress.

flush and dont fert until problem areas clear...

RO machine from lowes or home depot... 160 bucks.... but I love having super clean water and my plants cant get enough of it....

Alright, hope this goes well for you and your babies. Send us some feedback as to what you did to solve the problem. At worst if they're dying for good, clone them with the good cuttings that are available to at least save the crop. It'll take a couple of extra weeks ( 1 - 4 ) for them to grow new roots, but at least you don't have to buy seeds or other plants.