what deficiency?

the water where i live is full of chlorine so after a few weeks you can see the salt build up in the soil... i use white vinegar to bring the PH down but obviously the chlorine is still there :/


the run off ph is still around 6.8


my top leaves are light
bottom leaves darker

can anyone take a look at my photo and give any suggestion? i might try to collect rain water but at this time it is hard for me to do as it's not rained much.

buy RO water from the store, rainwater ofc, buy an RO machine. That's what my next big purchase will be, my city uses chloramine so the water stays toxic. If your city really only uses chlorine than you can just let your water sit out for 24 hours to evaporate it.

might want to lower your ph a bit. a good way to lower ph and a free fertilizer is to use a bit of fresh urine in your nutrient solution.

PH to 6.3-6.5 the lighter yellow green leaves is just new growth to me looks normal my soil plant almost looks the same as urs but runoff is 5.5 on mine which I'm looking in to

what nutes are you using ? get u a air pump and air stone and a 5 gallon bucket and let that water bubble for a few days to evap the chlorine walmart prob has the pump and stone for about 20$ ro water is good so is distilled water but at a dollar or so a gallon you could easily take the other route .

haha its the new growth man, nothing to be worried about. if you are worried about using tap, you should get an RO system. Looks to me whatever you are doing is working for your plants, good job

Try some dolo lime. Cant hurt in any event. My new growth is green not yellow. Also a little nitrogen at the usual rate.

Just a few days later and they are even more yellow... I have been somewhat stingy on the fertilizer , maybe too stingy?

Do what Dannyboy says.
Forget the run off pH. That's the pH of the run off, not of the soil. Simply pH all ingoing liquids to 6.5 and forget about the soil pH and you should be fine. When you water the soils the pH will rise naturally and as the plant dries back out it comes back down. The living boi's in the soil help the plant balance the pH to it's needs. Adding a "zyme" product helps this by adding bio's to the soil.

Yes, increase your nutrient ratio to the given amount by the maker.
What nutrient brand? This may adjust what I just said above.