OldMedMan's First Grow Couchlock 2009

[OldMedMan]

As you can see I have yellowing leaves and spots on some leaves.
This is the start of week four. They looked fine last night. This morning I found yellowing leaves.
Here is what I have done so far. Looked in freq. asked questions. I found it could be nuts or pH. I got out my cheap eBay pH meter and stated to work.
It reads light, moisture and pH.
Light was 3000 lumins, moisture read very dry. I watered 4 days ago and added 1/4 the amount of Big Bloom the the FOX schedule recommend.To be on the safe side. I usually use the finger in soil to tell if they need water, it felt a little moisture so I have not watered since then.
I did water today since the meter said they were dry. The plants soaked it up quickly so they were dry.
pH read at 4.0. Crap! I cleaned the meter and tried it again on all plants and got the same reading. Cleaned it again and checked the water I have been giving them, same reading of pH 4.0. I let my water sit open in a cabinet for 48 hours to get ride of the chlorine.
Tomorrow I will buy some lime. Question is how much lime do I put in?
Actually the question is do you think I am doing the right thing???

 

[PHATBLUNT420]

well to start off do you have a PH Up & Down kit ?
you said you had a ph pen?
is it calibrated?

do you have fresh soil?

 

[OldMedMan]

looks like a typical PH problem.
whats your Ph range?

what soil are you using?

Soil FF Ocean Forest with 20% more pearlite
pH is 4.0 so you are right

 

[OldMedMan]

well to start off do you have a PH Up & Down kit ?
you said you had a ph pen?
is it calibrated?

do you have fresh soil?

My pH meter has no calibration that I can find. It's junk. Like $8. It has long prongs that you stick in the soil.
I have no up down kit. All I can find is hydro stuff.

Thanks for your help

 

[PHATBLUNT420]

My pH meter has no calibration that I can find. It's junk. Like $8. It has long prongs that you stick in the soil.
I have no up down kit. All I can find is hydro stuff.

Thanks for your help

well without getting yourself PH down & Ph up liquids, that you should find at a hydro store your pretty much chasing your own tail.

a good start is flushing your plants with RO/Filtered water 3x your container size, should get you on the right track and gice you some time to go buy some supplies

 

[OldMedMan]

Thanks PHATBLUNT420 I will do just that
I looked at hydro stuff and didn't think it would work for soil. My bad.
I will go shopping of sure.
Thanks again.

 

[PHATBLUNT420]

no problem!!
just make sure to flush with filtered water,

Anything that will bring your feedings' and waterings' Ph to 6.3-6.8 will work

 

[The Butcher]

i use a soil pen like that and i've been using it for YEAR.They dont really go off thats the great thing about those pens since thier not digital then they dont go off at all really unless you throw the damn thing across the room.Yeah i still use my digi to measure the run off.BUT i must say that soil pen you have is gold.The best 8 bucks you'll spend.

 

[Mr. The Ninja]

so sorry to hear about your Ph problem MedMan
they look pretty good though
get em back on track, and im sure your ladies will reward you^_^
perserverance conquers all

 

[OldMedMan]

so sorry to hear about your Ph problem MedMan
they look pretty good though
get em back on track, and im sure your ladies will reward you^_^
perserverance conquers all

Thanks for the encouragement
I went all over hell today and couldn't find any RO water, so I'll flush with distilled water tomorrow. And no Up/Down stuff anywhere. Will keep looking.
Strange thing is that they all grew another inch overnight
I am not about to lose em now.lol I love the girls too much for that

 

[OldMedMan]

Well here the girls before I flush them with distilled water.

 

[OldMedMan]

Hello all
All the girls have grown a couple of inches and except for the pH trouble they all look good. I am really having a nervous reaction to doing the flush. Never have flushed before. My pH meter now tells me the pH is 7.0, so I don't think it works right. It will be 2 weeks before I can get a new one and it will be the same amount of time before I can order pHup and pHdown . Worry, worry.
Since the flush will take all the nuts out I will add half of what the Fox Farm schedule says to do for week 4 after the flush.
If any of you think I'm going about this wrong please tell me what you think.

If you can believe it, I am thinking of moding my grow box to get more hight.
I really want to veg em longer so they will grow a bit taller before I go 12/12.
In no way am I complaining about all this, it's just that I am anxious.
Thanks one and all

 

[Mr. The Ninja]

your babies are looking fantastic MedMan
soooo GREEN ^_^ (cept the little yellow)
you didnt give any mesurements that i saw on your cabinet (that i saw)
how tall are you goin? major/minor Mod?
all i can say is go smoke a doobie, lose the anxiety
and PLEASE, dont get hurt this time (your babies need you!)
i want a smoke report when all is said and done

Much Luck

 

[OldMedMan]

your babies are looking fantastic MedMan
soooo GREEN ^_^ (cept the little yellow)
you didnt give any mesurements that i saw on your cabinet (that i saw)
how tall are you goin? major/minor Mod?
all i can say is go smoke a doobie, lose the anxiety
and PLEASE, dont get hurt this time (your babies need you!)
i want a smoke report when all is said and done

Much Luck

Thanks man, I am going to take your advise and roll one now.
As it is now I have about 38" from top to bottom. The mod will give me 14 more inches for a total of 52". I could get maybe a few bigger buds in that space. like every one else every bud helps. I would gain 2 fans also that are already there. Was going to use that space to germ in, but have another place for that already.
Thanks for checking on me.

 

[AmGrowR]

Hey OldMedMan! You're girls are looking gorgeous and still so, so green. I've got my eye on that little, short, stubby leaved one. She intrigues me! Tuned in.

 

[OldMedMan]

Hey OldMedMan! You're girls are looking gorgeous and still so, so green. I've got my eye on that little, short, stubby leaved one. She intrigues me! Tuned in.

Yeah me too. Her name is Vicky. If you look back a little you'll see what I named them all and why.
Glad your tagging along
It been allot of fun and panic so far.
Welcome aboard.

 

[AmGrowR]

Yeah me too. Her name is Vicky. If you look back a little you'll see what I named them all and why.
Glad your tagging along
It been allot of fun and panic so far.
Welcome aboard.

How many is that now? Like four ex-wives? lol

 

[OldMedMan]

How many is that now? Like four ex-wives? lol

Close
Vicky is my very bitchy daughter. Seems to have been born that way, must have come from her mother.
My second wife told me I wasn't the kind of man that should be married.
She was right
They say we always marry the same kind of person over and over. It is true.

 

[OldMedMan]

Well here the girls are all flushed and pH corrected to 6.3. Here's hoping I did everything right. Gave them some nutes and corrected water. Will probably give them some worm casing tea soon.

This Tad and she looks good.

Joanne

Rose and Mary are still fighting for space.

Vicky, she's a fighter

Joanne from the side.

Tad from the side.

My well lighted grow box.
They all seem Ok, we will see tomorrow.
The process was easy, but I fret over over everything.
I'm an old mother hen.

 

[AmGrowR]

That's a pretty sweet set-up you got there. Mine will get there soon. I need to find some of those V sockets. Check out my Poor Mans set-up!