Oh So Sweet GelatO

I went knocking on the devils door... and yes he answered. I noted a few times things were a bit boring without all the problems of my last grow, well things got a whole lot less boring this week Rough week for the autos, a build up that has happened over time and explains some stunting I could not figure out Clearly my PH meter was not working so well... and...yes I managed to PH/NUTRIENT LOCKOUT MY AUTOS 😖 Along with using RO which has no buffer to PH fluctuations... I managed to fuck it up royally No fault to any nutrients or anything, I just hit them with way too much alkaline but I was able to catch the problem quickly enough with my photos that they didn't suffer as much. So a slightly longer Diary entry this week in the hopes it helps others who may come across this - Droopy leaves - Lime green branches and veins in the leaves - Leaves turning sideways - Abnormal leaf growth - Stunting - Clawing leaves - Less water uptake than before Okay so first treatment was flushing asap - I flushed and flushed - about 35L per pot (too little I know but again inexperienced) I tested run off the next day with a proper PH checker and we were still in the 8 PH range 😭😭 Okay, clearly I had caused a massive problem BEHOLD THE WARRIOR ARRIVES!!!! GH FloraKleen or now known as TA Flashclean was the Hero I needed I flushed two dosses after the other and managed to bring the runoff down to between 6.5/7 okay awesome but we still have a bunch of deficiencies to fix as these plants have not been taking in a full range of nutrients for a good while now, bless them So now I need to wait a day or two for the soil to dry and will be giving them Ecobuzz Startgro which contains no Nitrogen as I currently have Nitrogen toxicity still due to PH range my plants were in They were literally only taking in Nitrogen Looking at a Nutrient to PH chart I should be lacking - Phosphorus - Magnesium - Boron - Copper - Iron - Zinc The plan is to introduce those nutrients in small quantities as soon as the soil dries and try to correct my damage I caused Also a dash of rootpro to give the roots some help, they must be hating me. They have recovered very nicely since I used the Florakleen - Leaves are standing up - Less clawing - Lime green is slowly clearing up - Branches are telling me they are lacking other nutrients... but thats okay, at least I can see what is going on now again Lets hope for healthy, beautiful plants for the next week -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💦Water and Nutes💦 Read above -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌞🌩️Weather🌩️🌞 Winter is here and damn it has been cold Weather stabalising, less wind plants can get their morning sun till the shade sets in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🐛Pests🐛 Nothing, thank goodness Unhealthy plants attract pests...so I was a bit worried -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💪Training💪 Almost all bendies gone Focusing on specific branches and garden plant wire