Crop #2 - One Giant Leap

Yet another learning moment: I've been watering using distilled water to water/feed so far. Initially I thought I was just going to adjust pH between 6.1-6.4 and roll with it. Unfortunately, at the time I was taking measurements with my new BlueLab pH pen, I did not realize it was unable to take readings in distilled water as it needs ions to function properly. Total noob mistake. So with that said, my last couple of waterings have been WAY off on the pH and my runoff is coming out with pH somewhere around 5.4 and this is bad. I feel like a flush is incoming and I'm not looking forward to it. Aside from that, I topped another plant and applied some low stress straining to all 4. They are not looking pretty right now. Mimosa EVO was apparently quite fragile, because one of her branches cracked at the node and split open. I'm going to keep the branch attached and hope that it recovers just fine and life goes on. ABOUT THE RED X's: These plants were germinated from some bag seed found in a batch that came from one of the cultivators we carry in our dispensary. Bubba Fett was the strain the seeds came from, wildly popular strain in Colorado & Missouri. I knew before germinating that it was going to be a gamble on these seeds. Unfortunately, I found what appeared to be the the beginning stages of pre-flower pollen sacs. I discarded these plants a few days after transplanting into my 5 gallons, as I did not want to take the chance of my garden being pollinated in the future.