Take me to the 70's man...

This week I am preparing to go on a 10 day vacation in the coming week. The plants will get watered properly while i am gone. But first I wanted to: - Get them transplanted with fresh amendments. I hope that giving the strawberry cough more room to breathe in the root zone will help with the discoloration. I am assuming its a soil ph issue and hopefully this transplant will eliminate that and begin lush growth. - I dont have a tester for the soil Ph that is accurate so i just ph the water using the universal pH indicator that comes in the kit. - My plan is to fill these 3 gallon pots up and then transplant to 10 gallons to finish them off. - Ive never seen anyone try adding brown sugar directly in the amendments but I assume it works similar to adding molasses to a tea. I was making an attempt to feed any beneficial microbes that want to colonize Update: It is now a couple days after i posted the above info. Here is whats new as of now: -The Strawberry Cough is experiencing some transplant shock but the new medium and bio starter should ignite some healthy root growth. I checked the pH of the soil and I have it at 5.7 so I am going to come off on it next water. I also checked the root temps and I got 75 on both.