Cherry Popper

Im really F'n it up....Big lesson for the week...Get a good PH tester and do not depend on litmus...just thought of this but the strips I have are also a couple of years old. Also damaged leaves from whatever issue do not repair (correct??) The bottom leaves had curled and twisted a bit due to (I think) the water log situation In the meantime I had been researching PH and made a soil slurry to check its PH. It read about 5 PH on litmus which I should have known couldn't have been correct because everything was going pretty well otherwise....anyway I took a crack at balancing it out when the plants were ready for water on the eve of Nov 12 Nov 12 - Flushed all plants (no nutes) with Reverse Osmosis water PH adjusted to 7.2 (litmus) 3.0 PPM. Bottom Water read 5.5 PH The actual PH (after I bought a digital PH tester) was 8.5!!!! Nov 14 - Did the same with the same water and the same result on the Bottom Water Nov 15 - I kinda figured Im not helping things here and bought a tester but had to soak it for 24hrs then calibrate it so not wanting to kill the plants any further I tried a flush just with the RO water not adjusted at all (no nutes yet either) Nov 16 - Made a soil slurry - 5.8 PH, 461 PPM with digital testers Non adjusted RO water - 6.5 PH, 3.0 PPM So.....I figured maybe the best way to give them a fighting chance is to transplant. Its a bit early as the roots could have been thicker but need to get exposed to some good soil. Transplanted to the 3 gal pots today with some AZOS and MYKOS root promoter and an organic fertilizer @ 425 PPM 1-0.5-1...and 6.5 PH Also showing signs of Phosphorous deficiency....need a second opinion on that Here's hoping they bounce back Nov 17 - Plants have perked up nicely...Whew!!