@michealangelo, good catch on your ph. It needs to be between 6.2-6.4. Check your run off water with a ppm and ph reader and see what it truly is. Meaning, when you give water to your plant and the water drains from the pot, that’s the water you should check.
You need a ppm reader mate. If you can invest in a a good ppm and ph reader it’ll be great for your future.
Ppm at 126 is quite good for tap water. So ppm stands for parts per million and higher the number, higher the concentration = more minerals. But something about tap water is they have chloride and chloride is not good for plants (or so they say but I used to use tap water and it was fine).
To increase the ppm you need to add nutrients like liquid fertilizers. Fertilizers have minerals. If you add them in the water, the ppm will go up. To know how much ppm you’re adding to the total output, you need a ppm reader.
Also, should you see if you could add One Shot?
For your first grow? In my opinion, absolutely. This grow is all about experiment and getting to know about the plants, knowing their symptoms, growing culture, every thing! Don’t worry too much because it will give you buds no matter what you do (unless you just straight f it up and that’s hard lol).
I hope it helps mate.
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