The plants are recovering nicely. I added aluminum sulfate along with elemental sulfur. I have been correcting ro water pH as low as 5 with molasses and lemon juice. I've also been adding very very small amounts of fish juice, and micronutrients. These will stabilize the water pH and act as buffers. Although not truly organic the aluminum sulfate is working very well to lower the pH of my soil very quickly. Aluminum is a great buffer for the soil also forming aluminum oxides. In tandem is the elemental sulfur and the lower pH water we seem to be coasting back to normal growth rates. Since the environment was not ideal I inoculated the soil again with some of my favorite strains of bacteria and fungi. Recharge, oregonism, hydroguard and urb. The plants are liking the soup very much
March 14: day 60. The girls have been growing again at a strong pace and the purple stems are fading. I probably lost about 2 weeks of potential growth due to high pH and nutrient lockout. Just need to learn from this for the summer outdoor grow. I defoliated most of the large fan leaves and tied the large branches down for a final time. The center of the plant is getting some high light exposure right now that it would not get otherwise. Many of the side branches didn't develop very well while the plants were stressed so I wanna give them an extra week to grow before I scrog these beasts. Maybe 2 more weeks weaving through the scrog and we will be in flower
@DonaldTrump, the sundae banana cookies is 4 inches. I had to cover the base in more soil to support it. For some reason that one stretched. Plants are weird. Congrats on the 2 foot monster!