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Beginning of the week Sunday 75.1deg daytime - lights on 59.4percent humidity IPM= 1/2 gal micronized spray with yucca. 1 tbsp in pH 6.3 H2O Monday: 11 pm at night right before lights on after foliar spray. Watered her with pH 5 ---Added 2.5 quarts + growers recharge microbes too. Wed: Soil is PH 7--better but the leaves are drooping clawing and dry. even some of the new growth looks very sick. ---NOTE: could have been N-toxic but I wouldn't have known that then. VINEGAR WATER ;( 3 pints pH 3. 1-pint Dechlorinated tap water with a pH of 7.3 with 1/2 cup white vinegar to obtain this acidic pH. 23" tall :-( of stem to the very tallest top showing lack of nitrogen ( how can it have too much and too little) , boron and potassium A tid bit of info (not from me) twisted growth, brown spots (yes I see all of these) ..... "But the reason most growers see #borondeficiencies is because boron is best absorbed at lower pH ranges. When the pH gets too high, your plant may exhibit signs of a boron deficiency even if it’s physically there near the roots. In soil, boron is best absorbed by the roots in the 6.0 – 6.5 pH range (in soil, it’s generally recommended to keep the pH between 6.0 – 7.0, but boron specifically tends to be best absorbed below 6.5). A plant with a boron deficiency may look like it has a #calciumdeficiency (https://www.growweedeasy.com/calcium-deficiency-cannabis) because boron is needed for the plant to properly use calcium. New growth is affected the most, and may look like it’s been burnt or scorched. A boron deficiency is often accompanied by an apparent #potassiumdeficiency (https://www.growweedeasy.com/potassium-deficiency-cannabis) or #nitrogendeficiency (https://www.growweedeasy.com/nitrogen-deficiency-cannabis) , as these nutrients are needed for the plant to use boron. With a boron deficiency, upper #cannabisleaves display abnormal and/or slowed growth. Growing tips may not grow properly, may display twisted growth, and may die off. New leaves may wrinkle or curl. " #cannabisgrowingdeficiencies Thursday: SOIL PH 6 Looking rough though. Clawing leaves and many leaves falling off. Took off 45percent of foliage and put in top of pot. put the "live mulch" on top of the soil to dry out. Need some hay to cover that. Kelp Tea Foliar Spray (via Coots recipe- from buildasoil.com) FRI: added elemental sulfur pellets to top of soil--mixed them into top layer along with live mulch that I had added yesterday (leaves that were defoliated) --sprinkled about a 1/8 - 1/4 cup of unbrewed coffee grounds on top and then mixed that in too for top dressing. Growers Recharge 3 quarts of water SAT: Removed all leaves from mulch - Saw a lot of Canoed leaves today. not sure if they are from spider mites ---read could be from NIT-tox too so I thought better be safe than sorry. IPM: Micronized sulfer spray for russest mites: FOLIAR SPRAY 1/2 gallon and 1 quart onto the plant. Sulfur slurry made with 1tbsp and 1/2 tbsp micronized sulfur 1 tsp aloe gel 100% (mt rose) and 1/4 tsp yucca root extract rewrapped the tanglefoot today too. used shop vac to remove any remaining spray from bottom of tent and debris and also cloroxed the bottom of tent and walls and outer entry area. TURNED on LIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. Plant had dark from 4pm till 12am again. Living soil PH is 5.8 still. NOT GOOD. Hope all the detail wasn't too much. Have some friends suffering with mites and PH issues too who are living soil growers and I just hope that with all the struggle I have been going through being disabled and still hang'in on to this learning experience there is someone out there that might benefit from seeing all this info here. I learned so much through seeing the strain I am growing here on grow diaries and also from looking up on the internet issues with nutrient problems and most of all from asking questions from other LIVING SOIL ORGANIC growers out there that KNOW about the microbiome and how to work in the conditions favorable for a plant to grow in a working environment like that. I am finally getting some of it right and only through my misfortunes and follies. It just takes a while to catch on. especially for someone like me who has never grown anything more than sprouts on my kitchen table. I am a practicing herbalist and certified Clinical aromatherapist so when we get to the herbal medicine making part i have got that part down. The drying and curing. No prob but this has been the second most challenging thing I have ever done. Second to becoming a nationally accredited yoga teacher and at the same time having a spinal implant put in. that program I took the first part of 3 parts twice to rehab for the spinal surgery so if I can do that I keep telling myself I can work through the pain in my garden to help this plant and keep on learning. Thx fellow growmies for reading if you did. best growing energies to you all. <3 There was new growth when I checked the plant at 1am just form having this much rest.