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Soil ph 5 HELP

Smokey89
Smokey89started grow question 4y ago
OK guys managed to get a soil ph reader. The ph of the soil is 5. My fan leaves have clawed on my photo biscotti from barney's. I've just watered using water ph'd at 8 gave her 2 litres. Any suggestions going forward. Should I remove the clawed leaves?
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Smokey89
Smokey89answered grow question 4y ago
Thank you guys that is a great help
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 4y ago
You are not getting proper run off is the issue. You have a build up of old nutrition in soil causing havoc on your ph. Plus lock out from this. I have seen this before. Is the root of the problems.
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Smokey89
Smokey89answered grow question 4y ago
@m0use Thank you for your input. Yes I am using the same medium as in my blueberry run and using the dry ammendments I do have the liquid nutes to as I'm using them in my purple punch run. Should I use a flushing agent such as flawless finish mixed with ph 6.5 water. I really appreciate your help
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 4y ago
Well for a starters mate. Clawed leafs come from over watering, wind burn, mg deficiency, too many nutes or a few other issues, then it leads to the probs u have now if not fixed. Lower your PH. soil PH at 5 is fine. Keep the ph at max 6.5 and that's still high. Remember your plants don't drink soil, they drink the liquid that they get and over watering will lead to fluxs in your PH and pockets of fluid build up leaving masses of salt behind that's why your PH is all over the place. Rule of thumb is you should be able to see the top of the soil and it will be all prickle from your roots sticking up, stick your thumb down if you hitting hard cold soil is too damp. Let it try out, for the next wk just give distilled water with extra magnesium and micros to break it down. Any grow or bloom nutes stop, (you need to restart programme, and flush I go into detail about this on my tangerine dream auto. You need to flush, get rid of the build up of salts. And remember 1-2 inch should be more or less just damp and when you see that dried prickle look it time to water. Say u give 7 feeds over 2 weeks half of them should be just water. Good luck. Text me if you have any issues. I've good grows on soil atm
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 4y ago
Oh, and yes, remove the ones like you are holding in your hand. I go into detail about "the claw" And it's effects. Your plant would have given you warning signs weeks ago. Can I ask when did they start to claw. Look at mine it just started 2 days ago but if left to it's own it would go like yours. 1 problem left unfixed cause many problems. Look at my CBD hydro
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