my plants got problems please any help

im useing the r/o water cause ive had this same problem every time i try a small grow, i thought mabye i wasent checking the ph properly, so i know the r/o water is ph balanced.. thought id give it a try

i do wait (mabye sometimes too long) for the pots to get fairly dry before i water

i did transplant 4 of them yesterday to see if it would make a difference,

again thanks for the help ill take pics now and later of the ones i transplanted cause i know there is alot of different views on this subject (transplanting during flowering)

R/O does nothing noticible to water ph. Period. I found this out when first getting into saltwater reefing. Watch for salesmen with inacurate facts. (nice try, Kinetico and Sears)

Transplanting during early flowering is fine. (within 3 weeks of 12/12, but I rarely go past a week to ten days) Only problems I ever have with it is that my organic soil is hot, and with the extra nitrogen it contains...it makes the ladies stretch for a week or so...but otherwise fine. As far as I'm concerned...with my experience, in my garden...it's not something to get anal about and argue over. If the ladies need more footroom, then give it to them. Or, keep chasing the troubleshooting threads wondering why they always underperform. :jointsmile:

i just ment the r/o water is always the same 6.2 or somewhere in there so i dont have to up it or down it like how i had to when i was useing tap water.. with the transplant i jus figured that even if i stress it for a day of too it should make up for it with 3-4 more weeks of better growing space for the roots

Ok...I'll bite. What's the tap water ph, and where does it come from? The city or your own well...? If the tap ph is witin 6.3 to 6.8, I'd use it. If it smells like chlorine, let it sit overnight.

You've given two ph numbers. 6.4 is borderline low, which is why nobody has mentioned it...but 6.2 is too low. As the peat-based soil ages, it will begin to degrade, and lower the ph even more.

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Originally Posted by HYDRO.P

i just ment the r/o water is always the same 6.2 or somewhere in there so i dont have to up it or down it like how i had to when i was useing tap water.. with the transplant i jus figured that even if i stress it for a day of too it should make up for it with 3-4 more weeks of better growing space for the roots

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RO water has no real ph.....it takes on the ph of whatever you are adding it to. So it's not REALLY helping your ph issue.....but doesn't add to it.

You definitely need CalMAg with RO water......and transplant as Rusty suggested. You may have some good ideas on how you think the plants should be or grow but you can be sure the plants will make up their own mind on their treatment......and act accordingly. It's just not their fault if they don't look at things the way you do. You need to accomidate THEM for a good plant......not really the other way around.

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Ok...I'll bite. What's the tap water ph, and where does it come from? The city or your own well...? If the tap ph is witin 6.3 to 6.8, I'd use it. If it smells like chlorine, let it sit overnight.

You've given two ph numbers. 6.4 is borderline low, which is why nobody has mentioned it...but 6.2 is too low. As the peat-based soil ages, it will begin to degrade, and lower the ph even more.

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when i was using tap water the ph was high like 7.4 if i remember correctly so i had to bring it down all the time, i have since moved and havent checked the tap water, mabye i will check it ph

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Originally Posted by HYDRO.P

...i have since moved and havent checked the tap water, mabye i will check it ph

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Good idea. :thumbsup:

thanx again, ill give an update when i get one

jus an update if anyone cares, the plants that got transplanted returned to a nice healthy green and did not keep getting worse.. the few i left did start yellowing and that "rusting" did get worse so you guys were right it was rootbound at least mabye some rot aswell... i have 2 diff types of kush and one took to the transplant very well and the buds look pretty good but the other one did not take to well and dont look as good..either way the problem looks like it has been solved so thanx alot i will let u know how the next one goes with bigger pots.... mabye a little less watering...

i lost my phone with the pics on it but i will try to get some new ones taken if you want to see...

Glad they are doing better! Yes, post a pic so we can see. :)