New leaves coming out "wrinkled" and small.

[Weedhound]

And I always thought soil ph was supposed to be 7.......am I mistaken?

[stinkyattic]

UPDATE; Last night, I flushed with lots of tap water and then flushed with a mild solution of some organic fertilizer (I don't know why, but I did).

Because you have a grower's instinct.

Thanks for everything, Stinky! Has the midget army been called off yet? Am I safe?

Yes, the midgets are otherwise occupied... I have dispatched them to deal with certain banned members who shall remain nameless, lol.

And I always thought soil ph was supposed to be 7.......am I mistaken?

6.5-6.8... but soil at 7 is often safe simply because of the interactions of the components in cheap fertilizer. I strongly recommend that growers use compost that contains a lot of humus since it is naturally buffered at 6.8-6.9, and it works out well.

[stinkyattic]

Hey bono, wtf! I just realized we're neighbors. NICE. Just so you know, your local hydro shop is Liquid Sun, in Holyoke, right ON Rt. 5. It's in a brick 1-story building with a green roof, on your left heading South, and is not well marked.

[bonobo66]

Liquid Son is exactly where I went. Guy there was very cool.

He told me he thought the PH was fine even that low because it would tend to balance out the higher PH of the tap water. He said mid 5's was where you want the PH of the soil around your roots.

I live in Noho by the way. U?

About my grow, both turned out to be hermies and I guess I shouldn't have been surprised since they came from bagseed, eh!

I have 4 Bubblegum's going and 2 are VERY, VERY robust. One will probably make it and one is fucked I think. Really looking forward to starting them flowering, but I think I will grow out my hermies just for the education. Don't worry, I will be careful about pollen. Wash my hands, right?

[stinkyattic]

Be SUPER careful with those herms. I don't recommend even keeping them at all, but if you do, you are going tohave to go in there daily and pick bananas.
Mid 5's, eh? Well I'm not sure which dude yuo spoke to but if it was the older guy (mid 40's, skinny), he REALLY knows his shit. The young dude has less experience (youth, you know...) and hopefully was not confusing the pH range of hydro with that of soil. HYDRO is mid-5s.
I'm north of you but hang out in Hamp when my friends force me to. I just got DRAGGED kicking and screaming to the Dirty Truth (I was on a presonal boycott of the place because the owner is the most pretentious snoot I've ever met) but was REALLY happy with the beer selection- Smuttynose Double IPA ftw!- and the mussels in garlic-wine broth... oh holy shit were they good.
Perhaps we'll talk shop one of these days, eh?