Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
My well water comes out of the tap at about 7.0 - 8.1, so I've been using PH Down. 1 tsp:5 gallons brings it to 6.8 with no problems. I bought a gallon of the PH down. It has lasted me over a year, and I still have 1/2 gal. left.
Lucky you! The ph of the water out of my tap for the past week has been testing between 8.7 and 9.1 (it was 9.1 this morning). Makes me think that crazy general in Dr. Strangelove wasn't so crazy after all. I had to recalibrate my ph meter just to be sure I wasn't messing up the reading.

This morning when the lights came on, I checked out my girl and the buds are looking much better than they were last night right after I did the root (or should I say "mush") pruning, so hopefully she'll pull through just fine. I was expecting to see some drooping and other signs of shock, but she actually looks pretty good!
SecondNut Reviewed by SecondNut on . OMG I can't tell what is wrong with my plant! [pics] Dangit. This is my first hydro, and evidently I'm screwing it up. Attached are 6 pics that show the sorry state of affairs. I've already pruned off several very crispy leaves, which is why the plant looks so sparse. I've tried searching through the problem threads, but I haven't found any pictures that quite match what mine is doing, so I'm asking for help. Some details: I switched over to 12/12 about a week ago. A couple of weeks ago I went to using distilled water, because my tap water has Rating: 5