Ok, I feel pretty dumb. I have been trying to grow for 1 1/2 yrs now too little to minor success. I promised myself this time I would take ALL steps to ensure a healthy environment for my babies.

I started noticing some "splotching" of yellow on my bottom fan leaves. Obviouslly far too early for this to be happening, so I decided to start from square 1 again. Only this time i took a sample of my tap water to a local "Pool guy" for some testing. I had bought a pretty expensive water Ph test kit, and even a digital one eventually. I was reading what I thought was around 6.5 to 6.9 Ph so I never worried about my water source. After a PROFESSIONAL (LOL) tested my water he found it to be arong 8.1 to 8.3 Ph. I almost passed out!!! He even said I looked a lil pale. After a few bong hits and some personal verbal abuse, I headed back to the store to get some advice. To make a long story a lil shorter I got some instruction and a test kit that cost me $4.99 (OMG) and some Ph down for $4.99 (PFFT). Here are a few pics for the record.

Having grow like 6 times w/ my non-adjusted tap water, all the problems I ran into in the past seem reasonable. PH!!!!!!