Well, hopefully I am not jinxing myself.
Just wanted to post a follow up.
I got a little ancy the other night, I had been waiting for the babies to get to their 5th leaf sets before transplanting them but I said fuck it and went ahead and did it anyway.
By this point, some had started to get their 1st leaf sets turning brown and dying, and growth had slowed to a crawl. I had chalked this up to ph issues, but anyway.
As I re-potted them, I discovered that nearly ALL of them were root bound even at their very young age! I was shocked!
2 days later, there has been a drastic turn around. They all look lovely, and have started to vigorously grow again! They have greened up nicely! Of course the plants with the dead leaves still have them, but now they actually have spurred on new growth! I am happy, now I just wish I had started them in the pots that they are now in. I imagine they will likely need to be re-potted yet maybe by the end of the month, where they will likely finish. I am going to try to finish them in the 3 gallon pots, hopefully they will be big enough, I am trying to avoid the 5 gallon pots, if I can. They are now in the FFOF, what's funny, is that obviously they were still in there original fflw homes when transplanted, but once they went into the ffof, I checked the runoff, and....
H2O in with super-thrive, 6.6
H2O out...da da da daaaa, 6.7ish!
As you can imagine, I am very happy as compared to what it had been, even after multiple half assed flushing attempts with very low ph water.
So thanks for all of the advice folks!!!! I will be posting a grow log hopefully soon, this is a run of 10 MK and 10 AI, 1 GC, (crossing my fingers hoping for a female to clone and mum!) and 3 lowlife low rider mystery indicas, (they were free, so what the hell huh?) Once I get the room cleaned up and looking presentable, I will get some pics, post some detailed info and start the log. Hopefully you all will drop in and keep me from doing anything too catastrophic!:thumbsup:

P.S., I have started to consider switching them off the RO H2O, and using tap, I haven't decided yet though. If I don't and stay with the RO, considering the soil they are in FFOF, would you, and when would you start to supplement cal mag? My thoughts were for basic veg purposes, that they would likely be ok with what is already in the soil for 2-4 weeks, but I am wondering about micros?
So which would you do? Or would you just go with tap water, and forget about the cal mag. My tap is about 380ish ppm, about 8.5ish ph? (Yeah I know, not good, this is why I started using the RO).
I also have some Liquid Karma on hand, and have wondered what good or harm would be to add some very very light mix to my water as well? Any thoughts? Should I just leave well enough alone for now?
Thanks again!
8182KSKUSH Reviewed by 8182KSKUSH on . How does perlite effect PH? I probably have a very simple question. Here's some background info. My Amish friend has some babies in 16oz keg cups, they look great, and are still in the "seedling" stage of life. All is well, however, when watering with RO water, adjusted to 6.8, (and even down to 6.7) the ph of the runoff still comes out at roughly 7.2-7.28? The soil is foxfarm lightwarrior, and the very bottom inch or two is solid perlite. (Hoping to aide drainage although the fflw is very light and seems pretty Rating: 5