Growth is excellent ... do these close-ups look ok? Experienced growers please help!

[JohnnyWisdom]

More pH info. Check your runoff pH, and you have not said WHAT pH you are running.

sorry, meant to say I'm running the res @ 6.1 PH ... the tap water is mid 7's. The runoff is also steady at 6.1

When you say 'sort of' soaked, what do you mean?

I rinsed/soaked (a lot) w/ non-ph'ed water but then flushed w/ PH ... so most likely the flush didn't really affect the higher PH'ed rinse.

Your problem looks like a classic example of improperly prepared hydroton. I don't know why the instructions are not on the bag- they SHOULD be. Gotta soak at pH 6 until it stabilizes, about 1-3 days, and then rinse before use. In your case, it's already installed, so you have to adjust your res pH back to 5.8 2x/day until stable.

I think you're 100% correct. I've added PH down to 5.9 ... i'll check the res later tonight and add more PH down accordingly. I've learned my lesson w/ pre-soaking hydroton!

And thanks again Stinky

JohnnyWisdom Reviewed by JohnnyWisdom on 10-16-2008. Growth is excellent ... do these close-ups look ok? Experienced growers please help! I recently posted an update on my current grow showing closeups of vegetative bud spots ... does the color of the leaves look ok? The tips look fine but it looks like there's some neon coloring ... can it just be the strain? Or is this the start of a bigger problem to come? I'm also including an overall shot for perspective. Rating: 5