I think I'm losing my mind I flushed the plants today and I was unable to get a runoff higher than 6. I started w/ plain water with just a pinch of hydrated lime. The runoff was 6. Then I remembered reading something from Jorge Cervantes saying that you can use up to 1/4 cup of hydrated lime per cubic foot of soil. So I used about that amount and the pH of the solution was off the charts. The test strip was black!

Frustrated, I used it. I followed it with a gallon of water (pH 7). The runoff was 6. WTF???? The only things I can think of that could cause this are:

1. Test strips are inaccurate for measuring a solution high in lime. Or,
2. There is an acid factory in my soil. Or,
3. I am a complete doofus.

If the grow fails at this point, I will still have enough smoke for our needs. So I wasn't afraid to try this. I'm just interested in learning for the next grow. There is something here I'm not understanding.

I will have Cannazyme, Rhizotonic, Reverse, and better soil and nutes for the next grow. Thanks for the recommendations Weedhound. I have learned so much during this grow that I must consider it a complete success. Even if the yield is a fraction of what it could have been.

P.S. Walter was my favorite, but Achmed is now. Silence! I kill you!
dillhole Reviewed by dillhole on . Yellowing again. Hi, it's me again. My plants seem to have the same problem that they had in this thread, only it's worse. After I thought I resolved the problem the last time, the plants looked great for a while. Now the yellowing has very rapidly progressed up the plant and the sugar leaves are showing symptoms. Since the conclusion of my last post in the problems area, I have given them two waterings. The first was plain water with 1 tsp per gallon unsulphured molasses. I noticed the runoff then Rating: 5