Quote Originally Posted by blackhash
It sounds like a pH problem but it may also be shock from going from soil to hydro. (not recommended, but you are there so we will try to make it work)

Sorry for all the questions....

What medium are you growing in for your hydro, mama? Rocks, rockwool, etc?

What do the roots look like now after being washed off and in the system for awhile? White? Brown? Slimey?

Are you using ph up/down from the hydro store to adjust pH, or something else?

What is the pH of the water you use daily?

Well or tap?

What is your watering cycle frequency?

Manual watering? Cycle timer?

How much/how many times have you fed them the Age Old? Did they respond or did it seem to take em down more?

It's usually something small that starts the plunge and then things start to multiply as lockout occurs and the plant visibly starts to show signs of stress.

give us some more info and maybe something will show itself we can correct.

keep the faith. It sucks to have problems but you WILL learn from those problems and such challenges will make you a better grower in the long run.

One last thing....while it is tempting to make MANY adjustments at once to try to fix the problem, you must (unfortunately) take it slow and methodically or you will never know WHAT the problem was or what fixed it/furthered it.

Does that make sense?

blackhash

Questions are good and the more the better. Thank you Blackhash.

1. I am using hydrotone
2. After washing the roots they were pretty white and when i checked them last nite they still looked white.
3. I went to AHL and got some PH down solution
4. i am using tap water and the PH is 8.8 ish I have a 5 gallon water jug that i added PH down to so hopefully that will help.
5. Right now the water cycle is i add more water about every other day or when needed. I dont have a timer or anything for the water just go off my judgement. And i manually water them.
6. I have only used the age old once and i used about 1/3 of the recommended amount. They did look good for about 2 days after i used it and then not so good. I plan on feeding them every other week.


Thanks for all the tips and i agree about trying to fix everything at once so right now my main focus is getting the PH under control and then i will tackle the next issue whatever it may be.

Thanks a bunch for the help.