Quote Originally Posted by OaklandCA420
and yeah i have the color test drops. put about 3-5 drops in a little vile to test runoff ph. it came out to 6.0 last time so i have added ph up.
The drops are inadequate for testing runoff. The tinting of the water skews the color-coded result. Keep your ingoing ph stable, the buffers in the soil should cary you through till harvest. Do not adjust your ingoing water to try and adjust the inaccurate runoff number.

Quote Originally Posted by OaklandCA420
the jacks classics blossom booster says for best results, apply every 7-14 days just like a thorough watering. indoors: use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water every other week or 1/4 of a teaspoon per gallon every time you water.
my question is how much nutrients should i give and how often, and how much water should i use from now on?
Do the math...
1/2 tsp per gallon every two weeks is the same as 1/4 tsp per gallon once a week. (not every time you water) Looking at those directions...Jacks is assuming you water your houseplants once a week.

On feeding days, I mix the nutrient solution and slowly add one quart to the 3 gallon pot, once a week.
On watering days, I'll add enough water to get a little trickle of runoff. I'll add a pint, wait a minute for it to absorb, then add another pint, and wait. Add another pint, (if necessary) and wait. This allows the water to absorb into the mix instead of just running straight through. 20 minutes after watering, empty your drip tray(s).

Stick your pointing finger into the soil all the way in. If the crap stuck on your finger is pretty dry, time to water. If the stuff under your nails is still moist, it's almost watering day. If you let the soil dry too much, it'll cake-up on you and resist absorbing water. If this happens, use some non-antibacterial dish soap. 1/4 tsp per gallon of water, and add it slowly. The dishsoap is a surfactant. (wetting agent) It chemically changes the properties of the water, making it's surface tension lower, which makes it absorb better.

If need be, skip a watering day if the soil doesn't need it. Keeping the soil too wet is just as bad as letting it dry-out too often. No growroom is perfect, so you'll have to adjust the watering schedule as need be. Feeding day is a hard and fast day, somewhat unchanging and permanent.