Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Since you just transplanted into a 20 gallon pot with fresh FFOF, what does your soil probe say is the difference in ph between the old rootball and the outside edge of fresh soil you added during the transplant? Since the fresh soil hasn't been depleted, ammended or aged, there should be a discernable difference between the two.
There is a difference, there was also one watering. So the stuff had a week to adjust. The new is 5.8-6.0 or so. So the entire mass is evening out through normal diffusion/osmolality. Remember I identified the problem before the transplant.

Now there is the possibility the meter is way off on the pH. But it does show a trend, regardless to higher pH. There has to be some salt in my water supply that is causing this, dang I do not want to go back to RO

It is looking better with the main top leaves reaching up to the light again, so something right is happening, and I think it is also greener.