Quote Originally Posted by krazyeye420
No I didn't let the tap sit for a day or 2 and just got ahead of myself.... I only use the nutes every other watering. I did not flush before flowering didn't really know I needed to. I do not have a ppm reader. I will buy 1 if need be. I figured i would just start again with distilled water. What do you think?
Tap water is specific to each water districts. Some water companies have to add more or less of whatever they add depending on the specific needs of the water in that area. What might work for someone else might not work for you. In your case, your plant seems to be growing ok with the tap. If you can smell the chlorine or even taste it, you need to let it sit out for best results. Chlorine in the water can kill any beneficial bacteria in your soil.

Personally, I flush just before flowering, at week 5 of flower and then a final flush 10-14 days before harvesting. I do this to prevent salt buildup in the soil. If you feed to often and don't flush regularly, you end up with what appears to be the situation you are in now, nute lockout.

ppm meters are good to have so you can monitor just how strong of a concoction you are giving them. And for the most part, the feeding chart you are following is just a generalized chart. They usually are not specific to this type of plant species. With time and experience, you will learn what they need and when.

You can start giving distiller water. If you don't have a way of correcting the waters Ph before adding to the soil, I suggest you get yourself what you need to do so. Also, if you are going to use water that has been filtered, you are going to need some Cal-Mag.

To correct what is going on now is very simple, flush your soil!!! Get yourself 10-15gal of water and put it in your soil to "flush" out the buildup of nutes. I'd do it again after it dries from the first flush just to be sure. I use tap water for flushing only and I let it sit out before adding. 10-15gal of filtered water for flushing kinda seems like a waste to me, but that's just me......

Hope this helps you......

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