my babies, please help

[nova1992]

hay guys can you help me out and give me some ideas as to whats wrong?
i know ph is a bit of an issue and i was wondering if i could use fish tank ph balancer to up/down my water ph?
if not, where would i be able to get what i need to do so?
im using cfl bulbs, one 40w soft white bulb cause thats the only 40w bulb i could find, one 23w daylight, a plant florescent that is 7w (dont know what type of bulb it is but its for growing plants) i now have 3 more 26w daylight bulbs and 2 other daylight bulbs, i needed more sockets.. im just finishing up my growbox, they are outside today in the beautiful sun (im in canada) yay! they were started june 10th.
anywho any help would greatly appreciated
oh and im using only a bit of nutes but it brings down my ph so i dunno what to do!
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nova1992 Reviewed by nova1992 on 06-30-2013. my babies, please help hay guys can you help me out and give me some ideas as to whats wrong? i know ph is a bit of an issue and i was wondering if i could use fish tank ph balancer to up/down my water ph? if not, where would i be able to get what i need to do so? im using cfl bulbs, one 40w soft white bulb cause thats the only 40w bulb i could find, one 23w daylight, a plant florescent that is 7w (dont know what type of bulb it is but its for growing plants) i now have 3 more 26w daylight bulbs and 2 other Rating: 5

[Weezard]

Those are signs of saturated soil.
Too wet too often.
Roots need to breathe
.
They look like they have plenty of light, but their feet hurt.
Buy 'em some bigger shoes, they will thank you for it.

Do not water after the transplant.
Just gently place them into a bigger pot and fill in with moist, (not wet), soil.
The roots will spread more rapidly that way.

Then, do not water until the pot feels light when you lift it.

They need to dry out a bit every so often or you will get wet rot, and that attracts fungus gnats.

Otherwise, they look pretty good.

Aloha,
Weezard

[nova1992]

hay thanks for the reply and the compliment, they are my babies!
i actually had just watered them cause they looked like they were dead lol, i barely watter them, only when they are light but yeah i think you're right about the bigger pot though, i just finished my box so im transplanting them soon!
i was more so worried about the yellowing, you cant really see it well there but i think its from lack of nitrogen, i gave them some nutes, hopefully they wont yellow anymore :/
do you know what i can do to lower/bring up my ph? cause if my ph is off then everythings off

[nova1992]

hay thanks for the reply and the compliment, they are my babies!
i actually had just watered them cause they looked like they were dead lol, i barely watter them, only when they are light but yeah i think you're right about the bigger pot though, i just finished my box so im transplanting them soon!
i was more so worried about the yellowing, you cant really see it well there but i think its from lack of nitrogen, i gave them some nutes, hopefully they wont yellow anymore :/
do you know what i can do to lower/bring up my ph? cause if my ph is off then everythings off

[nova1992]

oops, double post

[giggletwig]

Hi nova. Fish tank ph balancers are fine and so are the testers. Test your water to see if you need ph up or ph down, you rarely need both. Be aware that your tap water can vary from time to time so always check it before you water. I don't know how much your food is affecting your ph. What are you testing at?

[nova1992]

oh yaay!! thats great that i can use fish supplies, they are cheaper for 2 plants instead of a huge bottle of plant stuff. i have the fish tank ph testers and my tap water is bang on but when i add nutes it goes down to like 5 i think (it goes from to yellow and yellow is more acidic.)
i gave them nutes anyway and the yellowing is a lot better but now that i know i can get ph +/- i can bring it back up
thank you for the info, it was very helpful
will post pics! one min

[nova1992]

heres the pics. anyone know what those two dark circles are on the leafs? they look almost black and shiny and the tips of my leafs look burnt, could that be from ph being too acidic and adding nutes = a burn? im only using half if not less for the nutes
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[Weezard]

Black spots look like lizard poo.
Tried washing it off?

[nova1992]

i tried rubbing it off, it looks like road tar to me.. it wont come off. we dont have lizzards here, im in BC canada
as long as its not a bug bite or an egg or whatever then im ok!