Hello my friend and thank you for reponding!

remember that web site you refered me to re plant probs http://www.marijuana-seeds.net/Thanks-ThankYou.htm?
well taking a tip from them i did add epsom salt at 15 mils per 15 gallons to help the hardness. i boiled water 1st then added the salt poured that into my tank and raised the PH to 6 from 5.8

im still getting lotsa new growth as the DM seems to have my ladies on steroids and developing new flower sites everyday

the pics i posted are not typical they are the worst. not all are effected and the places where the problem is are few

as far as the water hardness is concerned ve already ordered a RO unit and will install it for the next round......it appears my diagnosis was correct then maybe with the steps ive taken i will get past this too im only 4 weeks from harvest maybe if i start using clean H2O now it wont be so bad

it just kinda bums me out i came so far and I DO remember the last time you told me about the hard water thins is that after i treated with epsome salt and flushed last time is seemed to cure my problem....so dumb huh

a word to the neophyte ......OBEY THE GODS AS THEY TRULEY ARE ALL KNOWING!!!