pics of my plant w/nute lockout? hi/low ph?

[Kindbud]

MG preferted soil... RO water... yikes... there's the culprit!!!
did you know that tap water that has calcium in it can actually help prevent a precipitous drop in pH from toxic salt buildup? Calcium Carbonate, or CaCO3, limestone, is a neutralizing agent for acids!
I honestly think that using RO water is not a good idea. Especially if you are not adding CalMag plus! That's very important... you have to replace the Calcium and Magnesium if you use RO or distilled. And a calcium deficiency can cause weird blotches and necrosis like you have.

sounds like the culprit to me. Great info stinky attic, thanks -KB

[mattbury]

thanks stinkyattic, very good info, i didnt know all that about the white dust, i meant to word that as a question but forgot the question mark.thanks for answering that :rasta: . sounds like my plant could use some vitamin c

so should i:
a: go to the store and get a bag of limestone and mix a small amount in with my next watering...
b: avoid limestone in the soil 2 weeks from harvest...
c: go about this problem another way...

..im gonna hit the pipe a couple more times ::whew:: ~43day 12/12

[stinkyattic]

I think the limestone is kind of meh at this point... you obviously are going to make it to harvest.
If you had access to calmag plus, that would be excellent.
In the meantime, some nice boring tap water isn't going to hurt, and now you will remember in the future a couple useful hints:
-RO water needs Ca and Mg added to it
-Tap water is fine!
-Prefertilized soil is very hard to maintain a healthy feeding schedule with
-Soil conditioners that buffer pH right around 6.8 are GREAT and I can't say enough about them!!!!! My current soil mix is simply 40% perlite, and the rest is just plain boring sacks of composted cow manure with ADDED HUMUS to buffer pH... I just get them at the local Agway farmers coop... no pH problems since.. and I could have posted some nasty pH problem pics about a year ago when I literally lost my ENTIRE GARDEN like DEAD to a soil mix with too much peat in it!!!

[BobBong]

Great info your royal stinkness..



Hope ya had a happy new year.

[stinkyattic]

lol that's Your Dankness, thank you!
New year was good from what bits I remember... pulled out the entire headstash... cooked like 5 different Indian dishes... got some friends over... yeah.... it was nice. Indian food makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside!