I did a dumb thing

Well I forgot to take my brain with me when I went to care for my plants. I dissolved the nutes in water, and then tested the ph just because and it was 5, so I figure I might as well try some ph up. The meter wasn’t really changing so I added more. Then I’m like wait maybe I should lower it (like I said left my brain in the house), so I added ph down. Cue slight chemical reaction. I tested again and had 5.5, so I just poured it into one of pots and watered with plain water the rest. Just did nutes and plain water in the other one. Got home from work today and the plant that got the brainless combo was burned, curly, and weepy. I flooded with plain water to try to save her. Tested the PPM for kicks and it was ~3200…so I kept flushing and checking and got it down to ~700 and called it good. We’ll see if she lives.

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Plants are pretty resilient. If it’s a auto it may be seriously stunted. If it’s a photo it has a decent chance being a great plant.

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Work makes me forget stuff too.
If its an auto dam.
If its a photoperiod itl be ok just going to take sone time to recover.

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Ha ha thats funny you got there before me. With same info. LOL

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Great minds from experience gained thru trial and error can’t be beat.

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Oops :grimacing:
Mistakes are how ya learn tho :man_shrugging:
It happens…

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We’ve all made mistakes. Ive screwed up a batch or two of nutes and just dumped out and restarted. Id rather waste a 1$ of nutes then a $1,000+ plant.

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Yep it’s an auto, so we shall see but I’m already planning the funeral lol. Ya live ya learn.

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Check the calibration on your pH pen…

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I did this morning and it was ok, just a brain fart throwing the ph up, ph down, and nutes at it all at once. Totally on me lol

Dry her out and lets see where she goes. She is probably struggling to get oxygen atm. Not dead till dead. I am a MASTER plant killer. I can kill a plant by staring at it sometimes it seems.

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Ha I hear ya! Luckily she’s in a fabric pot here in western NY where it’s not ridiculously hot. Here’s a pic from a few minutes ago. She still has new growth on top :crossed_fingers:


Whelp I declared her dead today, but it’s ok. A little sad but live and learn…side note my other one took off with the rain and sun. I added clips instead of more ties and love how it’s coming along.



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Here’s the one I didn’t kill, chugging right along doing her thing!