@Metalheadfred
I created this thread for you so we didn’t hijack the other guys page. Below is your concerns that you posted. I’m going to grab a cup of coffee and I’ll try to assist. Be back in a few minutes. Also, be sure you go down to the alert button below and hit follow as this will be your postings
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i dont want to hijack this thread but im in the same position as the op here and need an opinion.
Flipped to 12/12 on 1/9, ffhf and ffof, jacks 321, 5gal fabric pots. Watering with 50/50 tap/distilled starting ppm 70
Ph has been tanking but hovering around 6.2 and was starting to see signs of deficiency/lockout.
Did a flush on 1/28. Was getting a good reading of ph6.5 after only running 2gal of tap ppm140 ph’d to 6.5. I know this was probably not enough of a flush but went with it since i was reading 6.5.
Ran 1gal of full strength jacks and the runoff ph went back down to 6.3 with ppm650.
As of last night plants are looking absolutely horrible. Severely drooping, yellowing leaves, shriveled leaves(and happening really fast). This is 3 of 4 plants all basically the same reaction. 1 seems to be somewhat tolerating it with just severe drooping.
My question is, do you think i should flush again at next watering since the ph dropped or just go in with full nutes?
Side note: i have been adding silica at 3-5ml per gal sporadically(not inconsistent by choice just forgot on a few feeds). Looking back at my notes i notice that ive had severe drooping within hrs of the feeds that included the silica. Wondering if its due to the silica/low ph combo or the brand or…
To add to the confusion and lead me to believe the silica may have something to do with it. I have a 5th plant in a 2gal fabric pot that has maintained 6.5ph so i didnt flush this one but just ran to 20% runnoff as i normally do with all of them. After this last watering with the same full jacks she is also wilting pretty bad😕
Thanks in advance
biscotti - the worst of the 4 affected