I’ll definitely do that! 
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Thank You for the advice. Lowes buckets are 4 or 5 gallon and I drilled drain holes and put them on large flower pot saucers. I’ll look into fabric pots for sure. To be honest I started out without having a clue as to what I was doing. I got a bag of pH down yesterday to make adjustments with.
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Yes, I raised the lights up a couple of inches. Thank you for the tip. ILGM cut off my replies for 23 hours yesterday because I am a newby.
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We all did. Haha check out my first grow journal. Made more then a few mistakes. All self inflicted
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One thing that really hit home was you said to SLOWLY change the pH. I was reading the Grow Bible and saw that the pH had to be a lot lower - so I panicked and tried the change it all at once. Do you think I could have “shocked” the pants with the big pH change?
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I doubt that they were shocked. These plants are extremely resilient and can bounce back from some severe conditions. My first grow was a nightmare. All kinds of environmental issues like too hot, not humid enough, under watering than overwatering, PH issues along with overfeeding. I still managed about 4.5oz from one plant. It was not the most dense or frosty but still worked.
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Thank You for the encouragement!
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Thanks to everyone’s good advice the plants live and are doing good again! I ended up moving the lights up a couple of inches, I now check the water pH immediately before I use it, and I have given them cal/mag a couple of times. The only thing that doesn’t look quite right now is the very tiny tips of the leaves are yellow - but I can’t be certain if this isn’t something left over from the bad pH thing. BTW, after this grow I will throw out the soil and start over with the good stuff .Thanks again for the help.
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Never forget how valuable pictures are!
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