I FOUND THE CULPRIT!!!
I have a 150 gallon freshwater fish tank. I test monthly the water conditions. Today I tested ph with my digital meter Ph was 5.7 which is a little off from the normal of a very stable 6.1 in my tank. I then used multi strip. ph was (here it comes) 6.6 I was like wtf?? So I busted out the freshwater master kit. Ph still 6.6. Calibrated my digital meter ph read 7.4
So in short my digital meter was WAY off. So it’s hard to tell what the actual PH really was when I was watering. Ordered a new one today and from now on will double checking with the liquid kit and strips just to make sure.
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I stored up 100 gallons of water PHed to 6.5
Tested with strips and liquid kit actual ph was not readable WAY TO LOW. I’m going to guess around 4 ish. Guess that explains the problems huh.
Ordered me another Digital meter be here tomorrow.
@dbrn32 yup they doing me right for sure. Ty all.
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@Kamdo, It has been my experience that the PH will change when water sits. Re-test before watering your babies 
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Even in an air tight container? @repins12
I will definitely have to start checking every water. I was just checking at nute times.
Yeah, I put mine in a gallon jug with a screw on lid, empty distilled water for my bi-pap machine and it goes up 1-3 on the Ph scale in a day. 6.5 outta my tap next day 7.5-9. Make sure that you test PH also after adding nutrients as this also changes the PH, I have been checking mine in a shot glass directly outta the gallon jug before watering. My first plant I kinda geezed on as, us old folk do every once in a while but, I have been on it every since I calibrated my pens over the weekend. I think that I am close to the end of my first indoor grow start to finish. I am not at all dissatisfied with the outcome, this was just a trial run and I kinda jumped the gun on starting my plant and so on and so on. If you read my journal you will Know what I am talking about. This forum is OUTFREAKINGSTANDING in my book. I have learned a lot and will continue to adapt and adjust. This indoor sh** is a lot different than outdoor but, as always, I will keep on keeping on and adapt and adjust along the way. I have never cloned a plant except by accident and you are ahead of me in that aspect. This is a constant learning aspect and I don’t ever look at it as, I did something wrong, I just learned how not to do it the next time. I have grown plants outdoors guerilla style for years, this indoor sh** is new to me. I never paid attention to all of this sh** before. Just like any endeavor that I take on, I always try to be the best that I can be and the day that you think that you know everything is the dat that you need to find something else to do. Just my opinion. Just put the 3rd drink in my hand and getting ready to fire up the vaporizer. Have a great evening
@repins12 I hear ya man. I been reading these forums ALOT and there is definitely some absolutely awesome advice and information here.
Yeah I got the cloning down no prob for me that’s the easy part lol.
I always ph before adding nutes and after adding them just to make sure. I wasn’t testing watering tho like a rookie. I will now tho lol. Lesson learned.
All the soil types (what you don’t/should use, amendments, soil composition and that jazz) is a bit foreign to me atm but I will learn and grow as always. I never think of anything I do as a fail. It’s just a lesson (sometimes a harsh one) on what not to do next time. I absolutely love growing and everything that comes with it be it good, bad, pretty, or ugly.
Any person that’s says they know it all on anything needs to start something else.
As my dad always said “no one knows everything about anything son remember that.”
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@repins12 oh that looks nice. Looks like you did a good job man.
As soon as I saw that image i pictured my self lightly tapping the stalk and I swear I could smell it as soon as I thought that lol.
We need smell-o-vision ASAP 
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It’s a 00 Bubble Gum, Purple Haze and AK 420 are up next’ Smell-O- Vision HELL. I want SMOKE-O-VISION for some of this sh** I have been seeing on this forum
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@repins12 sounds good man.
Oh hell yeah smoke-O-vision would be awesome.
I would settle for smell tho as I love the smell of cannabis growing. No matter the phenotype (new word I learned from the forums 
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Wish I could get some better seeds. It’s not really legal where I am so I gotta do a semi covert op kinda grow. Not to bad since I’m out quite a bit with no neighbors but still got that lingering over me ya know. Wish I could find a place that discretely ships good seeds to my location in the US.
I guess it’s bag seeds for me atm tho. Atleast till I get the time and resources to travel a few hundred miles for some good quality seeds. I’d low to try my hand at auto’s once I get some more experience. Once those pop they don’t stop so no time to fix fuck ups like watering with 4 ph water 
Oh here are the nutes I am using.
Calls for a 2 part mix
Tell me what u think about them.
What dosage?
Are these good, bad, alright, terrible?
Part One
I’ve have never used a pH meter to grow big plants and I never will. But one thing I learned running my own Biochemistry Experiment for 3 months was to always test the pH meter, water going in and what not. I hated doing that but it was a necessity for my project to pass.
Well I will be doing it every day for now. Until I see how my water changes over different time intervals.
I will definitely be check ph of anything I put in those from now on also.
On another note. @repins12 @dbrn32 @Southerngal @garrigan62 @MrPeat
Should I remove all the completely yellow leaves?
Should I remove the very light green largely yellow leaves?
Would ph also cause the stems to purple and veins in leaves to be reddish purple?
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They usually ain’t that dirty btw. I just finished reporting them. I usually dust them new makeup brush to remove all the very fine debris.
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Looks like (from what I read) if ph drops to low I loose nitrogen and phosphorus uptake which is why they look the way they do? Plz correct if wrong.
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@garrigan62 's post above is what I would read, and its what I would have said but from a wiser, more knowledgeable grower. good luck buddy…
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