Sure will thanks. I only feed #4 with no nutritions this time
Yes if you use Distilled or RO water. Its best to have it on hand and not need it than need it and not have it.
Its called Cal-mag. All over Amazon being sold.
These two types of water needs Cal-mag every watering. 
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Cool thank you so just look up cal-meg and that’s it? Is cal-meg have both ingredients in it?
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Just cal mag. That’s exactly what it says in the label. Hello everybody, Scott, here.
I’m new to the forum not new to botany and horticulture more of a reader than a replier. 
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If your pH 6.8 to 7 going in then im Willing to bet it’s around there in your run off as well. Also wasn’t really saying anything about the fabric pots except for everyone uses them. I’m growing in Coco coir so I water daily don’t have to much of an issue of it coming out the sides but may just be the difference in mediums
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Yeah I wasn’t for sure of the ph because it’s been a total of 11 1/2 week sense I did a ph test…I’m a bad parent 
I feel you there I was doing the same thinking distilled water and my nutes were staying at right pH and that wasn’t the case at all S soon as I added nute pH jumped up to 7 or so in the distilled water
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What is the best ph level should I be at when I water With nutrients in it? Can I use cal-meg with big bloom mixed or should I feed at different times? Like one feed with cal-meg, then when I feed again just use big bloom?
6.2-6.5
I would recommend separate applications.
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Thank you
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You may need to do a grab sample and soak test it?
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Some Cal Mag will also pack some Nitrogen so read the label and factor any additional nutes in with your normal scheduled feeding.
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I just did a test on my distilled water with the big bloom and my ph was at 4.4 
… so your saying I’ve been feeding them with a ph level of 4.4 the whole time!!! Would be a factor in why my buds are not as big?!
@Hellraiser can I have your opinion too please? On the leafs and the pruning.
First up…Welcome to our world of growing here at ILGM and to our awesome community.
I see that you have already met a few of the gang here and I agree with
Here is a few pic’s and what you can do about it. Well I guess I can’t upload pic’s either…lol
But here is the info. on it…
Calcium (Ca) -Macro Nutrient and an Immobile element.
Calcium is another important element that helps the plants cell walls,
cell division in
making the plants stems, stalks, branches stronger, as well as
contributing to root growth,
mostly the newer root hairs, Calcium also helps enhancing the
uptake of K in the the plants
roots. Calcium moves really slow within the plant and tends to
concentrate in roots and older
growth.
When plants exhibit a Calcium deficiency the younger leaves are
the first to show it as well
as older leaves. The Leaf tips will die back, the tips may curl,
and growth of the plant is
stunted. The plant can show a weakness in the stems and branches,
as well as a under developed
root system that can lead to bacteria problems with roots diying off.
Having slow plant
transpiration rates can aggravate the uptake of calcium. Make sure your
soil isn’t very acidic,
for calcium gets harder to be absorbed through acidic soils, Which leads
to having a plant that
is deficient in Calcium. The leaf tips, edges and new growth will or may
turn a yellow/brown color
that happen in spots and often surrounded by a sharp brown outlined edge
and then the leaf tips die
back. If too much calcium is given at an early stage of growth it can
stunt the growth of your plants.
Having to much of calcium will also flocculate when a concentrated form
is combined with potassium.
The parts affected by a calcium deficiency are the roots. Stem or petiole,
young or old leaves.
Too much Calcium will lead to other micronutrient deficiencies. Calcium
fixation is caused by many
types of mediums such as: clay soils, unbuffered coco and humus. The lime
tends to bond to these
soils very easily. The stems of the plant will not be able to hold the plant
up and will exhibit
a white brown in between the veins of the leaves when having too much calcium.
Also having to much
potassium and or nitrogen will cause a calcium lockout.
Problems with Calcium being locked out by PH troubles
Very acidic soils with excessive potassium, dry and or wet soil.
Lack of calcium in the soil may
cause too acidic soil. This may cause to Mg or Iron deficiency or
very slow stunted growth
Soil
Calcium gets locked out of soil growing at ph levels of 2.0- 6.4
Calcium is absorbed best in soil at a ph level of 6.5-9.1 (Wouldn’t
recommend having a ph of over 7.0 in soil)
anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a
Calcium Deficiency.
Hydro and Soil less Mediums
Calcium gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels
of 2.0- 5.3
Calcium is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels
of 5.4-5.8 (Wouldn’t recommend having a
ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and
soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0.
Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Calcium Deficiency.
Solution to fixing a Calcium deficiency
To fix a calcium deficiency you can treat by foliar feeding with one
teaspoon of dolomite lime or
Garden lime per quart of water, Or Any Chemical/Organic nutrients that have
Calcium in them will
fix a Calcium deficiency. (Only mixing at ½ strength when using chemical nutrients
or it will cause
nutrient burn!)
Or you can take crushed up dolomite lime or garden lime in a gallon of water
and water it in the soil.
1 to 2 teaspoons per gallon of water, which will be slow acting. Garden Gypsum,
which is medium absorption.
Limestone, which is medium absorption, Rock Phosphate and Animal wastes which
are both medium/slow absorption.
Note: Caution when using gypsum to an already acid soil (pH that is less
than 5.5) can have a very bad effect
on different types of plants by effecting the absorption of soil aluminum,
which is poison to plant roots.
Now if you added to much chemical nutrients and or organics, (which is hard
to burn your plants when using organics)
you need to flush the soil with plain water. You need to use 2 times as much
water as the size of the pot, for
example: If you have a 5 gallon pot and need to flush it, you need to use 10
gallons of water to rinse out the
soil good enough to get rid of excessive nutrients.
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Wow… first of all very intelligent and helpful thank you second I have a lot of questions too ask. I’m new to this and not really understanding this nutrients stuff. One how can you tell if to have to much magnesium in a plant before it hits the plant is it possible?
All you have to do is start off with only half dose. You know what it says on the bottle for feeding and increace slow each feed. She will let you know and when she doesjust water for a bit and then go back to the feeding before it happend. So keep notes and amounts and dates on when feed and you’ll be good to go my friend
B Safe
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The pruning of all fan leaves is a controversial subject, you have those that don’t remove any lea and those who remove every large fan leaf, I’m get rid of most of the large leaves that are blocking light to bud sites.
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