I should have read these comments the other day. I hope we didn't mess up but few days ago..idk maybe a week ago. We noticed yellowing leaves on the bottom. My son cut them off. That's ok? Out next time let them fall off naturally?
(And honestly I thought maybe he was over watering to I read this)
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There's truth to this during later flowering, but since writing the comment I have figured out that I was wrong.
The reason for my yellowing leaves is pH is too low. I use a pH adjusting fluid for tap water to lower it, and didn't know that the nutrient feed I'm using lowers it even more, so after I suspected it might be pH I tested and found it that this is the problem my plant is having.
Right now I'm in the process of adding high pH water to try to raise up the soils pH.
In many cases yellowing during the plants vegetative stage is indicative of overwatering. Things can get complicated with cannabis cultivation 😂
That's what I thought too was over watering. Well, now I'm all intimated again 🤣😳🤪🧐 PH levels. How do you test the soil? I know there's kits for water, so there's one for soil too?
And ummm.. What's optimal?🧐🤔🤔
(So glad you don't mind the questions! 🤗🤗🤗💯)
Since your plant is growing outdoors, letting it catch natural rain water or collecting rain water to water with if you have the ability to might be the best practice if you're limited on supplies and knowledge base for pH adjusting. That is likely what I would do if I was growing a cannabis plant outdoors in the woods.
Yes there's so many different types of testing kits. Probes, litmus paper, liquid indicator dyes. It's overwhelming indeed. There's different types of testers for both water and soil and the testers I'm using are pretty basic.
I think my next post should be about pH. I'll delve as deeply into it as I can, because it's a deep topic lol. It would be easier to explain these things with some photos and what not.
What is optimal range also varies depending on the type of soil being used, but general rule of thumb is to pH around 6. A little lower or higher is usually fine but if it goes below 5.5 or above 7 then serious problems start happening.
I don't mind the questions at all ✍️🤓🔎
Well, right now it feels like we're in a drought lol but a couple weeks ago up to a month ago we were flash flooding 🤪
I'm in Louisiana... The weather changes every 5 minutes😳💯🤣
We had a cool snap for about a week or so also at the end of July. The highs was in the 80s with lows in mid 60s😯🤪
Right now I'm not going to test anything and keep watering as needed. She seems to be doing fine but I am interested for future grows. Or if she starts having issues. 🤗
That's some really wild weather! I've heard the weather there can get a bit crazy sometimes. We have some pretty crazy weather in New York too but I've never seen any crazy flooding where I'm at thankfully.
I think that's a good call to just keep doing what you're doing for now, but I totally get where you're coming from wanting to learn more for the future. If you're planning indoor grows it will be absolutely essential to know this stuff. You'll be able to learn everything you need to know in the canna curate community 🤗
Absolutely!! The weed community is the best IMHO💯🤗