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The plants seem to actually have nute lockup possibly as the new growth has come out a very white. This is along with the yellowing that was happening vein outward on the older growth. But they are still growing! So I haven't killed them yet.
I poured some water through the bucket and tested the pH. Water in was 5.4 (just a little under ideal as it will mix still) water out was 6.2+ I guess that means the soil was towards pH7 which would make sense as I think I accidently soaked the coco in that (don't remember 100%)
I think I might have been watering (and soaked the block in, whoops!) pH7 water from the tap. From what I've read, coco should be @ ~pH5.8 so this was proably a bad thing on my part. From now on I'm filling 5gallon buckets with water, getting ideal pH and then using that water. Of course, I should have been doing this from the beginning but this is a trial run at this point.
What should the pH be for a bubbler bucket, same as Coco 5.8?
And is it normal for tap water to be 10ppm only? I calibrated the meter and was surprised with this reading. After adding light nutes and adjusting pH I get ~ 480ppm if I remember correctly.
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