pH too high?

I received the rooted clones from a caregiver. i fed them with the garden stores compost tea upon arrival in their new home.

then, I made a compost tea with tap water (after bubbling for 24+ hrs to remove Cl) i added a handful of EWC, a spoon of mexi bat guano, and a small glug of Liquid Karma.
they were fed with this.

The problem here was the tap water i used, it started at above pH 8,
after brewing, it was still in the high 7 range.
i watered with this. ( i tested with the drop and compare color method)

The next few days i noticed a pretty obvious problem..
leaf edges curling up, some of them were browning and crisping.

then a few leaf tips started twisting and burning, similar to a Mg/Ca looking problem, except all curling was Up.
I also thought about P or K being deficient.

After thinking about it, I can only imagine its a problem with pH.
there are Plenty of micronutrients in what i fed. i have plenty of Ca and Mg in the tap water here.

I have since been pouring distilled water in with a decent amount of runoff. also, an occasional foliar with a 1/4 strength Liquid Karma.

Things have seemed to get a little better, and some growth is occuring, although still slow.


Any thoughts on this?



600w hortilux,
temps around 80F not more than 85, not less than 75
humidity around 30-40%
ocean forest soil




plant 1, blueberry skunk, oldest, biggest

some leaf curl


lower fan leaf burnt


plant2, ICE, middle sized, smaller, but well rooted

leaves curled and browned on edge, then from tip


lower fan leaves,



tips on newest growth yellowed, slightly burnt?


plant 3, grape bubbleberry, over-rooted clone put in soil a week before problems
burnt tips


crisp leaf