Ok so I'm really happy tonight. I ph'd my water to 6.6 and the runoff came out in all the plants between 6.5 at the lowest and 6.7 at the highest. As any of you that have been following know I have been struggling with PH from day one. I do every grow. I've had huge swings from bag to bag previously but now that all the plants are on the same page it will make watering so much easier, not having to adjust each jug of water separately for each bag.
Two of the plants have stayed really short and bushy and show more dominant indica traits than the others. These two plants have shown no damage at all while the others have some minor leaf damage. Even two plants in the same bag, one was damaged the other looks perfect. The damage that was done overall to the plants isn't really bad, I think it bothers me more seeing it than it bothers the plant. Most of the damage occurred early on but a little has still appeared here and there. Money is a little tight for me right now but as soon as my situation improves I am buying a RO system, 100% sure about that. They're not nearly as expensive as I thought, I just don't really have any disposable income presently. I think I'm going to sell a junk car I have for scrap and use that money for the system.
I'm not happy with my humidity. It stay between high 30's to low 40's but I want to keep it above 40 always and actually get it closer to 50. It's crazy how much conflicting information you will find on humidity if you do some searches. One grow guide I was reading recommended keeping your rh at 90%:holysheep: I have read about people placing wet towels in there grow room to raise humidity but I'm worried about mold, even though I do have plenty of moving air. I've also read about people placing buckets of water with a fan in front of it but I don't want an open container of water just laying around(I'd probably knock it over!). So I'm going to buy a cheap humidifier this weekend. I'm going to get a cold air one because I could afford for my temps to be a little lower. In the peak of summer my room can get up to 83 or so, not really bad but a little cool mist in the air should get it to about perfect. Even though I read tons of threads on humidity and ideal numbers I'd be interested to hear if any of you have actually logged comparisons and noticed any changes with different numbers.(within reason, I don't need to hear about plants drying out with rh at 10%, or bud rot with super high rh.)Did anyone notice big changes between say 40 going to 50 or 50 going to 60, you get my drift.
:bong: I'm crazy high right now and just rambling away. I was just really excited about my ph and over did the celebratory hits!
