Originally Posted by
Skinny Leaf
If you are able to measure the pH of your water, then you should be able to measure the runoff. What is the pH of your water before you add some pH down? Your plant is showing micronutrient deficiencies. Probably a combination of a couple different elements. Usually, new leaf deficiencies indicate a high pH. Imbalances in macronutrients(NPK) can interfere with micronutrient uptake in plants, also. By giving the plant ferts every time may have been too much or your pH is off. Once you get a pH reading from the runoff then you can apply a treatment. One would be a flush the other would be to feed. pH first.
When you do take a reading of the runoff, do it when runoff first appears, then the middle of runoff, then after about 30 minutes of runoff, read again. If you water with 6.0pH then ideally you want your runoff to come back 6.0-6.3. No higher and no lower. If runoff comes back 6.4pH or more than your soil is 6.7pH or higher. High pH leads to micronutrient deficiencies. On the other end of the spectrum if your pH comes back at 5.8pH or lower than the soil pH is low. Usually an indication of overfertilization which locks out micronutrient uptake. Then you need to flush with your 6.0pH water to bring the pH back in balance. Ideally, soil pH should be around 6.3 to 6.5 pH.
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