Funky leaves

That's a low pH and may be the reason why you are having problems. The pH should drift up over time as you water in 6.5-6.8 pH. For the PPM, as organic nutrients break down, they show up on your meter. With that high of PPM, you won't need to feed in any bottled nutrients for a little while, maybe 2-3 weeks. Just continue to check the runoff measurements each time you water.

Thanks for your support on Patreon! Maybe give the plant a few days to see if it bounces back.

@brotto You mentioned the pH in your original post so I was actually looking for the soil runoff PPM, not pH. Wondering if there is an excess of nutrients in the medium. If we don't have that measurement, then we are just guessing on what the problem could be. Also, what size container is that and when do you plan to transplant next?

@Mr. Grow It My guesstimation is that the pots are around 1 gallon. I have three gallon fabric pots ready to go for the four main plants. The fifth dwarf is going outside into the garden. The soil is quite loose at this point and I am concerned about disturbing the roots when transplanting without significant root growth to bind it together. Although I will be delicate when the time comes.

I turned off the 6” roof fan, but kept the exhaust fan on low with the roof exhaust hole open and a floor vent half open. Temp has been at 75 with 50% RH. They are still growing well and I want to pinch the top growth centers soon. (Second time)

I’m giving up on the rain barrel water and going with distilled water no CalMag next watering. What do you think of pH ing it to 7.0 to buffer the last 5.8 outflow reading? I’ll do a ppm reading on the outflow from the next watering In four days. Early to mid veg….what ppm am I shooting for? If I recall correctly from your Painted Lady podcast between 400-600 is good.

UPDATE….One of the plants that was larger with thicker, longer stems and was starting to dominate the developing canopy. I suspect it may be a male, so I decided to move that plant outside to the garden and check how many roots were binding the soil. It stayed together pretty well and roots were observed growing around the periphery transversely, but not root bound. Some mycorrhizae in the hole and watered with recharge. I put a tomato cages around the three outside plants and refer to them as my “Jamaican Tomatoes”.

So transplanting the four remaining tent plants from the one gallon pots to the 3 gallon fabric bags can be done at any time. It’s been five weeks since the first leaves developed….is now a good time to move them into the final fabric pots?

Thanks for your engagement and for your catering to new growers in your videos.

ANOTHER UPDATE…Okay, I decided to transplant the four tent plants to their 3 gallon fabric bags. I used Ph’d distilled water with some recharge added. I checked the PPM of the outflow and it’s off the charts 3000 or so. I don’t know if this is a temporary situation due to the added Recharge or a call for emergency flushing intervention. Advice?

@brotto 5.8 to 7.0 is a pretty high swing. Large swings like that kill off microbes in the soil. Although, you're using GH which is a synthetic lineup of nutrients so you're not relying on microbes as much as you do when growing with organic inputs. Still, better to have the microbes there instead of kill them off. I'd personally water in at 6.5-6.8pH. Here is a chart for general PPM ranges that you can aim for. Some cultivars will be able to take more, some will be sensitive and want less:

Hard to answer your transplanting question; I'd just need to see a pic of the whole plant in its container to get an idea of if it's ready for transplant or not. For the plant with 3000PPM, don't panic. How does the plant look? Is that the same plant that is curling down? Has the plant gotten better or worse since the pic was taken?