I know we discussed the possibilty of your meter being off, but PH drops to 2.0 is really wierd and makes no sense at all.
OK. Make me get out the zone charts. lol What time is it right now?
11:14 AM here
2:30 am here. I presume that is 11:14 now…11:30 in the morning.
Seems you are approx. 9 1/2 hours ahead.
So for us to work together, what time is best for you in the day? Later. Watching Olympics. 
This time is great 
11:30 AM given that’s not an issue for u. Lol
sorry. Though you had gonr. I went to bed. It is now 5:30 pm in your region. I will be in and out all day. It is shopping day.
When did you get this 3 - part flora series?
Can I get pik of pH pen?
tds/EC pen?
Trying to figure out the oddity of your readings
Btw mine are not general hyrdoponics, its some local brand. My bad lol
Thats the 3 part aggressive grow nutrient solution.
Whats your diagnosis of these 3 plants?
The largest one is now in distilled water simce 2 days, upon your recommendation. (Ive also added a bubbler)
You just need to watch. What you pay attention to is, the new growth. The older growth is always going to look rough but, if the new growth comes on and looks healthy, you are on your way.
Is there a sale page for the nutrients you bought, somewhere? That PH pen is probably the cheapest on the market. They are good maybe for a while. See if you can find something a little better and by the storage solution for it.
I am still ar a loss over the PH drop. Either the nutes are bad , or the ph pen is bad.
Whar does your distilled water measure in ppm and PH?
The new growth looks a little too light green don’t you think? Should i add a some nutrients now?
The PPM and PH in distilled water is 60 and 7.
ppm and pH are good with the distilled water. Due to the fact we have not locked down your PH issue and you say you add nutrients and PH drop to 2.0; I would say no to nutrients. Looks like the leaves are burning up to me.
The first and most imprtant thing needed to be almost perfect is the PH. When the PH gets too far out of ballance, the plant locks out nutrients and can cause deficiencies even though you have available nutrients. This is why I have been working wiht you to figure out what is going on with the PH. If we cannot disl that in. We are sunk.
I’m gonna recalibrate my PH meter, i think its not reading correctly
Sorry I missed you a couple days. I had personal issues to deal with here.
I hate to say it but, that pen is the cheapest on the market generally, and they malfunction all the time.
Can you buy from Alababa?
Which one do you use? I think u mean Alibaba, yea i got options.
I use Milwaukee meters. Here are some Amazon links for you to use as reference.
I have one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-MW802-Digital-TDS-Meter/dp/B007Z4KIGU/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=milwaukee+ph+tds+meter&qid=1627929027&sr=8-4?tag=greenrel-20
I had one of these for a long time
https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Waterproof-Replaceable-Electrode-Resolution/dp/B007Z4GZHG/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=milwaukee+ph+tds+meter&qid=1627929137&sr=8-8?tag=greenrel-20
This is just PH, if you want to go the seperate pen route
https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Instruments-Waterproof-Temperature-Pocket-Size/dp/B008932BNE/ref=sr_1_15?crid=14ITVMRGVR9AF&dchild=1&keywords=milwaukee+ph&qid=1627929315&sprefix=milwaukee+ph%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-15?tag=greenrel-20
I would try and find the multi-meyer because, all electrodes die eventually even with proper care (very important), and the MW801/802 has a replacable electrode. I also had an older model *SM802 of the Multi-meter that was line green colored.
- This replacement electrode does not work on the older SM802 model.
Here is the replacement electroe for 801/802
https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Instruments-SE600-Replacement-Combination/dp/B007IT4EQM/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2XQ1OJV8BF5Q8&dchild=1&keywords=milwaukee+ph+meter+probe+replacement&qid=1627929672&sprefix=milwaukee+ph+meter%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-5?tag=greenrel-20
If you cannot find any of these, then show me a link or pictures of what you can find at your stores and I will try to help you get good equipment.
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There are plenty more but more on the cheaper side, the most expensive is a Hanna Original which is worth around $300 yikes.
Hey N00b,
Let me look at what you found.
Your links mention your region. That is OK but, do you have any reservations? I can remove the images if you prefer.
Hanna is fairly = to Milwaukee. Good brand.
I only see you found PH pens. Buy a Hanna. Spend the bucks for a midrange prices…yikes…or not. What is quality hydro.bud worth? A couple buds pays for the quality instrument.
BUY THESE Hanna Multi meter = Bluelab PH meter
These are more or less all the options i have, some are imported PH meters some from China. Help me choose the one and then we can remove the links.