First Grow

7/22 - I was out of town today. No updates. 7/23 - Came back home in the afternoon. Plants hadn't been watered in a few days and the soil was dry, so I watered with a "tea" of aerated, RO, PH'd water with 1tsp/gal of Recharge. 7/24 - Plants looking great, heavy growth. I'm not seeing any roots coming out of the bottom or sides of the mesh plastic pots yet. I will probably transplant soon regardless. I have noticed the one plant that was showing slight Calcium and Magnesium deficiencies is showing the same rust/yellow spots/mottling on one more leaf. No other plants are showing this issue. I will up my CalMag dosage to 225ppm for all future waterings. Previously it was 170ppm. 7/25 - Not much to update. Not time to water, but the plants seem to love their environment. Besides the slight deficiencies on the one plant, everyone looks great. The 4th node is in development on all the plants, I will likely Top them at the 4th or 5th node, once there are 6 or 7 nodes. After topping, I will start LST with all of the plants. I upped the LED light to full 100% power, and using my PAR meter, the top of the canopy is getting ~460PPFD. I will lower the light over the next few weeks to find a sweet spot of ~550PPFD at the top of the canopy for the rest of veg. 7/26 - Plants are happy, soil is dry, plants are slightly drooping, seeming like the are beginning to want water. However, I do not see any root growth on the outsides of the mesh pot. And also don't see any other signs of unhealthiness. I am tempted to wait to water until tomorrow. I also am waiting on my new BlueLab Ph Pen to come in the mail. I've already mixed up the water for the next watering, it is currently aerating in a bucket. Currently reading 320ppm, 200ppm of that being CalMag+, and 120ppm being Fox Farms Big Bloom. Fox Farms recommends Big Bloom throughout the plant's entire life, so I thought why not water with some Big Bloom at a 50% dose and see what happens? The ingredients are somewhat benign, and are what I would consider to be "Soil Boosters" more than an actual plant food with NPK values. Fox Farms has NPK at N=0, P=0.5, and K=0.7 for Big Bloom. I also have began lowering the temperature of the grow room and tent. I see some leaf curling that I can only attribute to the daytime temperatures hovering around 81. After only 24 hours, the leaves are looking happier. I will likely continue to have the temperature at a cooler 76-79 throughout the day. Automating that, is a different story... 7/27 - CRAP! I waited too long to water. The plants this morning look ROUGH. Definitely wanting some water. Watered with the above described water (RO, pH 6.5, 200ppm CalMag, 100ppm Big-Bloom). Within hours they all looked much happier! I will water sooner next time. These small containers are hard to predict, especially when trying to avoid over-watering. 7/28 - End of week 2! 21 Days since germination is tomorrow. The plants are SO much happier from their watering yesterday. Growing a good amount. I will be topping soon...