Freskshow Hydro Grow (First Hydro Run)

***Feb 1 It's still a little early for "veg" but it's definitely done germinating. We will call this week 1 "Seedling week". All the plants in the room got transfered out to the 3x5 this little freak is now finding its home in the 2x2. Added one extra light of the same type for a little extra coverage, but its only receiving 225 PPFD (18 DLI). No sign of roots coming out of the bottom yet, but the plant is still very small and the rock wool is still dripping soaked with seaweed water. It has dripped into my reservoir enough to say I added seaweed to the water, so I will continue doing so with my water changes. No water change yet, and probably won't until I see some roots. PPM lowered to 1500 from 2000 over the 3 weeks, which looks better for the younger plant in the long run. ***Feb 3 No sign of roots yet, but the leaves are growing quite a bit, and the second set of true leaves just started to form. ***Feb 4 Water PH was reading 6.5 so I lowered it back down to 5.5 (it went a tad lower but it will reach back up from the dripping again). New leaves are easy to see and plant is looking happy! 😊 I also took a hand full of water and sprinkled it down where the root would be, to give a bit of phosphorus for root development. Fan is pointed directly on the plant to give it some strength, but not enough wind to stress it out. It's getting a nice breeze. ***Feb 5 Looking very good! It must have gotten taller today because it got a little top heavy. Took a peek at the root (split the rockwool near the bottom) and the root is about 1/2 inch away from breaking through the bottom of the rockwool! 💪 I am also adjusting the light dependant on the VPD (the closer to perfect VPD, the less I push the light stress on the plant). The plant seems to be reaching its leaves towards the light when in this state (Clawing?) Not much growth noticed on the leaves, but hope to see a root show in a couple days. ***Feb 6 Looking great. Not much to report today.