1st grow - Grandmommy Purple - *Now DWC*

10/2-10/8 This is week 4 - I definitely added nutrients to the reservoir from here going forward if not a little before. But I had no idea really what I should add as I always heard use less than it says on the bottle especially for seedlings.... Typing this makes me think I added nutes in week 2 maybe? Not sure but this is the week I started questioning what I was doing. As you can see from the photos the plant is definitely getting N. It was at this point I reviewed notes and things and learned I was way off with the PH and I should aim for 6, well 5.5 - 6 really. I was also feeding really hot. Like I shouldn't have fed so much. I think I might have fed more than what I listed for this week. But the problem in my head was well now the plant is kind of used to this hot feeding and it was getting bigger, so I didn't lower it all that much as I figured I should have been increasing if I put in less initially... I was like the plant is going to grow into it... lol Well by 10/8 the leaves were growing all like... mangley looking. It's hard to describe. Its like it was bursting at the seams and was causing the leaves to grow all mangley and clenched? It was like they looked too lush and were starting to twist as well. I didn't know what it was, the lights(maybe too close and too high intensity setting, high ph, or high nutes. Well I did what everyone shouldn't do when troubleshooting a problem... I changed everything. At this point. I raised the light to as high as I could in the tent. It has to be like 36 inches but with this I had to turn up the light higher as I grabbed a ppfd reading app and can now dial in the ppfd or dli or whatever it is. Boom, checked lights off the list of issues. Next, I now make sure the ph is high 5s at least for the reservoir and I check it all the time. It likes to rise and sit around 6.2 but I will beat it back down when it goes out of range. Finally, I recognized I was feeding too much and reduced, but just barely as the plant is getting bigger and needs more food probably? lol Great! On we go to the next week.