Dank Freshness

Week 2 and fuck-ups abound. Everything I hadn't considered became apparent this week. This was the first nute change, and the process of actually removing water and filling with new water and nutes was painful on the body. Another problem was the pots were too much submerged under the water, prior to the growth of roots into the solution. This stunted the growth rate of the plants. Once I recognized the problem, I drained 1 gallon of water from each plant and left the baskets hanging above the solution for a few days. New strong roots are now showing from each plant. I will give them 2 days more sitting at 3 gallons then increase the solution to 4 gallons. Overall, all 4 plants have survived "fine tuning" week and seem to have enjoyed the stress. I'm proud of the end of second week results. The plants are super squatty with tight internodes. Day 17, two of the plants are looking over-watered badly. My 4 bucket air pump has suddenly become only a 2 bucket pump. A quick run to Walmart solved the problem. However; I am not sure how long the two plants were without oxygen bubbles. I've had the light 12" from the plants, but I'm going to raise it to 20", as I need these babies to stretch out a bit.