It’s been 15 days sprouted and it was an eventful week. Started to get some nutrient burn, as you can see from the lower fan leaves. I ended up diluting the reservoir by half and took down the water solids from 280 ppm to 200ppm. This seems to have remedied the issue and stopped the spread of the burn. I also had a pH issue, as my meter was reading higher than the actual pH. Even after recalibration it was still reading off. I have since switched to using the drop color indicator and all has been good.
Around day 12 I began to low stress train the plant and have been pretty aggressive with the tie downs. As my grow cabinet is only 24” tall (minus the light head space), I am trying to promote as much horizontal growth as possible right off the bat. Trellising will go in about a week to space out the secondary branching.
All in all it was a great week of growth. The main stem is thicker at two weeks than I remember any of my soil grows being. She also has secondary branches growing at each lower node. She has not slowed down at all, even with the nutrient burn. I am new at hydro and autos, so I was expecting a learning curve. If you guys have any tips, please leave them in the comments.