First Grow - Auto Caramelicious

FullArius I'm three days into week one of my first grow ever and everything seems to be going well. I have both seedlings under one 300w Mars Hydro LED (132 true watts, I think). The temperature is a little lower than I'd like it to be but Caramelicious is supposed to be a resilient strain so I'm not too worried. I'll post another update at the end of the week to see how much they've grown. Also, if anyone has any tips/advice about growing this strain or just growing in general please let me know! I want all the info I can get lol. Wish me luck, guys! :)

FullArius So today marks the end of week 2. Unfortunately my first seedling seems to have run into a problem and I'm not quite sure why. She has been growing very slowly compared to her sister. I noticed her steam was very loose a couple of days ago and she started to lean so I propped her back up with some extra soil. But now her leaves have started to curl. I think it might be light stress but the other seedling is doing just fine under the LED and they're the same strain under the same conditions so I'm a little confused. I ended up raising the light a couple of inches but that didn't seem to change anything. If you guys have any ideas as to whats wrong with her please let me know. =/ The good news, however, is that the other seedling is looking really healthy.

FullArius So week 3 is officially over and everything's kinda been in cruise control. I ended up raising the LED about half a foot which has stopped the light stress the first plant was experiencing. The girls seem a little small for 3 weeks looking at other diaries but the good news is they've been growing faster and faster every day. Plus I still haven't fed them yet, just been giving PH'd water once every 4-5 days. Their side branches have started to develop nicely and they're both putting on some good height. I think in a couple days I'll start LST as they'll be tall enough and I'll give them their first feeding. Looking at the other Caramelicious grows I think I have about two weeks before they start flowering so I'm pretty excited!

FullArius Week 4 went pretty well, I think. Both girls seem to be responding well to the LST/leaf tucking that I've been doing to try and make a full canopy. There wasn't much vertical growth this week but they definitely got way bushier. Plus they both popped their first pistils early on this week so they're 100% both female! I also gave them their first feeding but I think it was a bit too early because they got very slight nute burn so I ended up giving them a small flush when I watered again. They're not as big as some other autos at week 4 but this is my first grow ever and they seem pretty healthy so I'm happy. :)

FullArius So unfortunately I didn't get the chance to record this week but at the very end of the week they began their flowering/stretching. But being as it was only the last 1 or 2 days of the week that they started flowering I'm counting this as a veg week.

FullArius So this week I had some what of a hiccup but I'm pretty sure I managed to correct it. Early on in the week I discovered that my plants had lockout due to high ppm. I ended up testing the runoff water and the ppm was nearly 2000! After flushing both plants it was lowered down to about 400-500. But being as I flushed all the nutes out of the soil the girls started eating their bottom fan leaves. I fed them a couple days ago though and the both seem to be doing well now. They have both put on a good amount of height and the bud sites are developing nicely. I also did a little bit of defoliation throughout the week because of how bushy these girls are. Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out.