Yes week 5 is EC and PH stacking caused buildup in your medium. Since I want to automate watering I'm learning about this and discovering how watering frequency of a somewhat constant content and duration is how you control a stable PH and gradually rising EC in your grow.
The beginning of this recent video shows a good example of steering feeding just keep in mind you have to analyze your own grow medium.
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