First Time Growing Anything - OG Kush

Week 03 Introduction Going to be a long intro this week... Had some technical issues with my local files and somehow lost all of week 3 (days 1 through 6)... Not going to really stress over it because shit happens... No worries over the lost data. Wasn't really a productive week anyways in terms of plant growth. But I did fix the slime! Going to try to remember the last 6 days the best I can (writing this on Sunday) and will just log the solution strengths/PHs for the days (thankfully I have a written copy). This week was a lot of slime control refinement. Kept the slime at bay so should be good from now on! The slime was forming on the air stones a few days later, but eventually resided after adding a bit more enzymes/beneficial bacteria (2ml of Voodoo Juice and Sensizym). Haven't had any slime issues since. The dissolved tap root started to grow back sometime during the week so that was pretty cool. I ordered and received a fresh bottle of Hydroguard so going to be giving it another go (using it in the end-of-week reservoir change). Had a bit of an issue with the timestamp on the bottle but should be okay. The biggest decision of the week was to try to plant another seed this Sunday (same genetics). I think the slime really stunted my current girl so going to try again! Going to let the new one develop more root grow in the rock wool cube/humidity dome longer before transplanting into the bucket. Also I will be germinating under 18/6 lighting instead of 24. I only have one bucket, so when she catches up with the stunted one, I can just swap her out. But going to continue with the current one until then and hope for a recovery. [START OF WEEK 03] Day 01 - Monday - 08/17/20 - Total Days: 015 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 425 PPMs --- PH: 5.8 Day 02 - Tuesday - 08/18/20 - Total Days: 016 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 416 PPMs --- PH: 5.0 Day 03 - Wednesday - 08/19/20 - Total Days: 017 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 415 PPMs --- PH: 5.4 --- I think slime started to form around this day. Day 04 - Thursday - 08/20/20 - Total Days: 018 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 462 PPMs --- PH: 5.2 --- I think this is when I added more Sensizym/Voodoo Juice. Day 05 - Friday - 08/21/20 - Total Days: 019 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 420 PPMs --- PH: 5.4 --- I think I decided around here that I'd give a 3rd seed a try. Day 06 - Saturday - 08/22/20 - Total Days: 020 ----------------------------------- - [2200]: Solution strength: 457 PPMs --- PH: 5.7 --- I think around this time I added an extra 1ml of Sensi Grow A & B to increase the solution strength. --- Top fed with the new solution for about a minute. Day 07 - Sunday - 08/23/20 - Total Days: 021 ----------------------------------- - [0815]: Looking stunted. Leaves are a bit larger though. --- Compared to other grow logs at this stage, she is way too tiny. Poor girl... I think it was the combination of slime and the high nutrient ratios during week 2 that halted this grow. --- Solution strength: 460 PPMs --- PH: 5.8 --- Did not adjust anything. Leaving alone until reservoir change. - [1615]: RESERVOIR CHANGE! - ALSO NEW GERMINATION DAY! --- On a side note, she's actually looking pretty perky too!? --- Could be because it's just after lights out. Not really sure why but not complaining! --- Soaked a new rockwool cube in distilled water that was PH'd down to 5.2 --- Moved her to a new bucket. --- Drained the system. --- There was quite a bit of brown floating bits in the water. Especially in the tubes for the water chiller. But that cleared up after several rinses. --- The important thing was that there was no slime! -[1645]: Filled the system up with 3.5 gallons of fresh distilled water. --- Added 16ml Sensi Grow A --- Added 16ml Sensi Grow B --- Added 12ml of B-52 --- Added 16ml of Voodoo Juice --- Added 16ml Sensizym --- Added 6ml of Hydroguard --- Solution strength was at 436 PPMs. --- PH was at 5.6 -[1715]: Placed her back into the bucket and top fed for a minute or two. --- Rockwool cube has been soaking for a bit now. --- PH went up to 5.4 --- Removed from water. Did not squeeze or shake water out. --- Flipped cube upside down and made a new hole just barely below the surface. --- I then dropped the new seed in and pinched the hole closed. --- I did NOT water the cube. --- I only sprayed the humidity tray and dome with straight distilled water. --- The dome vents set about a quarter of the way open to allow for some air circulation. [END OF WEEK 03]