First Grow Ever - GGAuto

- This whole week was spent experimenting with my new TDS meter and watering/feed schedule. I have ditched the nute schedule I found online for coco and have moved on to the manufacturer's suggested amount and then diluted to the correct PPM/EC. What I have changed my nutes schedule to closely follows the original schedule I was using. But I am able to fine tune the concentration to what the plant is able to handle in comparison to the PPM/EC of my tap water. - run off EC is still very low compared to in-flow, but it is slowly creeping up. This I am attributing to the flush from last week. - Pistils are every where on plant one - they popped up all week. Plant two is just starting this process as of day 34. - I forgot (again) how strong these lights are and I let the plants break 18"s(manufacturers suggested closest distance at this phase) and I started to see a little light burn. Looks like nute burn but it is only concentrated on the top canopy and not throughout the plant. tricky tricky. - tent is only 5' if these things keep growing like this I am gonna end up running out of space. I got plenty of room horizontally so I am gonna start a little more aggressive LST next week. Sad - I was hoping to run a Lazy SoG and burn my remainder seeds next grow. As of day 35 my tallest plant is 15" after LST'ing the main cola. this leaves 12" left of vertical growth allowed before the plant creeps past the manufacturer's suggested distance. - I did light defoliation every every day ( no more than 1-3 snips) to remove small or dying leaves at the bottom of each plant. they are slowly joining the lollipop guild.