'Space Cookies' by Paradise

Howdy all and welcome to Week 4, Veg w/ Space Cookies. Decent week. Here's the Deets: The Good: -Had a great growth week and SC took off a bit. Still the runt but visibly thickening up and going to be a firm one. -Went through her first full feed w/ run-off and then cut off her head... Took it surprisingly well and bounced back within a couple hours. Nothing amiss. -Out of all four, she does seem the healthiest w/ the best leaf/blade color and texture. Pretty happy with her and her progress The Bad: -The Bad news is also the good news. The good, I figured out what was causing some of my problems. The bad, I found out what's wrong with my plants and It'll take some time to balance things out. First Run-off reading was a super 5.3pH and 3800ppm. No top side symptoms, but I do have a pH imbalance and I'm going to drop down those ppm's/raise the pH over the next two feedings/watering. The 'Meh': -With the plants drooping out 3 hours before bed, I've gotten a little obsessive in trying to figure out WHAT exactly is going on. I only have theories and apparently, theories are all there are... I'll link the short blog/article I found on Nastic movement's and what these proposed theories are. For the most part, though, I'm not sure if this article even applies to indoor parameters, but it's something I guess. Anywho, I learned a tonne of crap trying to find the answer, but nothing gave me that answer. Haha. I learn! but not learn what I needed to know. Catch 22, for sure. -The drooping will have to just be accepted. It is not hurting anything and has been going on for 2 weeks now. She's growing in spades, no signs of deficiency/toxicity, healthy and perky. It isn't aesthetically pleasing but I really don't see a plant threatening issue anymore. She repeatedly bounces back over night and I've even gone to see what they look like at 4 am when the lights go on....They're' back up even without the light. So, rest after a long day? Normal nastic movements, genetic, my parameters, outdoor weather changes affecting indoor parameter's? I'd like to say I'm going to completely let this go, but that's not how my brain works. I'm going to keep reading, pursue possible solutions and see if this condition can be rectified. I'll reserve my expectations, but I want to see what can, if anything, can be done. Notes of the Week: -Did the first feed with run-off with GDPB and PSK. I didn't feel like I ran enough through them to drop my ppm's and raise my pH enough. I adjusted the feed and watering volume with SC and DD and their numbers came back a little better then their counterparts. I will have to do at least two more flush through's w/ nutes, in order to drop one and raise the other, while replacing the nutes I'm washing out. I feel things may be back to normal in a week or two(?). No expectations on the time frame, but I will get them back to happier reads. -Since nothing I did changed the 7pm droop, I've put back everything the way I know and the way I know works. Plants are much happier and I won't be screwing with their environment (much) anymore. Want them to acclimate after such a long screw around. I have a feeling they don't know what the hell is going on and why things keep changing, hahaha. This'll stop now. -Instead of upping my 'Grow' formula, I added in some Rapid Start from GHE and that'll be my soluble potash boost I'm looking for. Going to abide by the schedule a bit more and stop screwing around with that too. Again, I want to go back to what I know, for a little bit, just to get them back in good form BEFORE I start to play "scientist". -All plants have now been topped b/t the 5th and 6th. All, expect PSK took it really well. PSK dipped out and was giving some serious attitude afterwards and took twice as long for her to come back from the stress I inflicted. -LST is picking up as laterals are punching through all-round. I'm starting to see what I can do with them and even what I feel they should look like by end game. By next weeks update, I'm pretty certain all the girls are going to be twice as big and look like little bubbles (that's the goal, anyway). -Random note about my soil: Water retention of 3 gallons is 2.75L before run-off. Thought it was a decent number and the loamy mix I threw together seems to be holding and dispersing water very well. Thanks all for stopping by, it's greatly appreciated. Even though this grow has been a massive pain from the get-go...I have to admit, I'm learning a tonne. If that's the trade off for these problems, I'm cool with that. Also just picked up another hard copy book that deals with the chemical/medicinal uses/reactions and just a whole bunch of biology that I have zero clue about! I took physics in school. In retrospect, biology/chemistry may have paid off a bit more, Lol. Maybe a correspondence/upgrade course? (Now I'm typing aloud). Cheers everyone! Much love and take care of you and yours! Peace, my friends. **Link for Nastic Movements: https://vanessa-nielsen.com/cannabis-plants-droop/**