Second Time's a Charm

Ok major things happened today. Added a second net, supercropped 12 long buds, and spaced out the canopy nicely. Half of what I supercropped are more or less upright the next day. #1 has 20 large bud sites. Plant hasn't had a single issue yet and is of even height #2 has fully recovered from root rot and just looks a week shorter than #1. #2 has 11 large bud sites and may stretch to form more in the next week. #3 is the strongest of all the plants with 28 large bud sites. This plant will be a winner for sure. Still no issues with this plant except its initial seedling issue. #4 has 11 large bud sites. 2 or 3 more days of root rot recovery I think. All leaves are standing up, and I trimmed away most of the old damaged leaves. All flowered more or less on the same day, Tues 5/18. I defoliated almost all the larger fan leaves and any leaf that looked like it would grow into a larger fan leaf in the next week. All in an effort to get light onto every bud sight so they can grow fat. I left pairs of leaves on the top of the main colas but I really trimmed away a lot of leaves over Sat and Thurs. About 4 to 5 bud sites are open and exposed on each branch, all things looking like a very strong harvest. Tues, Thurs, and Sat all required 6 gallons of nutrient solution filled into the buckets. RH has been 30% when the lights are on, and the plants are really drinking. About 10% when the plants are sleeping during the day. Daytime temps are now manageable too. This weekend I am not replacing the water as it looks very good, clean, and clear in all 4 buckets. I am simply adding 1/4 solution to refill each bucket every 2 or 3 days. Must stay on top of it otherwise the water gets to be as low as 3" in the bucket. For refilling, I cut veg nutrient in half to try to limit the stretch as I have about 12" left of vertical space to play with.