First Round RDWC White Widow Auto

Another uneventful week, the bloom continued as scheduled without much of a concern. Tonight I inspected the flowers as the humidity has consistently been in the upper 50's, no rot was found and thus it continues. The larger plant has slowed down on the swelling phase, day over day photos of the changes required very close observation of the before and after to see what was occurring. I decided to conduct a full water swap for the hydroponics, generally the changeouts have been 50-75% due to the reasoning it was working. For some reason this week the pH was dropping, bottoming out around 5.0. Overall I was not too worried as when it dropped below 5.2 I was on my way back home for the week. There were a couple changes that happened that may have contributed to the drop. First the recipe was different from before, I stopped using Armor Si, which has a pH increasing effect. Second, I started using Ripen for the first time. Finally, I dropped the EC down to 1.3, the lowest level since the beginning of the grow. To counter act this after the solution change, I am starting the pH off higher, @ 6.2 and redosing with hydroguard. Next, I am increasing the EC by 0.2, in case the plants are still wanting to grow. I will watch the progress closely to see if the changes are positive, if not I am going to setup the pH controller to dose pH up and hold it to where I want the range to be. The plants are so big now and trellised that I cannot lift them up without damaging them to check on the roots for signs of rot. Here is a learning opportunity for the next grow, do not trap them so I cannot see the bottom of the roots.