Ghost Ship

I left for Phish tour for 7 days and tried the cotton string self watering method. It didnt work so I must have done something wrong. well I get back from my vacation and all the plants are droopy. I watered immediately and within a couple hours the plants were back to normal mostly. I did notice, however, that the trichomes increased by about 1/3, I assume do to the stress of underwatering. My plants are way too close to my LEDs but I have exhausted every bit of my 5 foot tent. I suspect I will have to make some type of device that the lights can hang higher on for the next grow. I only see a few red and orange hairs so I suspect I have about 3 more weeks until harvest but it might be longer.