Zkitzz in Self Watering AC Infinity pots (Coco)

Welcome to the start of week #3. Last week I removed some of the side branches for plant training, Those low branches usually grow larfy bud anyway, so away they go. I have decided to keep node #2 on two of the plants, so those two plants will train 6 branches instead of four. I really don’t have enough space with three plants to use the quadline to its full potential, so I’m considering just doing a few more toppings and grow a SCROG. A SCROG with these self watering bases could prove challenging for weekly clean outs of the reservoirs. Won’t know until I try. I’m also in a small 2x4 tent so it should be easier to manage. Fed 12oz of 850ppm solution to each plant that included 1oz/g of MaxiCrop Seaweed with Iron to address some yellowing between the veins. I had also lowered my ph from 6.0 to 5.8 last week to address. Made a definite improvement by Sunday. These plants are stretching more than any other grow I’ve experienced. About 5” of growth last week vertically!! Grew an inch on Saturday alone. The only element that has changed is lighting…..I’ve been slower to acclimate them to the full intense lights. I’ve also been running infrared lamps at the start and end of every lighting cycle. An expert grower also indicated that the coco coir provides a faster growing environment too (compared to soil) I have traditionally grown very short plants….probably due to too much light. Today I raised them from 25 DLI to 28 DLI. (Daily Light Integral). I had backed off the intensity a few days ago due to leaf curl on one plant. I’d like to shorten the distance between nodes slightly…..so hoping that more light will accomplish that. More details to follow as I add daily information to this summary: DAILY UPDATES: SUNDAY: Topped plants above the 4th node. Fed 8oz of nutrients with iron to each plant. (MaxiCrop Seaweed Extract with Iron at 28ml/g). Not using with every feeding….I do not want too much iron. MONDAY: emptied reservoirs and replaced nutrients, turned on side LED lights, added SCROG net (I’m still undecided whether to SCROG. It could be difficult to empty reservoirs with SCROG in place). Nutes at 880ppm (a little high) and 5.6 ph (a little low). Will address tomorrow. TUESDAY: added 20oz of RO water to each reservoir base to reduce ppm and raise ph slightly. Now at 5.9ph and 780ppm. One plant had drooping leaves in the morning which could be caused by high ppm of nutrients. By evening, her leaves had restored vigor. I also changed the method of bending the branches for quadline training. I’m using branch clips instead of using twist tie to bend the branches. Let’s see how these red clips work at each base. Finally, I broke a bottom branch on the LA Peyote Kush when trying to use the branch bending clips 🤬🤬🤬, so I removed the bottom two nodes of that plant. She’s now a true quadline (4 branches). WEDNESDAY: my wife has me painting several rooms today, so the garden gets a break. No activity planned. THURSDAY: water levels look good. Zkittz #2 is going to be difficult to train and very tall…..I think I need a taller tent by flower time. FRIDAY