Zkitzz in Self Watering AC Infinity pots (Coco)

TUESDAY: welcome to week 2 of flower. These watering bases are still working perfectly. I’m adding .7 gallons of nutrients to the bases daily. Still growing over 1” per day. Up to 30” today. Whoa…..slow down ladies! I’m limited on how much more height I can handle. I’m tempted to flush one pot and see the ppm of the runoff. There must be a salt buildup at the root zone with this bottom wicking technique. I see the salts on the fiber pots, and I believe I ran into a need for flushing mid-flower last time. I’d rather avoid flowering issues….so I will flush this week. Flushed one plant to test runoff ppm. First runoff at 2600 ppm, so I suspect the other two plants will need a flush as well. I want to see how this one responds before I flush the other two. By flushing, I used 5 gallons of 6.0 ph tap water with FloraKleen through the coco. Then….i fed 3.5 gallons of nutrient solution at 1000 ppm to flush out the rest of the salts and replenish with nutrients. So not a true flush, but a significant impact. WEDNESDAY: the flushed plant looks happy and healthy today. No signs of any leaf stress on any of the three plants, but I anticipate issues with salt buildup at the roots will come up before harvest on the plants that I did not flush. Almost 32 inches tall today. Flushed the LA Peyote Kush w/ 7 gallons. I will leave the one plant alone to see if salt buildup occurs. THURSDAY: up to 33”. I’m running out of vertical room, so a taller tent is ordered and scheduled to arrive on Friday. Moving from a 6’ tent to an 8’ tent. Still a 2x4 size. FRIDAY: Gained another inch to 34” tall. New 7’11” tall tent coming today, so growing space won’t be an issue any more. I like the AC Infinity tent I was using except that it’s too short for my liking at 6’0”. Nice quality. Planning to assemble the new tent overnight so that I don’t disrupt the light cycle. (Will place the plants in a fully dark room overnight for 12 hours of darkness). I decided to flush the last plant today. Ran 5 gallons with Florakleen through the coco. Then 3 gallons of tap water, then 2 gallons with cal mag which resulted in a 995 ppm runoff at the end. Fed 1.5 gallons of nutrient solution at 5.9 at the end. Disassembled old tent and assembled components in the new tent overnight. SATURDAY. Finished assembling new grow tent. Plant is up to 35” tall. Now light is 19” above most colas. I cleaned out the reservoirs which had some algae on the walls. Filled the reservoirs with 5.9ph and 1100ppm nutrient solution. Adjusted lighting to a Daily Light Integral of 35 at 12 hours of light. SUNDAY: Grew to 35.5 inches….slowing down? Filled the reservoirs with 3 gallons of 1050ppm and 5.9ph nutrient solution. MONDAY: up to 36.5 inches….still growing. Budlets are tiny….wondering if I had a light leak or other issue that delayed the start of flowering. I’ve double and triple checked all lighting….definitely on 12/12. Fed .5 gallons to each reservoir.