First Grow - Pluto Cut Auto R F3

Had to defoliate again, only did two so far but going to defoliate the other two today or tomorrow hopefully. These things just don't stop growing. Noticing a little nute burn at the tips so I am going to feed pH water only next time to hopefully flush it out and then possibly cut back on the nutes a bit. Not sure if the defoliation has caused them to intake more of the nutrients but that's my best guess so I'm going to dial it back a little bit. Light is at 90% power and around 16 inches from plant. I had it up to 100 but it was a little too high for them so I backed off a bit. I have been watering about every 24 to 36 hours or so because one gallon is keeping them fed. I go by the weight of the pot when I lift it. Once I realized that my nutrients were automatically perfecting my pH level I just stopped checking and results have been fine. I have not been checking pH TDS EC none of that stuff because it's just been working. I'm running low on Fox farm nutrients and will be switching to Jack's 321 eventually. I really like the Fox Farms results but being organic they aren't ideal for the self-watering bases I want to use and it's much cheaper as well. I'm going to make the switch whenever these run out but I'm thinking they may last till the end of this grow so not sure yet stay tuned. It's my first grow so I don't want to do too much But one thing about these plants is they are very durable. I have defoliated the absolute hell out of these, broken branches while training, and they just keep eating and growing without any signs of stress at all. If there has been any stunting I wouldn't know because I'm not an expert with this being my first grow. After this batch is done I'm going to run the same strain again and try some different things to see what results I get and try to improve on them. Not sure when I'm supposed to cut these but from my research it should be first week of August to mid-August sometime. Very nervous but looking forward to it as well. Sorry for the lack of updates lately life has been very hectic I will try to stay on top of it at least week to week though from here on out. So far so good!