I started off the week by running my EC up to DutchPro’s recommendations. Real quick I realized that if I am going to change my reservoir every 10-14 days, that I will never be able to afford this brand of nutrients. I ran this strength for 3 days with no more growth than the previous week. So I removed around 25% of my nutrient solution and replaced it with RO water. This diluted it down to 1600ish. Since then I have been dropping it down about 50 EC per day. Seems like 1400-1450 is a comfortable range for my set up. I also started adding some additional CaMg this week that has helped my leaves darken up from the lime green that they have been since the beginning.
Personaly you will see alot of different answers to this hot topic question as many growers will train there plants in varying ways ... I haven't done heavy defoliation before lights out I'm usually doing it a few hours after lights are on and then it's alright to start and then maby I'll come back tomorrow and finish up so as to not stress the girls to much ...I would assume you could do both ways yet once you do it and lights are on those leaves start peeking right up and reaching for the light... They want that light after to draw energy and recover.. As long as they are healthy and doing good light pruning will help with air flow, light penetration , and humidity or mold problems it a very valuable tool to have at your side ... I would let those girls go another week and then pick ones that really take away from bud producing sites..cheers
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