AeroGarden AutoFlower Experiment

The plants have made a great recovery from last weeks accident. The canopy has started flowering new buds in place of the previous burnt ones, and seems to be growing fast again towards the light. It is a challenge finding the right height to keep the LED light from the canopy, to ensure spread (so that all buds receive optimal light) but also intensity. However, considering the UK Cheesy Express is flowering so well from quite a distance from the light, I don't consider this to be a major issue. This week, when changing the nutrients, I also started to use distilled water. I hope this will aid in the growth and flowering of the plants. In the past I had an issue using distilled water, which now seems laughable. I found it hard to get a good PH reading of the water, due to the lack of ions within distilled water itself. However, I was measuring this before putting in any nutrients. Obviously, I only need to measure this after adding nutrients, to then subsequently make the necessary adjustments. From now on, and in the future when growing hydroponically, I will continue to just use distilled water. I'm hoping I can harvest the UK Cheesy Express very soon, and plan on looking at the plant under a USB microscope within the next few days to check on the colour of the trichomes. If I can see a few amber trichomes amongst mostly milky ones, I will harvest the plant. I will harvest it in stages though, taking the top half first, and then waiting for the lower portion to mature. The Jack Horror has another 3-4 weeks to go still.