First Grow with Mephisto Autos

This week, I successfully raised the PPMs to around 1000 by slowly increasing about 50PPM per day. The ladies aren't showing any signs of nutrient burn yet, so I think I will hold steady here until my next res change (next weekend). I've introduced a few new nutrients: Diamond Nectar and Flower Fuel, in the last few days. What will that do? Who the hell knows, but we're going to find out! Roots are a little darker than before, but I think (hope) that's just staining from the increased nutes. The 2x Creme de la Chem are definitely at the start of their flower, and I'm pretty worried at their height. She's grown nearly a foot in the last week! My light is already at the top of the tent, and I've shown that I suck at bending main stalks over (see: last week when I decapitated the SOH). Nevertheless, I slightly bent the tallest stalk, and tied her down. So far, so good. I'm only 10in or so away from the lights, so I'm on the lookout for praying leaves and light bleaching. These ladies seem to have taken well to the defoliation I've done, but still the canopy is super dense, and I'm not too sure how to choose what to defoliate on the top. What I've been doing is looking up from the bottom of the ladies and clipping any fanning leaves that look dark (as in, light not shining through them). Other than that, I've been leaf tucking to try and keep all bud sites directly exposed to the light. The Super Orange Haze seems to have stopped stretching (thankfully!), and is full on working on buds. There are bud sites everywhere, and she's spindly enough that even the lower bud sites are getting decent light. I haven't done much defoliation or LST on her since last week's disaster, and as far as I can tell she's thriving.