BlackMond

Hi @Chimken .In order not to have a large PH variation for your plants, it is better to start putting the water little by little, but before that, adjust the PH of the new water. After we have added all the products we want to the water, we should let the solution rest, and then measure the pH. If the pH is above the desired value, we should add to the water a product to lower the pH, which can be solid (powdered), or liquid, usually made with nitric or phosphoric acid. It is called pH Down. If the pH is below the desired value, we should add a product to raise the pH, the so-called pH Up, usually based on potassium hydroxide. The pH Up can also be very useful in case we accidentally lower the pH value of the solution too much with the pH Down. To lower the pH of the nutrient solution you need an acid, use lemon juice. You should add a few drops of lemon, little at a time, and measure the pH of the nutrient solution until you get the desired result. You can also use vinegar. Vinegar is also an acid and will lower the PH of your nutrient solution. Another solution is cream of tartar, also called potassium bitartrate or hydrogen potassium tartrate. Potassium bitartrate crystals are not harmful to health and, if ingested, do not pose any risk. Good luck mate

Hi @Chimken automatics detest stress, before you start defoliation let it recover from the stress of topping 7-10 days. start to make the defoliation slowly, a day a little, after 2/3 days do a little more so as not to delay the plant. good luck mate 💪👍🙏

Ok so 1st it ain't Hydro , it's coco growing with automatic irrigation , it's not the same , it's similar but not the same as you can't over water in hydro but it's possible in coco and there are more little differences like that. That said there is a similarity in hydro and coco : you are feeding straight from day one and the week 2 EC can be around 1.2/1.4 with healthy plant , so you need to feed and the dosage is significantly higher than in soil growing , what I can see is that you are not telling us which ec/ppm level you are running so it could be too low ans the plant is running out of nuts( not too high or the symptoms would have been differents ) The ph is wrong , correct it to 5.8 the sweet spot in coco and stick to 5.8 , measure the water runoff PH too to know how much the variation of ph between the input and the output is high and correct the input according to the output : ex 5.6 output then water with 6 ph to get back to 5.8ph quickly

I would just leave it and do no more bending as it is obvious that strain doesnt like it at all.you can remove all the ropes at once,won't do harm.but the plant will be straight up next morning and this won't remove the stress history so just leave it like this at least those few lower buds get better light.this will probably equalize the situation