Getting the rust off

Sheesh, the stretch is real. Every morning I need to take the light+fan up about 6 clicks. Two of the big girls have much more stretch than the other and are about 3 inches taller. I've decided to stop rotating them in place as 1) in the future when I setup the auto watering system I doubt I'll continue rotating them, 2) it's a pain to rearrange/tuck the leaves, 3) with the mainlined one on blocks, it's especially awkward to move. I did some defoliation on Thursday/Friday of last week, not that one can really tell despite taking off what seemed like a lot of leaves. I'm trying to just tuck leaves until third week of flower when I'll take up a lot of work. I'm still picking some of the easy lower growth while doing watering. I'm not super happy with the prototype for the self draining saucer turned out - using a hose thick enough to work with a hose o-ring+filter is a really unbendy hose. I'm thinking I'll try again, using standard 1/2" hose that I'll be using with the hydro halos and just glue/caulk a pipe screen where the hose and saucer meet.