Northern Lights Auto Hydroponics

Week 7 has the ladies during their own version of the 7th inning (week) stretch! Maybe I should play them some Harry Carey "Take me out to the ball game" 10/19 Day 45. PH is holding steady a 5.9 I did a light defoliation on some leaves that are not receiving much light, and one's that are blocking light from flower sites. Judging from the pictures today Bertha is bouncing back and is experiencing a growth spurt. Yuki is still ahead of everyone in flowering. Ruby is now starting to create flowers too. Will continue to monitor daily. They are all now stretching and I've raised the lights as high as I can for now. I can always wrap the metal cable that came with the lights around the top of the tent frame. If they keep increasing in height, that will be the solution. Water chemistry, humidity, and Air flow is the challenge this week. Judging from other grow diaries in DWC I think they have one more month to go. I just need to research ways to fatten up the flowers! 10/20 Day 46. PH is still good. I decided to take them out of the tent to do another good defoliation on them at the kitchen table, do some light cleaning in the tent as this should be the last time I remove any fan leaves. The focus was to remove all the lower leaves not getting much light and all the larfy growth playing vampire on the flowers. I also took a picture of the root mass. Finally I secured the stem in each direction so that the net pots won't tip over any more. I know they look a bit bare, but I'm hoping all the energy will go towards the flowers. Air flow increase and humidity decrease was the focus, while not removing too much that will stunt their flower power production. Looking at Yuki I believe she has a different phenotype, as Ruby and Bertha look the same. Tomorrow might be another 1/2 feeding depending on the EC levels. 10/22 Day 48. Feeding day. I'm not sure if I'm under or overfeeding them. I'm leaning towards under, but they have some signs of tip burn. I know everything I've read says autos don't like the recommended amounts suggested by the hydro-fertilizer companies. The flowers on yuki seem to be small compared to other auto-growers in week 7 here on grow dairies. The flowers on Yuki all have the appearance of "popcorn nugs." I'm debating if I should take one plant and go to 3/4 of the recommended amounts or not to see if the flowers fatten up?? At least they are all bouncing back from their haircuts. Humidity at night still is a problem even though I have a small to medium size dehumidifier in the tent. Will need to do some more shopping for a bigger unit, and one that doesn't put out too much heat. Ruby - PH 5.67 TDS 726 EC 1.544 / Bertha - PH 5.82 TDS 796 EC 1.774 / Yuki - PH 5.96 TDS 756 EC 1.578