Finally I'm caught up with my diary entries. I removed some of the bottom leaves to help the plant focus on bud growth. I didn't remove too many but now its even easier to water the plants. The Buds are starting to thicken up and the plants are pretty tall. I'm not noticing a huge increase in the smell yet but I assume the plants will get more skunky in weeks to come. Im starting to collect the supplies that I will need for drying, pruning and cleaning up the buds and curing. I cant wait to try the fruits of my labour but it will be a few more months before that can happen.
I use botanicare products as well and I use 4 stage RO water. I started young plants on 3ml per gallon of cal mag and increase it to 5 max. Just finished my first grow too and that cal mag because of the 2.0.0 caused a nitrogen toxicity in late flower just an FYI. Good luck happy growing!