plant is lookin good keep it up

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I added another 2.5 ml/gal of nutes today. Total concentration is 7.5 ml/gal and so far plant is not showing any signs of stress.

Tonight is the first night I under the HID light. I'm a little worried if I have the right distance from the bulb - right now its 15" from the top of the plant. I'm concerned it may dry the medium too quickly because there is a fan blowing constantly. So I'm going to let the pumps run all the time; under the CFL they were running half an hour on half off. Temperature is around 82F, humidity around 60%.

Here is a picture right before I put it under the HID:

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I'd put it way higher at first, I harden em off at about 45 inches and then drop it over the course of a couple days down to about 20"

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The plant looks ok but the there was a lot more salt on the pebbles than before, and the level in the reservoir had gone down a little more than usual.

Today was windy day, so the plant is a little tilted. pH is higher than 6.5 but not 7 yet. Will check it again tomorrow morning and possibly adjust. I’ve been adding distilled water to the reservoir as it evaporates, that’s probably why.

Pic from today:

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Not much new today. pH was 6.5 in the morning, I brought it down to 6.0 but by the evening it was back up to 6.5. I'm going to have to use a more concentrated ph down solution.

Pic from today:

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Battles with pH again. It was 6.5 I decided to lower it by adding 1/4 tsp concentrate of ph down.

An hour later, it was down to 6 if I looked at the vial under a lightbulb, but if I tested it against the sun it was between 4 and 5. I really hate to shell out the money for a digitial ph meter but I may have to.

Pic from the day:

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The plant spent some of the day in the sun. pH is over 6.5. I’ll let it run overnight and correct in the morning.

The plant really exploded when I put it under the sun. However, once I returned it under the HPS the top pair of leaves started to hang down a little. That usually happens with the other plants when I have it too close to the light, so I moved the light up a notch. I’m also seeing some nutrient burn on the older leaves, but nothing too serious. I’ll back out the nutes a little on the next feeding which should be in the next few days.

Let me know if you think the reason for the hanging leaves is different. You can see them here:
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and the aerial view
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Great! I'm doing Roadrunner at the moment as well. You're 10 days ahead of me.

Anyone have ideas why the top leaf is hanging so low. Is it overwatering? Is it too close to the light? Or too much light cause it was in the sun most of the day? Or too hot/humid something?

Any help appreciated.

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Plant's doing fine, just updating daily pic. It should start to flower any day now. Its been almost a week since last change of nutes so once it flowers I'll put it on different schedule.

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