Yeah I cleaned the roots by hand with warm water and it cleared all the build up. I’ll change the PPM.
Never use warm or cold water can shock and stress the plants. Not a huge deal but good practice to use tepid water.
Those leaves are laying on the pail and get no airflow. Just remove them and get some airflow.
IME topping in hydro doesn't skip a beat I would say a day or 2 at most your good to go
I dont think you are at risk of overcrowding, when they get older you can tie strings from the colas to the crossbars at the top of the tent to help spread them out too. If it was me I wouldn't top it again, with those lights especially you will probably get a better yield having more small, shorter colas as opposed to fewer taller, larger colas. You can bend them down like Brotofsky said and tie them off to the net pot lid.
Depends on how big you want the plant to end up, expect it to grow anywhere from two to four times its height during flower. For example if you switch now, your plant will likely get between 18 and 36 inches tall.
What should the ppm and the water level at during the flowering phase? I seen ppm from 600 all the way to 900. Do I keep the water level same?
Give the plants as much as they want by checking the ppm of the res before and after every feeding. If the res ppm rises higher than it was after the last feeding it means the plant wants less nutes, if the ppm drops lower then it was after the last feeding then the plant wants more. Water level should stay the same, about one inch under the netpot. I try not to let mine drop more than 3 inches before feeding but sometimes this can happen unbelievably fast, its not the end of the world when it drops more, just adjust you watering schedule accordingly. Keep in mind that its not just the plant drinking more that causes this but as the roots grow they displace water, effectively reducing the capacity of the reservoir.
