oh and also if you wanna have heavy buds from top bottom hang your light vertically.when you crop this time notice all the fluffy stuff on the bottom.and then try hanging it vertical big difference in yield....my opinion
nice grow put your 5 gallon in a tote and put 5or6 inches of water and put your ice bottle in there i cant imagine the roots like touching that cold bottle......my two cents
i notice when i change my res and adjust ph to 5.8 i will check in about 3 hours and it rises quite a bit but then i adjust and she stays low.when your plant is bigger and has lots of roots it is normal for your ph to rise as the plant eats
it would be better if you place your bucket into a little tote then add cold water and your frozen bottle. bottled ice directly on roots is not good but i am fairly new someone will chime in.
nice grow i am also a newbie but have learned bigger the net pot bigger the bud i had 2 3inch net pots and 2 6 inch net pots my first time and could tell noticable difference on girth of buds now i am in 10 inch net pots can we say sweeeeeeeet.anyways just tryin to help it is all a great...
and when i change res and set ph i check in about 4 hours and it is usually back up to 6.1 or 6.2 but when i adjust then it will stay down and rise normally