As for the flushing, I did flush twice on most of them, 3 times on a few - waited until it was running clear for a full flush. I NORMALLY don't water until the pot is nearly as light as before it was watered the very first time. I've only watered once a week at most in the past. I don't top up, I don't do anything until it's light. But I did water a bit early when I did yesterday, but I really did need to kill the bugs if I wanted a better crop - so I did. And, I wanted to get rid of any old ferts that could cause problems or locks as they were showing a need. Heck, I've watered each time with half nutrients just because it's only once every 7-10 days!

They were VERY VERY sad after the shower, but perked up more quickly than usual when we put them under the new lights - thus they seem happier than usual. I'm pleased with their response. Again, I'm planning on more lights quite soon, trying for 2500-3000K lumens per square foot as it's not too expensive. Next time, switching to HPS 250 since it'll always be a small grow. We'll also be getting the air circulation set up in the next couple days to make sure it doesn't get too hot. I went ahead and kept the closet closed today after the flush to see how they did with the lights and how hot it got. It wasn't bad, but more than it had been with the other lights, and it likely will be more when I get the proper reflectors in place. Thus we'll need the air circulation going to help.

Oh, another thing weighing down the plant was from the compost (manure-based) slurry that I poured on. Many leaves still had some on that I was waiting to finish drying for an easy brush off instead of having to wash it off. If you see the greyer areas on the leaves near the bottom? That's the compost slurry leftovers. There are a couple leaves that show an edge spot that looks like calcium deficiency or such, and one or two leaves on four plants that looked like they were low on phosphorous - which is why I flushed until the water was coming clear (especially those that showed anything).

I hate overwater issues mostly because I lost many of my best, highest-costing plants this year that I had just planted this spring (10 months after moving into the house) when our neighborhood had a lot of back-yard flooding in June. I didn't realize that the flooding-prevention pipes buried at the back end of all the properties here were not working or I'd not have planted them all there. Fortunately, most of my roses made it (no idea HOW!) although I lost most of my daliahs and ALL the heritage varieties! So mad about that, although the one I got because it shares my daughter's name survived at the DEEPEST part of the flood! No idea how unless it's just as stubborn as she is... But it was hard, really, to water this much on these plants but I want them to have the best chance they can have to make what my husband needs (it's been hell dealing with this pain for the past nearly 2 years, on top of the periods where he threw out his back on occasion before that)... *sigh*