Champ has recovered nicely from his pH shock. The freckling remains on a couple of those large fan leaves, but it got no worse that pictured previously.

Champ is in another fresh rez as of 12/25. pH is back to a steady 5.8-6.1 range.

The downward curl is no longer appearing on new growth, and has improved greatly on older growth. Got curl-down? Change your rez!

I backed the lights down to 17/7 during the recovery phase, but as of yesterday it is back to 18/6. I'm only a few days' growth away from my planned flowering height (up to the bottom removable shelf in the closet), but I may hold off a tad to get Champ nice and stable first.

Today I'm giving Champ 2 CFLs of side lighting to help the middle bushy growth reach its potential. S/He stretched a bit in the last week, as you can see from the 2nd photo. But the growth pattern has been such; shooting up a bit, then growing new branches on the sides of that growth and bushing out.

On lighting -

Ok, folks... Last time: I hear you. Some say HID (MH/HPS) is the only way to grow. Some swear by CFL. And everyone thinks incandescent is a bad idea. I appreciate all the input, if not always the delivery. *chuckle* For this grow, my trial run, I am sticking to my plan. I will learn from this experience, and from all of yours, and make the necessary changes when it is time to start the good seeds.