My first indoor grow, need evaluation and recomendations, diagnose my plants.

Hi all! So i'm not entirely sure how to go about posting all this but here goes.

x5 sunsystem blockbuster hoods 8" air cooled
x5 SUNMASTER 600 watt HPS super sodium 2 in 4x8 tent for mid sized plants x3 to finish
agrobrite t5 2ft by 3ft for clones
titan control helios controll box
x5 apollo purple reign ballast
minisplit heating cooling
73degree room temp
4x8 secret jarden orca
4x12 open room scrog space.
Medium promix bx 7g smart pots with pot risers


Nutes
veg: flora micro
flora grow
super thrive
calmag +

Veg addativeonly when watering not feeding)
Kelp
superthrive
calmag+

Flower:
Flora bloom
flora micro
calmag+
superthrive (discontinue superthrive 2 weekds before finish)

Flower addative:
Flora nectar
Floralicius
Liquid Koolbloom
Plants are 6weeks from seeds

I have topped all my plants (except the auto) 3times the sides x1 time
im currently growing x2 Thc bomb x8 kushbomb x1 cherry bomb auto. I have been noticing some yellowing and the bottom leaves have been going yellow and looks like burnt holes on some of them I think this is a calcium problem. I may be underfeeding. Also i brought in some plants to finish from outside and got spider mites been using floramite/avid in rotation no longer seeing mite damage but still see some unhatched eggs i will be nuking these motherfuckers untill gone. If i cant get rid of them i will burn this whole fucking house down.

Please make any suggestions that would improve my yields/quality of grow. Also diagnose what the issue is on my plants yellowing and the spots

Try flushing. Also, defoliate as much as possible.

how can i tell when i need to flush? what benefits does this serve? i am taking cuttings from these in the next few days then waiting a week then flipping 12/12

Lets talk about your water for a minute. RO? Tap,ph, ppm etc?

using ro starting ppm is 15 i add cal mag and superthrive to 250ppm for water with full veg feed ppm is around 600-650

also when i flushed the water came out with alot of nutes it was 6.7ph and 960ppm this normal?

bump?

I don't worry about ppm and all that, I just used jugs of distilled water and mix my nutes into that then check ph, after that just listen to your girls. To me they look very full and big so your doing great. Some discoloration isn't the end of the world but can lead to bad things if untreated. To me it looks like you can just up your nutes alittle at a time and see how she reacts. Lower leaves turning yellow usually means it wants more nitrogen, and remember, bigger plants mean they want to feed more and more, so the mount of nutrients that were good for them a few weeks ago may not be nearly enough anymore.
Also do not defoliate as much as possible. If you are running a HPS those have great penetration and will reach low branches pretty easy. Leafs give your plant energy to keep growing, the more the better. Until you reach a point where a leaf is sucking up more energy than its receiving because of lack of light or blocking a vital top node from receving its light. On my girls I'm scroging and i did defoliate alot of leaves below the screen but that's because I am running with cfls and they don't have good penetration so all my lower leafs were doing more harm than good and eventually would just make poor popcorn nugs that wernt any good and would just take away from my more potent top nugs. Hope this helps!

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I don't worry about ppm and all that, I just used jugs of distilled water and mix my nutes into that then check ph, after that just listen to your girls. To me they look very full and big so your doing great. Some discoloration isn't the end of the world but can lead to bad things if untreated. To me it looks like you can just up your nutes alittle at a time and see how she reacts. Lower leaves turning yellow usually means it wants more nitrogen, and remember, bigger plants mean they want to feed more and more, so the mount of nutrients that were good for them a few weeks ago may not be nearly enough anymore.
Also do not defoliate as much as possible. If you are running a HPS those have great penetration and will reach low branches pretty easy. Leafs give your plant energy to keep growing, the more the better. Until you reach a point where a leaf is sucking up more energy than its receiving because of lack of light or blocking a vital top node from receving its light. On my girls I'm scroging and i did defoliate alot of leaves below the screen but that's because I am running with cfls and they don't have good penetration so all my lower leafs were doing more harm than good and eventually would just make poor popcorn nugs that wernt any good and would just take away from my more potent top nugs. Hope this helps!

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Thank you very much for this helpful post.
Moondance

Debating if its worth it to run 1000w hps vs 600w Im trying to recoupe my expenses from this room as fast as possible. I have spent 7600.00 building this room, but its not that big of deal because i can get a quick 3200.00 an lb with a phone call. So now im focusing as much as possible on yield. Anyone have thoughts on best number of plants to run per 600w, height , veg time ect.?

I would go the 600 watt route for the reduced heat amount, 600 watt you can do 6 per 4x4 space horizontaly, 8 per 4x4 space on Ladders vertically bare bulb for the most energy in the right places, um I could go on but what are your thoughts on this, veg time matters you dont say how long they have been vegging and when you want to flip. if you want to double net or rope the scrog, sorry but your details on your choices help to help you better is why I ask so much.
Moondance.

I kinda want to do away with the scrog its hard to rich in the back. They have been vegging about 6weeks from seed. I am waiting on some gear to get here and i will then take some cuttings and flip
currently only have four per light but i could see doing six. I would have to raise my light up though i think. Im about 20inches above canopy right now.

Cool sounds like you have most of it cooking in your head.
Moondance