Week 2 of flower is now complete, and I'm done tucking/spreading across the ScrOG. The net is pretty evenly filled - a few gaps and a few particularly tall tops but overall a nice flat canopy. New growth is looking really healthy, which I'm glad about because the total EC is quite high. I was also ill and couldn't tend the garden for a few days at the end of last week which resulted in the reservoir going dry for ~2 days. I refilled it with PH'd water for a day, then did a full nutrient mix. The plants didn't really seem to bat an eye though - the top of the coco never totally dried out (even though I bottom feed which is wild). No signs of issues and only a tiny bit of wilting for a day.
EC this week is 0.6 tap + 0.4 PK (this was a mistake, meant to do 0.1), + 0.25 calmag + 1.2 nutes (actually more because some of the stuff in there seems to not mix right away so I always see a drift) = ~2.45. Drifted up to ~2.8 after a couple days but now it is back down to 2.5 give or take.
I just defoliated most of the garden with a heavy defoliation beneath the canopy and a few upper fan leaves where they were blocking light to other tops. Definitely a little nervewracking cutting off so much of the plant, but after seeing how quickly they recovered after the first defoliation I'm not quite as nervous. Still have a bit more to do tomorrow, but hopefully this lets the plants breathe a bit more and send all their energy up top.
From what I have seen in other people's diaries and in my own as well, those tips are looking just normal. Don't be concerned, especially at this point of time in the cycle!