First grow, 3 weeks since flip, looking for any help

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Hello all, this is my first grow, and I’m just looking to get some of my final questions answered before I can finally get to my first harvest and start livin the good life.
This is the only one of my three plants that were female. The other two males were spotted early and were removed in time for her to not be affected. Today marks 3 weeks since I’ve flipped the lights, and maybe about two and a half weeks since pistils started forming. She’s coming along beautifully, and I’m aware that now is a good time to do a final trim to clear out some bulk, but I’m unsure of how I should go about it and don’t want to stress my plant out.

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Planted March 28th
Medium is Fox Farm Ocean Forest
Strain: found in my weed I bought from some dude, was told it was Boston Runtz
pH has been locked at 5.8, I’ve tried flushing it all the way down to 500 ppm and it still hasn’t budged. I’ve been making triple sure that the water I’m feeding is pHed to 6.3-6.5, and also being sure to add nutes before pH balancers, she’s just being stubborn. Use nutes when PPM falls below 1300
Use Fox Farm Trio, started using Tiger Bloom a week after switch.
Lighting is two SF1000s on 100%, partially being used by a small 1 month Gelato 41 plant doing its thing with LST.
7 gal fabric pot, as standard
Temp and humidity is shown below

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Also been having a problem for a while with some low/mid section leaves getting brown and dry and gross looking. I think it may be an airflow problem because it tends to happen in more bunched up areas. I try to trim a leaf or two here and there when I see it, and I think it’s totaled up to a good 30 leaves that have had this problem now. Anybody have any idea what this could be?

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Thanks for any help y’all can give me, I’m super excited to finally be seeing results

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@Adrjon99 hello there Growmie. There are different thoughts on foliage removal basically when I go to flower I’ll trim them up, take some clone clippings if they are photos and air flow is critical. Now in flower you dont want to stress them but you need them to be healthy. My girls before my rebuild and cleaning yesterday

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Welcome to this great place others will add

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Welcome , plant looks great , 5.8 PH is not a deal breaker. Also plant Looks to have good light penetration an air flow. If you choose to take a few leafs don’t get crazy.
Happy growing :v:

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Thanks for sharing, your plants are looking good. I don’t plan on doing any clones as I don’t really have the space lol. About how many leaves and sucker branches do you think I should/can take off before the plant hates me for it?

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Good to know. The plant does look healthy, but has some purple/red stems and veins on some fan leaves. I also haven’t noticed any obvious signs of deficiency anywhere, aside from maybe the drying leaves?

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The purple stems that’s normal.

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Also noted, thank you

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Hi Adrjon, i’m on my first grow as well and someone suggested checking a guy out on you tube for defoliation and training. He has a ton of videos and you can learn different techniques to try and even what to do if you mess up. Very educational, his name is Bill Ward.

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Will have a look tonight, thanks a bunch for the recommendation

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Lookin good :metal::green_heart:

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Thanks!!

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Agree with @kellydans, plants look great and would only remove a few if necessary. Maybe wait until the end of week 6 and do a clean up :love_you_gesture:

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