@Mañ'O'Green I am not using Velokelp at all; but you are correct, it can be used during the entire grow.
**Copied from another thread I posted today about my issues.**
So after checking runoff PPM and pH I finally figured out what the big problem was. My runoff PPH was as high as 2900 and the pH was in the mid-7s. As a result... I decided 2 do an emergency clear water flush. After the flush my ppm's were between 5 and 600 and the pH drops to just around 7. What I intend to do is start slowly reducing the runoff pH by slowly reducing the pH of the water / newts to the Lower Side of optimal or around 5.6. I figure that within about 2 weeks the runoff pH should be optimal.
As a result of the flush, the young lady is gaining more color and I have started doing some LST on her. She seems much happier and because of the flush yesterday I chose not to water or feed her at all today. Starting tomorrow I will start her again on quarter strength nutes and increased to full strength over the next week to 10 days.
Below are a couple pics of her today after the flush and of the LST that I'm starting. On a side note... She's growing like a weed!
I have decided to do a spiral LST seeing that she is so lanky.