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Let me weigh in on this, too, because it sounds like what my plants were doing before harvesting. My 7-foot-tall plants, grown in amended organic soil, partly in Earthboxes, and partly in 5-gallon bags, were dropping a tremendous number of sunleaves from the bottom of the plants, yet were blossoming heroically. From what reading I did, it sounded like some of the micro-nutrients were being tied up by pH or some combination were conflicting with each other so had become inaccessible to the plant. My pH was 7.1, still a touch alkaline from the hydrated lime, but not badly out of the acceptable range as far as I could tell. I had also begun fertilizing the soil weekly when budding began with HydroFarm Bloom for hydroponics, seaweed tea, and a little FoxFarm BigBloom. Cervantes recommended flushing the soil regularly for inside soil or hydro-grows, and use of Epson salts, like you would soak an infected sliver in, to release Magnesium, not Manganese. Or maybe it contains both; I'm no botanist. I tried Epson salts in city water, but it seemed as though it made little difference. (BTW, does the chlorine in city water affect cannibus?) I was too stubborn and proud to ask you guys before, but it's all history now since the major rains led me to harvest them a couple weeks early. Still got a fair amount of sticky bud, fortunately. As for drying, I own my own home and my wife is being unbelievably tolerant, so I've been placing the manicured buds on a window screen to dry despite high humidity. Had to remove a few pieces that seemed to have some mold when I tried storing what I thought were dried bud in glass jars, and caught it before losing everything, which happened my first grow with White Widow. The damp bud is now drying again. But yes, it smells like a jungle. Ono air fresheners made the odor relatively managable in the living room area, but our bedroom is still pretty wiff. I'm a relative beginner, too, so please offer any advice that seems appropriate. Thanks for your input, folks!