as long as its supported for a few days it will recover and be just fine,as for your friend tho i trust after the beating u give him he will need a few more days then the poor plant to recover ;)
in my experience the more u have the more u smoke so its never enough.that said an ok average is 1 lb per 1000w light,and yes dun right what u grow yourself will almost always blow anything u find on the street out of the water.of coarse there is always an exception to every rule ;)
4 or 5th node down is the best place to clip and as far as rooting hormones go its more of a preference then anything else(some ppl like gel some ppl like powder,personally i like the powder),any home & garden place will stock it.
clones can be taken for years and years from the same plant,they are an exact copy of the parent plant in every way.as long as the mother plant stays healthy it will produce babies exactly like the very 1st clone ever taken(your grandchildren could very well be smoking the exact same plant u...
almost looks like ph is ur meter calibrated?ide put a fresh nutrient solution in the res and check the ph every couple of hours,to make sure its stable.
flushing b4 harvest is dun for the last week or 2 of the plants life and is accomplished by just giving it plain water (no nutrients)
hell mary flush is dun by watering the pot or system with plain water until u have a substantial amount of runoff
white widow,sugar blossoms,blueberry x ak47 and a white rino...the white rino is old but i cant bring myself to get rid of her,shes bin with me a long long time now :)