Hey there headband,
I see now the pic of the attic, I guess I didn't really notice the close proximity to the roof. I see what you mean now. and up in an attic, NO you don't need to elavate them at all, Some serious LST is what I would be looking at for myself. LOL
Some of my outdoor plants had a tendency to start dropping the lower leaves as soon as they began to bud up. Later on I found that this was very normal, as long as it is resticted to the lower sets, but bro these folks in here can answer you so much better than I can.
I get into shaping and convincing my plants to do things that are not so natural, like growing by a low wire fence, and following the fence horizontally. LOL Just to see how far I can get them to go. Can't wait to have total atonomy in my growing MJ. Cause I'm telling you outdoors I am good. It's this indoor growing of MJ that I have never done. I feel like I'm back at college, and taking some serious horticulture classes, Biology, minerology, chemistry, hydrodynamics, Electronics, tissue culturing, propagation, and more sheeesh.
I need a hoober
smoke in peace
KingKahuuna