Novarin THCV - pheno run

Recovering from high pH with mixed successes. And aphids starting to build up colonies in my garden. Novarin plant 1 kept on stretching after one top branch broke off. She has only one top and is 55 cm stretchy tall. She was grown with same soil mix and had the same pH but there was no sign of leaf trouble as in plant 2. Seemed to be an easier phenotype to grow. Plant 1 is getting tall. I am thinking about cutting her off low to let the tiny branchlets at the bottom grow. It is a bit drastic. On the other hand, I am getting into my wet season. Plants will have to veg for three more months before they go into flower. There is plenty of time. Tackling pH issue. I added wood vinegar to water. The watering pH was around 5.5. Use the sour water twice. And the soil pH did not budge. I think the problem will go away only when I change the pot size with new soil. I think charred rice husk and large pumice tends to increases pH. I need my acid producing microbes. Plant 2 leaves were yellow. It seemed like starving plant. And since I did not get pH to move down, I fed by spraying a quarter strength of orchid fertilizer on leaves. Newer leaves on plant 2 seemed to have green up. But there are still yellow leaves in the middle. Next week, I spray one more round. Plant 2 is either difficult or has voracious appetite. I do hope for plants that eat plenty. Looking at the leaf shape on plant 2, I doubt that she is a heavy feeder. The only way to find out is to slowly increasing the feeding push. Plant 3 the runt plant is 3 weeks behind her siblings. Leaves are big and wide. I am letting her run for a couple more weeks. Next week, I’ll be spraying plants with metharhizium anti insect microbes at least three rounds. Forecast is full of rain that will wash off the spray.