Alaskan Purple Auto

Overall week 5 has been a good week. Changed light cycle from 24/0 to 18/6, defoliated, and re-tied everything back down. Plants all lost about half of their height after I tied them back down.The FIM and LST techniques are keeping the ladies nice and short with a multitude of bud sites. Trying to keep the canopy nice and even throughout the entire grow as I've learned in previous grows that an even canopy equals even bud quality. These plants have been defoliated around the base of the plants and anywhere light was having trouble reaching. Plants are smelling even more wonderful and seem to be enjoying their current environment. My Alaskan Purple Auto is probably my favorite of the three autos in this grow. She is very aromatic and extremely sturdy with thick dense buds. I cant wait to see the final product! Oh yeah, I also added an older 300w blurple light in the mix just to make sure I have more than enough light. My SS1000 puts out great numbers no matter where I check it in the tent but I just wanted the added satisfaction plus I'm just curious to see the changes if any with the added light. I know either lights can grow nice plants on their own so combined? Who knows.. we'll see.