I notice a little pistils so I think it's entering in pre-flowering stage. With LST the brances below aren't look good like the upper too. I wait for it but I'm very excited!
Hi there, it should be bounced back and for protection, I would recommend to use some fabric green screen by wrapping around the pot.It makes the plant to be shaded from extreme heat and small animals like mouse are unable to enter.Happy growing... โ๏ธ
Copper tape around the pots definitely works, it gives slugs or snails an electric shock so they will not cross over the tape, if you use slug pellets remember that they are actually a bait and you will attract all the neighbourhood slugs /snails to your crop, an alternative to pellets is aluminium sulfate, which is still a chemical but is actually allowed in organic farming, but personally if still go for the copper tape
@Gorillagardener, Thanks for support! I will take a copper tape one of this days.๐ Specially because I have other plant and I want prevent slugs or snails