Purple Quest Candidate #7

Week 5: 7 days after transplanting plants to 16L pots and the second topping, everything seems to be fine. A potential PH issue, but I believe it's underwatering! ✂️ TIME FOR SECOND TOPPING ✂️ ---------------------------------------- First topping (above node 3) been performed during week 3. I'm trying to start flowering earlier than with my previous grow: hopefully at week 8 instead of week 10. So I'm happy because I been abble to perform the second topping this week, one week of advance compared to my previous grow. Each plants grow 2 branches at node 3, after the first topping. Those new branches been topped again above node 3. Node 2 of thoses branches been defoliated, and I removed oldest and useless leaves. I could have topped them way earlier in my opinion, since they had grow 6 nodes! 🔧 FINALLY PERFORMED LST 🔧 ------------------------------------ I wanted to start LST after plants transplants to the 16L pot. Because I'm using sting to attach every branchs, Performing it on 4 plants take some time, and doing it once to redo It completly 1/2 weeks later was... NO 😆 But the plants got strong colas quickly, I had to be verry careful. I broke branches in the past, I know how stressfull It can be, and it would totally break my "quick" grow expectations, forcing me to delay flowering begining. So first thing: Get the plant thirsty. They are way easier to bend when plant's tissues aren't saturated with water. Then, I bend the branches at multiple spots, but always keeping the base of the branch in position. The bending pressure shouldn't applied to the base of your branch, never! Work your branch before applying the tension. Everything went well. No damage, no stress, just happy plants :) Some hours later every leaves were facing the light again 😊 ⚠️ POTENTIAL ISSUE: PH/UNDERWATERING ⚠️ ----------------------------------------------------- Oldest leaves started to yellow from the side, and new leaves were way lighter. This really look like a deficiency, but there is no way the soil can't provide enough nutrients. It's reused soil, but it spent months outdoor. And it's first reuse! I haven't watered the plant during ALL the week. Wanted to make sure the soil was clean of any pest, and I needed the plants to get thirsty to perform LST! I think I waited too long before watering again after transplant. I think it's not a PH issue, but a watering issue. The plants still look healthy, no worries. But I must make sure to fix this as soon as possible. (at the moment I'm writing this, week 6, I have the feeling the yellowing process stopped after watering the plants again). I will check PH of the water drained from the pots at next watering to make sure it's not a PH issue. 💜 WAY TOO SOON, BUT CAN I RECOGNIZE HER? 💜 ----------------------------------------------------------- The plants are already smelling. But... it's smell just cannabis, it's just cannabis sweat juice in the air 😊 So for now, I don't smell anything close to what I'm expecting from them. Flowering will start in 3 weeks or so... I can't wait to smell my "purple" again. The moment my noze will identify the first molecule of her delicious perfum will make my day. Maybe my year. 😍 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Thanks for reading 😊 See you next week! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜