11/06/21 Startup

So far so good, start of the week 5. Pre-flowering is going great with the Purple Punch and Gelato. After researching it does seem like the Critical Banana does take about 1-2 weeks longer than the other two plants to reach a noticeable pre-flowering stage. I have been watering about 1.5 - 2 cups of distilled water everyday so far all 3 plants seem thirsty, I'm being cautious about over-watering. ̵I̵'̵m̵ ̵a̵l̵s̵o̵ ̵u̵p̵p̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵a̵m̵o̵u̵n̵t̵ ̵o̵f̵ ̵B̵i̵g̵/̵T̵i̵g̵e̵r̵ ̵B̵l̵o̵o̵m̵ ̵t̵o̵ ̵2̵.̵5̵ ̵t̵s̵p̵/̵g̵a̵l̵ ̵f̵r̵o̵m̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵1̵.̵5̵ ̵t̵s̵p̵/̵g̵a̵l̵ ̵f̵o̵r̵ ̵f̵e̵e̵d̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵t̵h̵i̵s̵ ̵c̵o̵m̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵S̵a̵t̵u̵r̵d̵a̵y̵. I did notice a little bit of yellow tips on the Gelato, I believe this is just because they were never fed before week 4 so maybe a little bit of a nutrient burn. Will be cautious about upcoming feeding and keep monitoring leaf tips. I placed the Critical Banana on a stand to get it closer to the light since it was so short. Update 12/18/21 - I notice that brown spots were on a couple of the leaves. After troubleshooting I believe I'm dealing with Cal/Mag deficiencies. I'm holding off on feeding them until Sunday night and I'm upping the Tiger Bloom to the recommended amount to give the plants a decent Magnesium dose. I have order the General Hydroponics CALiMAGic 1-0-0 and will hopefully get that in Monday for use. Did a small Maintenance day on Tuesday this week. Critical Banana Smoothie - Tied down the side branches to spread the plant out a little more. Very short and bushy. Pre-flowering is more noticeable and looking nice as we head towards the end of the week. Brown spots on the leaves suspect is Cal/Mag deficiencies. Purple Punch - Very minor defoliation work. This plant is looking beautiful and really have no concerns at the moment. Some of the bottom leaves are getting scarring on them. I suspect light stress. Gelato - Very minor defoliation work. Flowering is coming along fine however the plant is starting to grow taller than I expected, so a little concerned that it might be too close to the light causing burning. This definitely is making me learn more about LST so I can try to avoid this on future plants. Yellow tips seem to decreased quite a bit towards the end of the week.