The plants seem to be filling out a bit. I lightly defoliated again to help with ventilation and humidity.
The buds are starting to get bigger for sure but both gorilla cookies are completely different in appearance and smell from each other. Different phenos maybe? Or could it be a packaging mistake on behalf of fast buds? Who knows!
Anyway, I noticed some brown spots on a couple of leaves.. so first thing I did was check the PH of run off.
It was 5.8! Which is not ideal.. because a ph that doesn’t land between 6.0-7.0 when growing in soil will cause nutrient lockout.
I’ve concluded that the plants took in less nitrogen after defoliation, leaving some behind in the soil. Which in turn lowered the ph in the soil. Or I gave them too much! Whatever never mind!
Solution: flush with plain water at 22C ph’d to 6.5. (Soaked soil to run off, waited 15mins, then poured same amount of water through again)
One thing I am quite impressed with about these plants is how well they are taking being so close to the light. Very resilient indeed.
That’s all for now, peace ✌️