Chita - Gorilla Glue faster BSF

every plant is a bit different.. could just be how this one grows.. .but you can impact it with light intensity too. if you are a bit closer than before, that could cause the extra compact growth pattern too. again, there is great diversity of growth patterns out there... hopefully, within any 1 specific strain you purchase it is fairly consistent for convenience of growing. raise the light 25% of currentn distance and see what happens. I'd systematically remove soem leaves too. e.g. i have some plants like this currently. I removed the right leaf on all axillary growth and any inward facing leaf. these are all under the canopy and likely not going to grow buds anyway, so no loss (most likely stripped later on a photoperiod anyway). what it does is open up the interior of the plant. this helps avoid microbial issues that are an ever-present risk. I'd leave the large leaves as they are. The energy they provide outweight any benefit at moment. A little initial stretch of axillary growth is good, if not too crazy (they gotta be robust enough to hold future weight, of course). those first few nodes are usually trash buds, depending on intended size of your plant. No matter what, those lower limbs need to spread out from base anyway, if they are ever to get strong light and develop decent buds. you'll likely strip the lowest stuff before flipping to 12/12, anyway. So, node spacing for those lower limbs early on is only a concern for physical strength of the limb later on.

Possible potassium deficiency. Are you sure the ties are not strangling the branches? Tight ties will cut of the flow of water and nutrients. Ties should be lose loops and never tight on the branches.