Northern Lights Auto - Royal Queen Seeds

Week 5 begins. The growth seems to double week to week, color and overall health appears great on both. LST on the branches to open up a bit so far no issues noted and defoliated a few leaves. Considerations for the week. 1. Additional defoliation and when? 2. Check the growth and lights. 3. Watch for signs of flowering. 4. Adjust nutrients for pre-flowering as needed. 3/7/2022 72-84F, 72% humidity. EC 1800. PH 5.96. 2 L per plant, runoff good. added a few more branches to LST, removed a few leaves. 4/7/2022 72-84F, 74% humidity. EC 1800. PH 5.94. 2 L per plant, runoff good. Removed 2-3 lower leaves off both plants. Noted that the roots have reached the bottom and sides of the 5 gallon fabric pots, soaking up those nutrients, I do see early pistils (wishful thinking?). Raised lights to 55cm. #1 seems stretchy and is 2 days older... 5/7/2022 72-92F, 70% humidity. EC 1800. PH 6.03. 2L per plant, runoff good. Changed to preflower Tripart nutrient schedule, low end of EC, will monitor closely for any signs of stress. Defoliated ~8 leaves/sm branches on lower 1/3 of both plants. Hard to tell from the pictures, but will continue to defoliate a few leaves each day. Loving the shape of both plants, especially#2. #1 is a growth machine! Increased light to 95%. 6/7/2022 78-93F, 70% humidity. EC 1840. PH 6.03. 2L per plant, runoff good. No signs of stress from defoliation and change in nutrients. Defoliated ~6 leaves/sm branches on lower 1/3 of both plants. Light height checked 40cm from #1, and 50 cm from #2. Continue to monitor and try to reduce heat in the attic, this week and next will be a challenge. 7/7/2022 78-93F, 65% humidity. EC 1860. PH 5.94. 2.5-3L per plant, runoff good. No signs of stress from defoliation and change in nutrients. Defoliated ~6 leaves/sm branches on lower 1/3 of both plants. Changed spaces with both plants to get better air circulation with the fan (or could have moved the fan!). Added a small fan at top of tent just to keep air flowing. Gathering parts to build a homemade Co2 generator to help the plants better deal with the higher temps, not sure if it will do anything, but it is least I could do for them. These two plants are dealing with non-ideal temp conditions like champs. Height 55cm & 35 cm. #1 was 35cm and #2 was at 30cm at the start of the week. 8/7/2022 78-94F, 62% humidity. EC 1780. PH 5.93. 2.5-3L per plant, good run off. No signs of stress from heat or nutrients, will slowly raise EC. Defoliated ~6 leaves/sm branches on lower 1/3 of plants. Added Co2 generator to help plant tolerate higher temps. Wifi temp/humidity monitor installed for more accurate temps. Will watch this week and next with high temps forecasted and consider decreasing light time to 16/8 to help with heat. Raised the light to 45 cm from #2, #1 ~30cm. 9/7/2022 84-94F, avg 88.5F. 64% humidity. EC 1870., PH 6.04. 2.5-3L per plant. Co2 generator 1-2 bubbles per second, no discoloration in the water or smells. Trimmed a small interior branch during defoliation and I see first signs of flower for #1! #2 cannot be far behind. What a week! Great growth, what a robust strain! Temps are high and they seem to be managing just fine. Grabbed a side-by-side photo for comparison. Height to close out the week 35cm to 66cm, and 30cm to 39cm. Wifi temp/humidity monitor is working well and the data is much more accurate. Going to run the lights one more day at this schedule 18/6, but feel I will need to reduce the light time to help manage the temperature. Questioning if I need to consider ScrOG, early flower with two differing heights?