Sha Ha Kush 12/12fs

Ok so technically this is still week 8 and this after on Friday: WE HAVE FEMALE PRE-FLOWERS! YES!! Post defoliation stress ~ After work I noticed the lower remaining fan leaves (older fan leaves) started to yellow at the tips after defoliating last night. My theory was that now with less foliage it has caused a some kind of stress as predicted. BUT this seemed to appear as a deficiency. After researching to confirm my theory I found an article on this webpage below. https://www.zamnesia.com/grow-weed/128-defoliation Here is some information from a paragraph I read. “There is a sorcerers' art to getting the defoliation-to-transpiration-needs ratio right. “Overdoing it has the effect of overfertilizing your plants and giving them nutrient stress.” When too much leaf material is removed and efficient transpiration is interrupted, nutes can build up in the root zone, causing cooking or nutrient lockout. Nutrient strengths will need to be adjusted to suit the less demanding plants until they recover. Experience eventually gives you the sense for verdant volume in a grow room” ~ End of quote* As I suspected this was a stress signal. From taking too many fan leaves being such a small plant. Alternatively I should have only taken 2 fan leaves rather than 6. I will be changing nutrient solution this afternoon instead of Saturday. I mixed a new batch of nutrients Using 2/3rd strength of Ionic Bloom Nutrient solution half strengths of the trace Mix and half strengths of silica and add a half strengths of “Seasol Kelp meal” to help the plant cope with this stress. BUT THE BEST OF NEWS I FINALLY SEE FEMALE PRE FLOWERS! WOOHOO! I imagine I’ll add some updates next Monday as I have a full weekend and we all know what’s going on here. So I’ll get back to everyone next Friday and call it week 10 Cheers for watching on guys! And see you next week! Peace ✌️