Fifth and final week of veg has come to a close. 12/12 light cycle began today. The branch I snapped has mended but is now far behind the rest of the plant. I was going to just clone it but I've never mended a completely severed branch before so this is more an experiment and learning experience. I'm mostly curious to see if the branch will still produce bud worthy of keeping it or if its better to just make it into a clone. I'm sure in the future I'll make the same mistake again and when I do I want to know what my best option will be from personal experience.
Interesting experiment coming up about CMH, I'm using one 315W too. I can't really consider 600W hps because the lamp distance of 60cm is annoying, and it's probably too hot to handle in my room. I may add some COB LED light, but I am very happy with the CMH bud. Looks similar to this one in structure (From my Critical XXL grow)
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From the leaf damage on week 8 - it looks reminiscent of either a leafhopper (strip damage), or spider mites (pinprick damage). I just finished the same strain and they were susceptible to the same thing, esp the spider mites. Just keeping them in check is a chore (complete removal seems almost impossible), but it doesn't affect yield or degrade performance. Check the undersides of the leaves. I hold mine by the stem and rotate them 180. If you do find them, they'll look like dots - adults are easy enough to kill just by gently smearing the bottom side of the leaf, the eggs can be harder depending on how many there are. Sometimes I'd just pinch the whole leaf. Leafhoppers hide on the stems in the middle of the plant and will come out to eat at night.
Thanks for the info. I'll check them out tonight under a jewler's loop. But it seems to have more or less gone away, I haven't found any leaves over the past week or so that has similar damage.