11/6/22 - gnats seem to be gone, hooray for DE. AG and LSD have recovered from topping and are growing quickly again. By the end of this week am hoping they will be tall enough to install the ScrOGs. They're not growing super fast, but I also don't think it's time to give them nutes yet. There is still plenty left in the soil, and they look healthy. This may be a longer veg than expected.
11/7/22 - girls seem to really be taking off today. AG and LSD are pushing their lower branches up now, are responding well to topping so far. CKM may turn out to be a stretcher, which wouldn't be a bad thing since it's younger than the other 2 plants and needs to catch up.
11/9/22 - Watered and treated with Azamax today. 20ml Azamax per gallon of water. Measured runoff ppm just to get a gauge on what's still left in the soil nutrient-wise, but still will not feed until until the plants start showing deficiencies. Leaving the lower leaves on for now to monitor Nitrogen deficiency when it starts to show itself. They are just about as tall as the ScrOG nets now, should be ready for install by the end of the week.
11/11/22 - ScrOG's are in! Plants are 10 inches tall, and are right at the height of the nets now. Will begin tying down the branches as they reach the net and will switch to flower when the net is mostly full. Am interested to see how it goes with the Critical Kali, I've never ScrOGed an un-topped plant before. It definitely won't fill out the entire net, but hopefully can still get more good bud sites than just letting it grow naturally. Still haven't given any nutrients.
11/12/22 - Can't rotate the pots themselves anymore because of the ScrOGs, so have started rotating the entire formation clockwise. Will need to do some defoliation of the lower branches soon. Probably right before the next watering.
Anyone have any experience topping LSD or Acapulco Gold Strains? I've never grown these strains before and am curious how they respond to topping. Going to do it anyway, just looking for any insight from someone who's done it before. Thanks!
LSD being indica dominant, I would top it later than the sativa dominant Acapulco Gold, which will respond more vigorously to topping.
Also, your pH should be in the 6.2 to 6.8 range, 7.5 is way too high.