First time on Grow Diaries

Lot of progress since the last update as well as a few unfortunate mishaps - Sometime late in week 5 of veg I topped all of the plants tallest main branches (2-5 tops each) after already LST’ing them earlier in veg which I think is promising so far. My usual approach to training the plants has been to top early in veg near the 6th or 7th node (as many of have probably been told) to try to get the plant to establish a more bushy growth pattern. This time I wanted to try to let the plant establish itself more before removing any tops (hence starting with LST). My thought process was that if I LST early on in veg I could get the plant to remain short and bushy and break the plants apical dominance. Then, wait until the plant is larger to top (and remove at that time, proportionally less “plant” from the plant, lol). So far I like the looks of the plants structure, and taking tops 2 weeks before flowering should lead to a good amount of main colas 🤞🏻 Secondly, and where the mishaps start, I introduced a small space heater to the tent. Since the temps started dropping here, my basement has cooled a lot and by proxy so has my tent. I noticed that my tent was especially cold Christmas Eve morning, and threw a heater in and rushed out to the festivities and accidentally burnt/dried out a few leaves and one branch on the already stunted Apple Fritter. After suspending it from the tents ceiling, I’ve had no further issues with it. Unfortunately its much harder to find floor space with six 4gal pots than it was with three 6.25gals. Switching to 12/12 now, can’t wait to see these girls flower!