Mephisto-Strawberry Nuggets

Week #7-Jan 15-Jan 21 1/15-As the plant has stretched upwards a bit I've been able to do a little bit of LST pulling 4 of the main stems out a bit which is giving the plant a little more room to breathe. 1/16-Finally I see sign of pre-flowering. After posting a question here on GrowDiaries I got some sage advice and decided not to kill this one. After looking at a couple of Diaries I'd not seen previously where the growers were experiencing a very long time to pre-flower as well they went on to have very big and healthy harvests. I'm hoping the same happens here. Once again I learn that patience is a key element when growing cannabis. 1/18-Things are finally happening. Plant is growing TALLER each day. She is up to 10 inches now. Buds are starting to emerge within the canopy. I'm starting to think this baby might just come through after all. Did some further defoliation this evening to expose bud sites to light. As she gets taller I'm able to do a bit more LST as well pulling some branches apart to give some space. 1/20-Bud sites are breaking out everywhere now. The plant looks to have grown an inch in the last couple of days up to 11 inches now. I'm so glad I did not chop this baby down. I'm starting to think this one might wind up being great. 11/21-Plant grew another inch yesterday to 12 inches. As its grown taller its been easier to do some more LST to try to pull the branches out a bit and get some light across the whole of the plant. I figure this plant has got another 5-6 weeks of flowering ahead so I decided to be a bit more aggressive in trimming out the huge fan leaves that have been covering up the lower branches. They've been growing so wide and fast that I think the plant will be able to handle it. Based on all the other Strawberry Nuggets grows I've looked at I've definitely thinned this one out and pulled the branches the most. I hope I did not overdo it. The plant is definitely starting to take in alot more water but the runoffs have been spot on so it appears that she is uptaking the nutes nicely. Two weeks ago I was ready to give up on this one so everything good that happens in these last weeks feels like a bonus.