Purple Chill Auto

Week 3: 12 February - 18 February 2023 Week 4! In which I: * applied plenty more LST; * left the lights surprisingly low to the plant; * upped the amount of water 12/02/2023 (day 22): She seems to have recovered well from her topping and looks to be entering the prolific part of her vegetative stage. I'm unable to persuade myself that topping her early was a bad idea. 13/02/2023 (day 23): Wee water. Green shoots abound by the topping site. Happy girl. 14/02/2023 (day 24): Time for her first brush with LST. Wanted to ensure light penetration to all potential budsites so tied her on an angle that put the "L" in "LST". 15/02/2023 (day 25): She has immediately re-oriented from the LST so just gave it a wee tighten. Photographed from below the canopy to give an overview of what's happening with her stem/nodes. 16/02/2023 (day 26): Watered again, seems to gulp back a full 1.5L without too much runoff, which suggests her root system is expanding nicely subterraneously. Did a bit more LST afterwards and she looks truly ratty from above. Developing some golden/rusty outlines on leaves that I can't attribute to any deficiency, mainly because I'm not very knowledgeable. 17/02/2023 (day 27): MOOAR LST! Added a couple more ties to try and keep the nodes open to light and airflow, then (uselessly) photographed from above. She always looks so sad after the ties get tightened and it reminds me of days my braces got tightened as a kid. 18/02/2023 (day 28): And then some more LST, for good measure. Before and after shots demonstrate the extent to which she bounces back from one day to the next.