What, me, Genius?

These plants are exploding with growth... So much so that I am carefully considering external relocation of the ventilation and exhaust plumbing! While I recall rapid growth during early flowering from earlier grows, this time around it is significantly more noticeable. I've learned something new during this grow - the importance of pH regarding nutrient bioavailability. As it turns out, plants don't like to eat when their pH is off... and when they do eat, they're less efficient with absorbing important sustenance. Changing the ladies' pH from 6.0 to 6.5 has yielded substantial improvements in resolving early stages of nutrient deficiency. At this juncture, my only challenge is determining what to do about Apricot Oreoz. She's always been a runt but her growth is significantly lagging that of her sisters. In fact, she's lagging behind to such an extent that she's being shaded over by virtue of the other plants' massive growth. I'm carefully considering removing Apricot Oreoz from the tent and perhaps doing what I can with LST/HST and/or a SCRoG setup - with the latter option being my go-to (largely because I've never done one before). I'm hesitant to give up on her but it could be the best call if she does not at least start catching up in the next few days. Otherwise, everything is going quite swimmingly. Until next time... ***UPDATE*** Following much consideration and handwringing, I decided to cull the Apricot Oreoz plant. I've been extremely conflicted about doing so because this is the strain that originally inspired me to put so much into upgrading my grow setup... From the very beginning of my grow, Apricot Oreoz has lagged behind in both growth and vegetative development. She was much smaller than her sisters and failed to thrive into Flowering - so much so that her diminutive size resulted in being "shaded out" by the other ladies. I can accept that we all get runts once in a while, but I can't say that I'm not a little disappointed... it should be noted, however, that my Blackberry Moonrocks and Frozen Black Cherry from Anesia are growing and developing at a seemingly unstoppable rate. At the end of the day, my other plants will benefit from the extra added space to horizontally expand. RIP Apricot Oreoz