Organic Gorilla Glue Auto x2

Sep 18 - New week begins with new bud sites are popping up along trained branches. I might let them stretch to 18" below light, as this is optimum range in the PPFD charts I've seen. I suspect I'll amend the soil in the next couple of days. Sep 19 - Both girls are light today - definitely drinking up water nicely (every second day, just over a liter). Did some tucking today, accidentally bent a leaf too far the wrong way. I don't want to shock the girls, so I'm being very careful not to defoliate. Sep 20 - Noticed the leaves at bud sites are drooping - perhaps beginning stage of underwatering? Or perhaps a different stage in plants maturity? Took photos an hour after water to compare Sep 21 - Girls are perky today after watering. Removed yellowed, wilting leaves. Colas are getting taller (may need to HST if they get too close to the light in coming weeks). I watered today at 3pm, leaves drooped after which caused concern of overwatering Sep 22 - Both plants healthy throughout the day, but drooped heavily in late evening. I'm reducing water amount because each morning soil is moist within fingernail depth. Experimenting with half a liter (to runoff) Sep 23 - 10 minutes after lights on, plants seem perkier than last night, but expect them to continue perking up as the day progresses. Sep 23 - Watered 1L at Noon to runoff. Plants were clearly perkier at 5PM, although not quite 'praying' which I'd prefer to see. Both plants have 1.4L water in 26 hours. Plan to water each morning at least 1.3L from now on. Sep 23 - Drooping at 6:40 PM - Immediately after defoliating 3 large, lower canopy fan leaves. Either Circadian rhythm or stress from defoliation? Sep 24 - The pots are very heavy this morning, but plants are healthy with praying leaves finally! Soil is still moist, so will likely be evening or late afternoon when they get another liter. 6PM, this time yesterday the leaves were drooping heavily. Today they're perky.