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9/1-9/8 9/3: Plants were topped a couple days ago. The pic is after some light defoliation and plant training. I used the red plant bender clips for the first time. After doing the first plant, I was like "This is so easy. I love it." Then I broke the first branch I bent on the second plant. The second plant (not pictured) is very squat and compact. The fan leaves are the size of my head and the plant is only 7-8" tall. I ended up trimming off a few fan leaves and I put 3-4 benders on it. I will need to wait for it to grow out a little more before I do more training. I taped up the broken branch in hopes that it heals. I haven't fed anything but pH'ed H2O in more than a week (maybe 2 weeks). So, the Grow Dots appear to be working. The Blumats are keeping the plants watered perfectly. I read a lot of horror stories about Blumats, but I have had no issues so far. Not much else to say. Weekly average stats in pic. Update on plant #2. (Plant #1 is the plant on the left in the tent. Plant #2 is the plant on the right--just using these designations for this diary.): Plant #1 is doing great. Vigorous growth. Plant #2 is being a little weird. First, it's showing signs of nutrient burn at the tips of new leaves. Second, it produced the largest fan leaves I have ever seen--bigger than my head. Third, it is also the most squat plant I've ever grown. It's a chode in every respect. I defoliated the giant fan leaves, and the growth underneath is twisted and weird looking. My guess is that the leaves underneath were not uniformly finding the light because of the large fan leaves, so they twisted around randomly. That's what it looks like , anyway. The leaves also have a different texture than the healthier plant. Somewhat papery and thin. I think it's all because the whole plant was completely shaded by 4 huge fan leaves. Hoping some time under the light will fix things. I may turn the light down a bit to give it a chance to ease into its new context. I posted a pic of the second plant to illustrate. See how the new growth is yellowish and twisted? Hopefully, it's just lack of light. 9/8: Plants have grown a lot over the last few days. The squat plant is still very squat, but the foliage is getting very dense.