My first grow! - NL Auto from RQS

Another week has gone by and my plant seems to thrive, atleast for now haha. Since it was very bushy I read up on defoliation and decided that now would be a good time to do it if I was going to do it. Realizing that less is more, with it being an auto, I still went somewhat hard on the lower section. I also removed fanleaves that was blocking light to budsites in the upper canopy. Never at any point did it seem like I went too hard because the day after defoliation it was looking very healthy, with it's leaves pointing upwards in the morning so I think I did good. Redoing some LST as needed, now only doing it when a branch is blocking budsites, just trying to keep the canopy somewhat even and spread out without overdoing it. I've also decided that for my next grow I will be trying to fill the tent with photoperiods, so I went ahead and planted 2 more beans in the beginning of last week, witch has since sprouted. Wanted to use up what I had so I can plant the next batch at the same time. Another Northern Light and a freebie from RQS, a Royal Crematic. I've also realized that I'll get higher quality buds with some better ligths so I've ordered a Spiderfarmer SF2000 that's coming this week, so I'll have 320w total to work with in the tent going forward. Man, it's great watching them grow. Truly a satisfying hobby, I seriously cannot wait to be able to smoke my own homegrown bud =)