First Autos

This week went fast. Plants seem to be doing pretty well all in all. Right plant is almost ready - I'm seeing a couple of amber trichs on the sugar leaves and the buds aren't far behind. Will likely harvest over the weekend if it keeps maturing like this. Center plant is very big. I tied the main cola to the side to avoid the light and it has started to fatten up. Left plant is somewhere between center and right plants - medium size and filling out quite a bit. I mixed up a fresh batch of nutes over the weekend. EC is higher than I'd like but I'll be adding water shortly to dilute as they're drinking a lot. I also did a bunch of defoliation on the lower parts of the plants. There was a lot of thrip damage and dead leaves. I sprayed an insecticide soap on the lower bits but want to avoid spraying anywhere near the flowers this close to harvest. At this point I think these plants are going to make it through to harvest, but this is something I want to catch earlier if it happens on the next run.