here we are at the start of the fifth week since flipping, nothing much to see or say, buds are "set" and in the process of stacking and pumping out trichomes, i have a carbon filter so the smell is always in check but i have noticed slightly more smell lately, have maintained a hands-off approach to defoliation and have absolutely zero yellowing leaves but the lower growth is predictably less robust although vigorous, i do plan to do a late defoliation when i start the flush as that point in the lifecycle will benefit more from the stress, we'll see, just seeing about this myself. gonna cut back on the calmag extra unless i start seeing deficiencies as to avoid a build up.
@Hempface86, same thing happened with "king's banner f2" from this same genetics company, and needless to say it was also straight fire herb, aside from the "gamma berries" ive tried from dark horse, they have all been top-shelf kind bud. cheers!
a final thought: from this run i can honestly say that yields were in line with those from previous scrog-type runs and resulted in less larf and more nugs, i feel, because they were just left alone to set bud early and start stacking without being weaved into a trellis net, i kept good airflow to the underskirts so my hand's off approach to defoliation of only removing visibly dead leaves had no adverse side effects. at the end of the day this marshydro sp-250 pulling 300 watts from the wall can only flower out 9-12 ounces regardless of training methods...i knew that light was the prime element in a grow but confirmation is always nice to have.