First ever grow

Today we are 7 weeks old. Pictures from day 49. I am afraid pictures just don’t do justice. Lots and lots of buds forming from top to bottom. Purple skunk still seems to be ahead of sticky orange but this week, although the buds are smaller on S/O, there now seems to be a lot more of them. They are taking on a lot more water and bloom nutrients now. Watering between 1 and 1.5 litres every other day with bloom nutrients in every water. No signs that they’re getting too much (in my amateur opinion!) They still seem to be growing so I am really hoping this slows/stops this week as we have no more space! A bit reluctant to LST any more because I had a mishap last week and purple skunks main branch got a bend in it. Seems to have recovered well though but don’t want to cause any lasting damage. Some signs of light stress recently on fan leaf stems. They’re turning a little bit red but because I can’t increase the distance to the light, and because I can’t dim them at all - I just have to roll with it. Added a new light this week. Mainly because of how tall they have grown. It seemed like all the light was hitting the top of the plants and the lower branches weren’t getting enough. So I’ve added a new light and lowered the other 2 bulbs to get more light to the lower side branches. After reading for hours on end about defoliation I’ve decided not to do anymore for at least a few weeks til these buds start to get fat. With the addition of a new light I don’t feel it’s too necessary to stress them to get the light through. Just keeping an eye on any that start to overlap for now. I’m learning so much as I go along with this practice run and a lot of it is down to the amazing community here ready to answer my questions and give me advice. I have already learned from mistakes and know exactly what techniques to try next time.