1st Grow ever

During week 3 i kept the feeding and watering routine of week 2. So 0,5 L of water with 6,3 ph every 72h and still only 0,3ml / L of the two nutrients every 2nd watering. I still keep the LED at about 40 cm above plant tops but slowly increased the veg channel to 100% over the course of the week. Plants smell is getting a little more intense when I open the tent, but overall still weak. Some of the upper new growth shows white tips. Maybe due to the light intensity. Will have to monitor that and if it gets worse either reduce light intensity or try some cal mag. Plants have grown about 15-25cm tall, getting very bushy. Hope to see some stretch soon that gives leaves more space between each other. All are developing sidebranches that try to grow up and out of the shade of the large fan leaves. I decided to do some LST and leaf-tucking so side branches would get more light exposition come the end of week 3. At end of week 3 plant Nr. 1 is the tallest with most space between internodes and the strongest side branches. Its structure is already perfect to do some tying down. So for LST it got its sidebranches tied down to space out all the growth and promote more future bud sites. Side branches of Nr. 2 and Nr. 3 are yet to small and week to get the same treatment. Instead I did some very light leaf tucking to get their new branches exposed better. Once they catch up and are as strong as those of Nr.1 I'll tie them down too. Would have preferred to do the classic LST bending the main stalk, but as plants are so bushy and squat this would mean lots of leaves touching the soil as well as shutting some side branches off the light. So it wasn't an option . Also don't want to risk mold to form due to tightly packing the leaves together and forcing them against to the soil. Until now my phenos all seem to stick more to the indica side of things. If I do a second run of Hulkberry Auto in the future, I'll start LST sooner, way before they get too bushy for bending down the main stalk. Judging by the look of the tops and the side branches, I guess plants are preparing for flower. So in around 1-2 weeks there may likely be visible signs of flowering. 😊 I'm currently quite happy with the cultivar. It's my first grow and the plants have (so far) shrugged of all newbie shenanigans I may inadvertently have put them through, like improper watering or feeding, too much light etc.