The plants are doing great, and I’m happy with the stretch and overall growth over the past week. They are definitely in the flowering stage now, and they might have entered it as early as last week.
At the beginning of the week, I reduced the light intensity from 80% back to 50%. The idea was to encourage stretch by making the plants feel like they weren’t getting enough light, and it worked. After two days, I increased it to 60%, and yesterday to 80%. In the coming week, I’ll gradually raise it to 100% to help the buds swell.
Sometime in the next few days or weeks, I plan to lollipop the plants. I’ll clean up the lower third to reduce the leaf clutter and remove some fan leaves if they’re blocking light from reaching other buds.
The plants are now getting 2 liters of water every three days. I’m still using the same mix of tap water, rainwater, Epsom salt, and CalMag. However, I’ve switched from Hesi Grow to Hesi Bloom Bio fertilizer, using 2.5 ml per liter.
I also did some LST again to spread the plants wider and allow more light to reach the center part.