Unfortunately I had to be away from home from Day 41 to Day 45, and found my girls pretty thirsty and unhappy. Most of leaves are partly or completely yellow. I watered them with plain water immediately. I hope they can handle this and it won't cause a significant lowering at yield.
Day 45 - Watered with plain water.
Day 48 - I think she needs a special treatment. I prepared compost tea (nutrients in the chart + 0.5 tbsp/l dry worm casting, 0.5 tbsp/l dry bat guano, 0.5 tsp/l molasses brewed for 24 hours at 23-24 C at pH 6.7) and watered her with it.
Day 49 - Trimmed all dead and completely yellow leaves and covered the top of the soil with them to keep it moist for little bit longer.
I was really careful when defoliating so far and the plant is really bushy now. Should I remove big leaves blocking lower colas for more light penetration at this stage, or should I wait for stretching to end?
Hey BlueRaincoat! Yes at this point you can defoliate if you need/want to just be careful when doing so to not take off to much or any potential bud sites as it can affect yield. You can also try to tuck or bend some of the fan leaves out of the way to let some light through. or do a mix of both defoliation and tuck/bend them away and you wouldn't have to take as much off. Hope this helps Happy Growing👊
Plants looking Great👌👊 Keep up the great work! I hope I was able to help and if you have any other ?'s don't hesitate to message me and ask Happy Growing😎