WOW!!! So... I left for a weekend to visit some family. So all-told I left the plants for 3.5 days and they absolutely exploded! I came back and both plants are super dense and tons of new growth. Pretty amazing how they grow over a couple days. The GG#4 is no longer a "week behind" in fact.... the GG has a larger canopy than the blue dream now. The Blue dream grew super dense and straight up, while the GG grew out and thinner. Very cool to see the difference in strains side-by-side.
Added calmag this week and no more deficiencies showing. So that's a good sign and happy that I was able to identify it early on.
I added the scrog to the tent and started using it to LST the plants outward. The GG is perfect for this but the blue dream is a little frustrating as it's so dense and the branches aren't as long so they don't "stretch" under the screen as nicely. But I have to say.... I absolutely LOVE this scrog. I had so much fun making the plants spread out under the screen and can already tell that this is my favourite way to train the plants. I'm just having way more fun doing this than trying to find other ways to tie the plants down to the buckets.
The plants are definitely starting to smell now. I think these strains are going to be stinky compared to the Northern Lights I grew last time. :)