Granddaddy Purple

Week 9: Most days I spent minimal time in the tent. Just enough to water and check for any issues. My plan was to let them do their thing the majority of the week. I would then have a better idea of what each plant wanted to do and could plan from there. That being said, it's funny how my biggest plant during Veg now seems to be taking a break and has turned into the runt. If she doesn't start stretching I'll have to raise her up in order to level the canopy. Up until I flipped to flower, I had been very focused on growing the canopy out and keeping it level. Going into flower the canopy was basically wall to wall thanks to a lot of training and scrog. However, this caused the girls to be a bit squatty. The past two weeks I've just let them grow free hoping to get a good stretch. By the end of the week all but 1 of the plants had stretched about 2-3 inches. At least 20 bud sites per plant were showing with pompoms coming in. While 20 bud sites is good, there were many more hidden just under the surface. They had not been getting light/air because of how bushy these girls are. They definitely had catching up to do but they had potential. That being said I did my 2nd and hopefully last defoliation and it was a heavy one! As a new grower I hate defoliating as I don't have any experience on how the plants will respond. Lots of opinions online both for and against it. Regardless, I determined it would be beneficial to expose those extra sites so I went ahead with defoliating 3 of the 4 plants. Left 1 of the plants untouched just in case things went South. Only time will tell. Lastly, I added a 2nd scrog net and a few things to assist growth. More CO2 and "The Kraken" from NFTG nute line. Kraken is shrimp and crab shell and is supposed to strengthen stems and flower sites. Hoping this will help the newly exposed sites catch up. 🤞