Cream Mandarine First Try

Day 36 - Starting week 6 and did a lot more LST today. Was able to slowly tied the main stem down a bit to try and get everything evened out and she looks like she’s been taking nicely to the training. Did a check of the soil pH and it’s definitely higher that it should be (8.1), which could explain why she’s so light in color so will do a flush tomorrow and hopefully get everything squared away before she really starts flowering. Day 37 - Was planning on doing a flush today because the runoff pH was really high yesterday but going to wait and recheck everything when I get the new solution in. Holding off of continuing LST for another day or so to get a little more stretch out of her. Day 38 - She’s looking pretty good right now and still waiting another day or two and will continue the LST. Should have my new bottles of pH solution so I will be testing everything out once my pen is recalibrated. Day 40 - She’s starting to take if now so did some more LST and retied a lot of the branches back down. Removed a couple big fan leaves at the top that were blocking the lower sites. Gave her the first feed of bloom nutes today and added a little molasses to the mix. Recalibrated my pH pen and checked the runoff and it’s a little high, 7.2 but it’s definitely not as bad as the 8.2 it initially was reading. Next watering I’ll give it a little lower pH to try and lower the overall pH in the soil. Day 41 - Nothing much new happening with the girl right now. She’s good on water and just took her out and readjusted some of the branches and tucked a few leaves. Day 42 - The end of week 6 and she’s progressing nicely now. Think I’m about done with the LST and going to let her start getting some vertical growth going. The branches are getting pretty stiff so don’t want to risk breaking anything. Will be giving her some fresh water in the next day or two.