My First Ever Grow!

--Feb 17-- Hopefully another week of status quo. No change in nutes this week as per the Canna schedule. Think I'll move into the next phase of feeding next week. Tried Supercropping a couple of colas today. cappuccino & PEX1 each had a lanky cola pulling away from the group. Instead of tying it down like I have been; 1 because I was lazy and 2, I didn't have much to tie them to, I just gave each cola a nice little squeeze. just enough for them to lean over but not break/fall off. Based on my current skill level, "That's a bold move Cotton. Lets see how it plays out." I also made the decision to chop off a node on each of capp & PEX1. Although they were arms from my original topping, they have been growing really far out to try and come up into the light. Unfortunately I just don't see that happening and would rather they try to put more effort into another branch. I don't think it will fuck them up too bad. More concerned about the PEX though as she looks really scrawny compared to the other plants, even PEX2 is pretty bushy. I can see where the buds are starting on the other 3 but PEX1 is looking a little sparse. I'm slightly less concerned because of the pics I've seen of PEX flowering, but its still hard to look at when my other 3 are super bushy. hrmmmm.... --Feb 18-- I am at the end of my rope. Literally raised my lights as far as they could go on the adjustable hangers I have. May have to get creative if they keep going. cola's are really starting to look nice on Carm & capp. aside from a bit of trimming to try and control the jungle not much else to report. --Feb 19-- This morning I only gave them 1L each as a test. Checked them a little later and all but PEX1 had runoff from the 1L. That's good news and I should have dialed it back a few days ago. I'll know for next time. Being in a place where I need RO due to hardness, its necessary to save water where I can. A water softener may be in my future but for now I am going to set up an RO system. Save me from having it delivered every other week. ramble ramble... Cola's are really starting to take shape. PEX is slowly starting to show me some goods too. I feel like all I can do now is (im)patiently wait. and just make sure things stay as they are. --Feb 21-- Another good day so far. Girls are looking very nice. I think I'm done with trimming unless I see bad leaves or something. I think the stretch is done now as well as they don't appear to have stretched much in the last few days. PEX is finally starting to look like a flowering plant! The cola's on carm & capp look better and better every day. --Feb 22-- The girls looked very perky this morning when I opened the tent. Noticed that they were pretty close to the lights too. Had to remove the adjustable hangers since they were maxed and just hung them directly from the top bracket. While watering, I found several leaves that had fallen off/turned black. All of these leaves were either deep in the plant (not getting light) or were on the very bottom of the plant (also not getting light). I'm 99% sure this is because of lack of light cause I can't find any deficiencies that look anything like what I have. No spots or blotches. All other leaves look healthy on all the plants. some of the leaves with black spots are leaves that have fallen off and started to die, so I think I'm good. Based on my Canna feeding schedule and what the plants look like, I'll be starting the new phase of nutrients next week. Getting closer!