My First Ever Grow!

--Feb 23-- Pretty sure the stretch is done now. Doesn't look like they have gained much height in the last few days. I did put the lights up a bit which I think was a good idea as its giving more reflection to the branches on the edges of the plants. Had to take a few smaller branches off as well since they just didn't make it to the top of the canopy. Cola's are really starting to show through now! Starting to look really nice in there. I don't think I did a good enough job of trimming/defoliating since I'm getting a lot of leaves that are well below the canopy turning black and falling off. I'm just going to remove them as they turn now though. Next time I'll do a bit more work during the stretch week. --Feb 24-- Its pretty sweet watching the buds progress. Very cool looking transformation. If I zoom in on my bud pics, I can see some crystals forming on the leaves. Looking really nice in there and smelling even better! --Feb 26-- Skipped a day since not much has changed. Flowers get bigger every day! Still removing any dead leaves I find. I did super crop another PEX cola as it was getting really close to the light. Should still be time for her to turn back. Plus I cropped her towards the wall so she still has a bit of support. Based on the timelines I have for the plants and for the schedule, I'm somewhere around 5-7 weeks before harvest. --Feb 27-- The cola I bent down yesterday is already looking back up at the lights. I take that as a sign she is good and healthy. Everyone else is looking good too. Trimmed a couple of stems that just weren't getting the light anymore on a couple of them as well. Still getting a few leaves falling off here and there but they are still below the canopy so I'm not concerned. --Feb 29-- Set up my new RO system last night. Finally getting away from delivery. Tested the RO system vs the bottled RO and straight tap. My RO system gives the same PH & TDS readings as the bottled stuff which is awesome. One thing I noticed this morning though is that there is a film or something in the water. Not sure what it is but unfortunately I have to use it since I'm out of the bottled stuff. I will keep a close eye on them to make sure its not causing problems.