Plant 1
Grew to 17.5 inches [was 15], and is now at the same height of the untopped LF. She's still stretching which is good because the bud size is really unimpressive. There are 2 main colas [fairly] and 11 sub-colas, so there are tonnes of bud sites. Seeing that she's still growing gives me a bit of hope. This plant is stinkier than Plant 2
Plant 2
Hasn't grown since last entry, but it's clear the plant is now filling out the buds. Some of the buds are dense already and the nodes are getting serious bulges for the anticipated weight gain. We'll see! Overall the shape of the plant is really nice. If the yield isn't much different on this strain, I don't think I will top. I played with the idea of topping every plant and then doing a 2 tier grow to really maximize my grow space, but I think I am happy with the shape and the lack of effort I have had to put into this plant. No defoliating, basically no LST... it was very stress free. The most hands off growing experience lol I did start to get some phosphorus deficiency. It's using a lot right now but this is also my second run in this soil. I definitely didn't fertilize enough but I cranked up my nutes and she's recovered almost fully.
@short21, There are a lot of good uses for Epsom salts in the garden, those are just a few ways to use them. I have really hard water so my plants can benefit from using Epsom salts periodically. This is also my second run in the same soil. But thanks! 😀