First: Blueberry, Cream, Mango CBD Autos

It's the middle of the 9th week and I'm continuing the same schedule of nutrients with my increase in Mg and the plants are doing well. I'm beginning to suspect the brown spots on the leaves were from spilling nutrient solution on some of the leaves. The brown spots look more like burns and are random. I haven't seen any other leaves showing these problems. The Blueberry Auto has become a little wild and has been crowding the other two plants. I decided to trim away a few of the less productive side shoots that were impinging on others. I also moved the Blueberry to the left side of the tent from the middle position and placed the Cream Auto in the center. The Blueberry continues to take up nutrients quite rapidly while the Cream has slowed down considerably. Critical Mango is also slowing down the uptake, but is taking more than the Cream. I have been watering the Blueberry quite a bit however, I haven't soak it enough for it to runoff the last few times. I decided to do a rinse just to clear any undissolved salts using a couple gallons of ph water and the ppm runoff was in the mid 400s. I then immediately soaked it with nutrient water using the usual formula. Hopefully, everything will be ok. I'd like to avoid any problems because of neglect or giving it too much attention. My focus is turning towards the Cream because the container doesn't seem to be getting any lighter. It's just not taking up the same amount of water as the Blueberry. Part of it can be explained by the fact that the Blueberry has a LOT of leaves that can take up water and transpire while the Cream has very thin Sativa-like leaves and a lot less of them. The Critical Mango is also behaving similar to Cream, but to a lesser amount. Mango has leaf characteristics and numbers of leaves somewhere between the other two. My concerns are of course, root rot and nutrient lock from accumulated minerals. Even with all these things considered, the plants continue to grow and fill out their buds nicely. The main cola on the Mango is really dense and plumping up. The colas on the Cream are numerous, but not as full yet. I've been ramping up my bloom (phosphorus) nutrients this week for the Cream and Mango by adding just a little M.O.A.B. nutrient. Blueberry got a small dose during it's first few days of flower to induce blooms, but I'll pull back until they establish. For the others, they're looking like they're moving into their last few weeks of bloom so I'll include extra phosphorus until harvest, being careful not to burn anything. One lesson I've learned from this first grow is I need to be more aggressive and more diligent about my LST because the cream and mango's main colas are much taller than the rest of the plant. I should have tried to SCROG the plants or at least kept those main stalks under control. For now, I've moved the tall colas into the corners and furthest away from the light so I can drop it down to the remaining plant surface. I've read that others have harvested their mains before the rest of the plant, but I"d like to avoid that if possible, especially since I'm planning on rinsing the soil a week before harvest. That could change. On the last day of the ninth week I've noticed that blueberry's overall plant height is now taller than the other two plants. The remainder of this grow is going to be a real challenge trying to keep things at the same height. I'll probably have to prop up the other two to keep them at the same height. For now, I'm going to keep blueberry in the center. Having it to the side the past week might be causing it to stretch, but it doesn't have any kind of leggy look to it. It's full top to bottom with leaves. I think it's just the nature of the plant. I probably won't mix these strains together in my next grow. The last thing I did this week was supercrop the blueberry. I bent all the stems outward away from the center of the plant to give them more light and get the colas a more even spread. Since I've never done this before, I'm hoping I didn't do any harm to the plant. Other than watering, I think it's time to leave the plants alone for a few days. I got my microscope working with my tripod so now I'm able to monitor the trichome production and development and included a pic of one of the sugar leaves.