The plant in the back, which got two toppings, is clearly growing at a faster rate than the plant in the front, which got 1 topping, and I'm seeing the same thing with the Topanga Wedding strain I also have growing currently. I think this will cause me to top all my plants at least twice, because those plants are growing much faster. It's funny because during veg the plant that only got topped once seemed to be growing much more uniformly, and seemed happier in veg, but the plant that was topped twice is doing much better in flower. All plants have been very healthy, though, and I haven't run into any issues yet. The only problem I'm currently dealing with is high humidity at night and slightly higher humidity than I like during the day. I'm going to remove a bunch of the undergrowth and small bud sites that will never amount to anything today, and will remove the rest of them over the weekend. I think this will help prevent any mold/mildew to grow, during this high humidity spell, and should also force the plants to put that energy into the upper bud sites. The Blumat system I put in is working incredibly well. The plants have been each pulling about 0.5L from the reservoir each day, but they each pulled a full liter last night, which is probably from the higher temperatures we had. Plants were each given 1.5L of compost tea that was made with 1mL/L of Rose & Flower (3-10-3) and 1mL/L Backstrap Molasses that was mixed and aerated for 24 hours.
@Complicate, Thanks! Yeah, I took my time with this grow and it has really paid off. I'm still surprised about how far behind the front plant is so I'll be curious to see if I have a similar issue with my next round. I'm pretty sure it was caused by the lights being shifted too far back and hope that was the issue.
@RussianGrower, thanks for the comment! They look a little sloppier than I’m used to at this stage but I still have plenty of time to train them to fill out better.
@BudXs, Thanks, I appreciate it! I was kind of thrown off by his comment. My diary has a lot of pictures and info in it so I really wasn't sure where he was coming from with that comment, unless he was in the contest and was just being a sore loser.
@CUBULATOR, No, I don't work for GD. I've entered 3 contests so far, and this is the only one that has placed, but my diary isn't showing as a winner yet so I don't know if they are even done with the judging.