Zams Gumdrop Forest

Day 8: I rotated Gretas pot so she’ll be a little closer to the humidifier in her early days. I also dig up her bent stem a bit, and in just a few hours she went from crooked to pretty much straight. I raised her light from 24 to 37” because I was seeing some heat stress as well as I noticed that she was staying a little squat — and Zamaldelica is a naturally stretchy plant so I figured she needed a little more space. She is looking happy and healthy though! Very pleased with her progress. Once she’s at 4 nodes, I’ll top her and then give her a little rest before starting LSTing. Day 9: She's starting to pick up speed with her growth! Very impressed and excited! Though i wish there were more inter-nodal space, which will make training easier. Regardless, she's looking gorgeous. Watered 10oz of pH'ed water in the morning. Her new growth is showing even more signs of heat stress than the older leaves, so that tells me that the light is still too close -- so i moved it up to 43" above the canopy. However, that is absolutely the upper limit of my tent, so I just ordered a 2FT extension for my (5'8") tent and that will ideally be enough space as she grows, especially during the stretch. Worst case scenario, i can dim the lights a bit. Day 10: moved my muffin fan so now it’s blowing a gentle breeze over her. This will help stimulate a strong stalk. She’s looking happy and healthy! Watered 12oz of 6.5pH water. Day 11: I finally decided to start some easy LST'ing. Im attempting to bring the top of Greta towards the center of the pot before Quadlining her once she reaches 5 nodes. I planted her off-center as part of an earlier plan to grow her horizontally, but i decided to abandon that plan. She's taking to the training well and her leaves are already facing the light again. No water today. Phew tons of changes in the tent today!!! First, I finally got my infrared thermometer and it confirmed my suspicion that I was frying the absolute shit out of my plant...the surface temp of my leaves was in the high 80s! Even though I had kept my tent at a steady 75, my leaves were way hotter than that. No wonder they looked stressed. Just goes to show how important leaf surface temperature really is and how different it can be from environmental temperature. So...after some advice from another grower, I dimmed my lights to about 16K lux and lowered the actual height of the lights to about 36” from the canopy so the plant would remain a little warm. I will keep monitoring to see if it made a difference.