Mephisto Sweet n' Sour

While this isn't my first grow, my first grow is only 40 days in. I decided to diarize this grow now that I have a (hopefully) learned a thing or two from abusing the previous four plants. My current tent is crowded. I did order a 4x4 and it should be here within a week or so. This is a very addictive hobby. I originally budgeted for a 2-4 plant setup and just can't stop popping seeds. Needless to say I have 2 Quantum boards on the way to keep the 4x4 tent in good company. As for this little girl, I will not be feeding her anything for the first 2 weeks as the Pro-Mix HP has enough nutrients for that period. I have been misting and lightly watering with PH'd water and not much else at this time. Very excited to see how this strain does compared to the previous 4 seeds germinated. The genetics of those were all over the place. The deeper down the hole I go and understand more about how these seeds are created spotlights the genetic variations on display amongst my 2 Lemon Drop plants. One looks like Sativa while the other is all Indica in appearance.

Not sure if she is on track or a little slow to develop. I noticed she struggled a little at beginning of the week. I had to off centre one of the lights to accommodate a tower fan as some of the other plants needed a little more ventilation than my 2 little clip on fans were providing. She picked up once she was right under the lights. Fed her about 7tbsp of Gaia green 4-4-4 on day 14.

Not much happened for most of this week. Steady plant growth with large fan leaves. I can't believe how thick the plant is. I was concerned that the plant was not getting much light under those giant fan leaves. I topped her on the 21st day at the 5th node. I attempted some LST using these mini tent peg looking things. I don't think they were long enough and i damaged several branches but wasn't aware of it at the time.

So this week was not the best. The I managed to damage 4/4 bud sites but the plant is resilient. I was too scared to remove the pegs and was hoping the branches would heal despite the giant gap in them. After watering her on the 24th day, she did a Popeye and flexed her limbs. the pegs flew out of the ground and she was holding those damaged limbs close to her main stalk. To add to her misery, i dropped her on her face from about a foot in the air. She took her licks and keeps on ticking. Did some more LST at the end of the week in order to expose some bud sites to the light as those fan leaves are pretty big.