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Heyy there PEAKYPLANTERS!! Keep up the great work👍 Now with Auto's I find that LST and bending the main stem are two of the most effective, for me. I know some people get great results with topping but i just don't like taking that gamble due to some strains just take longer to recover no matter how healthy they are. Now I also remove so of the lower growth at the very bottom of the plant kinda like lolilpopping but not as extreme, just the little stuff that is not getting light. As for Defoliation I go as minimal as I can and try to tuck most of them out of the way but when I get plants that have huge fan leaves coming from the main stem I will pull those off if they are covering a lot of the plant and can't be tucked away in a different position other than that I try and do as little as possible since autos are on a timer per say hope this helps!👍 Oh yea biggest thing you'll ever need to remember is trust your gut instincts 👍 Happy Growing an Plentiful Harvests! 🙏

I would give it 1 more node/inch of growth, then bend it over with a tie from the top to the side of the pot. repeat until you have a nice bush. Good guide here > https://youtu.be/4Qy5kQ2JjuU?list=PLo3Y-Awfn_fOm36AQRMMUMFrBX6UXNb8S

i'd fertilized every other time, unless i see darkness. if so, dial back so it recovers, then resume at 1/3 feedings. just as MiG says... fully saturate with runoff, check weight... feel weight when top 1" dries. recognize both with familiarity. the plants will drink more as teh roots grow, of course. So, you'll notice it may require 2x as much in same time period within a few weeks. plant size vs pot size wil dictate how often you fertilize too... without pot full of roots, it is only going to build up dangerous levesl of nutrients where roots do not exist, if too oversided for too long.

they do rise though? Is this plant canopy closer to light? it'll cower more often as it gets too much light -- up and down still, but more often down than normal. if you have fed well lately, ease off for 1 or 2 irrigations with no fertilizer. See what happens when you reset the substrate a bit. other things... plants look pretty droppy if the pot size isn't big enough. a rootbound plant droops a lot. if you have a regular system and schedule.. which it seems you are fairly organized.. even if not rigid, it's safer to assume it's somethign that's been added than something missing. and, much easier to adjust course the other way if that proves to be false with a short amount of time... not true of going the opposite directions first.