Grow Diary #1 - "Quick One" RQS

Alot of work went into the girl this week with her starting 12/12 & also some pretty heavy defoliation & more LST My LST goal is to try & get the side branches relatively level. I'm pretty happy so far with all trained branches responding within a day or two & she now has some cool bends that add to her visual aesthetic. Defoliation wise I took off most of the old massive lower fan leaves & slowly worked my way up to get rid of anything blocking light over the course of 4 days to not stress her too much. I was worried I went abit overboard but after 3 days she looks super healthy. Few minor pest issues this week as one morning in the tent I noticed overnight that there was a few leaves getting munched by either thrips or a lil caterpillar. Most likely a day time hanger oner from her days outside in the vege patch. A few sprays of Eco Oil (Neem) over the leaves seemed to do the trick with no further leaf damage. Otherwise apart from being a slow lady she's coming along. It's likely the fact I'm growing through winter is slowing her down a touch too & it gets pretty chilly at night + has been pretty wet this week. Looking forward to some more bud site development this week as she is responding well to Bloom nutes. Thanks for reading!