Getting the rust off

The stretch continued through this week, and I've got only 2" that I can move my light up, but fortunately it looks like that might have stopped/slowed. I needed to top a number main shoots from the taller two and it looks like they might be suffering some light bleaching already. If I rearrange my tent top a bit, I might be able to get a further 3-5 inches to raise. The mainlined girl I'm not fully sure what to do with her. The very top of her canopy is so dense that I can't really tuck any of her "larger" fan leaves which are blocking growth branches. And I feel bad taking any off because they're really not large. Next weekend (3rd since flip) instead of doing some small amounts of cleanup I'll try a large batch of defoliation and hopefully from there I can just sit back and let them flower in peace. 2 out of the 3 cuttings I took of each individual rooted, so I've got my mother candidates, plus some clones to give away. I think 2 more of the cuttings will root with a bit more time, but one turned brown where the leaves join the stop of it's lower fan leaves before it could leach nutrients from them. I'm leaning to keeping the front left because her stretch was relatively well contained. As a result her canopy is much more regular than the other two. The finished product will be the main determinant of the final mother for this strain, but if the smoke is equal I'll take the one that was easier to manage. I'm looking forward to seeing an explosion of bud sites even if I shouldn't be expecting colour for another month plus. Monday morning: added two 4" platforms to the front two plants, so there's only about a 2" height difference between the front and back plants.