First Grow - Organic Blackberry Auto

Coming into week 3 off an amazing first two weeks. I was nervous last week because she droops for a while after the lights come back on, but nonetheless her growth is fantastic. She is growing bushy with lots of lush green vegetation. Her nodes are stacked closely together; no stretching at all. Her stems turned a deep purple color and she smells fruity. She will get topped this week. I was planning to top above the 4th node, but I may top above the 5th instead, because her 6th node is already coming in. We’ll see. ✅Day 15: Gave 64oz of water. For the first time there was a small amount of runoff. Now I know for sure the soil is thoroughly damp. I’ll let her dry good before watering again. ✅Day 16: No water. Her 6th node was well enough established for me to squeeze in there with the clippers and top her above the 5th node. ✂️ Let’s see how she handles it. ✅Day 17: No water. It’s been one day since she was topped and she hasn’t slowed down one bit. Growth has been fantastic over the past 24h. She is strong! 💪 💪 ✅Day 18: Gave 64oz of water. She is growing very compact and bushy. Lots of new branch growth hidden underneath. I did as much leaf tucking as possible to expose it. ✅Day 19: No water. We are officially in pre-flower! 🤗 Lots of small pistils are growing from the calyxes at the base of her growth tips. I first noticed them 3 days ago. ✅Day 20: No water. She is growing rapidly. Started the week at 2.5” tall and now 7” tall even after topping her 4 days ago. Pistils are growing in the ends of her growth tips now. ✅Day 21: Gave 96oz of water. No runoff. Even more pistils showing in her growth tips now. She is getting close to flowering. I did LST and defoliation today! Week 3 is a wrap. The LST and defoliation happened 1.5 days sooner than planned, but I decided not to wait because she was so bushy. The 2 lowest branches weren’t growing due to lack of light and space. I wanted to get those 2 branches growing ASAP because she is close to flowering. The remaining 8 branches were bent horizontally, and the fan leaf at the base of each of those branches was removed. This opened her up very nicely. The 2 lowest branches that are stalled now have full access to direct light. ☀️ I was too aggressive when bending 2 of the middle branches which caused them to slightly separate from the main stem. 😢 This obviously isn’t ideal, but the injury looks minor. I was worried LST and defoliation at the same time might be too much stress, but one hour later all the horizontal tips already bent back vertically towards the light and she ended this week strong!