First grow

What a week! The stretch is really taking hold and pistils are finally showing. I missed a watering on Day 49, so when I went to water on Day 50, they were both looking a bit worse for wear. Speedy Chile wasn't bad, but Candy Kush had a main branch completely wilted down and was showing some nitrogen deficiency on the lower leaves. I pulled the deficient leaves and gave them some nuted water and they were back to standing up tall in three hours. Aside from that one little hiccup on Saturday, they've been cruising this week. I measured 2cm of growth in 24hrs on Day 53. I have been doing some defoliation here and there after talking with some other growers and getting a feel for the basics. I find that, if I trust my intuition with it and err on the side of caution, it's not as daunting as I thought it would be. Once a week, I've just been pulling the growth sites that have no chance of catching up to the rest and a couple fan leaves here and there that were either blocking nodes or simply overlapping each other. With the first week down, week 2 of flower should be very interesting as they really settle into the stretch and start getting some legs.