First Grow ever, Vanilla Frosting!

First time grower, Just got the clones from the mother tree which came from a seed, roots look nice, about to plant and see where we go.

On advisement from a couple of friends and stuff I found on the internet, I've groomed the bushes a bit, excess fan leaves along the bottom and some branches that have no way of getting sun in the future. Turned a couple of the clippings into clones, I'll watch for roots to grow.

It's starting to flower, she's a bit spindly, but hopefully we'll get there. I've been Battling a small green worm that seems to love my plants.

It's a strange time, I've never had a plant at this stage and i'm starting to worry i won't harvest at the right time. This is supposed to be a tall bush with dense buds and i feel its a bit small with small buds. To be fair to the plants and the buds, we have crazy skies devoid of actual sun the past 2 weeks due to ash in the sky from the Creek fire, not sure if that's hurting or helping. Could always use pointers.

This is the two Ladies, still catching a worm or two, not sure how to keep them away. Had to pull a pepper plant near it because it had mites on it and it scared me! All told, they are starting to really build, the smell is lovely.