Utopia Haze on coco under LED

Three weeks into the grow already and it is going smooth. The girls were droopy from time to time (specifically the first 24-36 hours after fertigation), but after transplanting to pots that are way too big, that was expected. Despite the droopiness, the plants grew really fast this week and they seem to be settled in their new houses. The big pots are an advantage for a lazy stoner like me: I didn’t have to do much this week. I fertigated on day 15 and once more on day 18. The next fertigation will probably be tomorrow and in the coming weeks I’ll probably have to increase fertigation frequency. The plants just kept on growing fast and were at their 6th node at the end of the week. The side branches on the first and second node were already well developed, but I don’t want to keep ‘m. I’m planning a Scrog grow, but I’ll start with creating 4 main cola’s on each plant, to grow in 4 directions under the net. Hence, on day 20, yesterday, I removed the growth tips from the first and second nodes from both plants. I kept the leaves, they will be removed later. Right now, the leaves will help to power the growth of the remaining growth tips. After pruning off the lower growth tips, I left the plants alone to see how they react. Today, day 21, they were a bit droopy just after the lights went on, but I decided to proceed with the topping and cut above the 3th node. I left a considerable amount of stem above the 3th node, to prevent splitting later on. A few hours later, the plants looked great: the leaves were praying upwards and the 2 growth tips on each plants already looked bigger. It’s almost like they actually appreciated to be beheaded. Weird. If the grow continues this way, I think I’ll be topping them (and stripping lower growth tips again) for the second time at the end of next week. The resulting 4 cola’s on each plant, will be spread out under the net. One last thing: Lisa is considerably different from Mace. Mace seems to be much more of a indica pheno, with big fat fingers on the leaves and short nodes. Lisa’s leaves are thinner, more like sativa’s. That said, Lisa doesn’t look as healthy as Mace to me. They get exactly the same treatment, but until now, Mace seems to like life a bit more. But it is still early in the grow, so let’s see how these girls grow out. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe, keep growing!