Utopia Haze on coco under LED

This week, the small grow tips developed quite rapidly and they are now working on their 4th node. I was already able to remove the side branches in the first nodes, but the internodal space between the 3rd and 4th node is still too small to perform the second topping. Hence, I’ll wait another day or two before the second topping. After the second topping, I’ll have 4 main branches on each plant. Despite a nice week of vegetative growth, I’m not entirely satisfied with the way things are going right now. Lisa is growing in a weird way: thin, small, twisted leaves, especially new growth. Mace looks a lot better, but seems to be more of an indica pheno. Anyway, Lisa is getting the exact same treatment as Mace, but she looks entirely differently. Also, Lisa started to develop side branches at the cotyledons! I have never seen that before, but after searching on the internet, I found some other growers who had the same mutation. I’m pretty sure it was triggered by the pruning and topping of the grow tips last week. Anyway, I removed these weird grow tips. Taken her general appearance into account, Lisa seems far from being a top pheno and quite unstable. However, things can change drastically later in the grow, so who knows what Lisa is capable of. Both plants tend to droop a lot. I think I underestimated the effects of not using a transplant strategy. Something to consider next grow. Also: both plants show the first signs of nitrogen excess: dark green leaves and clawing leave tips. Next fertigation, I’ll add a reduced amount of the FloraTrio Gro compartment into the fertigation mix. Next week, the plants will be topped for the second time and I’ll start training the branches to develop a flat canopy. Thanks for stopping by and keep on growing!