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Another good week, as far as I can tell. Righty increased from 16 to 19 inches and Lefty surprised me and exploded from 14 to 23 inches. Righty was always the bigger of the plants until this week but that has changed considerably. Righty is still darker than lefty but not to the point where I'm worried about excess Nitrogen or anything. Both are still flowering and seem healthy to me. PPM going in is 550 and coming out it is 450, so they appear to be feeding. I did very light defoliation earlier this week removing only the older looking leaves and a couple that were blocking bud sites. I have no doubt there are many folks who would suggest my plants are way too bushy and need more but I don't have the stomach for it. The plants are seriously crowding this 27"x27" tent, even in 3 gallon pots. It may have been more appropriate just to have a single plant but I feel like with this autoflower etc I am likely to get more bud out of two plants than one even if I had gone with one plant + the extra space for it to branch out. If they grow much taller I am going to have trouble raising my light any higher and will have to move around the fans, etc. I'm hoping they focus more on bud growth than vertical growth this upcoming week. "Life will find a way, no matter what they say" - Minimum Wage by The Expendables