Green Gelato Auto in reused soil

Planted this one in already used soil. Was a mistake cause soil was still hot + the PH of the soil was too high (8.5). Due to this mistake plant suffered calcium lockout during 3 into 4. The tap water that i use is also high in PH(8) due to calcium carbonate so i started to lower it with some lemon juice. After i started doing it, plant started showing signs of nutrient overdose, so right now i am just watering it with PHed water and waiting to see what happens. The plant is very short and bushy, i am having a hard time trying to expose all the bud sites due to it being so dense. I am also seeing water condensation on some leaves that are in contact with other leaves, high chance of it being a dangerous spot for mold growth later on. I do not use any venting at the moment, but i am planning on buying some when flowering fully starts. The plant is very aromatic already, she has a earthy peppery smell with weed tones.

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Plant grew a lot in the last few weeks, smell is getting stronger as well. She smells peppery, earthy. I had to flush the medium since she kept clawing and showing more nitrogen toxicity symptoms. Right after the flush she bounced back (leaves straightened out, no signs of overwatering) which made me very happy. After the flush i am starting to use an organic fertilizer used for tomato plants based on kelp. Will start with 5ml/l, this fertilizer is almost impossible to overdose since it works slowly. Am a bit worried because i have no airflow in the tent and no induct fans at the moment. Am getting a small fan for in tent air circulation at the end of the month hope i dont get mould attack since i have high humidity in the room 60%+, it drops during the night since i open the window and low temperature sucks all humidity outside but in a few hours my room gets the humidity from the rest of the apartment back, so i need to keep venting and its a bit annoying. The plant is very dense and i already cut a few fan leaves to expose some smaller bud sites... i wonder when will i do some stronger defoliation but i can still wait, buds are in the early stage.

Plant started showing signs of deficiencies again. I thought i resolved them by watering with 6.5 ph water but something wasnt right. The top buds leaves started yellowing and some leaves started showing calcium and magnesium deficiencies. I was not sure what was wrong so i gave the plant a good flush but it was a big mistake since the water i used to flush it was 8.1 Ph making everything worse.

Deficiencies kept worsening so i went back to the drawing board. It sucks i had to fix these issues so late, but before they werent so apparent. Measured runoff and soil PH it was way too high, 8.1. Started watering the plant with PH 6 water, the upper leaves that were yellowing regained some colour in a few days but the stems are still red. I am giving her mild nutrients, mostly organic kelp based + some magnesium (Jurana). Also got a fan running directly blowing into her on the lowest setting, no more water between leaves, hopefully it helps against bud rot in the upcoming weeks. Plant changed her smell she smells of sweet citrus reminds me of a powder drink we have in my area called Cedevita (limun bazga). Fingers crossed she fattens up a bit more since i checked her trichomes with a loupe and are milky already even tho the buds dont look even close to being done.

Plant is starting to bulk. I cut off a very small budding branch on the bottom of the canopy, and dried it. Even tho it was underdeveloped bud, it packed a stupid punch. Cant wait for tasting it after it gets properly dried and cured. Also the plant is getting purple undertones, looks nice.

I neglected the grow diary in the last few weeks of this plants life. Decided to harvest her early due to her turning yellow (symptom of the soil being way too filled with salts; i reused it from previous photo grow - mistake). I did not harvest all the plant in one go. Did a few branches first; did it all in the span of 3 weeks: a few branches per week. For now i harvested 55 grams dried and waiting for the rest to dry up (expect it to be around 40 grams at the worst). Harvest was ok, made a lot of mistakes have a lot of room for improvement. Indoor grow brings up totally different challenges than outdoor grows do, its an amazing learning experience.