Day 36: Temp 25 °C, humidity around 40% bit low maybe, but is fine for keeping mould away.
I didn't water today. The top 2 cm were dry, but the soil underneath was still very wet, so I'm letting the roots get some air and will check again tomorrow. The next drink will be plain water only.
The plants look healthy overall. There's some mild tip burn from the first feed with Sweeter Flowers, but it's stable and not spreading.
LST is finished as of today, so no more bending. From here the focus is on stable conditions so the buds can stack and swell over the next 3–4 weeks. The stretch was short, but the canopy is even and the nodes are tight, so I'm hoping for dense colas.
Day 39: Watered today with plain tap water at pH 6.1, no nutrients, giving the roots a break after the light tip burn. The tent sat at 25 °C and 46% RH, right in my flowering target.
I decided to pull the small Royal Jack replacement. It was healthy and already flowering, but it would only give a few grams and would have kept the tent running about 12/15 days longer than the others. Now I'm down to three plants: the two Atlas and the big Royal Jack. I'm spreading the pots out so all the tops get even light.
The Atlas are stacking nicely, with lots of fat white bud sites across the LST tops and the first resin showing. The leaves look ok, with no new burn. The Royal Jack is a bit behind but building its own sites. The next watering will be a light feed (Bigger, Thicker and a low dose of Sweeter) once the pots dry out.
Day 42: yesterday I did a light defoliation on both Atlas, removing just a few big fan leaves that were shading the inner bud sites and a couple of yellow ones at the base. Both plants opened up nicely and every top now gets light and airflow. This was the last defoliation of the run; from here on I'll only remove yellow leaves.
This morning, after two plain-water waterings in a row, the soil was finally dry, so they got a full-strength feed: 2 L total at pH 6.2, with Bigger Flowers 1 ml/L, Thicker Flowers 0.8 ml/L, Sweeter Flowers 0.4 ml/L and 1 drop of Supervit. So far there's no new tip burn.
The Atlas are really stacking up now. The buds are getting fatter and frosty, with trichomes covering the sugar leaves, and some pistils are starting to turn orange. Under the loupe the trichome heads are still mostly clear, so there are a few weeks to go. The big Royal Jack is a bit behind and airier, but healthy and building buds.