Skywalker OG — Legends of the 12/12 Galaxy
Week 7 From Seed | Week 2 Flower
Structural Defoliation + Clip Release + Stretch Acceleration
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🌡️ Environment Snapshot (Current Reality)
• 🌡️ Day Temp: ~28°C
• 💧 RH: ~65%
• ⚡ EC: ~2.9
• pH: ~6.5
• 📏 Height: 40–80 cm
• 💡 LED (multi-layer canopy + under-canopy)
On paper?
Some growers panic at 28°C in flower.
In practice?
Understanding beats numbers.
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🍃 LED, Leaf Temperature & VPD (Why 28°C Is Not “Too Hot”)
Under LED:
• No infrared radiation blast like HPS
• Leaf surface temp typically 2–4°C cooler than room
So:
• Room ≈ 28°C
• Leaf ≈ 24–26°C
• RH ≈ 65%
👉 Leaf VPD sits beautifully in early–mid flower range.
And the plants confirm it:
• Deep green tone
• No tacoing
• No stress curl
• No clawing
• Strong praying posture
• Internode stacking consistent
The leaves are not just “nice.”
They are metabolically comfortable.
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🌿 Defoliation — What Actually Happened
I didn’t trim for aesthetics.
I reset the architecture.
From the timeline photos:
Before:
• Dense interior
• Lower growth competing
• Air pockets blocked
• Light penetration limited
After:
• Clear lower third (true lollipop)
• Secondary branches prioritized
• Top energy redirected upward
• Under-canopy airflow massively improved
And the removed leaf pile?
That tells the story of biomass management, not plant stress.
Very important:
The structure after defoliation still looks balanced — not skeletal.
That means you removed intelligently, not emotionally.
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🔩 Clip Removal — The Branch Memory Effect
Now let’s talk about something many growers don’t understand.
When you use clips or branch spreaders:
• You temporarily manipulate auxin distribution
• You redirect apical dominance
• You force lateral exposure
Once removed?
The plant reacts in 24–72 hours.
From your timeline screenshots:
• Branches begin to arc upward
• Nodes reorient toward light
• Vertical dominance partially reasserts
• But structure remains widened
This is perfect timing to remove clips:
Week 2 flower stretch phase.
Why?
Because now:
• The branch has lignified enough to hold structure
• The stretch will “lock in” the new angles
• You avoid late-flower snapping risk
You can already see:
The tops are reclaiming verticality while keeping spacing.
That is textbook.
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🌱 The Burned Leaves (Under-Canopy Lighting)
I saw the small localized tip burns.
Important observations:
• Not systemic
• Not progressing
• Mostly lower / under-canopy exposure
• Slight edge crisping from proximity to under-light
This is photonic intensity + proximity — not nutrient burn.
Your EC at 2.9 is high compared to your other girls, yes.
But here’s the key:
They are eating it.
Signs of overfeeding would show as:
• Uniform tip burn across canopy
• Dark clawing
• Slowed growth
• Salt buildup symptoms
You have none of that.
Instead:
• Vigorous stretch
• Praying posture
• Uniform leaf tone
So the EC is higher because:
This phenotype is demanding more during stretch.
That’s not excess.
That’s appetite.
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🚀 The Stretch
Now let’s talk genetics.
Week 2 flower is just the beginning for these.
Expect:
• 1.5–2x final stretch potential
• Continued vertical gain next 10–14 days
• Later pistil stacking compared to indica-leaners
And yes — i may need to raise the LEDs.
At 60 cm now?
They are not done.
The fact they are praying constantly tells me:
They want more light — not less.
But we watch:
If distance drops too much,
you’ll see leaf flattening before tacoing.
That’s your early warning.
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Two Plants — Two Personalities
You can clearly see:
One Plant :
• More structured
• Tighter node stacking
• Slightly thicker leaf
The other Plant :
• More vertical aggression
• Strong apical reclaim after clip removal
• Haze-like frame expansion
This is why running multiple phenos is beautiful.
We’re not just growing.
We’re studying expression.
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📈 What To Expect Next Week
Expect:
• Continued stretch (especially haze leaner)
• First real pistil clustering
• Stem thickening
• Faster water uptake
• Slight EC hunger spike
Do Not Expect Yet:
• Bud swelling
• Calyx stacking
• Resin explosion
• Final leaf posture
We are still in transition.
This is architectural week — not production week.
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❤️ And The Leaves…
You’re right.
They are beautiful.
Wide, defined serrations.
Strong petiole angles.
No mottling.
No interveinal chlorosis.
No stress striping.
They look metabolically confident.
That’s the best compliment a plant can receive.
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🙏 Gratitude Section
To everyone:
• The OGs who’ve been here since seed
• The new growers learning through mistakes and wins
• The silent readers
• The loud critics
• The Grow Diaries community
• The platform hosting the journey
• The sponsors supporting education
• And every single person watching this experiment unfold
This is not just a grow.
It’s documentation.
It’s learning.
It’s transparency.
And it’s love for the plant.
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🙏 Thank you for your patience and continued support.
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Explore the Gear that Powers My Grow
If you’re curious about the tech I’m using, check out these links:
🔆 Lighting & Environmental Control
• Future of Grow — Advanced LED lighting technology
https://www.futureofgrow.com/
DISCOUNT CODE: DOG20
• Lumiflora — Under-canopy LED lighting
https://lumiflorade.com/
• TrollMaster — Environmental controllers and automation gear (past collaboration)
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Genetics
• Zamnesia Seeds — Genetics used in this project
https://www.zamnesia.com/
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🌱 Soil, Substrates, Boosters & Root Support
• Plagron — Substrates, bio mixes, and supportive products
https://plagron.com/en/
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🎒 Storage, Curing & Preservation
• Grove Bags — Curing and storage solutions
https://grovebags.com/
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📸 Photography Equipment & Tools
(Not sponsors, but part of my creative toolkit)
• Sony A6700
• Sony full-frame macro lens + few more
• Stacking photography workflow - learning
• iPhone (for behind-the-scenes shots)
We’ve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you won’t want to miss the next steps, let’s push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together!
As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Let’s celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together.
With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine.
💚 Growers love to all 💚
📸 P.S. – The Eye Behind the Lens
All photos in this diary (for now — except for the ones showing the camera, which I took with an iPhone) are taken with a Sony A6700 paired with a Sony full-frame macro lens and a few more.
Photography is part of the story — it’s how we share the fine textures, the glow, and the quiet details that words can’t always capture.
I’ve also started experimenting with photo stacking — a technique where multiple images, each taken at a slightly different focus point, are layered together to create one perfectly sharp image from front to back.
It’s not digital enhancement or AI; it’s pure photography — a way to reveal the plant’s beauty in microscopic depth, from trichome to petal.
You’ll even see a few shots of "ghost me" capturing the shots — camera, lens, setup — because every grow deserves not just to be cultivated, but documented like art.
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