This week was emotionally tough.
The Pineapple Upside-Down Cake hasn’t handled the transition well.
Her color shifted to a dull, washed-out tone, the posture weakened, and the overall metabolism seems depressed.
The stress accumulated during late veg is still showing:
nutrient fluctuations, environmental instability, and then the photoperiod flip pushed her over the edge.
She simply didn’t bounce back.
At this stage, expectations for yield have to be revised downward.
This run won’t deliver what the early training and maintenance work could have produced.
Still, the plan is to take the plant to harvest rather than abandoning the cycle.
Even a weak yield will provide useful feedback about stress management during pre-flower.
The priority now is stability:
hold EC steady, avoid aggressive feedings, monitor pH drift daily, and maintain a gentle VPD to reduce transpiration stress.
No interventions this week other than observation and minor parameter corrections.
The goal is to see whether she stabilizes or declines further.
Next update in one week.