Whelp figured out my PH meter was not reading correctly which means I was not balancing the PH of my water correctly....that being said I had been using RO water that *read* it was testing around 7.0, so I was using PH down to 6.5 5/27 - Decided to top the plant. Again with this being my first grow, this was slightly nerve-racking 5/28 - Seems I didn't mess up the top chop, woooh! I tested the PH of my soil today(5.6), if that even tells me anything(I find 2 articles that say it doesn't and another 2 that say the opposite...so that's magical) and ended up just buying a few gallons of distilled water from the store since I didn't want to be running my RO system for my plant and the others in my house.(made sense in my head at the time) Fed a dose of nutrients in the feeding tonight. I believe I was underwatering my plant. 5/29 Forgot to take a picture because I thought I might have overfed the nutes, on the night before.., So I spent the night researching info and trying to figure out if that was the case and how to correct it. But again since I am new to this, I have no clue lol. It also seems I had bumped up the light power from 50% to 100% some how the night before. Ended up dropping it down to 70% power. 5/30 I took the photo, then tied down the main stem. worries of overfeeding have subsided for now... 6/1 Looking extra bushy today. Holding off on defoliation, unless someone tells me otherwise. I am trying to hold off for a few days on doing anything more that could stress out my plant.

She's starting to fade out now, and budding up nicely. Not seeing much purple coming through yet. She's getting nice and fat and smelly now. Trying out a macro lens thingy.

Primera experiencia de scrog y no estoy muy satisfecho. Las plantas han tenido un estres y han madurado más rápido de lo normal. El resultado son cogollos pequeños. La calidad parece igual. Supongo que ha tocar demasiado las ramas para controlarla con la red es la origen del estres. Era un experimento de defoliación. Lo he hecho en varias plantas para comparar. Es un desastre, vale mejor no tocar las hojas salvo en ciertos casos.

Hey now, hope everyone is having a great weekend and staying safe. Another great week for the ladies, as they are now about 2 weeks into flower, and the stretch is winding down. I am still feeding them silica, cal mag, and flower nutrients maxi bloom by GHE. I will start to add a PK booster this week. I also will be switching to light from V1 to F1 sometime this week, and also integrating the UV/IR bar into the light cycle later this week. I will run the UV/IR bar for approximately 30 minutes prior to lights off to get started. The 5X5 is really starting to fill up nicely, I am running two dehumidifiers outside of the tent and I am able to maintain around 50% RH in the tent during lights on, and around 55% RH with lights off. Still very happy with the Spectrum X from Medic Grow. I am running her at 90% in the V1 cycle and will be transitioning to the F1 cycle later this week. Overall, the plants seem very happy and healthy. The temperature and humidity is significantly dropping so that helps keeping the tent cool and not overly humid. This is by far the best time of year to be flowering plants in my region. I hope everyone has a great weekend, Thanks for stopping by, Stay Safe and Blaze On!!! 💪 Website: https://medicgrow.com/ https://growdiaries.com/grower/medicgrowled

From indoor to outdoor :)

This week BCN start flowering stage. Pineapple found little bit white hair on node that sign of female on a little plant size. I decision to feed Flower Fuel and Myco+ to both BCN plant. For Pineapple still feed same last week Fish hormone and Myco+ At this point i turn on 2x 100W LM301B again. So, Totally wattage increased to 440W

1/14: This morning, I did a foliar application of big bloom and fulvic acid, then about 5 hours later I watered them with about a half-gallon of rainwater each and added armor si, humic acid, endoboost myco/tricho, liquid molasses, and a bunch of cal-mag. Today, I also I wired up and mounted my new samsung sun board strips (660nm/730nm) and my Solacure FlowerPower UVB fixture. I'm running the deep red/far red bud boosters a few hours per day right now, but will run them for the entire photoperiod once I start flowering them. I'll run the UVB for 4 * 15-minute sessions a day for the full flowering cycle, and if they don't protest too much I'll increase each session by 5 minutes and evaluate again. Some strains are more forgiving than others and I've got 5 different strains in this space...so really not sure much time I'll get away with exposing them to the deadly rays without damaging them too much...😈 Both "A" and "B" put on an inch overnight. Now that the soooperstunted mutant runt is acting like a normal plant, so henceforth I'll refer to her as "C." 1/15: I received one of the rapid led/growmau far red initiator pucks today. With the placement of my UVB light, I'm realizing I'll need another far red puck to have even and intense far red coverage, so I'm ordering another with Prime delivery and waiting to start flowering until I receive it. I sprayed them down really well with ph adjusted rainwater tonight to rinse off nutrient build-up from foliar applications. 1/16: I'm really excited to try flowering under 14/10. I grew photos indoors on an off for 15 years before I semi-retired. If I added up all the additional flowering time I could have done through the years if LED technology existed, I'd have had an extra truckload of bud to smoke. I did another application of Axiom Harpin a|b Proteins this evening, right before dark. I'm expecting a big growth burst this week, leading up to the flower stretch. I really need them to trigger under 14/10 within 4 or 5 days🙏 ...if not, I'll switch to 13/11 and wait a few more days🙏😟..if still no pistils are poppin, I'll go to 12/12 and chalk it up as bad luck or varietal indifference to Pr and Pfr manipulation. 1/17: I fed each of them about 3/4 gallon of full strength veg nutes. This will be the last. I'll go with half-strength veg and half-strength bloom for a week, then go with full strength bloom nutrients until I start flushing them in 6-8 weeks. 1/18: I installed the second far-red flowering initiator today and got all my timers configured for flowering: ========================================= timer#1 - power strip with qb's and red boosters 10:00am -12:00am timer#2 - (dual/independent setting) sideA- 3-way cube with uva bars 10am - 3pm 7pm - 11pm sideB- flowerpower uvb 1pm - 1:15pm 4pm - 4:15pm 7pm - 7:15pm 11pm - 11:15pm timer#3 - far red pucks 11:00pm - 12:15am timer#4 - sub-canopy tube 10am - 1pm 3pm - 6pm 8pm - 11pm ======================================== I also did some testing on the timers and sealed myself into the closet to check for any light leaks. All good.👌 1/19: Tonight is their first long night. It's ON!👍 I moved #3 into the tent with my DWC rig to veg a little longer. 1/20: I watered them today with about a half gallon each. I'm seeing calcium and magnesium deficiences here and there, so added some boomerang and heavy cal-mag-Fe along with liquid molasses, humic acid, and endoboost myco. I also foliar fed with big bloom and fulvic acid. #3 is still vegging in my SCROG tent with the #8 FFT DWC plant. She's coming along, but still not ready for prime time.. That's it for week 4-

🍮 8×8 Adventure – Week 13 🌸 Chem Brûlée – Pheno B 🔥 👑 A Different Kind Of Beast Hello everyone, and welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And... OH MY GOD. 😂🔥🍮 Much like her sister... this girl is a beast. But she's a completely different kind of beast. Because when I look at Chem Brûlée Pheno B now, I honestly don't know what else to call her. She's peculiar. She's exquisite. She's unusual. She's beautiful. And the flower formation she's putting together is absolutely fascinating. You look at the plant... then you look closer... then closer again... and suddenly you're thinking: "Okay... what the hell are you building here?" 😂🍮🔥🌸 And I absolutely love it. This is exactly why we grow phenotypes separately. Because two plants can share the same room, the same environment, the same photons, the same nutrition and the same grower... and still come out looking completely different. Her sister is a beast in her own way. Pheno B? She's a different animal entirely. And honestly... I have a feeling this one may be a connoisseur's kind of girl. Let's see where she takes us. For now... let's give this beautiful beast the spotlight she deserves. ──────────────────────── 🔥 She's A Beast — But Her Own Kind Last week we talked about Chem Brûlée Pheno B claiming her place in the tent. Well... I think she's officially claimed it. 😂🔥 She's not asking for permission anymore. She's just there. Standing in her space. Building these incredible flowers. Showing us structures that make you stop and look twice. And that's probably the biggest thing I'm noticing this week. Her individuality has become impossible to miss. She's not simply "another Chem Brûlée." She's Chem Brûlée Pheno B. And the further we go into the flowering cycle, the more obvious that distinction becomes. Her sister has her own expression. This girl? Completely different. And that's what makes this so much fun. ──────────────────────── 👀 Look At That Formation! Seriously... look at the photographs. 😂📸🔥 Look at that formation. Look at those flowers. Look at the way the buds are developing. Look at the structure. Look at the plant. There are certain moments during a grow where you stop thinking like a grower for a second and simply become a spectator. This is one of those moments. Because I'm looking at her and thinking: "Okay... I really want to see what this becomes." 😂🍮🌸 She's developing a very particular structure. The flowers have their own shape. The way everything is stacking and forming is different. And the closer you look... the more interesting she becomes. That's the kind of plant that makes you want to keep the camera nearby. ──────────────────────── 🍮 Peculiar — And I Mean That As A Compliment When I say peculiar, I mean it in the best possible way. She's not ordinary. She's not predictable. She's not just another flower that looks like every other flower in the room. There's something about her. The structure. The formation. The way the flowers are developing. The overall appearance. She's got character. And sometimes those are the plants that become the most memorable. Not necessarily because they're the biggest. Not necessarily because they're the most conventionally beautiful. But because they have something you can't quite explain. You look at them and think: "There's something special happening here." That's exactly how I feel about this girl. ──────────────────────── ❄️ Exquisite Under The Camera And once again... the camera is loving her. 😂📸❄️ From across the room, she's beautiful. Move closer... and suddenly the details start appearing. The resin. The pistils. The individual flower structures. The little variations in shape. The texture. The density. And all those little details that make a phenotype interesting. This is why I enjoy photographing them so much. The eye sees the plant. The camera lets you study the plant. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B gives us plenty to study. Every angle seems to show something slightly different. ──────────────────────── 🌸 The Flowers Are The Main Character Now We're deep enough into flowering that the plant's architecture has already told us most of its story. Now? The flowers are doing the talking. And they're talking loudly. 😂🌸 They're becoming more substantial. They're becoming more defined. The pistils are changing. The resin is becoming increasingly visible. And the overall structure is moving further toward maturity. This is the stage where I stop worrying about making the plant look a certain way. The plant already knows what she wants to be. Now I just want to see the final version. And judging by what I'm seeing... I'm very curious. ──────────────────────── 🌿 Same Room — Completely Different Beast This is probably the most beautiful part of the whole 8×8 Adventure. Because if you put Pheno A and Pheno B beside each other, you can immediately see that they're related... but they're not the same. Same genetics. Different phenotype. And what a difference. One girl gives us one expression. The other gives us something completely different. And that's exactly why individual phenotype diaries matter. If I simply photographed the room and said: "Here are two Chem Brûlée plants." you'd lose so much of the story. Instead... we get to follow: 🍮 Pheno A 🍮 Pheno B Two individual plants. Two individual personalities. Two completely different interpretations of the same genetic starting point. And honestly? That's fascinating. ──────────────────────── ☀️ Same Photons — Different Answer The lighting experiment continues exactly the same way. Future of Grow Black Series LEDs. Two additional Black Series 600W fixtures added to the room. Controlled output. Approximately: 🔌 59% power from the plug with around: ☀️ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy. And here's the beautiful part. Pheno B is receiving those same photons as everybody else. We're not giving her some special VIP lighting programme. 😂☀️👑 She's under the same artificial sun. But look at what she's doing with it. This is the whole experiment. We provide the environment. The genetics provide the interpretation. And this girl is interpreting those photons in her own very peculiar way. ──────────────────────── 💡 More Capability — More To Observe The additional Future of Grow fixtures have been one of the most interesting upgrades to this room. We gained more lighting capability. The initial output was higher than our target. So we brought the fixtures down. Now we're operating at a controlled level that gives us strong light without needing to run everything at maximum output. And meanwhile... the plants get to show us what they do with it. Pheno B is giving us quite an answer. 😂🍮🔥 A huge thank you again to Future of Grow for supplying those additional Black Series 600W fixtures for this experiment. Without them, we wouldn't have this additional variable to observe. And with twelve different phenotypes... there's certainly plenty to observe. ──────────────────────── 🌱 We're Doing Less — She's Doing More This is another thing I really appreciate at this stage. We're not doing much physically to this girl. The architecture is already established. The flowers are already there. The plant has made her decisions. So our job becomes much simpler. Observe. Monitor. Maintain. Document. And get the hell out of the way. 😂🌿 Because honestly... what am I going to do to improve this? Look at her. She's already doing her thing. Sometimes the best thing a grower can do is recognize when the plant doesn't need to be messed with. And Pheno B is definitely one of those girls right now. ──────────────────────── ⚗️ Nutrition — Still Moving Toward The Finish The nutritional programme remains in the same transition we're using across the room. Terra Bloom is currently: 🌸 2.0 ml/L with the EC sitting around: ⚡ ~2.05 mS/cm Alongside the current supporting programme: 🌱 Pure Zym — 1 ml/L 🌿 Power Buds — 1 ml/L 🍯 Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L And we're continuing to approach the later stages gradually. No sudden cliff. No dramatic: "That's it! Everything stops tomorrow!" 😂 We're watching the plants. We're watching their progression. And we're making changes according to what they're showing us. Pheno B is still developing. She's still building. She's still very much alive and active. So for now... we continue watching. ──────────────────────── 💚 She's Still Got A Lot To Say One of the things I like about her is that she doesn't look finished. She looks like she's still got something to say. The flowers are developing. The structure is becoming more defined. The resin is building. The pistils are changing. And the plant still has that sense of momentum. She's getting there. But she's not done telling us what she wants to become. And that's exactly where I want her. Because the interesting part is watching that final expression emerge. Not guessing. Not forcing. Not trying to predict every detail. Just watching. ──────────────────────── 🌸 A Connoisseur's Plant? And now... I'm going to say something that might come back to haunt me later. 😂 I honestly think this one could be for connoisseurs. There. I said it. 😂🍮🔥 I'm not making a final claim. I'm not putting expectations on her. And I'm definitely not pretending we already know what the finished product will be. But visually? Structurally? The way these flowers are developing? There is something about this girl that has caught my attention. She's peculiar. She's exquisite. And she's different. And sometimes those are exactly the plants that end up being the most interesting to experienced growers. So... let's see. No expectations. Just curiosity. And right now? I'm liking what I'm seeing. A lot. ──────────────────────── 📸 The Studio Treatment Of course... a girl like this needs camera time. 😂📸🍮 And these photographs really do her justice. We've got the full-plant views. The individual flowers. The close-ups. The different angles. And the details. Because this is one of those plants where a single photograph doesn't tell the whole story. You need to move around her. Look at different flowers. Look at the structure. Look at how the plant has developed. And every time you do... there's another little detail. That's what makes a phenotype memorable. ──────────────────────── 🌿 Healthy, Stable, And Doing Her Thing The most important thing is that she's doing well. She's developing. She's flowering. She's showing beautiful structure. She's looking healthy. And she's doing it without needing constant intervention. That's exactly where I want to be at this point. The room is stable. The lighting is controlled. The irrigation is consistent. The nutritional transition is gradual. And the plant is doing the rest. We don't need to complicate it. Sometimes growing is about knowing when to work. And sometimes... it's about knowing when to leave the hell alone. 😂🌿 This is one of those moments. ──────────────────────── 🌡️ WEEK 13 — CURRENT ROOM CONDITIONS The 8×8 continues under the same general room conditions: 🌸 Flowering — Week 13 💡 Light schedule — 12/12 ☀️ Upper-canopy PPFD — ~1,500 🔌 Future of Grow Black Series output — ~59% from the plug 🌡️ Day temperature — ~26.5–27°C 🌙 Night temperature — ~25–26°C 💧 Relative humidity — ~60–61% ⚗️ pH — ~6.0 ⚡ EC — ~2.05 mS/cm 🌡️ Solution temperature — ~25°C 🌱 Substrate temperature — ~25–26°C 🌬️ CO₂ — ~693 ppm 🌱 Pot size — 15 L 💦 Irrigation — ~1.4–1.45 L/plant/24h Same room. Same environment. Same lighting philosophy. Same general nutrition. Same irrigation system. And another completely different result. That's the 8×8 Adventure. ──────────────────────── 🔬 The Phenotype Experiment Gets Better Every Week The deeper we go into the cycle... the more valuable this comparison becomes. Earlier on, the differences were mostly: Height. Structure. Stretch. Leaf shape. Branching. Now? The flowers are making those differences impossible to ignore. Different shapes. Different densities. Different pistil expressions. Different resin coverage. Different maturation speeds. Different personalities. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B has one of the more peculiar personalities in the room. She's not simply "good." She's interesting. And sometimes... interesting is much more exciting. ──────────────────────── 🍮 She's Becoming Something Special There's a moment in every grow where you stop seeing a plant as a project... and start seeing her as a finished expression slowly revealing herself. I think we're getting close to that moment with Pheno B. She's no longer a mystery. She's becoming recognizable. You know what her flowers look like. You know how she structures herself. You know her personality. And now we're watching the final details come together. She's becoming Chem Brûlée Pheno B. And I really like what I'm seeing. ──────────────────────── 🔥 A Different Kind Of Beast Her sister is a beast. No question. But this girl? Different beast. 😂🔥🍮 She's not necessarily screaming for attention. She doesn't need to. You look at her flowers... and they pull your attention in. You look at the formation... and you want to understand it. You look at the plant... and you start wondering what the finished product will look like. That's a different kind of beauty. More unusual. More mysterious. More refined. And perhaps... more suited to someone who really appreciates the details. A connoisseur's kind of girl? Maybe. Let's find out. ──────────────────────── 🔭 Looking Ahead — I Want To See Where This Goes This is where I get genuinely excited. Because I don't know. 😂 And that's the best part. I don't know exactly what the final flowers are going to look like. I don't know how much more they'll develop. I don't know exactly how her colours will evolve. I don't know what the final structure will become. And I don't want to guess. I want to watch. I want to photograph. I want to compare. And eventually... I want to see the final expression. Right now, though? I'm liking what I'm seeing. A lot. ──────────────────────── ❤️ FINAL THOUGHTS — GIVE THIS BEAST THE SPOTLIGHT Week 13. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B? She's officially one of those girls that makes me stop and stare. 😂🍮🔥 Much like her sister... she's a beast. But she's a different kind of beast. Her flowers are peculiar. Her formation is exquisite. Her structure is fascinating. Her development is beautiful. And the closer I look... the more I like her. She's not trying to be somebody else. She's not trying to copy her sister. She's not trying to follow another phenotype's timeline. She's simply being herself. And honestly? That's exactly what I wanted from this experiment. I wanted to see what individual plants would do when given the same general opportunity. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B is giving us a very interesting answer. She's saying: "This is me." 🍮🌸🔥 And I'm listening. So let's make her shine. Let's give her the spotlight. Let's appreciate that peculiar flower formation. Let's appreciate the resin. Let's appreciate the structure. Let's appreciate the individuality. Let's appreciate the fact that this medium-sized girl can produce flowers that make you stop and say: "OH MY GOD... LOOK AT THAT." 😂🔥 And most importantly... let's not put too many expectations on her. Maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm completely wrong. Maybe she's going to surprise me again. That's the fun. Let's see where she's going. For now... she's beautiful. She's fascinating. She's exquisite. She's a beast. And I'm really, really liking what I'm seeing. 🍮❄️🌸🔥💚 Keep shining, Chem Brûlée Pheno B. You've absolutely earned your spotlight. ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU A huge thank you to Zamnesia for giving us these Chem Brûlée genetics and allowing us to follow these individual phenotypes throughout the 8×8 Adventure. 🌸🙏 Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of this journey and helping us carry these girls through their flowering cycle. A massive thank you to Future of Grow for the Black Series lighting and especially for providing the two additional Black Series 600W fixtures we're testing in this room. 💡🔥 The extra lighting capability has given us another fascinating variable to observe across twelve completely different plants. Thank you to Lumiflora for helping bring additional light deeper into the canopy and allowing us to explore these plants as three-dimensional structures. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the room behind the scenes. And, of course... thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure here on GrowDiaries. This is what makes this project so much fun. Every week... another plant. Another phenotype. Another personality. Another story. And now we're reaching the stage where those differences are becoming impossible to ignore. Chem Brûlée Pheno B is definitely one of the girls I'm going to be watching very closely. Because there is something about this one. Something peculiar. Something exquisite. Something that makes me want to see the final result. Maybe a connoisseur's girl. Maybe simply a very special phenotype. Either way... I'm enjoying the journey. 🍮🌸❄️💚 So let's keep watching. Keep documenting. Keep photographing. Keep the photons flying. Keep the room stable. And most importantly... let the plant tell us what she wants to become. Until next week... Keep shining, beautiful beast. We're watching. Growers Love & Happy Growing! 🌱💚🍮🔥 See you next week in the 8×8 jungle. 🌿🔥

Buenas farmers!! Después de pasarnos tres dias con sólo agua volveremos con la mitad de nutrientes durante los próximos dos riegos, ya empezamos a prepar nuestras plantas para la fase final ! Espero que os guste buenos humos family!💚

Nov. 27 - Week 8 begins. Nov. 30 - It is amazing how resilient this plant is, the will to live is strong in this one. Dec. 3 - Week 8 comes to an end. I've been watering the nutrient solution down hoping to stop burning the leaves.

Added a second LED having some temperature issues. Changed my set up that brings in cool air, getting close to where I want it.

Las plantas siguen creciendo y formando flores. A la mitad les e aplicado una defoliacion selectiva de hojas primarias para abrir paso a las ramas bajas y agrupar la planta de esta forma consigues plantas mas compactas al no tener que alejarse tanto las ramas del tallo para recibir luz. La otra mitad no lo a necesitado al ser un fenotipo mas xativo y corto. El aporte de co2 las hace trabajar bastante y aguantar la dosis de nutrientes diaria. Solo se riega una vez a la semana con sensizym. La distancia internodal de algunas plantas es espectacularmente corta. Llos cogollos ya estan unidos y apenas han comenzado a salir. Muy ansioso por ver como continua esta variedad de barneys farm. En el ultimo video podeis ver el plano general y la diferencia que hay entre el fenotipo mas xativo y el fenotipo indico a pesar de ser todas dos si dos 33 y estar bajo las mismas condiciones.

63 days!!!! the girl is growing and maturing fantastically :) of course I would like a bigger room for her, but I grow it in the conditions I have :) the girl drinks 3 liters of water with nutrients biobiiz 6.3ph (I also give advancet nutrients micro) she likes it :) since I have two different species growing in my tent, I don't understand the aroma of the trivia :D their terpenes smell very delicious, I just don't understand which one smells better :D good luck to everyone :).

01/06/24 Transferred plants to their final home. DIY Aeroponic system.PH 5.6 01/08/24 Gentle bend LST, Having both lights on caused my breaker to trip. Temp in tent dropped to 40*F for 8ish hours. 01/09/24 LST and leaf tucked each plant. 01/10/24 Found out the hard way to keep an eye on water volume. Added 2.5 gallons of water with 40ml each of Sensei Bloom A+B, 20ml Voodoo Juice, 20ml B-52. 01/11/24 Plants bounced back. No lost ladies.

Seems to be growing nice so many budsites she’s drinking a lot 2ltr a day easy I’ve added a bit of budcandy to see how she handles it

Purple bud is flushed for the second week now Master is doing great Cal mag Def is back to normal Harvest for purple this week + master next week

🌱 Week 9 Update 🌱 The girls are thriving like champs! 💪🌿 This week I kept up with LST 🎯 and some light defoliation ✂️ to keep those energy highways 🚗💨 flowing toward all the new growth 🌞🌱. The canopies are filling in beautifully 🌳✨ and the stems are getting nice and sturdy 💪🌾. Only one more topping left ✂️ before we flip to flower in about two weeks 🌸⏳—I can almost smell the future terps already 😋🍇🍊! These ladies are happy, healthy, and soaking up all the good vibes 💧☀️. Big things are coming soon! 🚀🌼

This week was awesome, i cant stop stressing these plants, i know its an Indica strain.. and i know that maybe there is so much time lost on the constant recovery.. but i know that this will result in more branchess Awesome work HSO.. I cant wait for flowering.

ok so everything has gone fantastic , no nutrient burns at all , and have been slowly creeping up the base nutrients , i have stopped the cal mag and now adding house and gardens bud XL at full strength these girls are now in full swing of flower the Cal mag has made absolutely no difference too the yellow colour of this blackberry so I suspect it is just how this strain is as meany diary's on here of the same strain are also on the yellow side , but it's certainly not affecting the speed of the growth of her , i also bought a new ph stick this week , i have found when PHing the feed bucket that its best too have air stones in the bucket , add all nuts and then ph but do not use the feed that day as if you check the next day the ph is off again so i left it 24 hours after i add more ph down , and it seems too make the measurements alot easier and stable , i have bent down the main stems " without damaging them onto my netting too A keep the canopy all the same high so my lighting is covering all plants at the same distance and also it allowed the side stems too reach up too , i also was sponsored another new led light by kingbo this week so have added another 600watt led too the grow , so now have two 600's and one 900watt , and temps are still fine sitting at 24c lights on and 19-20 off , so am pleased with that , I accidentally bend the main stem last week while I was putting them under the netting too try and control the stretch , luckily it did not crack or snap the branch at all and she didn't droop on that branch at all and has healed already , it may or may not be related but as soon as it happened the side branches thickened up too the thickness of the main stem , this plant has over taken the rest in size even being a full week too 15 days younger , it's certainly not ideal but it really does not appear too have slowed down the growth and may well go in my favour , this lady really did stretch out from week 4 into 5 and is showing no sign of slowing down , her side branches are very thick almost as thick as the main stem , her leaf production was minimal and I have only had too remove very few too expose the bud sites , the yellowing seems too be recovering now and most of the plant is green now , Update , Now gone a lush green colour instead of that horrible yellow , and the buds have already started too purple , she has also stepped up a gear with her nutrient intake almost drinking 6 pints since Thursday , She seems too have slowed down on the stretch and has so meany bud site scattered all over her with as the diary name suggests black roses everywhere , and note too any seed banks reading this if there is not a purple stain out there already called black rose now is your chance lol and Iwant a sample pack first kinda like the tester :) Now defoliation , as you can see they really didn't seem too mind at all being stripped and within a couple of days they had all replenished the lost leaves and even this week olive had to pull the odd few off as they have grown out , Method , well all info now is simple , Anything I cannot tuck under something that is blocking a bid site with shade I remove too middle or bottom , Everything else stays , I just stand above the plant and pull off anything covering the sites , it's really as simple as that , I see some strip them until there is nothing left on but a few sugar leaves , but for me didn't like the look of the plants , for me the growing process is just as much fun as the fruits ,