September 22, 2026
Unfortunately, not everything goes as planned. That wasn't my intention at all, since the only reason I'm here is to show the plant's true potential. Since I wasn't very careful, the plant is experiencing unnecessary stress, but it's nothing that can't be fixed—in fact, even for more serious mistakes, there's a solution. Just don't forget that Mother Nature is in charge.
🗓️ Day 22-25 - Vegetative phase:
As you can see in the first image, unfortunately, while removing the fan leaves, the scissors nicked the main stem. At first, it didn’t seem like a big deal, but since there were clips holding the stem at a 90-degree angle for the LST, the cut opened up even more. I had to abandon the LST and focused solely on securing the main stem and carefully wrapping tape around the cut. The plant has never lost its rigidity, but it's always a good idea to seal the wound right away to prevent fungus or to keep the plant from losing its ability to transport nutrients to the top.
🗓️ Day 26-27 - Vegetative phase:
Obviously, this week will simply be “wasted”; the plant will focus all its energy on healing, and as expected, there will be very little vegetative growth. I limited the nutrients because the plant experienced a big stress due to buildup in the soil; Will only use water until I see the first signs that it’s transitioning to the flowering phase. Today, I switched the LED settings to BLOOM (red lights).
🗓️ Day 28-29 - Vegetative phase:
Luckily for me, the Wedding Cake strain is very resilient, and so is my determination to show the final result even after all this stress—I don't like discarding plants just for the sake of it...
As you can see, it’s actually healing well. After 5 days, I replaced the tape to put on a new one and refresh the cut area. The plant never lost its rigidity or strength. Today I just made the final LST adjustment, but not on the main stem—since I can’t do anything with it for now—but I spread the side branches further apart to make room for light to get through the middle. The fan leaf cutting and LST were stopped as soon as the cut was made, so now it’s best to forget about it, as it will cause unnecessary stress.
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📌Nutrition:
- [Water 6.2 ph]: 350ml - When 2 cm of the soil is dry
📌Watering:
Day 23- 350 ml - (Pure water)
Day 25 - 350 ml - (Pure water)
Day 27- 350ml - (Pure water)
📌Hardware Setup:
- [LED Display]: 50W - 55cm distance
- [Light Schedule]: 20/4h