Day 43: Lights-on readings: 25 °C and 36% RH.
The Atlas are stacking up nicely. Bud sites all along the colas are building up, there's plenty of frost on the calyxes and sugar leaves, and the pistils are still mostly white and standing out, so the buds are actively growing. The Royal Jack is a bit behind but healthy and keeps building.
Looking closer in the videos, the day after yesterday's full-strength feed, several upper leaf tips have turned yellow and a few are slightly brown and clawing down, so it's mild nutrient burn. No spots, pests or mould anywhere. The next watering will be plain water once the soil dries, with a little runoff to rinse the medium. After that I'll go back to reduced doses (Bigger 0.75 ml/L, Thicker 0.6 ml/L, Sweeter 0.2 ml/L). Defoliation is over, so I'll only remove yellow leaves
Day 45: Gave plain water at pH 6.2: soaked the pots in a tub and then poured a bit more from the top for a light flush to ease the mild tip burn. Pots will stay moist for a few days, and the next drink will be a reduced-dose feed. Some fan leaves are yellowing from the edges, normal for this stage as the plants pull nitrogen from older leaves. Only yellow leaves get removed from now on.
Buds are stacking nicely with resin building up. The Atlas smell amazing when you rub them: sweet and complex. The Royal Jack is similar but different, both really special flavors .