Replies to comments do not seem to be visible…glitch has been around for awhile now. I forget how radical my defoliation seems until one of you like @smittyj or @foxmatt23 mentions it. I have always done this…growing in a tabletop Phototron back in the late 70s / early 80s. When I decided to get back in the game with LEDs, I stumbled upon a book called Three a Light that also promotes this defoliation, flat canopy, and updressing technique. I love to send complete defoliation pictures to someone that is worried about pruning a few leaves. I will do a complete defoliation again around day 21 and then SCROG these girls in.

It has been 54 days since she sprouted. She is two days younger than her tent mates and is still lagging them(She is at 15” and they are at 19” or 20”). I veg’d her for 30 days. I consider this Day 10 of Flower…meaning 10 days since the complete defoliation and switching the lights to 12/12. She is showing bud sites and I saw pre-flowers today. 800+ PPFD, the humidity has been at or around 60% because of the weather, the temp at 85, and I am using the Flower Day 6-10 feed schedule for Success Nutrients with the addition of some SuperThrive (and a feed, feed, feed, flush cadence.)

She has pretty much recovered from the defoliation and the tent is packed. I did a major updressing on her today and removed any small growth in the middle…only want to leave stuff that will be at canopy level and get light. She has begun to stretch and is at 15”. She has been slow to recover the every other day cycle…still 72+ hours between feedings…could be the different soil I used on her too.