Well week 3 I suppose marks the dawn of the true veg period. The growth that took place between the start and end of this week was pretty crazy. Pretty sure the leaves on plant 2 had extended the diameter of the pot by this point, which leads me to believe that everything is just going along smoothly for the most part

Plant 3 had the humidity dome removed, but the stem was still not strong enough to support the top heavy part of the plant. I probably committed some sort of Chinese taboo exercise by criss-crosing the chop sticks at first to support the stem, only to later see that I could use one and bind the plant against it using a loose twist tie to help support it.

This week I started mixing water with a pre-mixed nutrient feed, which in turn helped these plants just start blowing up. Even better..... plant 3 strengthened up to the point where the chopstick was no longer required to support the plant. Although small, it is slowly growing and trying to catch up with the other two plants which is great to see

Also began my low stress training (LST) on plants 1 and 2 by softly bending the branches down. I'll start using something to pin them down more once the stems get bigger

Additional notes outlined below:

>> Water used tested at 7.2 pH. Treated with pH Up until desired pH was met at 7.7 pH
>> Mixed in veg juice and a pinch of epsom salt. Added liquid until the PPM was about 150 higher than starting PPM measured in water
>> Slowly watered top of soil and avoided directly watering over them. Misted remaining dry areas on top of soil
>> Final weights on all pots after watering were around 15.5 lbs. Will monitor plants and water accordingly
>> Recalibrated all pH meters using 250 ml of distilled water and buffer solutions. Stored each solution in mason jars for future usage
>> Stem on plant 3 has much more stability now. Removed the chopsticks to start allowing plant to fully support itself
>> Performed light stress training (LST) on plants 1 and 2 to help make branches/leaves more parallel with soil and expose auxiliary branches
>> Plants 1 and 2 have now reached the 5th node of leaves. Decided to top both plants. Plant 3 is still developing its 4th node