First Grow! || Mix

Flipped to flower! Got some serious height concerns, but fingers crossed it'll work out and I won't run into clearance problems. Defoliated a whole bunch, recognizing that I'm probably sacrificing yield but I'm trying to stall out just a little bit. Boy do these ladies want to bounce back, though. Added in the first week of flowering nutrients (it's been about 2 weeks since I fertilized at all-- got gun-shy after the likely nute burn last time around.) Looked everything over closely tonight-- really only a few preflowers showing at all yet. Knowing these are all fems, will start checking for signs of herming over the next few days and for the remainder of the grow. Clock's ticking now! This is the point at which I say out loud "okay, I'm learning a lot, doesn't have to be perfect first time out." Things I'll do differently next time out: 1.) Top much, much earlier. 2.) Veg to like, half this height or less. 12-16" max - don't need to grow them out nearly as big. At least now I know what an exponential curve looks like. Jeez. 3.) Very slowly introduce nutrients-- do a better job of either working with a full inert medium, or pick a line geared more towards soil. Still having a blast with it though. A little sad I can't check on things twice a day anymore-- lights are off when I'm awake in the AM. ...already plotting which strains I'm throwing down next. Hoo boy. Update: 3/24 - on advice from @beanbean, made a late effort to do some LST. We'll see how it goes!