2nd Grow ever!

Week 2 of flower going pretty good! Starting to see little spikey girls popping up so we're on the right track. I seem to have got the thrips fully under control now. I only saw 1 all week. I'm not going to use neem oil anymore just the organishield. I looked up organishield's ingredients on the FDA and USDA website and the active ingredients are totally food safe and over 120% more effective on thrips than neem oil. So I feel better about spraying directly on the buds, although I'm still going to avoid it as much as possible. Just one spray down every 10 days or so and then I'll stop spraying completely about 3-4 weeks before harvest and hope the thrips just dont come back. Light intensity is up to about 85%, waiting to go that last 15% for a little later into flower. Trying to get it to stretch all the way first.