Cookies Gelato by RQS - Grow N' Smoke S9

*Edit* Did a slight defoliation to let light hit more lower buds and get some better airflow. Added 2 pics at the end afterwards. I have some pretty gnarly colors going on here lately… On Plant #2 the canopy leaves are so dark purple that they are almost black! To me this doesn’t seem like a good sign although the odd thing is that the under growth is still a nice lush green. A few weeks ago I turned on my 3rd light in the middle, this may be the main issue so I turned it back off and will just stick with the 2 bloom plus bp2500s. But I also feel like the buds are lacking at this stage which may be due to stress. Honestly this has been a pretty tough several weeks for me. At some point I burnt these ladies with too much nutes and ever since then has been a battle trying to correct it even after a flushing with a micro dose of nutrients because I never straight flush until the end. Anyways, Even before that I had broken some branches and tops that I didn’t intend to back before flowering which was okay but also requires extra time to heal/adjust and it’s added stress which I should have vegged for longer then. Good news is there is no signs of pests and we are just about a week away. The breeder data sheet suggests 8-9 weeks. I will begin looking at trichomes for the nice cloudy/amber or full on amber color and I will start flushing this week. I may let them go 10 weeks just to see if they may ripen up anymore. Sometimes an extra week can add some extra weight and some may even cut the top mature buds off so that the lower growth can get more light.