1st Mephisto Grow: 3 strains

Aloha! Day 36. Flowering has begun! They've been going through a nice stretch since my last entry. Drinking more, needing more LST to manage their structures with light defoliation here and there (I don't do rounds of heavy defoliation, just pluck here and there as things progress). They're doing great. I'm glad I cut my usual amendment ratio by 25%. They've got plenty to eat by the looks of it. Double Grape is starting to smell -- musky/skunky, touch of fruit, hints of peanut butter. While she's doing just fine with LST, I think I'll try topping it next round or just letting it grow without manipulation to open it up a bit more. LST doesn't seem the best fit (for this particular pheno anyway). Wedding Cake is smelling sweet! Like vanilla frosting. Maybe it's just the power of suggestion but right now she smells like a box of white cake mix. She's staying squat at 11" but she's got plenty of tops, as you can see. And she's progressing very nicely. I'm hopeful she's on the shorter side of flowering, 65-70 days. Forum Stomper 2 is the tallest at 22" now. She's leggy and sparse on foliage, lending to a lot of light penetration throughout the entire plant. Forum Stomper 3 (the runt) has been blasting off! She was so slow and small in the beginning I thought, "Well, this just happens with seeds some times." If her current structure is any indicator, she looks like what Mephisto describes as "branches on branches". I hope so! They specifically call out that pheno as a "real treat". We shall see! She looks to be the most behind in development. Forum Stomper 1 is filling out nicely and I'm trying to manage her branching as best I can. All in all, a solid week! I'll return with another update next week. Grow with gratitude!