Mimosa Evo - First photo grow :)

She recovered well from the topping and has been training well this last week. Stripped back a defoliated mid-week, looking for slow and steady growth so she can take her time. New growth is sprouting back quickly after pruning, nutes are 5g a gallon of MC right now and showing no signs of burn. New nodes are pushing up on the branches, and she'll be ready for another round of topping soon. I've only grown autos before this, so it's nice to know there's no rush and she can take her time, feels a bit more relaxed. She seems happy with ph at 5.7ish. I've given up using ph pens for sure. Too inconsistent, even the more expensive ones from 'the big 3' companies (not naming names) are unreliable from one day to the next without constant attention. Maybe it's just me, but even 2 of the same make of meter, calibrated at the same time, in the same solution then gave readings 0.8ph apart from each other in the same glass of tap water. Then both accurately read the calibration solution..... for a few minutes, then drifted apart. Now, I just use strips. Cut each strip into 3 and they last ages. Can't get the same degree of accuracy, but I can consistently say with confidence my nute solution is 'somewhere between 5.5 and 6.0ph..... and realistically, that's good enough. When I flower, I'll aim for 'around 6.0'. So much easier and I trust the strips more than I ever did the various pens and desktop meters :) Anyway, until next week!