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Welcome back to week three for the Forum Stomper, things are starting to get interesting! First feeds started this week, so nutrient solution is pretty low at 552 PPM in and 597 PPM in the runoff, which is fine, though she didn't really respond all that well to the Nitrogen so I'll have to watch out for that in future weeks. (Note: my water sits around 350 PPM out of the tap.) Day 14 - Height: 4" I did the first part of LST with this girl. To start with I put a loop around the base of the stem, tying it off on the handle of the pot opposite the direction I was going to bend the plant, this was to support the roots under bending and make sure I don't pull the plant up at all. After that, I bent down her main stem and using a U shaped piece of wire, pinned it down horizontally. I also pulled one side stem in the opposing direction and did the same. Over the next few days I'll have to pin down the other side stems as they grow a little more but right now they've not really got the length to direct them anywhere and they're basically all leaf and no stem. I haven't done any defoliation yet, but I will do so as and when the larger fan leaves get in the way. I'll introduce nutirents this week too, starting off with low dosages of 1ml/l and working up week by week from there. All healthy and looking good! Day 15 Just a small update to the LST today, got those side stems pulled down, so I have stems pulled down in each direction, N, E, S, W. Day 19 - Height: 5" She's starting to bush up nicely after training now, I think next week once I let her grow out a little more I'm going to have to defoliate fairly heavily, but right now I'm mostly just leaf tucking in order to open up the sides a little better. I snapped off the lowermost branch whilst trying to twist down the wire around which was annoying , but live and learn. Looking healthy and hopefully the majority of the training is done now, I'll just be making small adjustments to control the canopy from here in. Leaves are nice and lush and the main stem is starting to harden up now, looking strong! Thanks a lot for reading, grow well! x