yeah I can understand why too! I can only imagine the feeling of seeing your own product first or second time around a feeling that will never be forgotten…
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How is your plant looking today?
Overall not too bad considering everything discussed over the past day or so…
However she was looking picture perfect 4-5 days ago…
here are a few pics i just took…
Shes extremely compact! 
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The new growth looks fine 
, whatever you’ve done (up a bit nutes?) she is enjoying it. Forget about the rest of leaves, they’re not going to change for good, once you will have fresh new ones if they go down the lane you can trim them. Keep in mind that any “damaged” or “shaded” leaf is not producing energy but stealing it from the plant, anyway let’s wait to see her bigger … 
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yep for sure i’m starting to get the hang of this waiting game now i’ve got some of the basics on board!! haha even my partner knows a bit more than me… shes like… usually when i get a bad leaf on my chilli plant i will chop it off straight away… ( Shes Thai ) so loves her chillis and gardening!
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Thats a stunning beautiful plant. props 
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certainly is love it!
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Yeah, one thing, if I can give a tad of overall advice.
Always, look to the new growth. The screwed up leaves won’t ever come back. The new growth tells the entire story.
Looks like you have a great start though.
How far away from the top of the plant did you hang your light? I ask because of the short nature of your plant. Normally, a plant will stretch for the light. So the further away from your plants top, the taller, because it stretches for more light. If you place the light closer, it does not need to stretch to get the needed amount of light. Just my opinion.
But yeah, you’re doing a boatload better than the first run I ever did. Lol.
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Thanks for the kind words mate!
I have a terrible OCD aswell which may be handy in this game but if not careful could screw things up so… yeah I want a little more stretch so i actually have the light at full distance away from the plant now…
I’m only in a 4ft tent.
She’s on day 30 I believe il probably veg it for another month then flip so im looking to keep it as short as possible but would like a little more stretch to play with and fill out a scrog or maybe even just a nice canopy we’ll see how she does… ( and how impatient I am to get. buds lol )
Good advice! thanks I will always try to focus on the new growth more.
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This exact thing… Plant looks happy again so keep it up!
Once damage starts in a leaf or leaves, it’ll never be green and perfect again…but the new growth ses to like it so wooo
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Spoken like a true Growmie!!! 
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for sure man… I honestly appreicate the guys giving me solid advice and keeping me going… we have 5-6 shoots that can multiply later 
slow down mr first ever plant slow down!! lol
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I think theres some potential in that lovely 4gallon pot in its dinky 2x2 home 
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The plants have a tendency to stretch more if you let them dry more. I water less often when I want more stretch and water more often when I want to keep them compact. You can read up on Crop Steering for more info.
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Ahh nice info… Im just hearing a lot about you must water coco / coir and always keep it damp /moist… do you think i can get away with maybe watering every 2 days now and again then? and just do a lift test when near dry?
Thanks
BM
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Yeah, don’t let it dry out completely but when I transplant smaller plants I let the coco dry until there are some dry coco strands on the top of my media. That forces the roots to stretch out and seek nutrients and helps the roots fill the pots more quickly. Once the roots fill the pots completely you can start hitting them once or more daily so the growth explodes.
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Yes, when they are small they can dry out until the pots feel like they have lost 80% of their water weight. My smaller plants that are in larger containers might only get watered once a week or so… when the top starts looking dry or (after 4-5 days minumum) I will water them if I want to see quicker growth… flushing the waste sugars and replenishing the salts that were consumed by the current roots.
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ahh this is interesting then… perhaps il start giving her a break a bit more often from lots of watering.
Thanks for that info. BM
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I’m new too, but I did a lot of reading before I began and one thing I found was multiple references to over-watering as a leading cause of plant failure… so… just remember not to go overboard.
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Yep, I also see alot about overwatering… however i did watch one video about how much you need to water coco coir… one guy demonstarted how much water he put through his soil mix in a pot then he pulled the plant from the pot and showed how much of the mix was actually saturated and it turns out after putting a healthy watering through it half of it was still dry even with run off…
So gathering this I think we have to dial in on how much perlite etc were using and how we are watering to get whats best for our plants…
Appreciate the comment.
BM
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