. I understand I might've made the wrong decision but there's only one way to learn I guess haha.
The most commen new grower mistakes are they/you try to do too much , they worry about increasing yeild with tricks like supercropping & topping the plant , before you learn to read the signs of healthy & happy plants those type methods to increase yeilds actually set you back in the learning process .
The best way to learn to grow great dope is ride the 1st grow out& do as little as possible,keep the bugs away & lightly fertilize once in veg & once in bud & thats it .
On your next grow you ramp up the feeding schedule to feeding twice in veg & twice in bud , tbis way you see exact differences between your 1st & 2nd grow & can see how different amounts of nutes affect the plants health .
IMO right now you've read too much about tricks to increase yeilds & not enough about standard botany pratices , new growers that are in a rush to try multiple tricks at once in hopes of larger harvests are rarely rewarded & allmost allways do more harm than good .
I grew in soil over 20 yrs before switching to hydroponics & did the bare minimum , i fed once in veg , once in early bud & 1 last time in mid bud & was regularly pulling down 12 to 16 zips per plant , no super cropping , no lst , no high priced grow shop nutes ect .
when your just starting to learn about growing less is allways better, if you add or change something you only do one thing per grow , that way you know exactly what to expect & what changes took place from your intervention .
Too much too fast & you'll get poor results every time , my advice is to stop reading about ways to increase harvest until you've had a harvest , instead read about plant health & how/when to apply different amounts of NPK , soil preperation & grow area prep .