Week three of flower. 2600watts

As title says I'm three weeks into flower. I have a couple questions. I have ten plants right now under 2 1000 watters and a 600 watter. And two LEDs. The buds are not where I think they should be. I'm hopeing it is just my genetics. But my last grow at week three the buds were twice the size. For the past grow they were in a grow though with only two lights. Here is a pic at three weeks from my last grow. (Bottom) andy recent one (top) Could it be because the tent made my lights brighter?

Also doing an experiment to wether defoliation of fan leaves will help increase yeidls. (Top pic no fan leaves. Bottom with leaves.) There is definitely more budsites visiable to the light then the uncut plants.

You're looking on target for three weeks. Looks sativa dominant so it will probably go to 10 or 11 weeks easy. Just relax and enjoy the ride, you have a long way to go.

Bud size doesnt look too bad for wk 3. You say last grow they were twice the size at the same time? Same strain?

At a glane it appears your plants are either over watered or under watered. Both stunt growth.

If they are overwatered then defoliation will just cause more problems... it will take longer for the remaining leaves to transpire the excess water in the pots, which the roots are are having trouble with already.

If the droop is from under watering then youre going to have troubles with salt buildup... too much salts will get sucked up and burn up ypur plants and stunt yield.

Its hard to say because difference in perspective at time of capture of picture, but i feel your second plants look better.

You never wanna cut fan leaves off in flower, i mean a few here and there isnt bad but you need them fan leaves. If you wanna get more light down in the plants then i would spread them, bend them, etc. Maybe use less plants next time and open them up a little

The drooping if from lights off. This strain is the only one I've grown that does it this bad. They Will stay droopy till lights come back on. The strain is black skunk berry #5 by Johnston genetics. I can't find any grows on it but I got it as a freebie so figured I'd try it out.

My last grow was Lemon Jeffery by irie gentics. Best plant I've grown. Yeild was around 8-9 ounces. And I had a 25% return from BHO. Plant was done around 70 days. Fat dense nugs. Unfortunately my mother plant that I saved turned out to be a male. So tossed that. I ordered more seeds though and they have just broke the surface. I'm assuming the plants I'm growing now are going to be late bloomers. By the time harvest comes my lemon Jeffery will be ready to take some clones.

The plants that I defoliated are looking great. The bottom buds have definitely doubled in size over the weekend compared to the other plants. I will post pictures tonight when lights come on.