Amok’s KushXL auto first grow. Daily ups

Day 29: Welcome to week 5 friends! Still not flowering but growing like crazy and drinking like fish. Not much to do at this point but tuck leaves and scrog as they grow larger. I think I am feeding rather heavy as I just changed to 4 fertigations a day. But I went through 3 gallons of water just yesterday alone. I am going to have to watch runoff and cut feed time to probably about 40 seconds each feed. I am making more nutrient solution as we speak 🤦‍♂️🏼Other than that everything is turning up Milhouse. I just can’t wait until flowering time, like seriously can’t wait any longer lol… Day 30: Today feels like another auto pilot day. I will check the reservoir PH but probably will not do much beyond that. I will also keep an eye on the plants today for any deficiencies or other signs of nutrient stress. Since I changed my nutrient mix to a flip to pistil mix. I would like to give them another haircut, but considering they are not in flower yet I do not want to stress them to much. I pulled just a few under canopy stems and leaves yesterday but only like 5-6. Day 31: Other than staring at my plants yesterday all I did was adjust PH in my reservoir and pull a few bottoms leaves and stems off. I will probably make another 6 gallons of special sauce for the ladies today and top off my reservoir. I’ll probably use my late vegetation recipe as some of the leaves are looking like they are a bit faded. That mixed with my flip to pistil recipe should be a perfect balance for the stretch period they are in. But yeah, stretch = early flowering. I am pretty pumped that both plants are showing sex and ready to flower, or rather in transition to flower mode. To the moon we go! I feel like I am missing something… oh well if I think of it I will update… Day 32: River has been on a slow decline the last couple days. Looks to me like a nitrogen deficiency, which is weird because both plants are the same strain and get fed the same are the same size etc. I did have a pretty low PH the other morning on day 30 or 31. I am thinking I should turn my lights down a bit, and maybe give some higher PPM vegetation nutrient recipe. See if I can bring her back before it is to late. Other than all that Clara is still looking good for now. Any advice is appreciated. Day 33: So yesterday I started cleaning as best as I could under the canopy. These plants are so squat and dense it makes it very difficult. Not to mention the halos in the way. Next grow I am going to fill the pots more for sure and trim the halos so they are closer to the soil. Since Clara is almost in full flower mode and River is showing a tad bit more pistils, I think I am going to mix up a batch of early flowering nutrients and mix it with my flip to pistils mix. I will also try to do a small amount of defoliation today if I can. Other than that mostly on auto pilot today. Day 34: Late yesterday I turned my lights down to 60% from 65-70% as I think the discoloration on River was due to me turning them up earlier this week. I also made some more nutrients but kept a bit more nitrogen in the mix due to the stretch. But started introducing a bit more bloom(2.25ml/g) and koolbloom(0.75ml/g). I also did the best I can at clearing under the canopy. I got a few more small undeveloped flower sites and a bunch of fan leaves. They look pretty good today from what I can tell, and, I feel this will be a pretty hands off day as well. River still isn’t flowering as much as Clara but she does have a few more visible pistils then the other day. I feel like I should be doing more with them, but, less is more right? So other than checking on the reservoir PH and talking to them a couple times today I think that is about it. I would like to put up my second net but I think I might wait until I’m sure I will need it. If these plants stay as short as they have I probably won’t. Also the main stem is bigger than my thumb. Grow on! Day 35: Things are moving right along. Clara is stretching well and flower sites are forming well. River is showing more signs of flower but she is now almost a week behind Clara which was the runt. Not sure what to do about that at harvest time. I figure either harvest both when one is done or wait until one is a little over ripe and the other slower one is done. This morning I checked the reservoir for PH and it climbed a bit but sitting at 6.1. I also cleared some more foliage from under the canopy/netting. Trying to get as much airflow as I can without stressing them to much. I will probably take a little bit every couple days. Going to make some early flower recipe nutrients today and top up my reservoir with that. Hoping this will slowly introduce those bloom nutrients gradually while still keeping some grow for the rest of the stretch. I will probably turn my light back up just a hair and see what happens with that over the next few days. Last time I turned it up like 10ish percent and that was a bit much for River. Anyway that’s it for week 5. See you tomorrow for what I am going to label the first week of flower. Cheers! 🥃🤓