Moved into flower this week. The plants are super healthy and producing lots of bud sites. I still trim daily and they are drinking a LOT.
Day 43
Week 7 has started. I believe this week we will move from pre-flower to flower but weβll see. This strain is supposed to be 75 days seed to harvest but it feels like these guidelines are never met. Iβm giving as close to optimal conditions possible and it still looks like this will be a long haul here. But the only way to know is to grow.
Day 44
The first thing I did was a water change today. Th pH and the water were falling which indicated I needed a water change. We were about due anyway so it worked out well. I noticed a couple spots started flowering today so I switched the ratio of nutrients to flower mix. PPM is at 1270.
Day 45
Light defoliation continues to expose bud sites to more light. I had to raise the lights today as the plants were growing too close.
Day 48
Wow busy weekend here. Saturday the girls needed a gallon of water added and this morning it was over 1.5 gallons. They are very thirsty. As always, Iβm pruning fan leaves out of he way on these plants and know this will continue.
Day 49
Well weβre at 7 weeks and weβre flowering. Iβm glad as I donβt know how much larger these plants could get in this cabinet. This cabinet is much larger than my last tent itβs just the hydro grow is so prolific. Itβs hot as hell and humid outside also, I think Iβm going to have to start running a dehumidifier in the room. Particulars for the week are as follows:
PPM at end of week: 1240
Water temp: 71
Air temp: 74
pH: 5.8
Height: 25β
Distance from lamp: 14 (will need to raise again in the coming week)
@sandspur, I truly love growing these weeds and I'm stuck at home because of my health so my fun is online talking about these beautiful plants. Happy growing my friend ππ±π»
@Cyrusdavirus,please don't apologize. I appreciate your input and typos happen all the time. Either way, I'm looking forward to it for a lot of reasons and I'm going to enjoy it sativa or indica dominant. Thanks again for the time you give others.
@sandspur, just went over there to double check and you are right it does say it's a sativa dominant strain. I haven't grown Seedsman's zkittles and actually can't remember who the breeders were but it was a little indica plant I remember because it was such a mix of pretty colored buds. Maybe what they crossed it with to make it autoflower is what makes it more sativa from the ones I grew π€ don't know sorry for the confusion π€·
@GmansGarden, thank you. It was but I've stripped it a bit this week. I want to keep it healthy but thin it out for the last part of the grow to give the buds max light. My update today will show it thinned out.
@sandspur, a great man once said " if your not killing plants , your not growing; if you don't push yourself past the limits you will never know how far you can go"
That being said it's always nice to try a new method and make it work !!!
@Cyrusdavirus, thank you. They are doing really well. The pictures just don't do it justice. This is my best grow to date. Not high on style points but substance is really good here.