Skywalker and Glue Autos

March 21, 2023 Skywalker OG: Day 59 DLI: 45 at canopy Height: 37.5" Wedding Glue: Day 52 DLI: 30 Height: 13.5" This week will focus more on watering and making adjustments for Wedding Glue as she moves into flower. Skywalker OG is doing wonderfully. Her buds are really starting to swell. I'm excited to see the end result. She is steadily working her top watering and the reservoir. She also got an increase in her nutrients. Fish Shit is back at 3ml and I've increased tiger bloom up to 7ml. Wedding Glue is 13.5" tall, but super full and lush. Her pre-flower time is almost at an end. And she is taking in massive amounts of water. Even after top feeding yesterday, she also dried out the reservoir overnight. Another refill. She's definitely thirsty and still leveling out her soil moisture. She got a nutrient increase today as well. Now she's getting 4ml of each micro, grow and bloom advanced nutrients as well as 3ml of Fish Shit Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.5° RH: 54.6% VPD: 1.25 kPa March 22, 2023 Today is rather exciting. First, Skywalker OG not only cleared out the reservoir overnight, she also put on some noticable weight. I had to fill the reservoir back up and top feed a bit more. However, I'm seeing no signs of under or over watering. So there's that. Honestly, kinda confused with that. Wedding Glue grew an inch last night. I also looked through the canopy and realized the abundance of bud sites that are still hidden by the massive fan leaves. When she finishes her stretch, she's definitely getting defoliated. She also got a bit more top feed today. Just a few hundred ml. The middle of the soil is pretty crunchy and dry. It should be fine now. No signs of over or under watering. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.5° RH: 55% VPD: 1.24 kPa March 23, 2023 Still dialing in their watering. Wedding Glue was the empty one today. She already started feeling light so she got a top feed about half gallon, and a reservoir refill. She also hasn't stretched much at all. However, she is getting wider with tons of bud sites ready to be exposed to the light. I won't be defoliating until next week, just to be sure she has actually finished her stretch. She is really full and lush. Definitely a bit too full. I'll be checking her water levels periodically today. Skywalker OG has a half full reservoir but seems to be enjoying the wet soil for now. Her buds are noticably fattening up day to day. She still has plenty of time to bulk up and it's not even at that critical fattening stage yet. The lowest buds are also thick, glistening with trichomes and look great in their own right. Hopefully they end up being good smoke. Side note: I learned the other day that living soil needs constant moisture to work to its fullest. Living microbes slow production during dry periods. Keeping a constant even moisture level is the best method. In that case, I would assume a drip system or, in my case, bottom feed with a weekly top feed would work best. Or at least keeping the moisture level around 45% maybe 55%... Somewhere around there. I also learned that flushing living soil is basically pointless, so there's that as well. I think my issue was not starting the soil at the ideal level and working the soil with the seedlings. I think I just missed getting the whole pot at the right level for the bottom feed system to actually work from the start. Anyway, if anyone is reading this, leave a comment with your thoughts. I'd love to hear opinions and theories on the concept. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 57.5% VPD: 1.22 kPa March 24, 2023 So I had to ask the question today about finally defoliating Wedding Glue. She hasn't stretched in a couple days and stopped at 14.5" maybe she's just super squat. Anyway, I haven't defoliated yet and am worried if it's still too early. I don't think so though. She seems to be in full swing flower. There are a ton of covered bud sites and she is way too bushy. Anyway... Wedding Glue is doing great! Still very lush and great colors. Lots of pistil production. She's definitely in full flower now. So I had to raise her up closer to the light. She is now at a perfect DLI of 45. Exactly the recommended intensity. The soil moisture level finally leveled out to around 50%. She will most likely get another top feeding next week. Now it will be easier to keep up with. Skywalker OG is fantastic! Her buds are getting much bigger and trichome production is looking great as well. Very nice cone shapes. And very uniform. She has also leveled out her moisture content. Light penetration is super deep. Air flow is excellent. She seems to have a slight bit of light burn? Just on the very top top, but it could be a naturally occurring color change. Not worried. Excellent aroma. Strong. Unfortunately it's starting to get a bit humid here now that spring is here. I ended up buying a tiny dehumidifier for the tent and a bigger one for outside the tent. Hopefully it will keep everything where it needs to be for the summer without overheating the tent. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 56.8% VPD: 1.18 Update: the answer was easy enough. She was too bushy and is now defoliated. I'm not sure, but I think I may have pulled too much. Or not? They were all big leaves with purple stems. Air flow is opened up and bud sites are also visible. There are still quite a few sites left, but I didn't want to take too much. She definitely felt it. She's dropping now. Lots of stress. 🤔🤔 Not sure if this is good. I'll find out. March 25, 2023 Skywalker OG is really amazing. I have no idea what her yield will be, but it will be a decent amount... I think. Her buds are growing really fast. They are getting super chunky, even on the lower half of the canopy. The light penetration is great. however, because she only has a corner of the tent, I have been rotating her every morning to make sure every part of the plant gets even lighting. What's really nice is that she's not leafy at the buds. Much better for trimming. She's perfect with watering now. Everything is leveled out and didn't need watering today. Finally. Wedding Glue is also looking great. She took really well to the defoliation and already started to fill back out. She has a ton of bud sites, and her internodal spacing is really short. Might be a bad thing? My only concern is her size. How big will those buds get? On the other hand, her branches are super stiff and couldn't be trained even if I wanted to. That being said, hopefully they will grow thick buds that cover her entire canopy. She also did not need watering today. I'll keep an eye though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.8° RH: 54.4% VPD: 1.19 kPa Update: my dehumidifiers arrived today. Perfect size. Both are now in the tent clearing out the extra moisture. It will take a couple hours for them to acclimate. And the temp will come up a few degrees as well. Very happy. I also turned the intensity down 10%. It seems to be the sweet spot now. Hopefully it will take some of the stress off of Skywalker OG. And Wedding Glue also started to pray slightly. Very happy for that. March 26, 2023 Today is another bottom feed for Wedding Glue. She completely dried up the reservoir last night... Again. She's still super short, but the massive amount of bud sites completely makes up for it. Hopefully she will completely fill her canopy with tops. Skywalker OG continues to bulk up. And looks great in that aspect, but I have an issue with browning leaves up top, but it's also happening at the lower bud sites as well. Some is getting purple, so I'm wondering if I should be worried or not. I believe it's light burn, but the light isn't intense enough to burn the lower sites. Or is it a PH issue? See pictures. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.6° RH: 55.6% VPD: 1.15 kPa March 27, 2023 Wedding Glue has officially finished growing at 15". She is much shorter than I expected. So hopefully her plethora of buds makes up for it. They look pretty good too. She's still filling back out and a lot of the top leaves are maturing. I may look to do another defoliation in a week? Maybe nothing? I'm not sure. Lots of sites are being covered. She's also quite thirsty. Sucking up an easy 2 liters a day. She's getting topped off daily as well with her soil staying at a 53% moisture level. She seems happy there. I also lifter up a couple of inches to get her oser to the light. I'd say she's right at the sweet spot. Skywalker OG is doing fantastic. Her buds are getting thicker and bigger everyday. They're not as heavy as I was hoping, but there is definitely more time left on her. At least 10 days. Maybe more? She's drinking at a nice steady pace now. I'd say close to 1.5 liters a day. It's hard to tell. She's in living soil, so I know to not let it dry out. I figure keeping her in the correct moisture level is better than the fluctuation of wet to dry. I'm probably wrong, but if I am, I'll learn. I'm also going to add some cal-mag today when it gets here. Hopefully that helps with the spotting. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.7° RH: 55.4% VPD: 1.20 kPa