Skywalker and Glue Autos

March 28, 2023 Skywalker OG: Day 66 DLI: 45 at canopy. 72 at top. Final Height 38" Wedding Glue: Day 59 DLI: 40 Final Height: 15.5" This week is a major focus on taking care of the leaf issues with Skywalker OG. The light as before has been brought down to 60%. I also administered Advanced Nutrients Cal Mag Extra. 4 ml/gal. I've also dropped the tiger bloom back down to 5 ml/gal. The next option is to attempt to flush a living soil? That's absurd. Other than that, she is building super fat buds and I couldn't be happier... Well, I could be, but a pound of weed from one plant is asking a bit much. Lol. Anyway, her trichomes production is fantastic. She has so much resin that my hand got sticky just from a small accidental brush to one of the sugar leaves. Not even a bud. Very happy. She smells great too! As for Wedding Glue, she stopped growing at 15.5". A very much shorter plant than I was expecting, but I work with what I have. So the issue with her is the foliage. There is so much and it's covering everything under the very top. I'm guessing over time this won't be an issue? I'll ask the question. Other than that, she's still super thirsty, buds are getting bigger. Lots and lots of pistils. A little small, but not bad. I had a white widow that had tiny pistils and was almost all leaf. Was not a good turn out. So, I feel l should keep an eye on her. She also smells great! Not sticky that I can tell. Honestly, I handle very little of the plant as I can. Especially during flowering. I'm not seeing much in trichome production yet, but it's still really early in flower for her. I still feel like the abundance of bud sites will make up for it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.8° RH: 54.8% VPD: 1.18 kPa Update: Humidity is a bit of a struggle for the past few days. Hopefully it will break soon. Or I'm gonna need to get yet another dehumidifier. I'm also going to have to get sealed reservoirs like the AC Infinity ones. Update 2: I did some more research on trimming and I guess this is the best time. Right after she is done stretching. Up to week 3 as mentioned on the second Defoliation question. So much appreciated. I think my timing is right with the flowering week. But my concern is still the age of the plant. Anyway, I trimmed a bunch of the matured leaves with the purple stems. I left the new growth to fill in the holes... Not that there is any. She is still covered in foliage. But a lot of the bud sites are open now so she should be good. Like last time, she drooped a bit for a day and then was back to normal. She will be perfect and in 5 weeks, she will show it all. March 29, 2023 As expected, Wedding Glue took perfectly well to her defoliation. A little sad for the evening and perky as ever today. She's quite happy and I only had to take 3 more leaves off that I missed. Most of the bud sites are showing at least a bit. I'm guessing as the buds get bigger, they will start to overtake the leaves. If not, I can pop a leaf or 2 every once in a while if need be. She's stacking nicely and as she is so compact, she will fill up very quickly. Bud formation is as described so far. Ping pong ball shaped. I'm guessing that will be the overall size of the upper buds. For now, I'll be focusing on her water intake. Everything seems really good so far. Just have to keep an eye. Container is getting a little light as well. Skywalker OG is also doing quite well. She is packing on more and more weight. Today... To me... This plant is definitely filling out. Most of the lower buds are fat as well. There are a couple that are falling behind. No worries though. The rest make up for it. She's taking in a good amount of water still. Cal-Mag seems to be working? No clue how to tell, to be honest. All I know is that she is growing and looks good. Could she be better? Sure? I dunno. Anyway, it looks like the light burn has stopped at least. There hasn't been any more progress since I dropped the intensity. Either way, I think she's good now. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.8° RH: 53.2% VPD: 1.25 kPa March 30, 2023 So today we have a nicely watered Wedding Glue. She has started stacking over her canopy. Lots of tops and buds pushing through the foliage. Looks great! Perfect light intensity. She also got about a half liter top feed today. And filled up the reservoir as well. Skywalker OG is also doing quite well. More weight. And no changes in the leaves from yesterday. I think she is in the clear now. I noticed that the leaves are starting to get darker. I wonder if she's going to turn colors. Deep purple? That would be nice. She is a tiny bit light. I'll most likely give her another top feeding tomorrow. It's been nearly a week, so she may be due for one anyway. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 52.3% VPD: 1.30 kPa March 31, 2023 Not much going on with the ladies today. They are bud building. Skywalker OG is amazing. Super fat and heavy buds, great smell and everything! The buds are getting heavy enough to start putting a bit of stress on the branches. Noice! The only issue I see now is clawing at the top. It has to be something like a nitrogen toxicity. She should fix herself in a day or already has. She's still running around 50% soil moisture content, so I don't want to flood her and risk over watering so close to harvest. However, her reservoir was cut in half with plain water, so all the nutrients are minimal. When she dries out this feeding, I'll flush a little bit. Wedding Glue is looking lovely. Her tops are starting to get bigger and stacking very nicely. I don't know what she's going look like in the end, but so far she has the right shaped buds and created her own level canopy. Everything is perfect except her size. She small, but packed, and I mean packed, with bud sites and tops everywhere. As long as she gets those dense plump ping pong ball sized buds, we will see a great harvest. Oh, and her branches are super stiff, like an aged maple. TIGHT internodal spacing. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.0° RH: 50.6% VPD: 1.33 kPa Update: I decided to raise the light and increase the intensity by 10%. The DLI stayed nearly the same. My goal here is to give Wedding Glue a wider light spread which seems to have worked. I also feel like it's helping penetrate further around Skywalker OG on her lower branches. Hopefully this gets more light to places it just couldn't reach. Now the light distance is roughly 21" from Wedding Glue. Wider spread without loss of intensity. In theory, it should work much better. When Skywalker OG comes out of the tent for harvest, I'll be able to increase the intensity a bit more to get a DLI of around 48. I'll also be able to take Wedding Glue off the box and back to the floor. Very much satisfied... Until I'm not because of a screw up. Hahaha! April 1, 2023 More and more weight put on Skywalker OG. Very happy girl. She got about a liter of water in the top and a full reservoir. Looking great! I haven't seen any more rust spots. So that's good as well. I'd say about 2 weeks left. Wedding Glue is also looking great! More bud production and fattening up those stacks. She's getting more thirsty too. She'll be getting a watering this afternoon. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 54% VPD: 1.31 kPa April 2, 2023 Skywalker OG is looking fantastic. She is still suffering from light burn at the very top. I haven't seen anything else get worse anywhere on her. Buds are still growing fat and heavy. She also has an extremely strong scent of gas. Very nice and heady. Wedding Glue is also looking great! She is stacking like mad and has tons and tons of bud sites. I'd say another 4 weeks for her. Maybe 5. No complaints here. She will have better bud that way. The new watering kit I picked up is working wonders. 1 gallon instead of a half gallon. Sturdy as well. Also it's mostly a sealed system. The containers cover all the openings on the lid. Very nice. It's also a great help for the humidity issue I was running into over the past few days. So an excellent purchase. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74° RH: 53.7% VPD: 1.29 kPa Update: Wedding Glue got a lift of about 2.5". Just to get her a little closer to the light. I did end up dropping the intensity back down to 60% to try and not burn Skywalker OG anymore. Seems good so far. I have also increased the advanced nutrients for Wedding Glue from 4 ml to 6 ml. I'll be giving plain water to Skywalker OG starting the next watering. April 3, 2023 The end of this week and we have 2 beautiful ladies. Skywalker OG looks fantastic as always. She is still bulking up and happily, she hasn't started changing pistil color yet. Much more fattening time. Wedding Glue has plump buds and tons of pistils. I am a bit concerned with how bushy she is. I may have to remove more leaves. There's a whole lot overlapping. However, the air flow in the tent is excellent. And I haven't seen any moisture build up between leaves. But as I said, she is super bushy. She's also taking even more water. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.1° RH: 51.2% VPD: 1.23 kPa