Skywalker and Glue Autos

April 25, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 6 Drying Weight: 6 oz. She looks great! 4 more days of this and I'll have some perfectly dried bud. She only lost a half ounce over the last day. So she is certainly slowing down. I'm hoping she doesn't lose much more. Day 88 Wedding Glue looks amazing. Big fat, stinky sticky buds. She looks great. I started pulling some leaves off of her. I'll continue to do so until harvest. Or one big defoliation in about a week. I'm not sure yet. She seems to have slowed down significantly in reservoir water intake, and the soil is already down to 30% moisture. I'm not sure I understand what is happening. Anyway, my plan is to empty the reservoir into a sprayer thing and do a top feed until it trickles down and then put the rest back in the reservoir. Maybe that will kick start the bottom feeding again. Still a good week of flower before the flush. I also refilled the reservoir with the higher nutrient dose for this week. Kinda perfect timing. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73° RH: 54.8% VPD: 1.22 kPa April 26, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 7 Drying Weight: 6 oz Retention: 29% Dry Tent Environment: Temp: 67.9° RH: 56.6% VPD: 1.01 kPa Wedding Glue So I'm still trying to figure out why my plant is no longer taking water from the bottom. In the meantime I emptied the reservoir into my sprayer and unloaded all of it from the top. She had a little bit of runoff, but enough to know she was saturated and to see if the wick will pull up that runoff. Thanks to the answers to my question, I have these options. This week will see how it works. I snipped off some leaves today. A couple older ones, some that were blocking middle bud sites and then some that were being crushed between colas. I'm definitely going to defoliate before she goes in the dark tent for a couple days. That won't be for another week and a half. Getting stickier and stinkier. Almost overwhelmingly potent. I also noticed today that the tops aren't as tight as I thought they were. This is the second super leafy plant I have had and I think they both did this. Lesson learned. Defoliate leafy plants, especially the ones closest to the colas. I will be doing that the next time I get a leafy plant. Overall, the start of this week has been pretty good. Lots of frost, packing on more weight. Still a good 10 to 12 days left I'd say. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 53.2% VPD: 1.33 kPa April 27, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 8 Drying Weight: 6 oz. Retention: 29% Dry Tent Environment: Temp: 66.8° RH: 58.3% VPD: 0.93 kPa No noticable weight loss over the last 2 days. Wedding Glue Looking and smelling great! She seems to have pulled up the runoff pretty easily. So I refilled the reservoir with 1 gallon nutrient mix. If it stops working again, I'll just dump the reservoir into the sprayer. She already feels about 3 lbs lighter than yesterday. Must be thirsty. Lol. Aside from that, everything looks great. She's nearly ready. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 52.9% VPD: 1.35 kPa April 28, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 9 Drying Weight: 5.5 oz. 155 grams. Retention: 26.61% Dry Tent Environment: Temp: 67.9° RH: 57.8% VPD: 0.99 kPa Some weight loss overnight, but not much. Considering it's been 9 days, I expected a bit more weight loss. Trimming might kill the yield though. Buds are still dense, so maybe I won't lose as much as I think. I'd say around 3 oz dried, trimmed and cured. Wedding Glue She looks amazing. Got a couple leaves snipped today. Water looks great. She definitely won't be needing another watering until the flushing starts. She doesn't seem to be swelling anymore. Maybe tightening up a bit. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.5° RH: 52.8% VPD: 1.34 kPa April 29, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 10 Drying Weight: 150 grams. Retention: 25.75% She only lost 5 grams overnight. Just about there for her dry. Maybe a 2 to 4 days left. Wedding Glue: She's looking great! Water intake seems to be on point. Another 2 days or so before she needs a refill. Pistils are about 50% orange. Just about ready to start flushing. Nothing left to report or do for the next few days. Just let her ripen up. Also, the bottom feed system seems to have gotten the kickstart I was hoping for. I also added 2 more wicks to try and keep up with the water intake. I'll have to keep an eye on her weight as well. She seems to get kinda light pretty quickly. Excellent! Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.5° RH: 55.7% VPD: 1.31 kPa April 30, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 11 Drying Weight: 153 grams (bouncing between 150 and 155. It's really humid and warm today, having a lot of trouble keeping both down. Temp: 70° RH: 62% Wedding Glue looks great! I'm starting to take off the oldest leaves slowly. Although, I don't think it will matter at this point. She has so much foliage, I doubt she'll notice. Her reservoir has dried out and now I'm just waiting for the soil to dry up a bit. Then the flushing begins. The whole of next week will be flushing before harvest day. 48 hour dark period and I think a wet trim or at least a partial one. Too much foliage. Other than that, things look great! I didn't bother checking trichomes today as I know they need a bit more time. I'm going for 25% amber with this strain, so the week long flush should give me just that. Can't wait. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.7° RH: 57.8% VPD: 1.30 kPa May 1, 2023 Skywalker OG Day 12 Drying Weight: 155 grams Temp: 69.2° RH: 58.8% She is just about there. I took a half branch sample today. Trimmed weight was 3.5 grams. She still has a bit of time left. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow. Either way, she's almost there. The smoke is amazing. A little harsh, but she isn't cured and not completely dry. I also weighed her out again before taking the sample. Still at 155 grams. I'm guessing that means she is done. But the branches aren't snapping quite yet. The bottom 2 node branches snap close to the base. The main tops are still kinda bendy. Maybe a tiny bit of snap. Still a good smoke. The high is awesome. I can only assume it will get better with curing. No hay smell no grassy taste. Really strong smelling. Very happy. Wedding Glue: Not much to report today. She is about 47% moisture and still looking great! I plopped a lighter in the center of the plant to get a better idea of the tops I'm working with. Massive. I took 3 leaves today. Trying to clear out the leaves getting zero light. Honestly, I should have cleared out all the popcorn buds when I had the chance. Tomorrow she will be getting the Flawless Finish for the rest of the grow. I'd say 2 to 3 flushes and she will be clean. Then she should be ready for harvest. The last few days when she starts to dry up, I'll place her in the dark tent for 48 hours before chopping and hanging. Wet trim on this one. It's getting humid and frankly, she has entirely way too much foliage to prevent mold or bud rot or something. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.6° RH: 57.7% VPD: 1.25 kPa