Zkittlez Autoflower

May 31, 2023 Day 22 Zkittlez One is 8" DLI: 31 Zkittlez Two is 5.5" DLI: 28 Zkittlez One is taking off now and leaving Zkittlez Two behind in the dust. Zkittlez Two is pondering life I guess and forgot that growing faster is a thing. Lol. Both look great and have roughly the exact same grow speed. Same shape, same leaves and just all around nearly identical plants. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74° RH: 60.9% VPD: 1.10 kPa June 1, 2023 Both ladies have slowed down a bit in vertical growth, but seems to be building leaves. Not much else to report. Both ladies are extremely happy and comfy in their environment. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 59% VPD: 1.15 kPa June 2, 2023 Zkittlez One may end up being trained to get more branching. Not that the branching is bad, it's actually doing quite well, but she looks like she may be too slender and maybe end up too tall. We shall see in the coming days. I'm also concerned about the main stem. It's really skinny like a previous grow that didn't end up getting big at all with no branching. Zkittlez Two is starting to make some major movement. She is starting to branch out and looks happy to be doing so. Great color, beautiful leaves. Wonderful structure. As like her sister, she has a pretty slender main stem. Hopefully it doesn't hurt my grow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 60.2 % VPD: 1.14 kPa June 3, 2023 Both ladies are looking great! They could start training whenever now. I'm not sure I want to train them however. They are both really thin and the main stalks is super skinny. I will definitely defoliate though. Maybe I'll train if they get out of control, but I'd rather see how they come out naturally... For the most part. The branching looks nice on both ladies. They are showing their sex already. So maybe a week left before pre-flower. Time is moving nice and fast now. They've also been joined by a couple Watermelon Autos from Royal Queen Seeds with a grow cycle 20 days shorter. They should all be harvested at the same time. Neither of them grew too much vertically last night, but the branches are starting to grow nicely. They won't be needing water for a while. At least not for a couple more days. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 61.9% VPD: 1.09 kPa Update: I decided to put a tie down on the top of Zkittlez One. She is tall enough and she has been anchored as well. Just one small bend. I'm leaving Zkittlez Two alone as she is still short and I need vertical growth from her. June 4, 2023 Both plants are definitely showing their sex now. I expect pre-flower to start on the next few days. Zkittlez Two is especially showing her sex. Large white hairs along the nodes. Zkittlez One isn't so prominent yet. But she is certainly making up for it in growth. Hopefully Zkittlez Two picks up the pace. Zkittlez One took perfectly to her one bend. I can't wait to see what I can do with her. Very exciting. She will need a reservoir refill tomorrow think. Zkittlez Two looks great! Still too short for training, but beautiful structure and lush leaves. The color is perfect. Just a wonderful plant so far. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.8° RH: 59.4% VPD: 1.10 kPa June 5, 2023 Not much to do today. Zkittlez One is taking swimmingly to her training. I lightly adjusted the tie down a little bit for the top again, but I'm going to wait a bit longer to really get to training. She isn't really there for a level canopy. Zkittlez Two looks pretty good. She is 8.5" tall now with some nice branch growth and leaf production. She looks like a nice little plant. I can't wait to see what kind of stretch she has in her. I hope I have to train her down some if she shoots up. Water for both ladies is perfect. The top soil has a nice crust on it and the bottom feed system is working like a dream. Technically, I shouldn't have to even think about top feeding now. We will see when we are deep into flower. Quick update. I decided to get ahead and take off the bottom node off each plant. I'm not messing around with larf this time around. I figure well before pre-flower should be fine. I also think it's better? That way they can heal in time for the stretch. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.0° RH: 56.8% VPD: 1.27 kPa June 6, 2023 Zkittlez One looks great and is taking to her training like a dream. She isn't too leafy yet, so I think I managed to start training at the perfect time. This lady is growing at an exceptional pace. She got the top pulled down again and all the lower branches are starting to level out. Water looks fine. Zkittlez Two has started vigorous growth. She grew about 1.5" overnight. Looking good on water still and may start getting trained as well maybe next week, depending how big she gets. Although, I may just leave her alone and let her grow naturally with defoliation if needed. Well, that's it for this week. Everything looks great! See you next week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.9° RH: 59.1% VPD: 1.24 kPa