Zkittlez Autoflower

June 7, 2023 Day 29 This week should be the week stretching really starts to take off. Zkittlez Two seems to be maturing a little faster than Zkittlez One. It also has matched up in height with a trained Zkittlez One. Zkittlez One: Height: 10" DLI: 39 Zkittlez Two: Height: 11" DLI: 41.5 Grow System Environment: Temp: 75° RH: 58.5% VPD: 1.21 kPa June 8, 2023 Zkittlez One got a reservoir refill today. Zkittlez Two doesn't seem to need water at all. She is still very moist. Maybe she's taking in less water. Zkittlez One Training on this lady is going quite well. I have the canopy level and will need to keep adjusting every couple of days. Zkittlez Two No training on her. I want to see what a natural grow looks like. She doesn't seem to be as vigorous as I was thinking. But still good growth speed. Just over 12" now and has exceeded the height of her sister plant. Now to get them both level in height. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 55.6% VPD: 1.28 kPa June 9, 2023 I broke an effing branch! These stupid clips suck. Anyway, Zkittlez One is now missing a branch. I really hope it doesn't cause too much of an issue. It might help bring up the lower branches, but still. Booooo. I also tied down a branch that was starting to get too long. She's also just starting pre-flower. Zkittlez Two is looking great! She has a good Christmas tree structure. Depending on how she grows, I might end up tying some branches down, but so far everything looks good. She got a reservoir refill. And I think it's safe to say she is in full flower. Right on time. Both ladies got top feedings today. Just a quarter gallon, but it's just to keep the upper soil moist. The actual watering comes from the bottom feed system. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 56.4% VPD: 1.24 kPa June 10, 2023 Zkittlez One is no longer going to be touched. I snapped the top, but only halfway. So no more training unless it's very careful defoliation. She's super healthy, but so very fragile. The most fragile plant I've ever grown. So now we have a plant with a broken branch and a half broken top with 2 more nodes attached to it. Happily, the branch break healed up in no time. Zkittlez Two is doing great! She is a mini version of a christmas tree. The only thing I'm concerned about is her branching. She has branches, but they are small and not growing as rapidly as I would expect. I was hoping by this time I'd have to tie a branch or 2 down, but nope. They are too small to tie down. I'll have to see what happens over the rest of this week. Maybe she will start branching more in the coming days. Other than that, she is super healthy and happy. She looks maybe a little dwarfish, but this strain stretch's a whole lot during the flowering stretch. I feel like that is what I've been seeing through my research. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 60.6% VPD: 1.15 kPa June 11, 2023 Zkittlez One grew an inch or so last night. She is also in pre-flower. Perfect timing. She may have been a bit delayed due to the broken branch and injured top. But she's definitely recovered and starting to stretch now. I'm expecting an average 1.5" per day for the next week or so. Zkittlez Two is growing at an exceptional rate. Averaging about 1.5" per day, I'd expect to see near double in size by the end of this week. If she stretches like that over next week, I'll end up with a manageable 3 ft. plant. UPDATE: I decided the side branches on Zkittlez One were much more pliable that the top. So the 4 main branches were pulled horizontally to open up the inside bud sites. There aren't many leaves on her as it is, so I might not even need defoliation. Looking good though with the training. UPDATE 2: I snipped one single leaf off of Zkittlez One. Just one big one that was covering an entire branch. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75° RH: 59.8% VPD: 1.18 kPa June 12, 2023 Zkittlez One finally got her top pulled down again. I know I said no more, but I can't just leave her like that. So I pulled branches down and the top and have most of it level. With the top pulled down, that should spur the lower branches to spike up. Zkittlez Two is just growing tall. However she really does have a small stature. Great structure, but just small. I'm hoping she gets a bit bigger and thicker in the next week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.8° RH: 57.7% VPD: 1.27 kPa June 13, 2023 Zkittlez One Today was a great day for training. She's growing at a decent rate now and her branches and the top is much more mailable. That being said, she got the top turned down and some of the most upper nodes also got pulled down. The canopy is nearly level now, so I'm very happy with this turn for the better. I also removed the main stem fan leaves. They were taking up space for bud sites, and maybe it will help with the humidity levels. Anyway, training and defoliation was a success today. I was going to wait for tomorrow, but it was the perfect time for it. Zkittlez Two She looks great! Her buds are coming out quite nicely. Water intake seems to be a bit slow at the moment. As I said before, I'm concerned with her size. I'm assuming the branches will thicken up and get a bit more broad to fill things out. Currently, every bud site is open. But that is only due to the lack of foliage. Kind of confused. My theory is when she was planted. She started out small in the first place, but when I planted her in the final pot, her roots were all over the place. She may have had root shock or transplant shock or whatever it's called and she didn't fully recover. Just a theory though. Reservoirs will be refilled tomorrow for the start of the new week. I'll be doing a top watering on each I think. Just a quarter gallon it should be good for the rest of the week. The bottom feed system is definitely working. I may not need to top feed at all. We shall see. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.9° RH: 59.2% VPD: 1.27 kPa