Zkittlez Autoflower

June 21, 2023 Day 43 Zkittlez One: Height: 17" DLI: 50 mol/m²/d (kinda high, but it works for the rest of the plants and it's not too bad) Zkittlez Two: Height: 26.5" DLI: 55 mol/m²/d I messed around with the light height and intensity. I'm focusing on Zkittlez One for the light height as she is the most productive of the 2 plants. Zkittlez Two is still taller by about 8". Her main branches are level with Zkittlez One. It's just the top that's too tall. I have noticed Zkittlez Two is getting a tiny bit of light burn. With the higher grow light, maybe it will adjust and stop burning. I'll be playing with the light intensity for the rest of the day. Figure out if I need it at 80% or 90%. Both ladies needed watering today. Perfect start to the new week. Nutrients have been upgraded and add nirvana and cal/mag. Zkittlez One took a top feeding of a half gallon and. The rest of the gallon went into the reservoir for a top up. I had to add extra wicking to the reservoir as well. She is super thirsty. I got a good look under the container. She has a veritable root mass under there. Such a strong and voracious plant. She's definitely taking in about a half gallon a day. She almost dried up before her watering today. As I said, perfect timing. Growth is phenomenal. Lots of tops and even more of the lower auxiliary branches are popping up. She's just about done with pre-flower now. I think she will be in full swing flower in a the next couple of days. I also expect to see a good amount more stretching. She is 17" tall now and 18" from the light. I'd like to see her at 22" and I may mess around and see if I can set that up even with younger plants in the tent. Zkittlez Two is a smaller plant, so she's not drying out anytime soon. Only about a quarter gallon a day. She has started showing roots on the bottom of the container as well. Just not as much as her sister plant. I'm not concerned though. She has plenty of room to spread her roots throughout the rest of the grow. Still looking great. Tons of bud sites.she is also starting to smell. Not too strong, but strong enough for me to notice. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.9° RH: 56.1% VPD: 1.31 kPa June 22, 2023 Zkittlez One is thirsty. She cleared out the top off from yesterday. So she got a full gallon reservoir fill up. She stretched about an inch last night, but what makes up for it not being more stretchy, she has even more tops and more coming in again. She just finished up her pre-flower stage and is officially starting the flowering stage. So now there is a nice 6 to 7 week flowering period with all these tops. Zkittlez Two looks great! As predicted, the whole plant will end up being a bunch of bud and tops. The main cola will especially be massive. She isn't as thirsty as her sister plant. But still doing fantastic. Still no need for defoliation. Update: I had to bend 1 branch down on Zkittlez One. It was starting to get a bit ahead of the rest of the plant. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.7° RH: 57.2% VPD: 1.27 kPa June 23, 2023 Zkittlez One: This lady is ridiculous. She is huge and at 19" now. A few budlets are starting to form, but for the most part the plant is still in pre-flower. I really hope she ends up being 24" or so. The bottom feed system adjusted back to it's regular uptake. Everything is looking good. I clipped some more fan leaves off today. Just ones that were overlapping and causing condensation. Some were getting squished against the walls, so I plan on taking those off over the next few days. Overall, this plant is what I have been looking for. This is the most tops and tallest ones I have ever grown. My highest yield so far is 3.1 oz. I really hope I'm right, and this one will yield a good amount more. Zkittlez Two: She looks awesome! Great lush color, strong plant. Sturdy branches and main stem. The main top is showing how much bud will cover it. From what I can see, the near entire main stalk will be the cola. Side branches are also looking like they will be loaded up as well. So today it's muggy and warm. That turned my room into a 75° swamp. And now with the grow tent the door open, it went from 67% down to 58% but my report shows 59.5% so it's still really high. All fans are working at full speed. Exhaust is at full speed. I have a dehumidifier running as well. It brought the room down 2%. I don't mind the heat. I do however, mind the humidity. I'd rather not get mold or anything. I don't think I will, but you never know. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 59.5% VPD: 1.15 kPa June 24, 2023 Both ladies got a full reservoir refill today. Zkittlez One is taking just a bit more than a gallon in 2 days. Zkittlez Two is working on 3 days per gallon. Although, she may start getting thirsty as she is starting build more and more bud. Zkittlez One had a couple leaves snipped. Just clearing out the excess. Overall, she is my finest plant so far. She's still growing perfectly. Lots and lots and lots of tops. The stretch is beautiful. I can't wait to see what next week brings. Zkittlez Two looks great as well. A whole lot of bud all over the plant. As I suspected, she will be all bud with some leaves sticking out. Couldn't be happier. She's still stacking, so I may see a bit more height out of her. The environment is all out of sorts. very humid day. I can't get the humidity below 56% with the tent door wide open. It's ridiculous. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.8° RH: 59.6% VPD: 1.16 kPa June 25, 2023 Zkittlez One had a couple small super low branches that were pruned. As well as some overlapping leaves again. She looks great! Wonderful color and absolutely gorgeous tops. She grew another inch last night. All I want is 3 more inches. She will also need another reservoir refill maybe tonight. Thirsty girl. Zkittlez Two also looks fantastic. Stacks are getting bigger. Leaves are filling out more and more. She's definitely not drinking all that much compared to her sister plant. The environment is still all out of whack. High humidity. The temp is fine and has been. It's just the humidity. I don't know what to do about it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 60.2% VPD: 1.14 kPa June 26, 2023 Zkittlez One is a beast! She grew another inch last night. Almost there! 2 more inches to go and I'm happy. I took off a couple more leaves. The ones that were covering lower auxiliary branches. Hopefully that helps them reach the top with the rest of the colas. She won't need another watering until tomorrow I think. She's definitely at the very end of pre-flower. I'm getting bud production in some parts and the rest is starting to catch up. I noticed a decent amount of 3 fingered leaves. From what I understand, it's a sign or revegetation. I have zero idea how that would happen, but it does explain the extra few days it took to get to flower. I wonder what caused it. Zkittlez Two looks great! She's filling those buds out and starting to take over the main top. This main cola is going to be huge. No watering needed yet. Leaves are still filling in as well. I may have to tuck a few here and there. I don't want to cut anything on her. Completely natural growth. Well natural with nutrients. Her leaves have this wonderfully deep green. Very healthy. I had to raise the grow light up an inch for Zkittlez One. I'm trying to keep it at 22" above the canopy. It seems to have the best spread with the best intensity for this Grow System. But that 1" improved the coverage and brought the DLI up 2 mol/m²/d around the outer edges. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.9° RH: 62.5% VPD: 1.09 kPa June 27, 2023 Both ladies got a full reservoir today. I honestly cannot remember when I filled. It could have been 2 days ago or 3. I think 2. Anyway, both got watered and we're not dried out, so that's good. Zkittlez One She looks absolutely amazing! She grew another inch last night. She's just a super awesome plant! 1 more inch and I'm super happy. Maybe she will grow a couple more inches. We shall see. She's definitely in full flower mode now. If I'm right, she should get a couple to few more days of stretch. Then the stacking. As long as she keeps up this grow pace, she will be even more massive. Very excited. Zkittlez Two is doing great! Her main cola is almost filled in. She's going to be a hefty girl for her size. Maybe 2 oz. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.1° RH: 61.3% VPD: 1.06 kPa