Zkittlez Autoflower

July 5, 2023 Day 57 I dropped the light intensity down to 60% today to keep the DLI in a reasonable range. I could drop it more, but I don't think I need to. Zkittlez One: Height: 27.5" DLI: 52 mol/m²/d Light Distance: 20" Zkittlez Two: Height: 29.5" DLI: 45 mol/m²/d Light Distance: 18" This week will focus on defoliation and cleaning up Zkittlez One. She has tons of foliage, but I think I can clean it up over this week. Zkittlez One is absolutely amazing! I looked at her root system under the pot today. The bottom is all white with roots. This is by far the best plant I have grown so far. She'll be getting a watering later on today. I had to fix the wicking system. When I lifted the plant off the base, the whole wick system came with the plant from the roots. So now that's all fixed. Maybe she will drink a gallon a day. That would be great. Zkittlez Two looks great as well. She is completely covered in bud. Once she stops stacking and swells up, I believe I won't see much of the branches and main stem. She's drinking a little bit more around 0.33 gallon a day. Now it's time to just let her ride out the rest of the grow. She's healthy and just needs to be left alone to grow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 60.2% VPD: 1.13 kPa July 6, 2023 Zkittlez One: This lady is not done growing. She hit 29" last night from the 27.5" she was. It's just a few tops. Maybe 10? Anyway, she is still super thirsty. She has a out a third of her water left. She looks great! Trimmed a few leaves off today as well. And cut a couple popcorn buds. Everything else looks great. Zkittlez Two: She is really coming along. Her main top is just huge. Side branches will also be nice and heavy. I'm not expecting a super amount of yield from her, but maybe 2 oz. She will need a watering later on today. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 62.5% VPD: 1.03 kPa July 7, 2023 So Zkittlez One has not stopped growing. I'm starting to think she's somehow re-vegging. I'm not really complaining, but I'm starting to think it's the source of my 3 finger fan leaves. It may be the continued grow nutrients from the 3 part advanced nutrients base. Maybe I'll take out the grow nutes next watering. Or not. Maybe it's just a thing my plants do with the mix of Sohum soil and nutrients. She's almost 31" tall now. The tops are stacking as well. Tons of colas. An easy 30 maybe 40. Zkittlez Two is just doing her thing. Nothing new to report. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 58.4% VPD: 1.16 kPa July 8, 2023 Zkittlez One is still growing. She also got a top watering today. I decided to take the grow nutrients out. Hopefully it helps with bud production. She is definitely more beastly than before. She's at the point where she's too close to the light. I need to turn the intensity down a bit more. However, I do have another plant in the tent that needs more light. The stacks she has are absolutely gorgeous. Internodal spacing is perfect. The colas are going to be long and fat if this plant turns out like her sister plant. Zkittlez Two is doing quite well. More bud stacking. It's wonderful. That's all for her today. Nothing to do. Update: I decided to drop the light intensity down to 50% power. This is to make up for even more growth from Zkittlez One. She is 31.5" now. Not really taking off anymore, but still growing. She is officially taller than Zkittlez Two at 29" tall. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.6° RH: 60% VPD: 1.19 kPa July 9, 2023 Zkittlez One is super healthy. I snipped a couple leaves off today in the center of the canopy. Just to make more light and airflow. She's at a point where she needs top feedings now. Maybe 0.5 gal every 2 days? The light intensity at 50% is perfect. I may turn it back up to 60% once she stops growing. Just 0.5" last night. I also pulled 2 branches out a bit for more light and airflow. Pulling those 2 branches out made the plant a total of 3 ft wide and 2 ft deep. Her canopy is roughly 15" thick and absolutely filled with buds. The very tallest tops are a bit slower to flower as they grew the most. From what I can tell, these tops were the last to mature and therefore got the longest time to grow. The lower colas have grown a bit as well, but not as substantially as those top ones. I really hope the growing stops and the bud production on top picks up the pace. The lower colas already have really good stacks and great internodal spacing. Zkittlez Two is still there, doing her thing. Not much to report. Oh, her bottom feed watering is certainly still working perfectly. Grow System Environment: Temp: 79.4° RH: 58.9% VPD: 1.38 kPa (near perfect.) July 10, 2023 Zkittlez One is done growing I think... Maybe... Hopefully... Yah. Anyway, she is looking absolutely stunning. Watering is doing well. She will definitely need more top feeding throughout the rest of the grow. I'm thinking a half gallon every 2 days. She's definitely thirsty. Maybe 3/4 gallon a day now? That's coming out of a wicking system. Today will be a top feed of 3/4 gallon. I started clearing out the central foliage today. It's been opening up quite a bit of air flow. Most of the leaves I pulled snapped off nice and easy. I'll continue cleaning it up over the next few days. I really don't have a lot to do, but some final spaces that are a bit dense and buds below it. I am determined to get the absolute most out of every inch of this plant. The whole canopy top to bottom will be perfect. At least as perfect as I can make it. Zkittlez Two is as always doing great. She's stacking and swelling. Doesn't need water yet. She definitely does not drink as much as her sister plant. But still enough to refill every few days. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.4° RH: 58% VPD: 1.28 kPa July 11, 2023 Zkittlez One is almost perfectly trimmed. I'd say another look tomorrow just to get any stragglers I may have missed. She may need another top feeding today. She's definitely super thirsty. Zkittlez Two had some of the lowest fan leaves cut. They weren't getting any light because of the size of Zkittlez One overshadowing. She's still stacking pretty well and bud production is fantastic. Getting big and fat. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.1° RH: 57.8% VPD: 1.27 kPa