Zkittlez Autoflower

July 19, 2023 Day 71 Zkittlez One: Height: 35" DLI: 48 mol/m²/d Zkittlez Two: Height: 31" DLI: 40 mol/m²/d This week is just bottom feed. No more plucking of leaves. Just monitoring both plants. Both ladies got a full reservoir refill today. I've increased the Overdrive Nutrient for this week as well. Everything will stay the same for the rest of the grow and some flawless finish through the last week. Zkittlez One will need watering every other day. Her soil is at a perfect moisture level, so top feeding won't be needed for at least a few days. Her buds are absolutely beautiful. Definitely fatter than Zkittlez Two. The stacks are starting to really fatten up and connect perfectly. She is also starting to smell wonderful. However, it's getting strong and I need to be careful with the tent being open. Zkittlez Two is looking great. Her buds are definitely sativa. Long and thin. A little bit wispy and not too dense yet. There's still 19 days until the end of her life cycle, so I expect some impressive swelling by the end. Technically she is on week 6 of flower, but absolutely has more time. So 2 more weeks of packing on weight and then a week of trichomes maturity. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.2° RH: 60.3% VPD: 1.15 kPa July 20, 2023 Nothing to do today for either plant. Both are watered and living life. Zkittlez One is packing on the pounds. Her colas are getting packed with sticky buds. Lots of trichomes. Her stems and branches are getting super strong now and I expect to see some amazing bud production. By the looks and feel of it, I'm guessing these branches will take a whole lot of weight. Her aroma is pleasant. Not too strong, but I could be nose blind. However, with her age and her time in flower, she may go well over the 90 day grow cycle. Technically she is week 3 of flower. So she has a good 3 weeks to go plus another week of ripening and maturing. Maybe a week more after that for trichome maturity. We shall see. Something to note is that each main branch holds several auxiliary branches and looks like a plant on its own. So 5 "plants" in one. hahaha. Also, now that the buds are in full swing and are getting heavier and fatter, the air movement isn't blowing the branches around as much. I can only assume it will get even tighter and I may need to increase the fan speed to penetrate the sea of colas. Zkittlez Two is also looking great! She's getting into the last few weeks of her grow cycle. I can only assume she will either be a little early for harvest or just on time. Bud structure is still kinda long and wispy. But they are packed tight along all the tops. So basically, she is just maturing now. Trichome production is pretty good. I would like to see more, but she still has plenty of time before harvest. Depending on how much heavier and tighter her buds get, I still think I'll pull a solid 2 oz from this lady. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.7° RH: 61.3° VPD: 1.08 kPa July 21, 2023 Zkittlez One lookin' good. Her aroma is starting to get stronger. A few leaves off today. Just 3. She won't need watering for a couple days. I also need to water down the reservoir to see if I can drop the Nitrogen levels. I'll also be top watering a quarter gallon of straight water. Hopefully that helps as well. As for her bud production... Looking great as well. She has stopped stacking for the most part and is now swelling them buds up. Maybe she will stack a bit more. Just to make the colas a bit bigger. Some of the tops are completely covered in buds. Trichome production is looking great as well. I hope she increases production for the last few weeks. I'd like some super sticky buds. Zkittlez Two is perfectly fine. Her watering is all good. She doesn't seem to have any nutrient issues. She's still bulking up. Really loose buds though. I'm not really sure what happened there. I'm sure the next 3 weeks will bring out some hefty colas. I popped off 2 leaves that were directly covering bud sites. Not much else to report. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 59.8% VPD: 1.14 kPa July 22, 2023 Zkittlez One got a gallon top feed. I cut the nirvana and cal/mag in half so I can combat nitrogen toxicity. At least that's what I was told it was. I'm not sure though. Nitrogen toxicity is supposed to have the claw down. Mine are canoeing and curling up. It doesn't seem to be doing it anymore. Hopefully my fix worked and she gets back to her being a big plant. A few lower leaves off today and found a couple dead ones as well. I also accidentally snapped a lower bud off. Fortunately, it looked like a popcorn bud so no big deal. Speaking of, I wish I had cleared out more of the lower canopy when I had the chance. I think it would be a lot better overall for the plant. Bulking and whatnot is the thing to do. She has some really frosty buds. The aroma is smelling great as well. Zkittlez Two is also doing her thing. She isn't taking much water in. I think that is to be expected for where she is in flowering. Technically this is week 7 of flower for her? Hmmmmm. I wonder if she will make it the whole 90 days. I really hope so. I don't have access to the dry tent at the moment. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.1° RH: 60.3% VPD: 1.16 kPa July 23, 2023 Zkittlez One is bulking up nicely. Beautiful tops and massive colas forming all over the place. I went digging in the lower central canopy to remove old leaves that weren't getting anywhere and were covering other bud sites. The canopy is really deep, so opening up the bottom a little bit more should help with better air and light. Not much else to report today. However, I will note that a lot of the auxiliary branches are really thin and kinda weak. They are mostly in the center of the plant, but some are on the outside. I may have to put up the trellis net for support. We shall see. Zkittlez Two is really packing on the weight. The main cola is massive. Side branch colas are nice too. There are 2 of them that just took off. They are about the same size as the main cola. Not quite as deep, but definitely getting heavy. These next couple weeks coming up should provide an even heavier and fatter set of colas. I'm still guessing 2 oz from this one. I ended up lifting her about 4" up. I want to get each plant at the same height as Zkittlez One. The main cola is as tall as the highest top on Zkittlez One. So if everything works out, she should start more trichome production and more swelling. Hopefully that will help her crank up her water intake as well. The best part is now the lowest branches have way more light now. So I'm expecting them to dense up. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 60.3% VPD: 1.14 kPa July 24, 2023 Zkittlez One needed a watering today. So I put a half gallon in the reservoir and a half gallon top water. She's drinking super fast now, so I have to keep a close eye on her. Buds are bulking up pretty nicely. I'm still finding leaves that are unnecessary in the middle of the canopy. Happily, they are super easy to remove. No snips needed. They just pop right off right at the base. I'll definitely be wet trimming or half wet trimming this lady. She has a lot of leaves, but more bud so that's great! Zkittlez Two needs nothing today. She still has about half a reservoir left and needs absolutely no top watering. I pulled 2 leaves off that I found were blocking lower bud sites. The colas are still packing on weight and I'm assuming will continue to do so through the rest of the grow. Still another 2 weeks left before the 90 day mark. I definitely feel like she will be ready on day 90. Zkittlez One may not be ready for harvest by day 90. If that is the case, then I'm going to keep Zkittlez Two in the tent until Zkittlez One is done. It will be an interesting experiment. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 59.5% VPD: 1.15 kPa July 25, 2023 Zkittlez One got a half gallon top feed today. As advised in my question this week, I left out the Nirvana nutrient and dropped the cal/mag down to 2 ml/gal. Hopefully that will fix my nitrogen toxicity issue. So lesson learned was that dark colored leaves that are clawing up is nitrogen toxicity and not a deficiency. I hope that helps increase bud production. Still a good 2 to 3 weeks left on her. So we should be safe? Zkittlez Two will be getting a reservoir refill either later today or tomorrow morning. I will be adjusting the Nirvana and Cal/Mag down as well. The damage doesn't seem to be as far along as Zkittlez One, so this will only help things get better. She has a really fat long main cola. There are 2 branches that are nice and tall covered in buds as well. The other 2 are shorter, but still have fat colas. Not as long though. Something I've noticed and can't tell if it's from too much light, but the stacks are super pointy. The each top has a little budlet sticking straight up. Could be good or bad. I'll have to see what Zkittlez One does when she's done stacking. Not that she has much left and her colas are nice cone shapes. If you look at her pictures, Zkittlez Two isn't all that compact. Her buds are bug, but not connected to the main cola so much as the tops of each bud sticks out from the cola itself. There are some air pockets where you can see right through, but the buds are starting to harden up and get denser. Maybe they will swell up even more and fill in those gaps. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 61.1% VPD: 1.12 kPa