Zkittlez Autoflower

August 2, 2023 Day 85 I won't be recording the weekly stats anymore as they are the same as last week and will be the same next week. So this week we focus on flush and removal of leaves blocking precious bud sites. There aren't many but still a nice focus on all productive buds. A popcorn bud was accidentally pulled off today by Zkittlez Two when I was adjusting them. I think that's probably good. One less popcorn bud to deal with. I still wish I had cleaned up the bottom of the canopy a bit more. Zkittlez One looks great as ever. She still has another 2 weeks left. Her bud structure is a perfect cone shape. They are swelling up nicely and connecting to make nice long colas. I can only imagine how she will look in a couple of weeks. I noticed the nitrogen toxicity stopped spreading... I think. However, the leaves are still dark green. She got a gallon of plain water on the top today. Just a little bit of dripping from the bottom. I am going to leave the reservoir alone until it's empty. That way she isn't losing all the nutrients at once. She still has access from the wicking system. She got a few more leaves pulled today. They were covering other bud sites again and I think it's helping to keep the branches a bit lighter as the buds swell and put on weight. She's starting to get a few orange pistils here and there, so I expect to see some impressive buds. Her trichome production is picking up the pace and she's getting packed with the frost. Her smell is also starting to get really strong. I'll have to get the tent to stay closed. But the humidity just won't budge. Zkittlez Two looks nice and fat. All of her pistils are orange and really starting to shrivel. After checking trichomes, she's definitely not ready. I'll be top feeding water with flawless finish for the rest of the grow in think. I might refill the reservoir with plain water when it dries out. The top watering should be fine though. A gallon of top water every few days will suffice I think. I'll start that when she dries out a bit as well. So I might have to just refill the reservoir and that's it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 61.2% VPD: 1.06 kPa August 3, 2023 Zkittlez One is doing great! She smells strong. The smell flooded my room the second I opened the tent today. And wouldn't go away. So that's a great sign! Buds are still bulking up and trichome production is insane! She's at 44% moisture content, so I'll be waiting for tomorrow to add a gallon of fresh water. I'll start the flawless finish in the reservoir after it empties. Maybe next week I'll add the flawless finish to the top feed. Zkittlez Two looks great! Almost done. But due to the foxtailing, I understand that I should let her mature more to compensate I guess? So she will be harvested when Zkittlez One is ready. I'll start the flawless finish with her when this current reservoir empties out. I may do a gallon top water as well. But not until next week I think. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 63.6% VPD: 1.02 kPa August 4, 2023 Zkittlez One is getting more and more frosty. She's swelling and her pistils are starting to turn orange. We are in the home stretch. Based on Zkittlez Two, she should be ready in about 2 weeks. She got a gallon of top water today. The reservoir is also almost empty. A couple more days and it should be dried up. The reservoir will be getting the flawless finish this week. Next week will be flawless finish top feed. Everything else looks great! Zkittlez Two is looking so close to done, but no where near ready according to her trichomes. She is fine with watering for now. I feel like the buds have bulked up as much as they can. Maybe they will pack on more weight as they get dense, if they get more dense, that is. I don't know what I should expect with this plant. Everything with the environment is all messed up. It's humid out, not hot but warm. My room is like 60% RH temp gets up to 80° with dehumidifier on. Air conditioner for some reason won't pull the moisture out of the air. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 62.4% VPD: 1.09 kPa August 5, 2023 Zkittlez One is still bulking up and is covered in trichomes now. She has plenty of time to make more. Her reservoir is nearly empty, so tomorrow she will get the gallon with flawless finish and a gallon top feed of plain water. I keep discovering more 3 finger leaves. I definitely think I screwed up the lighting for this grow. I'm willing to bet that I'd have more plant if I didn't mess it up. Either way she is still a beast and looks absolutely amazing. Zkittlez Two is looking fine. Not much left in swelling, but her trichomes are still very clear. There are more cloudy trichomes though. And no amber yet. She will need a reservoir refill tomorrow. 1 gallon of with flawless finish. One thing to note is how many trichomes she has. They're definitely stacking on each other now. Her buds are also getting dense and hard. These are foxtails, so they won't be all that dense from what I understand. Still though, there is a decent amount of yield. So as long as there is quality, I'll be happy. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.6° RH: 63.4% VPD: 1.01 kPa August 6, 2023 Zkittlez One has a thick layer of trichomes. Most of the buds are completely covered, hiding the green budlets. She has more orange pistils. So she is super close to harvest. Maybe a week and a half. She got a full watering today. 1 gallon plain top water and 1 gallon flawless finish in the reservoir. This should help start the fade, hopefully. Her buds and tops are getting heavy and really dense. They are weighing down a couple of the branches. Happily, there's a whole tent of plant tops and branches. So nothing is really leaning. Zkittlez Two is filled with all orange pistils. But still no amber trichomes. Maybe 1 or 2 here and there. There's still a decent amount of clear trichomes left though. I'd say another week and a half. And if it's sooner, she's waiting anyway. She got a reservoir refill today with flawless finish. So hopefully that will kickstart the fade. I'd love to see some pretty colors and solid buds. She smells wonderful and ripe. Very strong aroma now. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.6° RH: 63.6% VPD: 0.99 kPa August 7, 2023 Day 90 It is SUPER humid out today. My room is suffering as well as the grow tent. Currently the outside RH is 82%. My room is 70% and the grow tent is now at 67% Zkittlez One is starting to kill off some of the lower leaves or they are just dying because they have absolutely no light. Yesterday she got her full watering and the moisture level after was 44% moisture. Since yesterday the moisture content had increased to now 50%. What that tells me is the wicking system activated again. Now the moisture level is where she likes it. Her buds and colas are looking absolutely amazing. Super dense, thick and coated with frost. Orange pistils are becoming abundant. Her smell is interesting. Very earthy and sweet. It's a bit pungent and heady. I'd say by the end of next week, she should be ready for harvest. Maybe 10 days? Zkittlez Two looks good. She has a lot of cloudy trichomes and less clear now. However, I still don't see any amber. Her buds are solid even for a plant full of foxtails. Super dense and sticky. Her scent is different than Zkittlez One. It's sickly sweet and lacks earthy tones completely. More berry and citrus. She is also fairly gassy. It's pungent but sharp. Great smell all around. I like this one better than the other. She doesn't need any watering. The wicking system is still going strong. I'm hoping for some fade in the next couple of days. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.9° RH: 68.7% VPD: 0.86 kPa August 8, 2023 Last day 0f this weeks and there was nothing to do. Both ladies are perfect with water. Zkittlez One is pulling water in from the reservoir pretty fast. The flawless finish should start really working over the next few days I hope. It should. The next week coming up will focus on the beginning of removing the leaves for a wet trim. I'll be pulling a few here and there that are dying. I'm hoping for a nice fade. But I haven't really had a true fade with any of my grows. It has to be the living soil. Either way, I'll be checking trichomes beginning next week. Zkittlez Two still has barely any amber trichomes and there's still a decent amount of clear. Mostly cloudy though. I'll be waiting until Zkittlez One is ready. She also has not started a fade at all. It looks like she is just sitting there doing nothing. It's all working just where I can't see. The colas are ridiculous in size. Maybe it's due to all the foxtailing widening out the cola. I'm not sure. But I'll say the whole plant is fairly dense though, so I still hope frona decent yield. Maybe just over 2 oz. Maybe? Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.7° RH: 65.8% VPD: 0.97 kPa Update: This humidity is an absolute nightmare. My dehumidifier can't keep up. The air conditioner cools the room, but adds more humidity. The temp is around 80° and humidity is 64% to 67%. It even climbed up to 71%. The really annoying part is the tent door is open. Closing it spikes the RH even higher. Boooooooooooooo argh!