Magnum XL Auto + Runtz XL Auto

the ph issues have cleared up nicely after a half litre of horse shit was added to the top of each plant pot. over the following 5 days i watered a small amount each day and crumbled the pellets into smaller pieces or dusty fertilizer mush. the pellets crumble deasily after being wet and partially drying so this was actually reasonably relaxing, chilling with the plants. i also lollipopped them again and spaced out the branches to allow better light penetration. did some training by bending and tying down branches to get more main cola type buds vs the popcorn buds... the stalks are now getting quite inflexible so after losing two branches decided to only defoliate a little every now and then in an attempt to not damage them any further. the weeks are flying by pretty quickly now, so im hoping to be enjoying some of my own smoke in 10 weeks. maybe even a little less but my runtz has barely started flowering whereas the rest have been 2 solid weeks, which is thoroughly confusing. either way.. ill be back next week Update day 46... The plants are getting excessively thirsty and it seems somewhat strange. Its almost impossible to find information on magnum xl but they seem to be big drinkers like gorilla glue, northern lights or critical. Next time if I grow these again, I'll do a DWC instead so I can keep them fed better. Occasionally I will water and then the following day my 3 largest ones will be all but dry, so I end up watering again a day or 2 later although the others can be watered twice weekly this few require 4 or more a week. I have a suspicion it could be the roots are too dense due to the smaller than usual pots, but I am happy to see them blossoming nicely anyway.