#3 - Gorilla Zkittlez & Blue Zushi

InsideTheTent A few days after germination I repotted the strongest seedlings into small 0.5l pots. After one more week I'll repot them into their final fabric pots. I had the seed box in a shady space for a bit too long, so the seedlings did stretch a bit. But now in the tent the growth returned to normal again. Gorilla Zkittlez: 8cm Blue Zushi: 7cm

InsideTheTent It was time to repot both plants. Sadly I ran out of soil in the middle of the process, so right now there is only 8l soil in each pot. I already ordered new soil, so I probably have to repot them again in 1 or 2 weeks. Both plants are around 8cm tall. Looks like they finally started to prefer growing leaves instead of stretching to heaven. I'm happy with both of them right now.

InsideTheTent I got finally new soil, so I repotted both plants one last time. They both have 11l soil now. I could feel ripping a few roots apart, so I guess they need some extra time to recover. But at the moment they both look pretty good. I also added some predatory mites to prevent parasites. It's summer, so I have to be careful. So far I'm happy with this growth. Gorilla Zkittlez: 16cm Blue Zushi: 15cm

InsideTheTent This weekend I finally topped both of them. Since I had to repot them one more time than anticipated, I topped them one week later than planned. But since they are both growing like crazy, I'm not that worried about stress. This coming week I'll start to defoliate them some more, right now I only removed the lowest leaves that where almost touching the soil. Since I have a rather small tent for two plants, I'll probably start the flowering phase next weekend. Gorilla Zkittlez: 23cm Blue Zushi: 21cm

InsideTheTent This one was a big and stressful week! After the topping last week, I let them recover for a week before doing the last big step: lollipopping, defoliation and last but not least spreading the branches with a trellis net. One day later, on Saturday, I finally switched to a 12/12 light schedule to start the flowering phase. The amount of leaves I had to cut to make sure all branches get enough light was crazy, especially for the Gorilla Zkittlez since her leaves are really wide but I hope they won't mind.

InsideTheTent First week of the flowering phase went well. I can see only female flowers on both plants which is nice. Other than using the trellis net and making sure the branches are spread out, I didn't do anything to the plant this week - to avoid unnecessary stress. Gorilla Zkittlez: 42cm Blue Zushi: 38cm

InsideTheTent Earlier this week I defoliated the plants and removed most of the big leaves. Your can see a photo of the plants directly after the procedure. But only a few days later they look rather compact again. Gorilla Zkittlez: 53cm Blue Zushi: 43cm