1/2 (Day 15) - Top of the soil looks dried out. Going to water tomorrow. Rotated them 1/4 turn today. I feel like that is more beneficial to plants outside that might not get full sun, or plants on the outsides edges of lights, but might are pretty much completely under the lights, thus getting pretty fully light at all times.
1/3 (Day 16) - Watered today, 1.25 liters given to each plant. Looking strong and good towards the end of the day (hours after watering).
1/4 (Day 17) - Plants looking good after yesterdays watering. Since this is only my 2nd time ever trying autos (first were just added to a flowering tent, and started to flower really fast, 3rd or 4th week had pistils on the plants), I am going to be checking often to see when flowering starts, though I also assume the weekly heights will be a good measure if they take off one week.
1/5 (Day 18)- Plants continue to grow and look good. It really is just a waiting game unless something bad pops up/happens. I of course always hope for a smooth grow.
1/6 (Day 19) - Going 4 days between watering this time, so watering will be done tomorrow.
1/7 (Day 20) - Watered today, each plant given 1.5L of water. Smoothie #1 has the small start of preflowers, while Smoothie #2 nodes are just starting, and no preflowers just yet. Zkittles #1 has small preflowers, and Zkittles #2 has full preflowers, and looks like it could go into flower very soon, possibly within the next week.
1/8 (Day 21) - End of the 3rd week. Heights after this week are:
Smoothie #1 - 6"
Smoothie #2 - 5.5"
Zkittlez #1 - 5"
Zkittlez #2 - 6.5"
Those heights show a 2.5-4" gain during the week for the plants. The plants had grown to about 27" from the light during the week, and I raised it back up to 30-31" from the top of the plants.
Looks like it's doing really well , Flowers are really showing and taking shape - I'm currently doing a Fastbuds Zkittlez and I have super cropped it. It's taken very well too it and is showing no signs of stress. Check out my diaries if you get a chance! Happy growing
@WitheredEye, Thanks for the kind words. At the very least I try to get 1 photo of each per day, and note anything that might stand out, or plans I expect to make. I figure it allows me to go back and look at them, and could also be learning experiences for others.
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