1/9 (Day 22) - Start of the 4th week. After looking a bit overwatered the last couple days, they are finally a bit more perky and alert looking today.
1/10 (Day 23) - I will say that Zkittlez #2 would now be considered in flower. Might still be another few days for pistils, but it is flowering. Looking at Smoothie #1, she could be considered flowering as well, or at least the next closest to flowering, with Smoothie 2 and Zkittlez 1 looking not quite as close.
1/11 (Day 24) - I really was hoping that keeping the lights under 20/4, that they might get 4 weeks or so of veg, but seems the timetable pretty much keeps ~3 weeks as when flowering starts. Looks like all will be in flower soon, and likely consider next week flowering for sure.
1/12 (Day 25) - Going to make sure I don't overwater them by waiting until tomorrow to water them.
1/13 (Day 26) - Waiting the extra day, when I got home from work, they looked thirsty. Each plant was given 1.5L of water, and plucked a few leaves. I thikn 5 days is going to be the sweetspot for watering now, possibly going to 4 during flower, depending on how they go.
1/14 (Day 27) - They look better today, a day after watering. Smoothie #2 always appears more droopy than the others. The other 3 are fairly perky today. I guess we will see what the next 6 weeks brings, and see how close to being done they will be.
1/15 (Day 28) - The 4th week ends today. Smoothie #1 is showing some curling leaves towards the top. Going to have to watch it. The fan was well above them, but I raised higher, just in case. She is the tallest plant, and had grown to 24" from the light (shouldn't have been too close, but possibly), so the light was raised to 28" above her, and hopefully the rest will continue to stretch over the next week or 2 grow into the light again as well. I still have more room to raise it, but shouldn't need to go much higher.
Plant heights after 4 weeks:
Smoothie #1 - 12.0"
Smoothie #2 - 10.0"
Zkittlez #1 - 9.0"
Zkittlez #2 - 11.0"
Smoothie #1 doubled in height the last week, going from 6-12".
Smoothie #2 almost doubled, going from 5.5-10"
Zkittlez #1 had an 80% gain, going from 5-9"
Zkittlez #2 from 6.5-11", gaining a respectable amount. Those changes further cement their status as flowering 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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