Auto Grow - Zkittlez OG Auto (June 2020)

Summary for the start of week 7 - Day 43 Conditions - • Temperatures are remaining steady at an average of around 26c-28c during lights on • Humidity around an average of 50% RH but creeping up towards 60% quite often with recent humid weather... will try to bring this down as flowering progresses • Watering every 2-3 days now which has jumped right up from last week, they’ve got a lot more thirsty now as the roots have probably filled out. Both plants have been drooping and drying out after a few days which caught me by surprise a couple of times, but bounced right back after watering • Height is around 38cm from the soil to the canopy, maybe another week of vertical stretch left in them at the most as the flowers are starting to build now. • Light is being hung around 48cm or 18 inches from the canopy for the flowering phase... Having to raise it a few inches every few days while they continue to stretch, then letting the canopy grow up to that 18inch mark again • Smell is becoming sweeter and more pungent even outside the tent and stem rubs produce a very strong smell on the fingertips Nutrients - • Still feeding CALMAG at 1ml per litre on every watering • Been on CANNA Terra Flores at a rate of 2ml per litre which is just under half dose (full dose rate is 5ml per litre) ... This strain started looking overfed, especially with Nitrogen, in the late stages of veg when using veg nutes so I decided less is more when it comes to nutrients. Will probably use Flores at half dose then PK 13/14 when the time is right, finishing with plain water Grow Techniques & Training - • Low Stress Training so far has involved a simple bending over of the main stem, bending over the top of some of the taller side branches and tucking fan leaves to expose bud sites. It has resulted in a nice even canopy of multiple tops. Pheno 2 had two main tops that were starting to stretch higher than the rest of the canopy this week, so on day 44 those were tied down as shown in the photos • Defoliation was needed in week 6 to clear some space in the lowers to get in for watering and take off older fan leaves that weren’t really getting any light penetration Phenotypes & Variations - • Pheno 1 shows more sativa characteristics with thinner leaves, longer internodal spacing and a generally stretchier appearance. This one needed a bit more training and taming • Pheno 2 looks is more indica dominant, a lot chunkier and bushier with tighter nodes, thicker stems and broader leaves. I personally prefer the look of this structure and think it’ll produce more dense flowers but excited to see how they both develop