Week 13
Day 85 (06/11/2020):
The girls were supposed to get a watering today but when I checked the soil it was actually still pretty wet which is a bit weird but perhaps it is because I added the new soil and it is now able to keep more moisture. Not sure but definitely didn’t want to overwater them to leaving that for tomorrow.
Day 86 (07/11/2020)💧:
Maybe I should have watered yesterday but the girls looked pretty bad today. I watered with 3ml of BioBloom, 1.5ml of BioGrow, and 3ml of CalMag.
Day 87 (08/11/2020):
Not that many updates today, the girls are looking strong. Just noticed that there are still quite a few yellow leaves on the bottom layer and there are quite a few bud sites where the light doesn’t reach that are quite light green yellow as well. I wonder if they are worth exposing to the light and growing of if it is better to focus the top colas...
Day 88 (09/11/2020):
We’ve been thinking that the girls might need to be opened up a little bit because there are so many little stems that are just not growing because they are not getting enough light. I don’t know whether we will put a net or tie the main colas to the metal rods in the tent, but will decide and do it tomorrow.
Day 89 (10/11/2020)💧:
Today I decided to add BioBizz Top Max to the mix so their buds grow big and sweet, and watered them with 3ml BioBloom, 1.5ml BioGrow, 1.5ml TopMax, and 3ml of CalMag. After watering I also decided to separate the colas with a net to expose the smaller colas below the canopy and see how they go. They are basically divided on the net into 4x4 squares for each girl and I tried to separate the stems as much as possible to utilise the space of the tent a bit better as well. I also had to defoliate all of the girls quite a lot to get rid of the big fan leaves that were in the way.
Day 90 (11/11/2020):
I can’t believe how much all the girls grow over the day. The bit in the centre that I’ve exposed to the light have also grow a bit so I can’t wait to see if this actually pays off. It is a bit more difficult to take pictures of the girls individually now but this is definitely a good choice long term.
Day 91 (12/11/2020):
The girls look absolutely gorgeous at the end of this week. The buds are definitely growing bigger and fattening up, and getting more and more covered in beautiful trichomes. The main buds will definitely grow to be huge in a few weeks. I’ve also kept forgetting to mention but SZ smells incredible: extremely sweet and fruity, kinda like grapefruit. Can’t wait 😍
Wow beautiful monster flowers. Makes me think I let too many smaller branches develop when I see such a concentrated and controlled grow like yours. Enjoy the results!
@Superjd, Thanks! I actually think I should have lollipopped and removed more of the smallest ones at the bottom to let the main buds grow even bigger. But they have just finished drying so will post a Harvest diary soon!
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Great grow so far!! Sweet Zkittlez is definitely a great strain, can’t wait to see your results!
Also, I don’t think that the damage is from gnats or any environmental factor. It appears to be a calmag deficiency on the brown splotchy damaged leaves. Lower leaves shouldn’t be yellowing this early, this typically tends to be a sign of a nitrogen deficiency. Sometimes PK deficiencies can look similar but its a little early for that.
A white widow I was growing showed almost identical signs and as soon as I gave her organic Calmag + more vegetative/grow phase nutrients she stopped showing signs of deficiency. I only grow organic as well so I use Root’s Organic CalMag since it is certified and OMRI listed.
FreshCoastBudz, Hey, thanks, that's really helpful! I had no idea what it was but CalMag deficiency actually makes a lot of sense because yesterday some of the fan leaves on her have been going yellow on the outside but still staying dark green in the centre I really wasn't sure what it was. Thanks for the help! I have some BioBizz CalMag which I got in case this happened so will use it at next watering with some more nitrogen as well and hopefully it helps! 😀