Week 16
Day 106 (27/11/2020):
Didn’t have much time but the girl looked good, the leaves are always pointing up which is a great sign.
Day 107 (28/11/2020)💧:
I watered the girl today with 1.5ml of BioGrow, 4.5ml of BioBloom, 4.5ml of CalMag and 1.5ml of TopMax. Although I think that I might do a defoliation tomorrow because even with the net there are still quite a few bud sites at the bottom that are not exposed to the light but have potential of growing bigger. Will see tomorrow!
Day 108 (29/11/2020):
Today I wanted to take the girls out of the net and clean them up a bit because they were looking a bit bushy and there were some crunchy leaves stuck. Initially, I was just going to defoliate a little bit but then realised that there were loads of bud sites at the very bottom that were not growing at all and probably wasting the plant’s energy. I lollipopped them but I realise now that I should have done this a lot earlier (week 1 or 2 of flower). I know that the girls are at quite a late stage to do it effectively but that’s a lesson for the next grow. I took off the smallest branches from the bottom and quite a few leaves, which will be the last time defoliating until harvest. I know that this might stunt them for a little bit but I think this should be better for the yield long-term. But besides that, the buds look absolutely incredible 🌸
Day 109 (30/11/2020):
The girl is doing well today, considering how much I have cut off yesterday. But still left quite a few leaves because I am scared of fucking up the buds this close to harvest. But spreading the colas out has definitely helped with letting the smaller buds grow and they will actually be a decent size!
Day 110 (01/12/2020)💧:
I completely forgot at the beginning of the week that it is already the 6th week of flower which means nutrient increase! According to the chart I now need to give them 4ml/L of BioBloom and 4ml/L of TopMax to promote fat buds. It is definitely a lot of nutrients but I think the girls will definitely benefit from it because today the lower leaves were actually wilting, which would be because of the defoliation I did the day before yesterday. So today I gave them 1.5ml of BioGrow, 6ml of BioBloom, 4.5ml of CalMag, and 6ml of TopMax.
Day 111 (02/12/2020):
Didn’t have much time today so just quickly snapped a pic of all the girls in the tent. I think they are doing great! 😄
Day 112 (03/12/2020):
The buds on this girl are such a dream 😍 They are so fat, so sweet, so green, so sticky, so picture-perfect. I cannot wait to see what she will smell like when dry. I am really hoping this sweet smell will develop into a lovely sweet and smooth smoke!
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! 😀