Zkittlez autoflower - First Grow

12/20 - Day 36 / Day 8 Flower Installed a screen so I could start tucking leaves, spread out the canopy and control the growth of my tops. I've come to the realization that my tent is entirely too short so I need to aggressively limit the height of my plants. My 5 gallon girls are growing like gangbusters, adding on an inch or two per day. Looking healthy and happy. **************************************************** 12/21 - Day 37 / Day 9 Flower All the tops I tucked yesterday would not let me hold them down long. The main top on my Z51 was horizontal under the screen and already grew enough to bend back upright. These girls have proven to be quite resilient. The pots were a little on the dry side so I went ahead and watered/fed them. It's clear they are much thirstier than they were in earlier weeks. I could usually stretch a soaked pot for 4 days without watering during weeks 1-5. This time, my pots were almost dry on day 2 after a soak. Given the amount of vigorous growth I'm seeing, I decided to boost my feeding solution to about half of the recommended strength. My solution consisted of: - 1 gallon distilled water - 3ml CalMag - 2tsp of FF Big Bloom (2/3 dose) - 1tsp of FF Grow Big (1/2 dose) - 1tsp of FF Tiger Bloom (1/2 dose) The pH of the solution clocked in at 6.4 and the EC meter gave a reading of 1220ppm. I gave each of my 5 gallons about a half gallon of water each which wasn't enough to produce runoff. I gave about 4oz of water to each of my bonsais. They are still showing a lime green tint on the top leaves while many of the bottom leaves are continue to yellow and get mottled - that said, they do look better than days past. **************************************************** 12/24 - Day 39 / Day 11 Flower Pots were pretty dry when I woke up. I tried to delay watering as long as possible so that I could give my girls a good soak before I left for a few days to visit family for Christmas. Gave each of the 5 gallon pots about a half gallon of pH'd tap water (left to de-cholorinate for about 96 hours) and about 4-8oz of water to my bonsais. While I was away, I had a little difficulty trying to maintain my environment within the 75-80 degree temperature and 45-65 humidity range. The humidity got as high as 65% to low as 25% within a 24 hour period. **************************************************** 12/26 - Day 41 / Day 13 Flower Returned home and found my plants were thriving despite the large swings in humidity over the prior 48 hours. Before I left for Christmas, I rearranged the fans so that I had one stationary fan pointed directly at the fabric pots (for better under canopy circulation), another stationary fan was just above the bud sites and an oscillating fan hung from the corner of the tent ceiling. While I think this will provide better circulation going forward, the under canopy fan appears to be drying out the soil a bit faster than expected. When I returned home, each of the pots was quite dry. I gave each of the 5 gallon pots about a half gallon of pH'd, dechlorinated tap water with 3ml of Cal-Mag. I gave my bonsais about 4-8oz. My bonsais really bounced back with sugar leaves all appearing to develop darker green hues. Additionally the bonsais experienced a bit of stretch stretch period during my time way- adding about 50% more height. Performed some minor defoliation to open up the top of the canopy and get more light to the under canopy.