Zkittlez autoflower - First Grow

11/22 - 11/28 Early in the week, I was concerned about stunted growth as my seedlings remained in the cotyledon phase for a period of about 4 days. I had two hypotheses for the lack of growth in my seedlings: Hypothesis #1: Inconsistent environmental conditions Temperature and humidity fluctuated during the first week of germination. Humidity ranged from 27% to 94% but stayed within a general band of 50-80%. Temperature was a bit more consistent with min and max temps at 66 and 84 degrees but stayed in a general band of 70 to 82. I had trouble moderating the temperature and humidity within my grow tent while the ventilation fan was running. I opted to suspend use of the ventilation fan, introduce an oscillating fan, move the lights up and opening the intake vents. Once I took these actions, the temperature and humidity managed to remain consistent for both my bonsais and my regular grow. Hypothesis #2: Seedlings weren't getting enough nutrients The approach I've been following most closely is Mr. Grow It. I'm using Fox Farm Ocean Forest and my understanding is that this soil has enough nutrients to feed my plan until day 20-30, so perhaps this wasn't the culprit for slow growth. My next thought is that it must be either a water issue or a nutrient update issue. To mitigate that issue without potentially overwhelming my seedlings with nutrients, I decided to introduce Great White's mycorrhizae (1/2 tsp for a gallon of water) during watering on 11/24. I split this gallon of water between 2 seedlings in 5g pots and 3 seedlings in bonsai pots and ended up with about a 1/2 qt in residual water which I continued to use in a spray bottle to keep the top soil moist over the next two days. Within two days of watering and normalizing the environmental conditions, my seedlings really started to take off. It seemed that the number of leaves appeared to double overnight.

11/29 - Day 15 In an effort to overcome the urge to baby my seedlings to death by overwatering, I've made a conscious effort to wait until the soil feels dry down about 2" into the medium. Once it reaches that point, I soak my 5 gallon pots with about 1/4 gallon of water. This day was a dry day as I watered the day before. Light distance was about 22" from my 5 gallons and 32" from my bonsais. Plant heights were as follows: - 5 gallon (1): 3" - 5 gallon (2): 2.5" - Bonsai (1): 1.25" - Bonsai (2): 1.5" - Bonsai (3): 2" 11/30 - Day 16 Lowered the distance of the lights for my 5 gallons to 12". I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the stunted growth is due to a light deficit. I have two lights in my grow tent: Phlizon 600W LED (https://www.amazon.com/Phlizon-Thermometer-Humidity-Adjustable-Spectrum/dp/B0752CL6KJ) and CREE CXB3590 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B8T8C72). The Phlizon light sits over my 5 gallon pots while my CREE light is above my bonsai plants. The CREE light appears much brighter and the plant in the 5 gallon pot closest to that light appears to do noticeably better. I've started rotating the positions of my plants so they each get equitable access to light around the tent. I didn't water again today - the soil still felt moist from the watering on 11/28. 12/1 - Day 17 I mixed a gallon of distilled water with a half dose Cal-Mag and a half dose of FF Big Bloom. These nutes had no effect on the pH of the water. I gave the 5 gallon pots about a liter (half gallon) each using a pressurized hand sprayer. The pots were pretty soaked with water but did not produce any runoff. I watered the bonsai until they were soaked through and had some runoff. Later in the afternoon, I could already see a noticeable effect in growth. 12/2 - Day 18 First 5 pointed fan leaves were fully sprouted! Soil was somewhat moist from yesterday so decided to hold off on watering. 12/3 - Day 19 Today was a watering day. I gave my 5 gallon pots 40oz of distilled water each and 8oz of distilled water to my bonsais. I used a watering can this time focusing on the base of my plant and then trying to disperse an even amount around the edges. The soil in my 5 gallons was mostly dry but the 40oz of water didn't produce any runoff upon watering. Despite trying to moderate the water flow on my bonsais, the 8oz did produce a small amount of runoff. All the plants look happy and healthy. 12/5 - Day 21 Watered again today using the remaining half gallon of distilled water with a half dose Cal-Mag and a half dose of FF Big Bloom. I split most of the water between my 5 gallons - roughly 1 qt per 5 gallon and the remaining water on the bonsais. Plants still look happy and healthy.

12/7 - Day 22 Took @Ezzjaygrow's advice and got some training wire to start experimenting with LST. Trying to figure out how far I should be bending to top nodes without inadvertently turning LST into HST. When I tied my tops down in the morning, I didn't get too aggressive, just bent the tops so they were at about a 45 degree angle to get some light penetration to my lower leaves. I checked on them around my lunch break and the tops were already curled back up towards the light and the fan leaves were dominating all the light again (albeit, with a little crook in the stem). Clearly I could be a bit more aggressive so I re-tied everything and tried to get the tops to be as close as perpendicular to the tops of my pots as possible (see late day adjustment photos). I'll check on them before bed to see how persistent these little green bastards can be. Didn't feed or water my plants today. Soil was still a little damp and I'm planning to do a feed with some mycorrhizae tomorrow. I think one of my bonsais may be on its way out. The stem can barely support the weight of the leaves. I can't even think about trying LST on it. Will continue to monitor it over the next few days and perhaps try to give it some structure to give it a fighting chance. 12/8 - Day 23 Feeding day. Mixed 1/2 veg nutes (FF Big Bloom & Grow Big), Great White mycorrhizae and Cal-Mag in a gallon of distilled water. Fed my 5 gallons about 48oz of water each. My remaining two bonsais got about 8oz each. I forgot to adjust the pH on the water before feeding. I tested the runoff on my bonsais and they were recording a 5.7pH with 649ppm. My 5 gallons are looking nice and healthy. My bonsais were looking droopy, perhaps due to watering. 12/9 - Day 24 No water was added. Made small adjustments to the training wire to try and give the lower canopy a chance to grow to the same height as the main stem. 12/11 - Day 26 Watered my 5 gallons with a half gallon of distilled water and gave 8oz of water to each of my bonsais.

For sake of brevity, gonna start referring to my plants using the following references: Z51 = 5 gallon (bushy girl) Z52 = 5 gallon (leggy girl) ZB1= bonsai in small rectangular pot ZB2 = bonsai in bigger round pot **************************************************** 12/13 - Day 28 / Day 1 Flower First signs that my plants are entering flowering with small pistils sprouting near the top node. Watered today with the intent of soaking the pots so I could test the runoff for pH and TDS. Recorded the following readings: 5 gallons: - pH: 5.7 - TDS: 2090ppm (Z51) - TDS 1610ppm (Z52) ZB1 - pH: 6.2 - TDS: 253ppm ZB2 - pH: 6.2 - TDS: 318ppm Despite having a pH outside of my ideal range of 6 - 7, my 5 gallons looks happy and healthy. No sign of stress or nutrient issues. I'm going to take the "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" approach and not planning any adjustments. May pH up on the next feeding with some baking soda to see if I can get it back in range. Meanwhile, my bonsais look like they are suffering a nutrient deficiency of some sort. To my untrained eye, it looks like lack of calcium/magnesium. **************************************************** 12/14 - Day 29 / Day 2 Flower After reading a bunch of pretty abysmal reviews about my Phlizon light, I ended up ordering the SF1000 from spider farmer. Of course, I couldn't stop there and ended up getting the S4 fan from AC Infinity in the hopes of solving my ventilation woes. Both of them came in today and I got them all set up. I am so glad I got the AC Infinity fan - I dialed in my temp and humidity ranges and was able to close all but my intake vent and my environment is now perfectly in range all day. Too early to tell whether the new LED light will make a difference but it is significantly brighter than my Phlizon so I have a feeling my girls are gonna love it. **************************************************** 12/15 - Day 30 / Day 3 Flower My bonsais are in rough shape - yellow/browning leaves in the lower canopy and seemingly stunted growth on the one in a square pot. Gave my bonsais some distilled water mixed with 4ml Cal-Mag and a .25tsp of baking soda (per gallon). pH of water registered at 7.7. Recorded the following readings in the runoff: ZB1 - pH: 6.9 - TDS: 520ppm ZB2 - pH: 6.8 - TDS: 458ppm Hopefully these girls turn around over the next few days. **************************************************** 12/17 - Day 32 / Day 4 Flower My 5 gallon girls have needed way less water than I originally anticipated. Last time I watered them was on 12/13 which was about 4 days ago. Granted, I soaked the pots on that day in order to generate some runoff for pH and TDS measurements but really surprised they haven't been more thirsty. Even today when I dug my index finger into the soil down to the second knuckle, I still felt a slight bit of moisture on my finger tip. Even though my plants probably didn't "need" water, I'm trying to get at least one feeding in per week with plain watering in between...so today is feeding day. Based on the measurements I took on 12/13, I know that the pH of my soil was running at the lower end of the acceptable range of acidity at 5.7 so want to boost that pH up a bit to get into a more ideal range. For the feeding, I mixed the following nutes: - 1 gallon of distilled water - .5 tsp of CalMag - 2tsp of FF Big Bloom - .5 tsp of Grow Big (1/4 strength) - .5 tsp of Tiger Bloom (1/4 strength) The pH of the solution registered at 6.8 with a TDS of 493ppm. I fed each of my 5 gallons about a half gallon of this solution which didn't produce any runoff for testing. For my bonsais, I am still contending with some sort of deficiency. I ended up flushing both bonsais and then fed them about 4oz of the solution above (anticipating there may be a calcium or magnesium issue at play). Both bonsais looked a little better than they did a few days earlier, following another flush and defoliation of discolored fan leaves. Based on feedback from my grow questions, I am going to let the soil dry out in the event that lack of oxygen is playing a role. I've also agitated the top layer of soil to as it was pretty caked down with water. Bonsais look slightly better on the whole. Darker green colors are starting to return to the leaves that were yellowing previously and noticing some new growth on the tops. That said, lower leaves are starting to show more discoloration and mottling. **************************************************** 12/18 - Day 33 / Day 5 Flower Stretch phase is in full effect. my 5 gallon girls are growing a couple inches a day. Bonsais look like they are continuing to improve. Had to raise my light a couple inches...starting to worry that my tent height may be too low 😳

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.

12/28 - Day 43 / Day 15 Flower - Feed Day Pots were mostly dry on this day. It has been about a week since I last fed them. I've only had two small waterings since last feed, about a half gallon of water for each of my 5 gallons and about 8oz of water for my bonsais. My plants are drying out within about 48 hours of each small watering. For today's feeding I decided to pull Grow Big out of the solution and focus exclusively on bloom nutes. My solution consisted of: - 1 gallon distilled water - 4ml CalMag - 2 tsp of FF Big Bloom (2/3 dose) - 1 tsp of FF Tiger Bloom (1/2 dose) - pH: 6.7 - TDS: 582 - EC: 1.2 The pH of my solution was down around 5.3 when first mixed so I pH'd up with baking soda to get to a final pH of 6.7. I gave each of my 5 gallons about a half gallon of the fertigated water each which wasn't enough to produce runoff. I gave them each about another 1/4 gallon distilled water to generate enough runoff to test. I tested the runoff of my Z52 which gave me readings of: - pH: 6.4 -TDS: 1620 -EC: 3.3 I gave about 12oz of fertigated water to each of my bonsais. My ZB2 runoff posted readings of: - pH: 6.8 - TDS: 718 - EC: 1.5 **************************************************** 12/30 - Day 45 / Day 17 Flower Pots were close to dry so gave each of the girls a light watering. Gave about 1/4 gallon of de-chlorinated, pH'd water to each of the 5 gallons and 6oz to the bonsais. Everything looking good aside from the fact that my girls are getting too tall for my tent. I've ratcheted my lights up as far as they'll go but the tops are now starting to get within 12". May need to take action to lower the canopy. **************************************************** 1/1 - Day 47 / Day 19 Flower Happy New Year! Pots were getting pretty dry again so provided another light watering with no nutes. **************************************************** 1/2 - Day 48 / Day 20 Flower I am officially concerned with the the distance between the tops and my lights. After reading a few forums to see what other growers have done in my situation, the consensus feedback is to do some supercropping. I ended up supercropping both of the main stems on my 5 gallon pots. I counted three nodes from the top, massaged the stem a little bit where I planned to bend and and then bent each branch to almost 90 degrees. Luckily, the stems didn't snap or show any signs of breakage. Had to remove the shelf in what should be a second compartment of my tent and attempted to do a little LST to widen my plants and lower their canopy.

1/5 - Day 51 / Day 23 flower - Feeding Day Pots were mostly dry on this day, last time they were fed was a little over a week ago on day 43 (12/28). I've done two small waterings since last feed, about a half gallon of water for each of my 5 gallons and about 8oz of water for my bonsais. My plants are drying out within about 48 hours of each small watering. For today's feeding I went to full strength on my nutes. My solution consisted of: - 1 gallon distilled water - 3ml CalMag - 3 tsp of FF Big Bloom (full dose)) - 2 tsp of FF Tiger Bloom (full dose) - pH: 6.9 - TDS: 342ppm - EC: .7 I gave each of my 5 gallons about a half gallon of the fertigated water each which wasn't enough to produce runoff. I gave them each about another 1/4 gallon distilled water to generate enough runoff to test. I tested the runoff of my Z52 which gave me readings of: - pH: 6.3 -TDS: 1600ppm -EC: 3.2 I gave about 12oz of fertigated water to each of my bonsais. My ZB2 runoff posted readings of: - pH: 7.2 - TDS: 594ppm - EC: 1.2 My TDS readings are definitely low compared to the FF Soil Feeding Schedule. The suggested readings for week 7 are an EC of 2.8 - 3.0 and 1960-2100ppm. Not stressing too much over the reading as the girls are looking healthy and happy. Will add another feeding in between waterings if I start to see any nutrient deficiencies but I don't see any cause to do so at the moment. As you can see from the picture on 1/3, the super cropping I did on 1/2 didn't hurt my girls one bit. By the following day, the tops were already bending back toward the lights. This was a big relief. **************************************************** 1/7 - Day 53 / Day 25 Flower Light watering in the morning today using pH'd dechlorinated tap water w/ 4ml of cal mag. Gave about about a 1/4 gallon to each for my 5 gallons and another 8oz each for my bonsais. **************************************************** 1/8 - Day 54 / Day 26 Flower Noticing signs of nutrient issue on the Z51. Surprisingly, no signs of nutrient issues on the Z52 despite using the same solution and roughly the same amount of water during the feeding day on 1/5. Decided to do a heavier watering tonight, using about 3/4 gallon of pH'd dechlorinated tap water. Hoping that dilutes the soil a little bit and pushes the salts toward the bottom. **************************************************** 1/9 - Day 55 / Day 27 Flower Nutrient issues did not appear to get any worse overnight so that is encouraging. Did some minor defoliation on my 5 gallons this morning to remove any of the smaller branches on the lower 3rd of the plant. Haven't completely removed any branches that are below the trellis. Will start pruning more regularly every other day so I don't shock the plants too much.

1/10 - Day 56 / Day 28 Flower The nutrient deficiency appears to be getting worse. After some reading, I suspect I may have a pH issue which is causing a nutrient lockout. I gave each of my plants enough water to get some runoff that I could test. When I first tested the runoff, I was getting pH readings of around 5.6-5.8 for my 5 gallons....not good. Way too acidic. I decide to do a flush out of an abundance of caution. I ran about 8 gallons of water that ranged between a pH of 6.5 and 7.2. At a certain point, I ran out of distilled and dechlorinated tap and decided to stop flushing at that point rather than introduce chlorinated tap water. At the end of the flush, I was getting pH readings of around 6.1 and 6.2 for my 5 gallons. Not ideal but should at least mitigate any further damage. Remarkably, some of the leaves that were starting to yellow began to bounce back shortly after the flush. **************************************************** 1/11 - Day 57 / Day 29 Flower The conditions haven't dramatically improved but also haven't appear to get dramatically worse. The leaves that were already yellowing seemed to yellow a bit further but I didn't notice any new leaves yellowing. After still more reading, I think I narrowed the issue down to a magnesium issue. My leaf symptoms seem to match all of the tell tale signs - leaves were turning pale green before fading to yellow, the yellowing was showing up first around the edges but all the veins were still green. Combined with the fact that magnesium lockouts typically occur when the soil is too acidic - I think I found my culprit. Even though the soil was still wet on my 5 gallons, I decided to go ahead and provide a half gallon of distilled water with 5mg of Cal-Mag to each plant. Of course, this was before I read some of the responses to my grow question and this was the exact opposite advice suggested by @BluntZilla who I think has the correct diagnosis of my problem (calcium toxicity causing other nutrient lockouts)... :facepalm: **************************************************** 1/12 - Day 58 / Day 30 Flower Based on the symptoms I'm having, it looks like the biggest nutrient deficiency I'm having is magnesium. In an attempt to mitigate that deficiency, I made a solution combining a gallon of distilled water with two tablespoons of epsom salts and applied as a foliar spray. Started applying this today - once in the morning and once in the evening. **************************************************** 1/14 - Day 60 / Day 32 Flower Watered my plants using spring water until I could produce runoff. The runoff readings were as follows: Z51: - pH = 6.4 - TDS = 1080ppm - EC: 2.2 Z52: - pH = 6.3 - TDS = 1040ppm - EC: 2.1 While it appears my pH is back in a healthy range, my EC readings are a bit higher than I'd like. Ideally, I'm aiming for 1.8 but didn't want to continue shocking my plants with a flush. **************************************************** 1/16 - Day 62 / Day 34 Flower My plants still haven't really turned a corner with the nutrient lockout issues as new leaves continue to succumb to the same symptoms of slow yellowing. Despite these issues, my buds are continuing to develop and becoming more full and dense.

1/17 - Day 62 / Day 35 Flower Pots felt dry so decided to give them about a half gallon of spring water each. This wasn't enough to induce runoff. Will save that for a bigger watering later this week. Nutrient issues continue to persist. **************************************************** 1/19 - Day 64/ Day 37 Flower - Feeding day Pots were feeling dry again. After about a week of laying off the nutrients following the flush, I gave them a feeding today with their watering. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have waited this long to re-introduce nutrients as some of the lag in recovery is probably due to the fact that I flushed all of the food. The feeding solution consisted of the following: - 1 gallon distilled water - 5ml of FF Tiger Bloom (1/2 dose) - 10ml of FF Big Bloom (2/3 dose) Adjusted the solution to the following conditions before feeding: - pH: 6.5 - TDS: 303ppm - EC: .6 I gave each of the 5 gallon pots about a half gallon each of the solution, followed by enough spring water to induce runoff (approximately another half gallon). I tested the runoff for both of my 5 gallons and returned the following readings; Z51: - pH: 6.4 - TDS: 649ppm - EC: 1.3 Z52: - pH: 6.2 - TDS: 669ppm - EC: 1.3 I was encouraged that both plants are close to being within my ideal range and hopefully this means that they will start to show signs of recovery in the next week. **************************************************** 1/21 - Day 66 / Day 39 Flower I'm growing in an attic space and we've had a drop in temperature over the last couple days, my heating system was working overtime and more heat was rising into the space. I woke up today and the temp in my grow tent was registering in at 87F. I decided to play around with my temperature threshold on my fan controller, reducing the max heat threshold to 80 from 85. What I didn't account for was that I had a low humidity threshold of 30% (which I assumed meant that that fan would stop running if it hit this point). It turns out that my fan actually kicks ON when it hits that threshold... As a result. my fan was short cycling through the night where it would turn on when the heat exceeded 80 (causing humidity to decrease) then turn on again when it hit my low humidity threshold - creating wide swings in my temp and humidity. I'll tell you what, if I don't produce any viable bud this grow, I can honestly say I made up for the loss based on the education I've received. The nutrient deficiency issues are still present but don't appear to be getting worse. The leaves on my Z51 are pretty pale, it's clear they are starving for nitrogen but I am reluctant to try and address issue at this point. I'm planning 2 more light feedings over the next two weeks so hopefully this will be enough to get them to harvest. **************************************************** Day 1/22 - Day 67/Day 40 Flower My girls are really starting to frost up and the colas feel noticeable more dense by the day. I would have thought that the smell would have been stronger by now. Not sure if this is a consequence of my carbon filter doing such a good job or whether the buds are having developmental issues. When I get up close and smell the buds, I get a faint aroma but not the strong sweet and gassy smells that I've read about on other journals. I watered the 5 gallons today with a gallon of spring water each. My soil is not as airy as it once was and has started to cake up around the roots. I do my best to try and loosen up the dirt, usually to no avail. I was short for time so I didn't have a chance to test the runoff.

1/25 - Day 70 / Day 43 Flower - Feeding day I prepared a feeding solution that consisted of the following: - 1 gallon spring water - 5ml of FF Tiger Bloom (1/2 dose) - 10ml of FF Big Bloom (2/3 dose) Adjusted the solution to the following conditions before feeding: - pH: 6.5 - TDS: 328ppm - EC: .7 I gave each of the 5 gallon pots about a half gallon each of the solution, followed by enough non-fertigated spring water to induce runoff (approximately another half gallon). I tested the runoff for both of my 5 gallons and returned the following readings; Z51: - pH: 6.5 - TDS: 799ppm - EC: 1.6 Z52: - pH: 6.5 - TDS: 683ppm - EC: 1.4 Even though I've had my soil conditions dialed in over the last week, I'm still plucking off 5-10 leaves per day that have succumbed to chlorosis.

2/2 (Day 78/ Day 51 Flower) With a about a little over 2 weeks to go before I expect to harvest, I've started to ween my girls off of nutrients. I watered them today with a solution consisting of: - 1 gallon distilled water - 5ml of Fox Farm Big Bloom - pH: 6.5 - TDS: 328ppm - EC: .7 I only measured the runoff for my Z52 Z51 - pH: 6.8 - TDS: 275 ppm - EC:1.4 I never did fully correct the nutrient deficiencies that started cropping up a couple weeks back, despite getting my pH in the right range and flushing the medium of excess nutrients. I suspect that my plants may have been adversely impacted by the water from my humidifier. My tap water has a high mineral content and always leaves a white residue on my humidifier and I assume that the same residue is coating my plants. In any case, the leaves are fading to yellow very quickly because of this deprivation of nutrients. Buds still look good and are starting put off that sweet gassy smell. Not as intense I would have expected but the smell is definitely there.

2/7 - 2/13 2/7 = Day 84/Day 57 of Flower 2/13 = Day 90/Day 63 of Flower Been slow with the updates this past week because well, not much is happening. I've suspended using all nutrients and have simply been watering my plants whenever they get dry. Usually giving them a gallon of water each, every couple days. Been steadily watching the trichomes for any signs of amber. Most of the trichomes are still clear at this point.

2/14 - 2/20 2/14 = Day 91 / Day 64 of Flower 2/20 = Day 97 / Day 70 of Flower Same update as last week. Watching my girls using up all of the remaining nutrients and they are fading heavily now. Even though a good proportion of my leaves were already suffering from chlorosis due to nutrient deficiencies experienced late in flower - I'm starting to see some of the greener leaves take on reddish/purple hues. I'm currently racing to beat the clock as I will be out of town right when I expect the plants will be ready to cut and dry. Need to harvest before trying to be patient so that I can get as close to peak as possible. The trichomes appear to be a bit cloudier than last week and I'm seeing a couple rare amber trichomes on some of the top. Hoping they'll be ready to chop in a couple days.

Wish I bought a tent that had more height.