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A bit late to this report due to traveling, but that means I get to give a smoke report! Zkittlez Auto is delicious with a sweet citrus, earthy pine, and a bit of that skunk we all know and love. I have enjoyed her recently at around 10:00 AM before a long day working on my house, doing simple chores or a bit of creative thinking. She is great paired with some CBD as well, heading out for a walk around the lake. All dried up, I got 74 g, which is perfect for a 3 gallon autoflower and for personal use. She was very resillient as I honed in my new growing strategy with Mammoth P, Ventana Plant Science, and for my second full grow in Coco Coir. I can't wait to circle back after a few grows and try her again. Thanks for tuning in, and I've got another round coming up soon. My next batch in my 2 x 4 will be Swiss Dream Rosé Auto from Kannabia!

You can tell from Kannabia’s autoflowers just how consistent the strains are, which is one of the reasons we grow them regularly.

Zkittlez #2 finished incredibly strong once she recovered one a single PH spike in the middle of the grow. She coasted easily throughout her flowering weeks producing lemony-pine terpene profile fragrance with a classic deep hash smell when trimming. She yielded exactly what I had hoped for, 3 oz (85 g) for a 3.9 gallon autopot in a 2 x 4 tent, and was a very easily and tolerant plant to experiment with as I continued to hone my autopot experience. I whole plant dried her over 10 days in 65 degrees at 60% humidity and she is curing in a sweet decades bag. I got a nice vial of dry sift kief that I will cure for three months as well, and I might try to do some hash balls from this batch, as I am drowning in the kief a bit now. I use the Common Culture Tray when trimming to catch everything, and when I am done, I run my hands through the trim to sift out and break the trichomes through the screen. It's absolutely wonderful! Zkittlez Auto from ILGM was a great experience this round, definite recommend!

Resilience: Extremely good. Took transplanting like an absolute champ & survived a day and a half with a heavy black 40-gallon trashbag over her head. No herming or rampant leaf yellowing like the last 2 times. She reacted worse to plain water than any of my weirdo feedings but ultimately seemed very hardy & resistant. // Final Height: 33 inches. // Notes for Next Time: I'd only do a couple things differently in the future: 1.) Extend nitrogen feeding through pre-flowering and/or start it a little earlier during veg to prevent yellowing leaves & the need for more N later in flowering. Felt like I gave N a little bit late, delaying flower bulking & reducing overall aroma/trichomes. But it had to be done to stop the yellowing leaves. I'd assumed the soil that causes "nitrogen burn" (lol) in cannabis plants would supply all her N needs. I was wrong. // 2.) Avoid defoliating (which I didn't do this time anyway) so plant would have enough extra leaves to lose safely if they start yellowing/dying. Trimming a couple scraggly fans as needed is fine for me but not taking a shit-ton at once as a training technique. // 3.) That said, I would train her somehow (LST, etc) to keep height down, as a 33" plant was NOT practical at certain times. Ideally, I'd like to find an LED grow bulb (not a board) and maybe experiment with some nutes. I'd want a bulb that screws into my splitter and/or current fixture, otherwise I wouldn't even fuck with LEDs & would just add 1-2 more CFLs for the sake of convenience & saving $$$. Stick with what ya know. // I'd absolutely use the Miracle Gro soil again before some specialty brand like Black Gold (used for previous 2 grows) or Fox Farms and would transplant her again if not feeding bottle nutes. My rationale for that was: more/new soil = more nutrients after using up everything in the Solo cup. I would use the pH strips liberally again, as I suspect that's where I fucked up with my past grows re: the yellowing (nute lockout). // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HARVEST Cut the top cola down in 3 separate rounds 12 hours apart. There were 3 "pieces" of that, then I left the bottom of the plant to continue growing, which it did until the Friday after next (the 14th, aka 2 weeks later). I wet-trimmed because it's highly humid here and I don't want mold. The rest of the plant was harvested 14 days later & also wet-trimmed. // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DRYING Hybrid refrigerator ("Lotus" dry) + regular hanging in closet: I didn't buy a special fridge for this purpose nor was mine spotless, but it was mostly devoid of food & smelled decent. Lots of baking soda in bowls & sprinkled around to reduce moisture & absorb bad smells. The bud box went on a bottom shelf & was kept shut by the shelf directly above it, and when I took it out it was open in my dark closet with 2 fans moving air. // I started by hanging the buds in my closet for the first 12 hours after harvest to give them a jumpstart on drying, then hung them in the box by taping the stems to pipecleaners. I took the box of buds out for 15 mins twice daily at first, then reduced it down to 10 minutes once daily. I did this because there's no real air circulation in the closed fridge. But they were drying EXTREMELY slow so on Day 10 I started an 18/6 schedule: 18 hours in the fridge and 6 out while lights were off for my remaining plant. I wiped the inside & outside of the cardboard box with isopropyl alcohol & peroxide multiple times to help prevent fungal growth/bacteria. So they were mostly fridge-dried (80%) but also closet dried some too. // I'd also use this drying method again because it just makes sense. The fridge gets both darker & colder than I can make my living space. Buds lost all smell almost instantly after going in the fridge but were full of pungent fruity terps when broken up & smoked. And they retained nearly all their original vibrant color! They DEF kept more of the good stuff than my previous closet dried buds. // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CURING Buds were cured in sealed glass Mason jars at room temperature & stored in a dark cubby. I opened them to "burp" for 30 minutes 2x a day in Week 1 and am going to reduce that to 1x per day in Week 2, then 20 minutes daily in Week 3 and beyond. // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FINAL (DRY) YIELD: 9.3 grams. So between a "quarter" and a "half."

A very great,strong and wonderful smelling Strain