Zkitzz in Self Watering AC Infinity pots (Coco)

Welcome to week 9 of flower! We are down to 2 Ganja Farmer Zkitzz plants now that the Seedsman LA Peyote Kush has been harvested. Zkitzz #1 is ready to harvest in 1-2 weeks. Zkitzz #2 has several weeks to go….pistils haven’t even changed to brown yet. The zkitzz #2, which I had to supercrop in week 8 of flower, is surviving well. I’m using plant yo-yos to hold up the two bent colas. She was up to 56” tall before supercropping and I burned her top buds with the LED COBs. Wednesday: added some closeup shots of the colas. New microscope arrived. Yesterday’s harvest of the LA Peyote Kush was ok based on brown pistils and cloudy trichomes. Not much amber. The Zkittlez #1 that has brown pistils and appears ‘ready’ still has glassy immature trichomes. So I will wait another week and test again since I’m trying to obtain more amber with this next plant. Thursday. Evaluated LA Peyote Kush trichomes with new microscope. I really like these coin microscopes with built-in displays as my hands aren’t steady enough for a handheld microscope. It appears that I harvested earlier than ideal in my effort to reduce overcrowding in the tent. A few glassy trichomes still present. Could be a good daytime batch. I also lowered the target humidity to 50 percent, so the in-line fan is running at a higher speed now. (Worried about mold) Topped off reservoirs with tap water….no added nutrients. New ppm at 845 in reservoir as a result. Also lowered light duration from 12 hours to 11 hours of daylight this week. Friday: working on using sugar leaves with the new microscope to evaluate plant maturity. That would allow me to test without removing immature buds from the plant. Sugar leaves tend to show amber before the buds do, so I plan to harvest when there are no more clear (glassy) trichomes on the sugar leaf. My theory is that the least developed trichomes on the sugar leaves match the trichomes on the buds. Saturday: Tried to remove Zkitzz #1 from the tent. Her long limbs are falling all over the place due to heavy buds and weak stems. Needed to tie her up before putting back in the tent. Zkitzz number one showing phosphorous deficiency, so I emtied her reservoir and replaced with nutrient solution. Topped off Zkitzz #2 without nutrients added. Also added Maxicrop liquid seaweed and Floralicious Plus to both reservoirs.