The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@m0use
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welcome everyone to my Strawberry Tent GrowOFF
I will be showcaseing 6 diffrent starberry autoflowers from 6 diffrent breeders, we will see what ones win the superfichal awards of: Best In Tent, Best Smell, Best Buds, Best Yeild, Best Taste, Best Form and Best High. 6 plants and 7 awards, I have a feeling some of the strains may take 2 or 3 of the awards and a few of them may not make it to fruition. The tests will be blind and then matched to a key at the end to find out who is who to avoid as much bias as I can given that I some of my firends will be the sole judges for most of these catagories.
+ [Best In Tent] = Over all best plant in the tent.
+ [Best Smell] = The best smelling plant based of my sences fresh & cured will be raited
+ [Best Buds] = The best looking buds visually, colour, density and frost will be raited
+ [Best Yeild] = The heavyist yeilder of them all, total grams/OZ will be raited
+ [Best Taste] = The tastyist tasteing buds, peronsal prefrence based on the gunipigs I outsouce to smoke/vape the buds.
+ [Best Form] = The best growth pattern and form out of the plants, nothing to strechy or compact.
+ [Best High] = The best feeling buds from getting stoned, peronsal prefrence based on the gunipigs I outsouce to smoke/vape the buds.
I would like to extend a big thank you for all the sponsors of this grow. From Lighting to Nutrients to the Seeds themselfs.
#1 Medic Grow LED Lights, I will be useing 2x 240w MiniSun2's dimmed to aorund 60-80% at peak flower.
https://medicgrow.com/
https://growdiaries.com/grow-lights/medic-grow
#2 Metrop Nutrients, They have sent me a starter pack that I will use to grow these ladies out. https://metrop.net/
https://metrop.store/products/startbox
#3 all the brands who donated to the cause, in no pictular order:
Exotic Seeds, Pure Instinto, Seedsman, Original Sensible Seeds, Fastbuds & *Barneys farm*
**indacate the seed was gifted to me from another grower and the breeder did not choose to partiscapte in this growOFF but are part of it anyway.
https://www.exoticseed.eu/products/strawberry-cola-auto
https://pureinstinto.com/product/strawberry-shortcake-autoflower-cannabis-seeds/
https://www.seedsman.com/us-en/strawberry-cheesecake-auto-feminised-seeds-sman-strchcake-auto-fem
https://originalsensible.com/original-sensible-seeds-strawberry-pie-auto~22096
https://2fast4buds.com/seeds/strawberry-pie-auto
https://www.barneysfarm.com/strawberry-cheesecake-auto-569
I will be growing these in a coir/perlite medium with liquid hydrophonic nutrients.
The pot size will be 2 Gal each for 12Gal total medium in a 2x4 tent under a potentinla maxium of 480W via the 2x Medic Grow Mini Sun 2's LED Lights. Germination methyod will be the same, soaking seeds in water then into the final pots medium.
They will be getting a 18/6 light scheulde from start to finish and a PH of between 6.2-6.5 for the entire grow. I will be useing some root incolulents to help the plants form a strong and healty realnship with the medium. From what I can tell this should go smoothly without many issues. I have a few good friedns on here who only grow in hydro so if I run into any issues I am going to hit them up and learn some new things.
Good Luck to all the brands competeing. I will host a question poll to see who thinks what one will susceed the most. and Maybe open it to eveyone to help rate the best looking buds catgory.
One thing to note is I am mixing all my nutrients into a massive pail that is about 2Gal and I mix it till it hits a desired EC point, so the measurements of ml/l is a bit of a guesstimate. I know its in the ruff ball park area of what I added but it could be off by a bit.
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@Colossus
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Turned today, got impatient to wait another 2 weeks 🤦🏻
Seen some discoloring heading to nutrient burn so ive corrected it all in this new top up (from today)
Didnt take too much notice of the room this week, have removed one foam base from the bottom although i maybe should have left them a little closer to the light.
Added CYCO Ryzofuel 0-0-0.2
Added Advanced Nute Rhinoskin 0-0-0.4
Does this literally have the same fuel?😂
Cyco runs for first 2 weeks of bloom
Rhinoskin runs for 6 weeks.
To add overdrive at 6 weeks to week 7 then flush week 8!
Im guessing the overall BigBud is 6 to 8 weeks. I will stretch her to 8 weeks.
Any tips from here onwards is appreciated 👌
Added a net but im hopeless and with big hands am prone at breaking main stems at this point once LST is applied so i might just leave it as it is until the knuckles form stronger and see how we go!
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@DniceWJ
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Lsd is 75 days old and 35 days in flowering stage. Lsd is looking great I feel like she is growing slowly if any have any ideas on if I’m doing anything wrong. Day 76 I feel so much better she is like great I used my iPad and I could not believe it I seen trichome with my own eyes 👀 wow it was amazing.
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@eldruida_lamota
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Bueno resumiendo cookies gelato es una variedad híbrida muy fácil de cultivar pero ojo, cuidado con los últimos riegos si no queréis perder cosecha por moho. Lo demás de 10 pegada heavy sabor increíble, cogollos duros como rocas y bañados de una gran capa de polen.
El ambiente del secado se mantuvo en 23 grados de media y la humedad estuvo por debajo de los 45% en todo momento.
Poco más la verdad estuve encantado de poder cultivar una genética tan potente .
Un saludazo que paséis un final de año increíble y por supuesto buenos humazooos💨💨💨.
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@Mr_Maes
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We are officially in full bloom. The have been enjoying 6-7 hours of sun light per day for about 4 days now, then brought back in under the cobs. The girls are all exploding with growth and stacking what I expect to be huge buds.
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@MrJones
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Strawberry Pie Auto
~~~~04.20.23~~~~
Day 45 - Above Ground - Target 65 Days
🔸Sunday 06.04.23 - Watering with H20 PH@ 5.8/6.2, these girls are eating up the Gaia Gree and loving the Far Red Ligh from the Medic Grow Smart 8 set in the Flowering Mode at 60% power, just continue to pack on bud weight and smelling amazing,
PPM was completed yesterday, using MAMMOTH CannControl @ 30ML per gallon, the plants love this stuff, always spray right at lights out.
🔸Thursday 06.01.23 - These ladies continue to stretch a bit as they are packing on buds, one of these is just crazy thick colas with super frosty buds, just using H20 PH @ 5.8/6.5
🔸Monday 05.29.23 - Happy Memorial day and wanted to post a quick update, the buds were looking so good today that I had to take a few more pictures, these girls are eating up the Gaia Gree and loving the Far Red Ligh from the Medic Grow Smart 8 set in the Flowering Mode at 60% power.
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📝Strawberry Pie Auto
📝Grown By: MrJones
📝@fastbuds_official
📝Soil - ProMix HP
📝Medic Grow Smart 8 LED - SETTINGS 60% V1
📝@medicgrow420
📝@gaiagreenorganics
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📝 A true delight with a delicious aroma and a stunning 26% THC. This eye candy of a cultivar boasts unique colors and reeks of red berries and cookie dough that will leave your mouth watering.
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@greenkeepers
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Week 4 – Flowering (Day 22–28) 🌸🌱
At the end of Week 3 (Day 21) we carried out a deeper round of defoliation and some lollipopping. By now the stretch is coming to an end, with the plants settling close to their final height.
We’ve also stopped foliar feeding, since every single plant is now covered in developing buds. To keep everything protected, we refreshed the beneficial insects, better be safe than sorry, how we say in German, sicher ist sicher.
Already in this early stage of flowering, we can clearly spot differences in structure, bud formation and even the first aromas. Some phenos are showing exceptional promise — those will be the ones we’ll highlight more in the coming updates.
🔎 Pheno notes so far:
SD1-1 – balanced structure, even bud distribution.
SD1-33 – tall central cola with healthy branching.
SD2-13 – compact structure, promising stacking.
Sativa Dream expresses an old-school sweet Afghan aroma with a citric twist, setting it apart from the rest of the room.
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@Ton_Trichomen
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ruce Banner#3
See of green project
By #originalSensibleSeeds
Day 21 08:00
Now it looks like a starting S.O.G
I think i give them 1-2 more days 18/6 than i switch over to flowering
Checked all leafs and soil yesterday and all was more than good ph and salts just perfect
See you tomorrow again
Day 22 08:15
Good morning
I kicked them into flowering this morning
all so i gave Plagron Terra Bloom 60% of there normal dosis also pure zym and power roots also Plagron full dosis ...
My baby are 30cm now i count with a 150-200% stretch but i think i handle that baby ...
I dominate my Amnesia grow to, so Hulk who are you .... show me ..... 😉
Day 23 13.20
After i send them into flower feed them with nutes all is good no sighns of stress to much nutes or some else, air temp and humidity are controled so thats fine to 😉
Se ya back tomorrow
Day 25 07.10
So they do realy grow like i want them to grow thats cool
Now on 12/12 since 3 days the strech is really smooth till now and it seems its true what i heard about Bruce not to much till no leafs on the bottem of the plant know i wait till the flowering will start think mid of next week
Day 26 07.30
I see here and there starting of flowering little white hairs are comming feed them today with the full dosis of nutes but still under the limit of plagron less is more
Bruce looks really healthy at all so far
Day 27 07.30
I cleand up my room🙃 no no worrys some plants were a bit smaler some a bit higher so i switched the long ones in the back the smaler ones in the front now it looks a bit weird but that will be fixxed up in 2 days ..
But all in all are very fine and healthy
See ya tomorrow again
Temp: 27.5 lights on
19.5 °C when lights out
Humidity: 60%
Ph : 5.92
Ppm: 850
Water: 25l 23°C
CO²: No Mercy Tabs
Plagron: Terra bloom 100ml
Plagron: Pure Zym 25 ml
Plagron: Power Roots 25 ml
Light distance: 50cm
3x MarsHydro eco 120 total 675w
Air Van: 809m³ Prima Klima
AKF : 800m³ prima klima
3 l water cooling airco Diamant...
3.3l humidifier
1.8l Airdryer
Humidity control: Inkbird IHC-200
Temp control cooler - heater: Inkbird ITC-308
1.5x1.5m² Custom Grow Room
All seeds comes out #originalsensibleseeds
so they have 100% of 100%
Bruce Banner the 3. hits the ground and i really hope he gets angry as fuck and shows me the green big guy sleeping inside him ...
S.O.G.
☠️☠️☠️🌶️🌶️☠️☠️☠️
Thx to Linda Seeds, BTB Grow Supplies & Zamnesia for supporting this grow.
Zamnesia unconsciously because they sent me my seeds 2 times but I'm very grateful for that
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@Hashy
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Week 3
Light settings
18/6 on at 6.00am off 0.00am
Light power= 46% 109w
Radiator settings
LIghts on
Turn on if temp drops below 21.4c
Turn off if temp goes above 21.5c
Lights off
Turn on if temp drops below 19c
Turn off if temp goes above 19.1c
Humidifier settings
LIghts on
Turn on if humidity drops below 59.9%
Turn off if humidity goes above 60%
LIghts off
Turn on if humidity drops below 49.9%
Turn off if humidity goes above 50%
Extractor settings
temperature 24c with 1c steps
Humidity 62% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
VPD aim 0.5-0.9
Wednesday 8/2/23 Day 15
5.00pm
Turn pots 90 deg
Thursday 9/2/23 Day 16
8.30pm
#2 Feed 1.5L Ec=1.06 Ph=6.4
Run 80ml Ec=3.35 Ph=5.7
Moved
#2 to left
#2 Height= 13CM Dist= 58CM DLI=18.8
Friday 10/2/23 Day 17
Did nothing
#2 contemplated fiming
Saturday 11/2/23 Day 18
8.00pm
#2 moved to right and fim, should have 5 sets of nodes and then the fim part.
#2 Height= 15CM Dist= 55CM DLI= 20.0
Extractor settings
temperature 25c with 1c steps
Humidity 62% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Sunday 12/2/23 Day 19
4.30pm
Leaf tuck all 3
#2 managed to expose a few nodes.
8.30pm
removed humidifier and moved pots nearer centre of the tent.
A bit more leaf tucking.
Monday 13/2/23 Day 20
7.30pm
#2 Feed 2L Ec=1.04 Ph=6.5
Run 50ml Ec=1.67 Ph=6.0
Tuesday 14/2/23 Day 21
#2 Height= 17CM Dist= 53CM DLI= 21.2
Round up for the week.
Again it's been a fairly productive week with the grow. Didn't quite hit my VPD target but I wasn't far from it. There is enough foliage that I managed to remove the humidifier from the tent.
#2 Tropicana Cookies FF is so far the best looking plant out the grow, she has grown extremely quickly and got some real big leaves. I attempted to Fim during the week to slow down the height a bit. Hopefully that has paid off. I'm thinking 1 more week before going 12/12.
Power used for week
Light
(1.96+1.96+1.96+1.96+1.96+1.95+1.95)=13.7Kw
Extractor
(0.05+0.05+0.05+0.06+0.06+0.06+0.07)=0.4Kw
Fans
(0.31+0.30+0.30+0.30+0.3+0.31+0.39)=2.21Kw
Humid
(0.05+0.02+0.0+0.0+++)=0.07Kw
Radiator
(1.44+0.9+1.04+0.68+0.6+0.92+2.61)=8.19Kw
Total for the week=24.57Kw
Back in a week.
Thanks for stopping by.
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@Back_woods_buds
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Definitely glad I picked this one to KO first since it’s an easier strain since I’m still trying to learn the whole organics thing but a few more and I should be able to produce something a little better I hope lol
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Starting to get close to the finish line now! Light is at 100% and they are stacking really nice! Can’t wait to see the final product! I’m really like the Cronk Grow nutrients. After trying Fast Bud Genetics for the first time, they are the only auto flower I will grow moving forward.
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@Jordantone1
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Everything going great. Smells like sour candies. Legit can smell the cantaloupe origins and it’s already getting blanketed in trichs. Can’t wait to see these girls get dense in the next few weeks.
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@FlavoursUk
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Great grow from start to finish, very resilient plant and would of given her some more TLC if I was to grow her again.
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@millerman543
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Looking much better here after recovering and proper water. I was definitely giving nutrients here but not a lot
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@Hologram
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OK, im doing an update now becouse my breakup cake is going tranny!!(hermie)
I already have noiticed she was not growing as strong .. but u can blame that on anything , especially when growing outdoor..
but this morning i saw that she was g(r)oing 'bananas'!😢
I have put her aside from the rest (in the back of garden) but think gonna have to terminate her asap!..(and i will, right after this post👍)
The weed she will give will be filled with seeds and those seeds will be hermies too, so wothless..
and if i dont throw her away quick she can infect the rest.
So goodbye breakup cake..😢
who wants to eat a cake when they are breaking up anyway..😒 (just hiding my pain with lame humour 😳)
happy growing for all ✊
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@dauntless
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Week 9 started on May 29, 2022
This week is gonna be the last full veg week. I added the flowering HPS light to the side where the cola was injured, plants love the HPS so I figured why not, I'll ned it during flower.
Of course that raised tent temps a full 3-5 degrees, had to change some ventilation parameters, fan speed went up on both in tent, and on the a/c infinity. I also cleaned the screens, and opened another vent at the base. Fans are on.
The plant has done very well. Added Foop spray into the mix and so far so good, I see that it has slightly improved the plant in a short period, and it smells pretty good, took it to the garden for more trials.
Dudes at AutoPot USA fixed my stuff!! Thanks guys. The fix they troubleshooted worked. My res is below 300 ppm and at 69 degrees F
I have Fox Farms Bloom diluted and Bio War Flower crushing the biologicals - after I fixed the leak issue, I figured why not feed her while she gets her finals sea legs for the flower trip ahead.
Nothing crazy, I run stuff diluted, especially when I am dialing my light pre flower, I can't risk burning them with heat or nutes.
I am a tucking fool, a bending fool, and a foop spraying fool this week, you guys are not gonna believe how many fan leaves this thing put out in seven days, and I took off a significant amount mid week 8, I was a bit worried, oh well, never-mind this is White Widow, she doesn't care, all she wants to do is bust outside in jungle in South America
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@TheHighentist
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Week 1 of veg was a tough one.
In the middle of updating my grow tent gear, i stumbled upon hardship with the young ladies.
The first days was with my old LED light, and when i switched to the new light, they suffered from light burn and high temps adjusting it.
They are looking crusty, but we will get through it.
👉29/8 With Viparspectra V300 Lights
👉30/8 Viparspectra V300
👉31/8 Switch from Viparspectra V300 to Lumatek 300W Pro
👉1/9 Adjusting temps, hanging height and applying new gadgets.
👉2/9 First signs of too high temps/light burn. Closely monitering and adjusting to keep temps down.
👉3/9 Solution day, maybe too late. Temps are manageable and lights on low setting for low stress.
👉4/9 Recovery.
Temps: Day 27 - 30 ambient / 21-23 night (Still adjusting climate to the new light)
RH%: 65.5-68.5 night / 68.5 - 71.5 day
PH: 6.3