The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
Likes
Comments
Share
@sjrseid
Follow
Some high-stress training was required. Fartbutt (the plant on the right) outgrew the container again, so I intentionally snapped the top to prevent further upward growth (I left it attached so it could still form a central cola.
Likes
50
Share
Room setup rundown, examples of bud, et al in pictures... Seedlings/Clones lights - Viparspectra XS1500. Vege lights - Mars Hydro FC-4800 Flower Lights - 650w 3400K 1900umol/s PAR, (3) 226w DIY 2900K 630umol/s PAR (678w and 1890umol/s), Substrate - 50/50 sphagnum peat moss and vermiculite in 5-gallon pots Climate Control - Luckily, the lights, winter and normal furnace use all equate to a decent temperature, though a bit on colder side in in vege phase, sadly. Humidifier is needed early and later a dehumidifier is needed when canopy develops. I only grow in the winter months. Irrigation - do not use the emitters in this diary. They suck a big fat dick to skip a line to suck a bigger dick. Use the pressure compensating type. https://growdiaries.com/diaries/232811-strawberry-cookies-og-r1-cherry-diesel-bbgs-ego-epg-ebg-grow-journal-by-001100010010011110/week/1366923 -- use something similar to those. They come in different shapes, too. Basic process The little light takes care of seedlings in 2.5" wide seedling pots until first up-pot. The 1-gallon pots fit well under the FC4800 in a 4x4 tent until day 21 after sprout. I plant 150% or more of what i need, so i can kill the weak without concern. The goal is for every plant that makes it to the 5-gallon up-pot being capable of producing a minimum of 160 grams with a maximum of a 35-40 day vegetative phase. Third up-pot is into 5-gallon nursery pots and now under the 3 DIY lights and the 650W light in the big tent for a couple more weeks of vege. An irrigation system in the big tent saves a lot of time. One scrog for training and another for support, just in case. Reverting back to a more systematic approach to canopy composition moving forward. About 2.3 colas per sq ft and 8 primary colas per plant. Yields were similar when over-crowding and being less systematic, but the proportion of less dense nugs is greater and trim time is needlessly elevated because of that fact. I was very controlling about this the first couple years but got away from it for far too long at this point. Drying / Curing - Into mesh racks for 9 days. I wet trim and cut down to similarly sized buds for even drying. Temps are controlled around 68F and RH is set to 60%. Then into some 5-gallon buckets with gamma seal lids and (3) 2-way 67g boveda humidipaks (58% or 62%) in each bucket - 1 at bottom, 2 at top. Temp/RH probe confirms that they hold the RH steady at 60-63%. Cost - 0.33 cents (USD) per gram produced. This includes an accelerated depreciation expense for all equipment used, fertilizer, water, electricity for all equipment used, new filters and other yearly purchases - bti, ph strips, sticky traps, etc. I'm a finance guy, so these numbers are comprehensively accurate and purposely err slightly on high side of cost. The only facet not included is the cost of my labor.
Likes
Comments
Share
@AmancioW
Follow
they look amazing, i cannot believe its my first attempt but here we go
Processing
Likes
12
Share
DAY 15 // Week 3 has started we already did the plants last week in the bigger 18l Pots with BioBizz All Mix Soil. Feeding with BioBizz Bio-Grow, Bio-Bloom and Top Max. Plants looking strong. Topping will coming soon. DAY 16 // Topped one of the Special Kush already will see how she's going through DAY 19 // Topped all other Ladies - one of the 3 Special Kush has been topped 3 days before nd looking great
Likes
16
Share
Day 36 preflower stage, should see buds forming within the next several days or so. WE ARE AT WAR!!!! Applied a pouch of nematodes to every pot to kill the fungus gnat at its larval stage. Which has been gnawing on my roots! Increased the sticky traps to trap the flying f*<|{£rs. Will reapply more nematodes in 10 days to kill the next generation. Then hopefully that’ll be all! Don’t overwater folks. Fungus gnats suck! Hopefully last hiccup of the grow. Cheers everyone. Good luck on your grows. Day 41 and I’d say we’re officially in flower. Seein those hairs real good now. We’re still experiencing a rather annoying fungus gnat infestation which has really stunted these ladies. This is entirely my own doing by more than likely overwatering them, creating the problem. Sighs… lower stems grew considerably, which has me optimistic as to the potential yield. I won’t know till stretch is over to gauge my yield. Hopefully Fastbuds amazing genetics can help me fix my f up. 🤞 Day 45 and were on our second round of treatment with nematode packs. I have moved the grow lights up substantially as to hopefully help with the discoloration of my leaves. I believe it to be light stress from the lightening around the edges and some brown tips. Some of them are curled upwards so thst could also be nutrient burn. I have asked a question about it to hopefully get the help of someone more experienced than iam. Good luck growing my friends🍻 Day 48 I ripped open my nematodes packs and mixed in the first couple inches. The top few inches of soil are now aerated better. Hopefully things will improve. Seem to look better since I moved the light up. Stretch ladies… stretch watering at 6.0 to hopefully lower the ph of my girls. I could do the viniger method? Or sulfur. Comment and let me know how you lower the ph of your soil?
Likes
26
Share
@S2340420
Follow
Thts things starting to get interesting now
Likes
43
Share
@Roberts
Follow
Bruce Banner #3 Fast is bulking. I believe I did something wrong somewhere in flowering. Seems like she should of produced a little better. I am not a master in dwc by any means. Just learning as I go. She has overall grown well with the Hortibloom Solux 350. Thank you Hortibloom, and The Original Sensibile Seeds Company. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱🌱🌱 Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. ❄️🌱🍻 Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g
Processing
Likes
11
Share
@Microsun
Follow
Flowering is going amazing, this candy cane is growing some very fast weight and caking up with Trichome’s. The sweet and slightly minty berry smell is growing in power day by day, and I’m very happy with how the size of the buds are developing since adding the increase of 2-8-4 and fish bone meal, just a little bit, not too much at all and she’s reacting great, knowing that the candy cane is a larger auto in size makes me a bit sad with the total size of this plant, but in its young age as my very first auto I believe I probably stunted it, but after all this and how she looks now Im more than happy with the growth, yield and quality of it, just speaking now as I do not obviously know how much I Will revive from it, I’m guessing about a ounce. No small bud sites other than maybe one on a lower branch that already has a main top cola on it. The main cola is massive and packing on a lot of size. I’ve switched the light to a hour less now as I am growing 2 photo indica L.A grape and with the season change I am having to fix my temp and humidity more for the photos, so changing to a 17-7 schedule has actually helped quite a lot and also has helped my other autos veg slightly better. But all in all I’m very exited!
Likes
12
Share
The wheater was very bad. i hope for a good harvest but it is so hard. too much rain and wind.
Likes
68
Share
@I_and_I
Follow
Start of week 5, lady continues to put on weight and crystal Looking and smelling great, I have high hopes for this plant 😂😂😂 The gorilla zkittlez seems to be the most developed of the plants, expecting a fairly shortish flower time, will see though
Likes
3
Share
Hingen nun 4 Tage im dunklen Zelt, danach noch 2 Tage im trocken Netz, jetzt im Glas.
Likes
37
Share
@Roberts
Follow
Candy has sprouted , and stretched a little too much. Her roots are just finding the solution. So she should get strong fast. Everything is looking good at the moment. Thank you Divine Seeds, Athena, and Spider Farmer. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱🌱🌱 Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. ❄️🌱🍻 Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g.
Likes
9
Share
@Dubstepah
Follow
Im happy to start another growing experience with my new equipments 😍
Likes
21
Share
@Bluemels
Follow
Mittlerweile benötige ich 1,5 Stunden um der Green Gelato ihre 4 L geben. Und das alle 3 Tage 😴. Das ist aber auch das Einzige was momentan Zeit kostet. Ansonsten ist sie sehr pflegeleicht.
Likes
6
Share
@IvanPalma
Follow
Las plantas van muy bien en su primera semana de floracion, sigo con el top grow ahora he agregado un engordador de cogollos desde la semana uno de floracion.
Processing
Likes
73
Share
@Andres
Follow
she is in her last stage ... after a lot of patience ... just one more week for her ... she does not look perfect like others ... she fought against all the plagues and she resisted very well .. .. continues with its smell of pine. mint ... and its typical smell indica ... it has 154 days from its germination .... on April 29 will have 100 days of flowering and will be the day of your court ...
Likes
57
Share
@Kmikaz420
Follow
Et voilà la fin les amies , toutes mes plantes on été flusch et apres 2 jours d obscurité elles vont être recolter (sauf la scherbet à qui il faudra encore quelque jours :) quel beauté et super plante pour débutant = presque pas de feuille, elle supporte les grand ec , et surtout la plante se développe super bien et pas besoin de tuteurs pour les branches . Voilà on se retrouve d ici 2..3 jours pour la recolte de toutes ces filles Pour le moment j en suis à = 340grames sec avec les plantes que j ai déjà couper et sécher . Je vais vous mettre se que chaque plante a donné en poids sec mais va falloir être patient j ai pas mal de travail avant sa encore ;)
Likes
16
Share
@Dunk_Junk
Follow
Wow she's grown a massive 34cm this week!!!! Monster growth!