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###Deutscher Text unten The week started well until I noticed the yellow tips on day 24. I had actually ruled out overfertilization as I hadn't fertilized at all. Apparently, however, the nitrogen is released/absorbed irregularly in pre-fertilized soil. The Floragard Grow Mix is apparently very strong and more suitable for photoperiodic plants. I skipped the planned fertilization with Terra Vega accordingly. However, my girls survived the whole thing well and have now entered the flowering phase. On day 29, I gave them their first fertilization with Terra Flores. I'm currently watering one liter every 2 days. I had problems getting the humidity down. It was actually always over 60% in the grow tent. I had to open the tent and set up a dehumidifier in the room, so I get 40-50 LF, but the room also gets quite warm from the dehumidifier and half the house “smells” of the three ladies. Not ideal, the next grow will go outside in June. I have the feeling that I should defoliate the plants to give the buds more light. But I don't want to stress the plant, especially as it's an automatic. .... So far I've only tried to pinch off the large leaves. Maybe you have some advice for me! ###Deutsch: Die Woche begann gut, bis ich die gelben Spitzen am Tag 24 bemerkte. Eine Überdüngung hatte ich eigentlich ausgeschlossen da ich noch gar nicht gedüngt hatte. Anscheinend wird der Stickstoff in vorgedüngter Erde aber unregelmäßig abgegeben/aufgenommen. Der Floragard Grow Mix ist anscheinend doch sehr scharf und eher was für photperiodische Pflanzen. Die geplante Düngung mit Terra Vega habe ich entsprechend ausgelassen. Meine Mädels haben das ganze aber gut überstanden und sind jetzt in die Blütephase übergegangen. Am Tag 29 gab es dann doch eine erste Düngung mit Terra Flores. Ich gieße im Moment einen Liter alle 2 Tage. Hatte Probleme die Luftfeuchtigkeit runterzubekommen. Im Growzelt waren es eigentlich imm über 60%. Musste das Zelt öffnen und im Raum einen Entfeuchter aufstellen, so komme ich auf 40-50 LF, aber der Raum wird auch ziemlich warm durch den Entfeuchter und das halbe Haus "duftet" nach den drei Damen. Nicht optimal, der nächste Grow geht im Juni nach draußen. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich die Pflanzen entlauben sollte um den Buds mehr Licht zu geben. Ich will aber die Pflanze nicht stressen, vor allem weil es eine Automatic ist....Habe bis jetzt nur versucht die großen Blätte runterzudrücken. Vielleicht habt ihr ja einen Rat für mich!
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@FEBREZE
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Studio54 – Original DeepEast x WizardTreez Cut aka RS54 Sunset Sherbert x OZ Kush#54 Tag 35 der Blütephase wurde etwas Entlaubt. Die Buds sind schon ordentlich dick geworden und fangen an zu Purplen.
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@Nazgul420
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💮💮💮 holky vypadají zdravě 🌺🌺🌺
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@Mo_Powers
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she is doing well for the outdoor conditions in germany. she had her first week of sunshine. but we can't talk about fast here yet ;) the next few days will unfortunately be very rainy again. i switched from biobizz-grow to biobizz-fish for the fertiliser. she will continue to get root fertiliser from canna.
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Defoliation again, as you will see, gave the girls plenty of room for air to circulate.
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@MrJones
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MrJones Cream Mandeiran Auto XL - ViparSpectra XS2000 240W Infrared Full Spectrum LED Grow Light ´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪 WEEKLY GOALS 🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪 🏡Indoor - 3"x4"x8" Custom Built Grow Closet 🌞Environment - 80F and 65%Humidity - using Humidfyer as needed. 🌾LST and Defoliation - this strain likes to stretch! 🗓️Week 5 Flower ⚱️5-Gallon 📊6.2 PH 💧 Feeding / Using Dr. Earth Dry Organic Amendments - Home Grown & Bud / Bloom Booster 🌞ViparSpectra XS2000 240W x2 Infrared Full Spectrum LED Grow Light 🕷️ IPM - Will be using Green Cleaner" 1 OZ per Gallon, and CannControl from Mammoth alternating between products each month for Integrated Pest Management. ´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪 PLANT UPDATES 🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪 📝 Notes - So it is official, these girls are in full-on flower mode, I am putting a picture from last week in this mix to show you just how well these lights are driving these plants, if you have not already you should give these XS-2000 a run, you can't beat the price! Remember I had to remove 2 of the plants for various reasons, these4 plants are going to fill my space very well. ╰⊰🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪⊱╮ 🔶Sunday 07.11.21/ Just watering with H20 PH-6.2 🔶Monday 07.12.21/ Drinking about 60% more H20 right now - they are just blowing up! 🔶Tuesday 07.13.21/ Watering daily with H20 PH 6.2 🔶Wednesday 07.14.21/ Watering daily with H20 PH 6.2 🔶Thursday 07.5.21/ Watering daily with H20 PH 6.2 🔶Friday 07.16.21/ Watering daily with H20 PH 6.2 🔶Saturday 07.17.21/ The plants are just getting so large and filling my grow space, these XS-2000 are just amazing! Watering daily with H20 PH 6.2 ╰⊰🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰´🍪⊱╮🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪╰⊰🍪⊱╮ Cream Mandarine XL Auto®️ Information Tall-stemmed auto-flowering strain. This high-yielding 4th generation auto-flowering strain is the resulting hybrid from the cross between selected specimens of our Cream Mandarine Auto®️ (SWS29)) and a Super Tai’98 elite clone. The genetic coming from the Super Tai’98 elite clone contributes with interesting Sativa characteristics to this hybrid, such as bigger size, but also subtle aromatic and spicy tones with hints of wood and nuts. The so much appreciated Cream Mandarine Auto®️ genetic contributes with traits from the Indica side, such as high flower and resin production, but also sweet and fresh aromas with tones of citric fruits of the mandarin orange type. DATA SHEET Variety SWS55 Indica: 35% / Sativa: 63,4% / Ruderalis: 1,6% THC: 18-23% · CBD: 0,6% Indoor Yield: 450-650 g/m2 Outdoor Yield: 50-300 g/plant Indoor/Outdoor Harvest: 9 weeks from germination Height: 110-150 cm
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Still vegging is a good sign that she can grow some more. Expect her to start Flowering soon. Excited to see what can be achieved by an Autoflower that survived frost and low sunlight hours although not expecting much yield. Will continue with biogrow and fish mix until she start flowering. Added some mulch on day 47. The increasing temperatures and African sun is dehydrating the soil too quickly and forms a hard layer which is a pain in the ass when I water.
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@lino06000
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06/08/22 1 er jour de la 7eme semaine hormis la chaleur tout va bien, elle font en moyenne entre 80 et 100 cm et consomme 500ml jour sachant que je met le même programme de nutrition a tous le monde.la weedding glue étant la plus homogène elle ont le même gabarit et poussent a l'identique jolie a voir maintenant qu'elle se densifie.la weeding cheesse cake quand a elle sur les 3 une a eu un peu de mal a démarre la floraison mais elle et repartis comme Usan Bolt .sinon rien a redire ma préférée. maintenant la gorilla cookie que dire a part du bien costaud ,belle ,résistante, pas haute, pour l'instant cet elle qui a les plus beau et gros fruits hâte de voir la semaine défile.😁 09/08/22 je viens de passer a l'eau pour rincer je préfère lui mettre une semaine de plus de rinçage que ce que l'on ma préconiser, malgré les grosses grosses chaleur elles ont bien tenus merci @fastbud. elles sont vraiment résistantes car j ai eu des pousser de quelques heures a 39% malgré cela elles évoluent bien la défoliation c'est faite plus naturellement que par moi la cheese cake et formidable pour les petits espace car peu de végétale .l'odeur commence a être plutôt forte et je trouve que cela fais une jolie foret en vu général, pour une 465w je trouve que ma lumatek zeus 465 pro 2.9 m'offre une belle culture pour l'instant la fin approche doucement. 12/08/22 demain derniers jours de la 7 em semaines elles ont pris des couleurs et un coup de chaud 40% hier soir je m'estime vraiment chanceux de ce que sa donne pour ma 1 er culture . la semaine prochaine il pleut les température baisse magnifique
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Week 3 and a repot is done and now in day 3. Finally it’s settling down after the repot, which was not pretty at all😂 Hope to get some massive plants this run 🌱 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Light from @MedicGrowLED 😎 NEO 780 LED🔥 780 Watt⚡️💥 PPF of 2184 μmol/s & 2.8 μmol/J🔥 Full Spectrum V1/F1 🌈 WiFi smart connection & Smart Aura Control 😱
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Je passerai demain pour remplir les commentaires j ai actuellement pas mal de travail à couper/trimer 😀 et le tous sur une jambe ..merci de votre compréhension.. Et voilà une de moins la 1ere dos-i-dos de batney à été couper et cette plante a fais les tête les plus compacte et dur que j ai jamais vue je pense être pas loin de la vérité en disant qu il doit y avoir 120g.. 150g sec sur cette seul plante ;) affaire à suivre ..je rajouterai des photos demain )les photos avec flasch ne rendent pas service aux plantes;) Enfin on t est la recolte !!!! La strawberry x gorrila seche avec les dos i dos et la gorrilla x purple punch Les 2 cherry cola ont été trimer et mis en bocale pour curring Cherry cola 1= 88g Cherry cola 2= 83g Gorrila x purple punch = 40g J ai pas mal de travail je mettrais le journal à jour au fur et à mesure ;)
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1/12 4:14AM MONDAY!!!!!!!! CBG IS GOOD!1 LOWERD THE WATTAGE, EFFICIENCY IS GOOD. GREAT WHITE MYCO HAS INCREASED UPTAKE AND AND!!!! PHOTOSYNTHESIS EFFICIENCY ......FUCKING AWESOME 💪💪💪💪 1/12 4:47AM I asked GROK: are samsung leds on my mars hydro lights seem more efficient than the PPFD meter says, I lowered the lights again by a few watts? Yes, the **Samsung LM301H EVO diodes** in your Mars Hydro lights (likely an FC-E series like FC-E3000, FC-E4000, or similar) are among the most efficient horticultural LEDs available right now—individual diodes hit **3.14 μmol/J** efficacy, pushing the whole fixture to around **2.85–2.9 μmol/J** PPE (photosynthetic photon efficacy) in manufacturer specs and independent tests. That's top-tier for full-spectrum grow lights, meaning they convert more electrical power into usable plant photons than older diodes or cheaper LEDs. If they "seem more efficient than the PPFD meter says" (your plants thriving at lower wattage/height adjustments), that's actually common and not a contradiction—it's often the **real-world efficiency** shining through once nutes/stress are fixed. Here's why this happens and what your recent wattage drop (a few more watts lower) likely means: ### Why Samsung LM301H EVO Can "Seem" More Efficient Than Raw PPFD Readings Suggest - **High PPE + Uniform Distribution**: These diodes excel at producing photons in the PAR range (400–700nm) with minimal waste (heat/loss). Mars Hydro FC-EVOs achieve strong average PPFD (e.g., 750–1000+ μmol/m²/s in tests at recommended heights/power) with even spread—no hot spots wasting energy. When your nutes were suboptimal (Advanced Nutrients issues), plants couldn't fully use the light (wasted photons → stress, stretch, lower efficiency). Now dialed in (GH powder + aminos + mycos), they convert more of that PPFD into growth—making the light "feel" stronger/more efficient even if meter numbers stay the same or drop slightly. - **Meter Limitations & Calibration**: - Handheld PAR meters (especially cheap/older ones) can under-read full-spectrum LEDs like LM301H EVO (strong white + red enhancement). They often have poor spectral response to the exact mix, reading 10–30% low compared to pro tools (Apogee SQ-500) or calibrated apps. - If you're using an app like Photone (mentioned in your diary), it's generally more accurate for Samsung full-spectrum lights (especially on iPhone; Android varies but often close with diffuser/paper). Many growers report Photone matching or exceeding cheap handhelds on LM301H setups—sometimes showing higher effective PPFD than a basic meter implies. - Bottom line: Your plants are the ultimate meter. Thriving (miraculous growth, no burn/stress) at lower wattage means the effective usable PPFD is higher than a potentially under-reading meter suggests—efficiency win. ### Your Wattage Drop & What It Means Lowering by a few more watts (on top of the earlier ~10% drop) is smart and aligns with the efficiency gains: - Dimming on Mars Hydro FC series is **very linear**—tests show PPFD percentage tracks close to (or slightly above) the dimmer % because diodes run more efficiently at lower currents (less heat/loss). - Example: Dropping from 100% to 90% might only reduce PPFD by ~8–10%, not full 10%, due to that efficiency curve. - Your plants handling it (still "miraculously better") without stretch or pale leaves confirms the sweet spot: likely 450–650 μmol/m²/s veg/late veg range now, with room to push if pistils emerge. - Solar bonus: Every watt saved = less battery drain on cloudy days, cooler tent (less fan/AC draw), and more headroom for extra plants without spiking consumption. **Practical next steps**: - Recheck PPFD (if using Photone/handheld): Average multiple canopy spots at current height/power—aim 450–600 for late veg autos, 600–800 early flower. - Watch response: If nodes stay tight/dark green/no cupping, you can drop another 5% or lower height slightly for denser canopy. - Log kWh if your inverter shows it—track the drop to celebrate the savings. - If meter still "under-says" vs. plant performance, trust the plants more—Samsung EVOs are proven beasts when the rest of the grow is dialed. This is textbook optimization: nute fix → better photon use → lower power for same/better results → solar efficiency skyrockets. You're building a truly lean system. How low are you at now (e.g., 70–75W total?)? Any pistils or new growth explosions today? Keep the momentum—it's paying off big. 🥊🍌👨‍🔬🚨🌞 1/13/26 7:47AM BRUTAL WEEK FOR THE MOP AND BUCKET GUYS AT MUDRUROS COMPOUND 1/13, 11:22 AM banana purple punch auto RF three is doing really great. I haven’t really needed to do anything. I decided not to top. I didn’t want to do anything except light stress training. I think she’s gonna turn out just great. Her stock is one of the thickest. She’s just perfect.😍😍😍
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Just got a second light (Mars Hydro TS1000) to cover this 4 by 4 Tent. I don’t know if i should harvest, i don’t have a magnifier, but i have one o the way. Let know know what you think.
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Short of lengthy description, I've narrated this short video to the seed Breeder. I will followup on this one she will be harvested by years end.
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4 ème jour en 12/12 , vpd autour de 1 , légère defoliation, le stretch commence a se faire, plante saine , je suis satisfait pour le moment, les boutures sont très jolies ma table a marée est devenue une vraie jungle bien dense x) #trolmaster #madame grow #seedstocker
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On day 1 week 2 flower the Gals are really stretching now, hope I have enough room 😂They seem to be taking the flower nutes well even without a transition phase 😀. On day 3 the gals have stretched so much they are within 6 in of my light hoping The stretch will slow down soon yikes 😱. I defoliated the lower and upper canopy to bring in more light and air flow. On day 6 the stretch seems to be slowing down. I increased my light intensity from 75% to 100% to see if I can halt anymore stretching. I also bent my highest colas down as they were touching the grow light 😂. On day 7 flower clusters are forming and the stretch has slowed. I will continue to bend over the tallest colas and do my best to manage the canopy without too much loss of yield. It looks like some of my colas might get light stressed/burnt. There is not much else I can do except learn from my mistakes...next time I would flip the plants earlier and give them stronger light intensity before flowering stretch. The top leaves are canoeing so I reduced light intensity back to 75% to see if they improve. I got my first clog in my blumat systems main line... I will be switching to liquid based fertilizers for the next run as I believe my fertilizer caused the clog. I released the clog by using a pipette filled with water. I took the pipette and squeezed liquid through the main line exiting my reservoir. Then the lines were running smooth 😂
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Still no signs of flowering yet, maybe first little sight of calyx growth. Hopefully will hit 4ft! Been using cinnamon to top my substrate to prevent algea growth.
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Ich liiiiebe diesen cut😋👌🔥🔥💚 Jetzt zereisst sie sich komplett stinken wie schweiß oldschool kush aber erst seit woche 5-6 ca. Aber seitdem gibt sie nuuur mehr gas😜😅😅
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Week was good did a light defoliation...buds coming in nice now she smells nice too
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These cali genetics are blowing my mind 🤯 super sticky, very frosty rock dence buds with extra strong smells. All 3 strains are 10 out of 10, very impressed. Done last defoliation few days ago, preparing for the harvest so it's much easier. Stalks are super fat, same as buds. Got big surprise from Atami, plant food, and many extras. Crazy. Thanks a lot guys. 💚 Start adding you Bloombastic food already. They love it. Smell is mad. I think most of plants ready in week or so.