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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/1000W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/600W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/1000W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/600W
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Topping
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Defoliation
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18 L
Pot Size
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Week 6. Flowering
7 years ago
139.7 cm
20 hrs
25 °C
5.8
Weak
65 %
20 °C
18 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
Hello everyone and welcome to my first grow diary. This is my second ever grow after testing the water with a single gorilla glue auto by fast buds. I encountered plenty of teething problems but moving forward with this grow it is already looking better. So I’m using a 6-pot auto pot system which I already know is too much for my 1x1m tent! It’s a jungle!! I have plans in place to increase the grow space for my next diary to keep 6 plants on the go and I will be looking to reduce the strains to 3 and have 2 of each. So the the blue mammoth and the 2 gorilla glues are actually a week ahead of the other 3 plants. (Late seed delivery) The 2 northern lights are keeping up well but the one at the back in the middle is lagging somewhat. It took 3 days after germinating the cracked seed to rise up and it was all deformed and looking rather sad. It’s pushed on like the runt of a litter but is slowly disappearing in the middle. It was a free seed and I can’t remember for the life of me what it is so if I can get better photos of it hopefully someone can identify it. In the mean time we’ll refer to her as the Oompa Loompa auto 😂 I’ve been trimming fan leaves here and there to help with light penetration for the last two weeks now. I’m using a 1000w and 600w led light but they are ‘eBay specials’ so what they actually output I don’t know but the ladies have responded well to it so far. If anyone can recommend the best ‘bang for buck’ led light let me know in the comments 👍🏻 Like I’ve said this is only my second time growing so any advice will help me so feel free to comment with anything you wish to say ✌️🏻
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Week 7. Flowering
7 years ago
60 cm
20 hrs
25 °C
5.8
Weak
65 %
22 °C
18 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
The barneys farm blue mammoth auto has peaked in height and is putting all its energy into growing big buds now. Apart from a few leaves here and there up top I have only really trimmed away on the bottom half of this plant. Judging by how icy some of the top buds are this early on I can this plant being the one to watch ❄️ The two fastbud gorilla glue autos are still stretching out their last bit as they transition to bud production. The one I didn’t top looks to be a few days ahead but doesn’t look as organised as the other gg. Now I’m starting to think miss Oompa Loompa auto in the middle is actually one of the northern light autos as the other two plants look completely different. So the front right is the mystery plant which hopefully can be identified as it produces buds/smells. This one is on a big stretch and has overtaken the blue mammoth in height, although it won’t produce half as much bud.
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Week 8. Flowering
7 years ago
65 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.9
Weak
65 %
20 °C
15 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Grow - Hard Water 2 mll
I’m updating a few days early as I have a busy weekend ahead of me. So the blue mammoth is continuing to bulk up the buds and I’ve trimmed only a couple of leaves away to help with light penetration. She’s really been on autopilot from the start. The two gorilla glues are now putting all their energy into bud production and I have continued to defoliate these a little most days. They grow very bushy and with the tight space I have them in keeping on top of this has helped humidity levels around the canopy. The two northern lights are a little dwarthed but are a week behind so it will be interesting to see what they stretch too before going 100% on bud production. A little defoliation has helped with light penetration and as with all of the plants in the tent I have taken everything out on the bottom half of the plants. Some will argue your losing a few grams of bud doing this but what your actually doing is allowing the plant to put all its energy into the buds up top. So if anything your going to gain by making them big buds even bigger!! I have a dehumidifier on order as humidity can hit 70% in the tent which is not good for the buds. Last thing anyone wants is mouldy weed so regulating it to 40%-50% during flowering is ideal.
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Week 9. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
20 °C
15 L
50.8 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
Ok I’m going to start by saying I made a hell of a mistake with nutrients. I have been using Dutch pro bloom nutrients from the start and not the grow nutrients 🙈 what a noob 😂 Despite this it doesn’t seem to have affected things too much as these girls are doing well so far. The blue mammoth is chucking on the weight and icing up just nicely ❄️ it’s going to be finished well before the others so I’m going to have to lift the pot out of the auto-pot system when it’s time to flushing so the other ladies can continue to get nutrients. The two gorilla glues are growing particularly different to each other. The one I topped continued to stretch a good 15cm higher than the other and is a few days behind in flowering. There’s a lot of bud sites on these so I’m hoping for a good yield considering they’re autos. The stunted northern light has its work cut out to get any light and I’m defoliating around it continueously to help. But she was slow right from the start as a seedling so it’s just one of this things. Now the unknown strain in the corner is close to 80cm and I have a feeling it’s an amnesia haze auto. Not from looks just the name popped into my head lol it’s a more delicate/dainty plant than the others and won’t produce a big yield but it’s healthy and beginning to grow buds so happy days 😎✌️🏻
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Week 10. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
23 °C
15 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
The weather the past week has been a lot warmer and with the dehumidifier in the tent kicking out heat, temperatures have been at the limit. I’ve just ordered a 1.2 x 2.4 tent and a 6” fan setup to pull the optimum amount of air out. This should help control temps better. I’ve also moved the taller plants to the back so the smaller ones can be seen and accessed better. So the gorilla glues look fairly different to each other. The shorter one is a much darker green and is packing on buds at a faster rate. The taller one which I topped is a lighter green and appears to be moving a little slower at the moment. I topped this one at the 5th node and it’s left all 10 coalas the same height at the top of the canopy. So it’s shaped up well it could just use a bit more space. The unknown strain (amnesia haze?) is getting frosty and growing some nice buds. Not much else to say about this one at the moment. The northern lights have been moving very slowly recently. Putting them in a week later than the others may have had an affect but they are growing at a slow rate. The blue mammoth is continuing to impress with great looking buds building up. It’s going to be a toss up between this and the shorter GG which with produce the biggest yield. ✌️🏻
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Week 11. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
23 °C
15 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
Not much to report after this week. Things are not moving at the speed they should be for some of these autos. Temps have run into the 30’s on quite a few occasions which could be slowing down growth. The blue mammoth, the shorter gorilla glue and the unknown strain all seem to be fine with the temps and continue to grow well. But the other 3 are slow moving.
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Week 12. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
30 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
26 °C
15 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
Temps are still averaging a lot higher than I’d like but until I have the new room setup I can’t do anything about it. The gorilla glue that I topped nearly died after I unintentionally kinked the line for the auto pot it’s sat in. Im not sure how long it went without water but 4/5 stems never recovered fully so I cut them down to where they looked healthy. Other than that the blue mammoth is close to being flushed I’m just waiting for a few more amber tricomes to appear. The rest are all busy building buds. The northern lights definitely prefer cooler climates as they have been moving at a much slower pace in the high temps.
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Week 13. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
22 °C
15 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
The new grow room is finally up and running! The increased volume of air passing through the tent has helped get the temps back under control. The plants have more space too so the next ones growing from day one in here won’t be hindered by over crowding now. The blue mammoth is now showing enough amber tricomes so I’ve begun to flush her with straight water. My old tent is still set up, although in the way a bit. But I will need to use it to dry the bud off this girl as the main room is still in use. I think im going to get a small 40x40 tent that will fit on the table in the main room to use for drying as I like having different strains growing. (Meaning different harvest times). The 4” fan setup out of the old tent could be used in this (110m3/hr). The unknown strain is close to getting flushed. Now it has space some of the branches are struggling to support themselves. Are there any keen eyes that can tell what strain it is now? Very leafy rounded buds? The gorillas are still doing their thing. They certainly live up to their name with noticeably stickier buds than most. The northern lights are starting to get somewhere now and the larger one looks like it should produce a good amount of bud. Could do with a bit of defoliation but I’m going to leave it for now until the buds have thickened up a little more.
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Week 14. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
5.8
Normal
50 %
22 °C
15 L
30 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 2 mll
So after a week of flushing the blue mammoth is showing no signs of yellowing yet. I know from the burnt leaf tips early on that it’s had too much nutrients, so the leaves may not lose their green colour/nutrients by the time I harvest. I can get away with flushing for one more week but a few days of that will be spent in darkness at the end. The nutrients I’m using have an npk of 6-2-5 which doesn’t seem all too ideal for blooming in my opinion despite them being bloom nutrients. The high nitrogen ratio could explain why some of the leaves have curled under a little? I think I’ll stick with them but reduce the amount given and add additional phosphorus as some of the plants are struggling with bud production.
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Week 14. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
10/10
Rated
Been the easiest to grow by far. I gave it a minimal trim and that’s it. I did get nutrient burn but despite this it didn’t seem to lock out and the result was a lovely looking auto. Definitely one to try if you want a care free grow.
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Spent 87 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
322 g
Bud wet weight per plant
58 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.24
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Relaxed
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Earthy, Fruity, Sweet
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Hassle free grow with a result I’m happy with. Drying happened in only 3-4 days due to the current hot weather which isn’t ideal. But it doesn’t taste bad at all and it still needs some time to cure yet. Will definitely grow again.
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Week 15. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
32 °C
5.8
Normal
40 %
22 °C
15 L
25 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
So the blue mammoth and the unkown plant have been harvested. Leaving 2 gorilla glues and 2 northern lights. The GG that i didn’t top has now started flushing. The other one isn’t quite ready so it’s staying in the autopot for now. Bud size is lacking on both but there have been a number of things that could attribute to this, such as nutrient burn, lack of phosphorus (6-2-5 npk) and excessive high temps. But I’m continuously learning and that still what matters! The runt northern light isn’t doing much while the larger one has really took off. I trimmed a couple of the larger leaves to help with light penetration and it’s revealed some nice bud sights I wasn’t aware of.
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Week 16. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
32 °C
5.8
Normal
45 %
24 °C
15 L
20 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
The bigger northern light is working at a good pace now and shouldn’t need much longer before flushing. Got some nice size buds coming along that look amazing. The other gorilla I’m just waiting to see some ambers so i can flush. Ultimately once the good northern light is ready I’ll pull the others too so I can make way for the next grow to start.
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Week 16. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
9/10
Rated
Easy to grow. Gets quite bushy so defoliation is advised.
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Spent 87 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
261 g
Bud wet weight per plant
58 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.24
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Hungry, Relaxed
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Fruity, Pine
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Didn’t turn out half as bad as I first expected. Yield isn’t huge but there’s some good quality buds and the high is a nice clean one that sees me relaxed but focused on something like playing xbox lol0
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Week 17. Flowering
7 years ago
70 cm
20 hrs
32 °C
5.8
Normal
40 %
24 °C
15 L
20 cm
Nutrients 2
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water - Dutchpro USA
A-B Hydro-Coco Bloom - Hard water 1.2 mll
The northern lights getting flushed now. Taken longer than expected to get there but looks like it should yield some nice looking weed.
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Week 17. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
9/10
Rated
Simple grow. Although it took longer than expected for the flowering to really take off
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Spent 87 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
267 g
Bud wet weight per plant
84 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.24
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Relaxed
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry mouth
Negative effects
Taste
Sweet
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Seemed to grow to an expected size for an auto then almost laid dormant for a few weeks before the flowering exploded, creating some nice size buds. Nice relaxing smoke. Will grow again.
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DizzusBoy
DizzusBoycommentedweek 77 years ago
HAHAHAHA i know how it is whit "no name seed's" have a round 200-250 but they are 5-6 years old but some still pop's, good luck and i will whatching you'r grow
FireKing
FireKingcommentedweek 97 years ago
I’ve updated the comment for week 9 as most of it didn’t save 😑
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreencommentedweek 77 years ago
Wowee! That is one packed up tent, and such a beautiful canopy! Is this your first grow in that tent? I don't know how all you indoor people do it, planning the space so that they can all fit. Do you have to take them out a lot to do the defoliating and watering? Or are all the plants connected and watering one spot waters them all?
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@TomatoloverBoy, I’ve had to defoliate to aid humidity control and light penetration anyway so a net isn’t really needed to help control the plants but it may help if I end up with some heavy branches as trying to tie up the back plants could be tricky.
Black_Magic
Black_Magiccommented7 years ago
@FireKing,maybe a net You won’t be able to enter the tent then But you can control them much better
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@Experimentgreen, this is my second grow, the first being a single gorilla glue. I have too many plants for my tent space this time as they are tight! Lol 4 would have been better than 6. I can manage fine with defoliation and they are sitting in an autopot system so they’re all connected to an external 100litre tank that bottom feeds all 6 pots.
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Short_N_stockY
Short_N_stockYcommentedweek 97 years ago
Good job filling in that tent. Looks great 👍
Short_N_stockY
Short_N_stockYcommented7 years ago
@FireKing, That's awesome! I wish I had more room to upgrade. lol
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@Short_N_stockY, it’s filled alright lol with the radiator and dehumidifier now in there it’s too tight. So I’m upgrading to a 1.2 x 2.4 and getting an additional two auto-pots. So eight plants in the bigger tent should give them the space they need! 👍🏻
DizzusBoy
DizzusBoycommentedweek 107 years ago
Dont forget the in air as well, the same you pump ut you pump in
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@DizzusBoy, yup I’ve got it covered. I have two 6” dual speed fans coming and the slower speed is roughly 20% less so I’ll run that on the intake to maintain negative pressure inside the tent. 👍🏻
Excalibur
Excaliburcommentedweek 67 years ago
Hi FireKing,hope you are well.LED : http://www.viparspectra.comI have two 900w running in my tent, no issues and so far so good. They are 12 band and have incredible reviews. Zero issues this far and I recommend them for Beginner to Intermediate growers.let me know if you have an questions and I can try hell out best I can .welcome and #staylifted
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@Excalibur, hi and thank you! The viparspectras are definitely at the top of my list so far so I feel I may be giving one a go on my next grow. Need to upgrade my entire setup but space and lighting will be first 👍🏻
Carpy_Recon_01
Carpy_Recon_01commentedweek 137 years ago
Nice set up mate
Black_Magic
Black_Magiccommentedweek 97 years ago
Cool to see that I am not the only one who screwed up 👌👌✌️✌️😘
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@TomatoloverBoy, I did very much the same with my first grow but it has to happen in order for you to understand and learn. So this time around on my second grow I have avoided the errors I made before only encountered a few new ones.
Black_Magic
Black_Magiccommented7 years ago
@FireKing,I think I did all wrong what human can do wrong Overfeed , overwater , underwater , did overkill on grow technique , didn’t use the space and many many more I am Noob master Last what happens is did split plant main branch in half 😑😑😑😑 two days ago at watering. That was super fun experience
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@TomatoloverBoy, nothing wrong as long as you learn from it 😁
diamondtrichomes
diamondtrichomescommentedweek 127 years ago
Nice grow!!
diamondtrichomes
diamondtrichomescommented7 years ago
@FireKing, Yupp I’m a couple years in and still learn something new every grow!
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@diamondtrichomes, Thank you. I’m still learning a lot as I go.
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 107 years ago
You asked which strain the plant is i think its a northern light too. The girls look nice happy growing
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommented7 years ago
@FireKing,ah ok i see. we will see if they are show flower#
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@Larimar, I got it as a free seed when I bought the northern lights seeds and I know it was a different strain to the NLs so it should be something else. I’ve just updated with photos and you can see they are very leafy buds.
thehazydaizy
thehazydaizycommentedweek 67 years ago
did you top this plant?
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@thehazydaizy, I only topped the taller one of the gorilla glues out of all of them.
BeefWellingtons
BeefWellingtonscommentedweek 127 years ago
I'm guessing the right side is under the smaller light?
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@BeefWellingtons, correct 👍🏻
Hawkbo
Hawkbocommentedweek 107 years ago
Looks great man. You runnin autopots in there?
FireKing
FireKingcommented7 years ago
@Hawkbo, yeah they’ve been great. Only downfall is having different strains in there means I will need to flush the plants at different times. So I think I’m going to simply take the plant out of the autopot and hand water for the last week so the rest can carry on getting nutrients
Redderz
Redderzcommentedweek 66 years ago
I would stay clear of blurple technology. It still does work but overall it’s outdated technology. When looking at amazon or eBay you want to see what their true power draw is not what they have in big writing. E.g for a 4x4 you would want something in the range of 450+ true watts I would look at quantum boards from alibaba highly affordable and highly effective
BeefWellingtons
BeefWellingtonscommentedweek 137 years ago
really nice set up you have there, your harvest is going to be insane bro!
BeefWellingtons
BeefWellingtonscommentedweek 127 years ago
wow, nice. Great work!
diamondtrichomes
diamondtrichomescommentedweek 77 years ago
What a great looking grow! Stoked to watch it finish up. If you're interested in watching some auto's grown in organic living soil with minimal salt nutrients, take a peek at my 3 new diaries!!
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 67 years ago
Thanks for growing our genetics, good luck!! We’re really looking forward to it!! Enjoy Growing Faster.
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