BelSun_420 Hey mates It’s time to choose!
If you’ve already checked out my profile, you probably remember that some time ago I attempted my very first bonsai, a project I really enjoyed and that I think turned out quite nicely! 🙂
For a while now, I’ve been thinking about giving it another shot… and guess what? Kannabia reached out to me to create a new bonsai using one of their strains!
I want to thank them for this opportunity, it’s my first grow with sponsored seeds, and I’m excited to start this new project 💚
The main idea behind this project is to use a Buddha statue as the base, with the roots resting in its hands and eventually growing downwards into the pot. I’m still deciding on the pot (they’re a bit pricey, to be honest).
To make this a little more fun, I’m going to leave 3 comments with the strains I could use for this grow.
The one with the most likes by April 10th will be the one I’ll turn into a bonsai! or should I say Kannabonsai?! 😁
( If there are no votes… well, I’ll just pick one myself 😅 )
Here are the links to the strains :
Gorilla King Auto :
https://www.kannabia.com/pt-pt/sementes-de-cannabis-autoflorescentes/gorilla-king-auto
Lemon Haze Auto:
https://www.kannabia.com/pt-pt/sementes-de-cannabis-autoflorescentes/lemon-haze-auto
Ginger Punch Auto :
https://www.kannabia.com/pt-pt/sementes-de-cannabis-autoflorescentes/ginger-punch-auto
See you soon And once again, thank you Kannabia!
💚🧡♥️
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#10/04/2025
So...the winner is the Ginger Punch Auto 🎊👊🏻
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25/04/2025
Today, April 25th, I decided to symbolically start the germination of the seed — it’s Freedom Day here in Portugal! Hopefully, we’ll see many more “April 25ths” when it comes to this beautiful plant that connects us!
For germination, I’m testing Kannabia’s seed germinator. Basically, you moisten the cotton discs with 15ml of water, place the seeds inside, and add the germination liquid provided by Kannabia. Let’s see how effective this method is! So far, I really like the little detail of the top disc showing the temperature.
* Song- Zeca Afonso - Grândola Vila Morena (25 April Song🌹)
*Germinator- start at 25/04 - 16h
- Fineshed at 28/04 - 08h
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Week 1. Vegetation
8mo ago
1/7
6 cm
Height
20 hrs
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20 °C
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16 °C
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140 cm
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BelSun_420 Week1️⃣ : 05/05 - 12/05
💡 Light schedule: 24 hours
📏 Lamp To Plant Distance: 140cm
⚡ Dimming: 100%
🌡️ Average temperature: 23,5°
☔ Average humidity: 60%
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Let the first week begin! 🎉
For now, there's not much to say… just keeping the soil moist and that’s about it. The pot it's currently in is just a temporary one — once the roots are well-established, I’ll move her into the actual bonsai pot
💚🧡
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Week 2. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/8
10 cm
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20 °C
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64 %
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17 °C
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1.5 mll
BelSun_420 Week 2️⃣ : 13/05 - 20/05
💡 Light schedule: 20 hours
📏 Lamp To Plant Distance: 130cm
⚡ Dimming: 100%
🌡️ Average temperature: 23,5°
☔ Average humidity: 60%
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There’s not much to say about last Week, I just tried to keep the soil moist, and this week will be the same. She had a good growth in height, which isn't ideal for bonsai training, so I moved her closer to the light to prevent further stretching. Maybe by the end of the week, I can start training her, but most likely only next week, she's still very young. ☺️💚🧡
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16/05/25
I started applying Bio RHIZOTONIC by Canna. I diluted about 1.5 ml in 1 liter of water.
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19/05/25
So, I decided to do something with the bonsai to take my mind off work hahaha. It's the first time I'm using these bonsai wires, and I haven't quite got the hang of it yet, which made me mess with the plant a bit too much, but nothing serious. Let's see how she recovers by the end of the week. She was getting too tall, so this should also slow down her growth a bit—I hope (never thought I'd say that) 🤣
As for the wires, maybe they're not meant to be used at this stage. It's quite tricky to put them on—you either do it directly while holding the plant at the same time, or you wrap the wire around a stick or something like a mold and then wrap it around the plant, but you end up shaking the plant a lot anyway. I need to research some techniques for this.🤔
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Week 3. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/7
10 cm
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20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
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64 %
Air Humidity
16 °C
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130 cm
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BelSun_420 I started training her at the end of last week, she’s growing well, which honestly makes me curious to try growing this Ginger again but not as a bonsai. This week, I’ll be transplanting her into the final pot and placing her in the Buddha’s hands. ☺️
(I'm going to use the same pot from the last bonsai. They're a bit expensive)
I’ll share more about that on the 27th or 28th!
🤛🏻💚🧡
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25/05/25
I made a small adjustment to the wires.
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Week 4. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/15
10 cm
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20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
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Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
17 °C
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130 cm
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1.5 mll
BelSun_420 Hey folks,
Transplant done today, May 30th, into the final pot. Now she’s in Buddha’s hands 🕉️😄
This one was tricky to transfer—I knew it would be tough since I let the roots grow too much due to lack of time to properly focus on this project and the extra time wait for the order with the Leca base to arrive!
That made it hard to separate the soil from the rootball and position it over Buddha. I really should’ve done it at week two, or starting in a smaller pot to avoid all that root chaos! 😅
But hey, let’s see how she responds and what the final result will be!
🤞🏻💚🧡
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31/05/2025
When I cleaned the roots, she wilted a bit—as expected—but just a few hours later, that same night, her leaves were perky again, showing that everything went smoothly and she's full of strength! 😄 Today I cut a small branch and a leaf that were growing in the direction I want to twist the plant into a spiral, as you can see in the video. A few more hours and she should be perky again 🙂
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Week 5. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/10
10 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
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Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
17 °C
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0.1 liters
Watering Volume
130 cm
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BioRHIZOTONIC
1.5 mll
BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
Last week I transplanted her into the final pot and everything went well — though I should’ve done it a bit earlier to handle the roots more easily. Anyway, it went fine. Later in the week, I tried to do a bit more training, but things almost went south and gave me a real scare for a few days 😬
Since the transplant was still fresh, she wasn’t stable enough yet, and the training stressed her out — she completely wilted for a while. But she’s back now, shining in all her glory 🧡✨🧡
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08/06/2025
One more training session 💪🌱
Hey Growmies, first time I'm seeing these signs, what do you think? I've already searched using ChatGPTand some sites, so I would appreciate human help :P
BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
Another week for our Kannabonsai — and we’re officially in flowering mode! 💥
Unfortunately, some leaves started showing signs of stress last week. I’m still not 100% sure what caused it, but I tried to fix it with a small potassium boost and she responded with slight signs of nutrient excess. So I went back to plain water only.
Other than that, she's looking healthy and developing nicely, although I wish some branches had thickened up a bit more by now. I trimmed a few weaker ones to help focus her energy on the top buds.
I believe the last LST session was two days ago — from now on it’s just letting her bloom and slowly exposing more roots.
Note for my next bonsai:
When placing it in Buddha’s hands, I definitely need to find a more stable way to anchor the base to the pot. Right now it’s wobbly, so I have to be twice as careful when moving it around. Wouldn’t want to send Buddha tumbling! 😅🙏🧡
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Week 7. Flowering
6mo ago
1/9
20 cm
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18 hrs
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26 °C
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Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
17 °C
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0.2 liters
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40 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
We’re kicking off another week — and we’re officially in flowering mode now! 😄
She’s showing a few signs of deficiencies from the past weeks, but only on the bigger fan leaves (which I’ll be removing sooner or later anyway). The ones supporting the buds are still looking good 🙂
This week I’ll slowly start clearing out the soil and see how she responds, checking if she’s rooted enough into the new pot to hold herself up once the base soil is removed and it’s just the roots keeping her in place.
All in all, I’m happy with this girl 🙂🧡💚
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Week 8. Flowering
6mo ago
1/18
20 cm
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18 hrs
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26 °C
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17 °C
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
My lovely bonsai 🧡💚 Unfortunately, I no longer have space in the tent, so she’s been spending most of her time on my balcony, where she’s soaking up the sun and growing nicely. But since she’s out on the balcony, she’s a bit out of sight, and I haven’t been as attentive. There were a few days when I didn’t position her well, and she ended up in the shade, which made her stretch towards the Buddha—when I actually wanted her to grow in the opposite direction! 😂
Now I’m trying to carefully adjust her and see if I can lean her back the other way! I’ve been extra cautious with her, and I haven’t exposed the roots yet, because like I mentioned in previous weeks, she’s not super stable in her pot. I need to be really careful not to snap or loosen her!🧡
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Week 9. Flowering
5mo ago
1/25
20 cm
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26 °C
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17 °C
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40 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
Started exposing the roots today—this is how we’re looking so far 🧡
From now on, it’s all about slowly uncovering more roots and trimming the finer ones that won’t affect growth, while being super careful not to loosen the plant or damage any main roots.
I usually do this part with a thin stick to gently loosen the soil, plus a brush and an old toothbrush...it works for me! 😄
As for the buds, they’re actually developing pretty nicely considering it’s a bonsai, and overall the plant looks healthy and happy. 🧡💚
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Week 10. Flowering
5mo ago
1/21
19.99 cm
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18 hrs
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26 °C
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Smell
60 %
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17 °C
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40.01 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
No comments needed, I'm just in love 💚🧡
This week I’ll start removing the training wires and giving the roots their final clean , they’re already looking nice and exposed 🙂
🧡 thanks Kannabia 🧡
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Week 11. Flowering
5mo ago
1/17
19.99 cm
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26 °C
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17 °C
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0.2 liters
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40.01 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
My beautiful bonsai hehe 🧡 This week I removed all the training wires — she’s free now! 🧡🧡
I had to reinforce the area around Buddha’s hands where the roots rest by adding a bit more soil. This setup has been tricky to keep stable from the beginning, and now with the recent root cleaning and the buds fattening up nicely, the weight is making things even harder.
I’ve been carefully adding soil in specific spots to support the weight and counter the tilt she’s developing.
But I’m confident everything will go smoothly until the end 🤛🏻💚
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Week 12. Flowering
5mo ago
1/13
19.99 cm
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18 hrs
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26 °C
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Smell
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Air Humidity
17 °C
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Watering Volume
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
My Ginger Punch bonsai is holding up nicely! After adding some extra soil in key spots, she’s much more stable — I can actually move her now without worrying she’ll tip over 😂.
The buds have been filling out really well, especially considering she’s a bonsai. It still blows my mind that they’re being fed only by the roots you can see connected to the soil. Just amazing how resilient our favorite plant can be! 💚
I’m guessing she’s got about two more weeks to go. Can’t wait to give her one final clean-up and let her shine in all her glory 💃🏻🧡🧡
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Week 14. Flowering
4mo ago
1/7
19.99 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
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Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
17 °C
Night Air Temp
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0.2 liters
Watering Volume
40.01 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
First of all, these last couple of weeks have been really tough work-wise, so I even skipped an update—I just didn’t have the time. That said, here we are with our bonsai in its final stage 🌱🧡.
She’s basically ready, but I’ll let her go one more week so we can take those pretty farewell pictures ahah Photos aren’t the best this week either 😅, but next update will be the goodbye one! 💚
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Week 15. Flowering
4mo ago
1/16
19.99 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
-3 °C
Day Air Temp
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Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
-8 °C
Night Air Temp
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0.2 liters
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40.01 cm
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BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
Our bonsai journey has come to an end! 🌱🧡 It’s always tough to say goodbye after so much work, but the time has come. A huge thanks to Kannabia for giving me the chance to bring this bonsai project to life with their seeds — it’s been a fantastic ride.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who supported me along the way with comments and kind words , they really mean a lot! 💚
Now it’s time to let her dry, and soon I’ll be back with the final results.
Love you all 🤛🏻🧡 😉
BelSun_420 Hey Growmies,
just closing the harvest week that I didn’t get around to finishing at the time. I’ve simply gathered some of the coolest photos taken throughout the bonsai journey.
After drying, it yielded around 8g dry. It wasn’t amazing smoke, but it wasn’t bad either—naturally not very potent, but still an interesting and fun experiment overall 🙃
Very cool project - and a challenge especially on an auto flower - great job ! My favorite picture is week 10 with the plant fully in the window - lovely !
