Patricia_Zamnesiacommentedweek 123h ago
Congrats on your harvest, please tag me when you have some buds to show 💙!
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10° DWC Runtz - Eternity Grow Cup 2025
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TrolMaster / Tent-X
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Self-build DWC
Hydroponic Systems
Indoor
Room Type
Defoliation
weeks 2-4, 6-8
20 L
Pot Size
Start at 12 Week
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Germination20d ago
Nutrients 3
Hydro A 0.2 mll
Hydro B 0.2 mll
Hydro Roots 0.5 mll
DeepWaterGrower Welcome to my new diary! I'll be chronicling my experience growing Runtz photoperiod by Zamnesia. This is actually a grow I just finished, but I'm excited to share the journey with you now.
As always I'll grow in a DWC system, this time in a 2x2 grow tent. To manage the environment, I'm using a Vents TT100 for air extraction and an Hailea air pump to keep the 20-liter DWC pot well-oxygenated. That 20-liter capacity should be enough to let the plant cruise for a few days without needing a refill, even when it's deep into the flowering stage. Lighting will be provided by a 150 watt lamp, which I'll run on an 18/6 schedule during veg and switch to 12/12 for flowering. As for nutrients, I'll be using the Plagron hydro line.
To keep a really close eye on all the critical parameters like temperature, RH, CO2, PH, and PPFD, I'm relying on my Tent-X system by TrolMaster. It's a fantastic piece of kit that allows me to control and dim the light remotely, also includes a smoke detector.
🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 GROW JOURNAL 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
🗓️ WEEK 1 (veg)
🔙 Kicking things off, I prepared all the materials. The clay pebbles received a 20-minute boil followed by a 24-hour soak in demineralized water adjusted to pH 5.8. I gave the air stones a 24-hour bath in a water and vinegar solution, rinsing them thoroughly afterward. The root riot cube also soaked for a few hours in water at pH 5.8.
🌱 With preparations complete, I placed the seed into the root-riot cube on day 1, nestled it in the net-pot, and surrounded it with clay pebbles. The light was set to an 18/6 cycle, positioned 50 cm away, and running at 50 watts.
I hand-watered the seedling with approximately 5 ml of demineralized water directly onto the clay twice daily, while the DWC reservoir below held 20 liters of a light nutrient solution: EC 0.6 - pH 5.8.
On day 4, the seedling emerged and was exposed to the grow light for the first time. Concluding a successful first week, by day 7, it had already pushed several roots out of the net pot and down into the nutrient solution.
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Peat Pellet
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Week 2. Vegetation18d ago
5 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
5.8
No Smell
300 PPM
55 %
19 °C
19 °C
18 °C
20 L
50 cm
500 PPM
Nutrients 3
Hydro A 0.5 mll
Hydro B 0.5 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 2 (veg)
🔙 The first week proceeded very well, and the seedling is growing robustly and quickly, even though the humidity and temperature in the grow box are on the low side.
🌱 This second week passed quite smoothly with minimal intervention required. The light was set to 75 watts, maintaining the same distance.
I only needed to moisten the substrate once daily with about 20 ml of demineralized water. I also monitored the DWC solution's pH, correcting it whenever the probe indicated it was drifting outside the ideal range for this stage (5.6-5.9). The EC remained stable at 0.6 throughout the week.
Towards the end of the week, I removed the first set of true leaves, as they were growing slightly too close to the substrate.
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Week 3. Vegetation17d ago
10 cm
18 hrs
23 °C
5.9
No Smell
500 PPM
55 %
19 °C
19 °C
18 °C
20 L
1 L
50 cm
500 PPM
Nutrients 3
Hydro A 1 mll
Hydro B 1 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 3 (veg)
💧 Her water uptake increased noticeably (about 1 LT/day), and the new leaves exhibit a perfect, healthy color. Due to this increased demand, I raised the EC to 1 to ensure she receives adequate nutrients.
🌱 The difference in growth between the start and end of this week is significant. The plant continues to stay quite short and compact, which I don't mind at all, especially considering the space limitations experienced during my last run. Naturally, this time, both the environmental conditions and the genetics are entirely different. Similar to last week, I concluded the week by removing a few of the lower leaves growing too close to the substrate. This week, I set the light power to 100 watts, keeping the same distance.
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Week 4. Vegetation17d ago
20 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6
Weak
600 PPM
55 %
19 °C
19 °C
18 °C
20 L
2 L
60 cm
500 PPM
Nutrients 3
Hydro A 1.2 mll
Hydro B 1.2 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 4 (veg)
⚙️ In this final week of the vegetative stage, I increased the lamp’s intensity to 100% while positioning it 60 cm away from the plant. My thinking here is that starting next week, we're flipping to a 12/12 light cycle, and I'll let the plant grow closer to the light, down to about 35 cm, without needing to dim it further. I also added a coal filter, since it starts to feel some smells.
💧 I raised the EC to 1.2, and the plant appears to be thriving, consuming roughly 1.5 liters per day. The pH has consistently fluctuated between 5.8 and 6.0. On day 28, I drained the DWC reservoir and started a 24-hour flush using tap water EC 0.6 - pH 5.8. This prepares the plant for the new nutrient solution that will be introduced during the upcoming transition phase.
🌱 She's growing really bushy and is still compact. To conclude the week, I performed another light defoliation, removing some lower, older leaves. The new growth looks excellent – all leaves display a beautiful, healthy green color, showing no signs of deficiencies.
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Week 5. Flowering16d ago
29 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
6
Weak
800 PPM
55 %
19 °C
19 °C
18 °C
20 L
2 L
50 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.5 mll
Hydro B 1.5 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 1 / DAYS 1-7 (flo)
🔙 The first four weeks of vegetation went remarkably smoothly. I gradually increased the EC from 0.6 to 1.2, and the plant responded with healthy, compact growth. By the end of week 4, the plant was bushy, vibrant green, and ready for the flip after a 24-hour flush.
💧 At the beginning of this week I introduced a new nutrient solution with EC 1.6 - PH 6 and also started adding a flowering stimulator to the mix, Power Buds by Plagron. She's definitely thirsty, drinking about 2 LT/day, and importantly, isn't showing any signs of stress from the change.
🌱 With the switch to the 12/12 light cycle, the plant has started the stretching, increasing in height from 21 cm to 29 cm. It's also become incredibly bushy! Given her still relatively contained height, I've decided I won't be using a SCROG net.
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Week 6. Flowering15d ago
42 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Normal
900 PPM
55 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
40 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.8 mll
Hydro B 1.8 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 2 / DAYS 8-14 (flo)
💧 To tackle this week, I've increased the EC to 1.8, PH is nicely oscillating between 5.9 and 6.1. Her thirst is definitely increasing, as she's now drinking about 2.5 LT/day.
🌱 As early as day 10 of flowering she was already clearly showing preflowers – much earlier than any other photoperiod strains I've grown before, I'm really impressed!
The plant seems to have undergone a complete metamorphosis and has become absolutely beautiful; you can really see it in the video I took on day 14 flo. Around mid-week, I did another round of defoliation – nothing too extreme, but it was necessary to improve air circulation and expose more of those preflower sites to the light.
In terms of stretching, she shot up from 29 cm to 42 cm this week!
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Week 7. Flowering14d ago
54 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6.1
Normal
900 PPM
55 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
40 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.8 mll
Hydro B 1.8 mll
Hydro Roots 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 3 / DAYS 15-21 (flo)
💧 There is no changes to the DWC solution this week. The EC, pH, and her daily water uptake all remained identical to last week.
🌱 The third week of flowering began with a substantial defoliation session. The plant was becoming incredibly bushy, and this could be counterproductive later in advanced flowering, both for light exposure and for managing humidity levels in the grow box. She's continuing to develop her preflowers nicely, and absorbed the stress in a couple of days. She's still stretching too, going from 42 cm to 54 cm in height this week.
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Week 8. Flowering13d ago
65 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Strong
1000 PPM
50 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
35 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.8 mll
Hydro B 1.8 mll
Power Buds 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 4 / DAYS 22-28 (flo)
💧 The fourth week of flowering is marked by the introduction of a PK 8/9 booster, Green Sensation, into the nutrient solution. This joins the Power Buds flowering stimulator already in use since the transition phase, precisely following the Plagron feeding schedule. Consequently, given the plant's current needs, we are increasing the concentration of phosphorus and potassium in the nutrient mix. The pH is oscillating between 5.9 and 6.2, and she is consuming approximately 3 liters per day.
🌱 The plant is now entering the full flowering stage and appears to be in great condition. She is still stretching, having grown from 54 cm to 65 cm in height this week, although this is expected to cease shortly. Encouragingly, several side branches have almost reached the same height as the central cola, which is excellent news for uniform light absorption (look at day 27 flo).
Towards the end of the week, I performed another substantial defoliation, 13 days after the previous one, and also removed the lowest branches that were not receiving sufficient light. Having already undergone several defoliations during the vegetative and transition phases, the plant is responding well even to this significant intervention during this delicate stage.
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Week 9. Flowering11d ago
69 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Strong
1000 PPM
50 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
30 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.8 mll
Hydro B 1.8 mll
Power Buds 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 5 / DAYS 29-35 (flo)
💧 There were no changes to the nutrient solution this week, maintaining EC 2.0 - pH 6. My main action has been topping up the reservoir with 5 LT of this solution every two days.
🌱 The stretching phase concluded this week, with the plant reaching her final height: 69 cm. She is now focusing on filling out her flowers, and her foliage is taking on a noticeably darker hue, typical for the later stages of flowering.
At this point, there's less active work to do; the focus shifts to maintaining stable environmental parameters and ensuring the pH remains in the correct range to avoid stressing the plant.
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Week 10. Flowering9d ago
69 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Strong
1000 PPM
50 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
30 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 4
Hydro A 1.8 mll
Hydro B 1.8 mll
Power Buds 1 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 6 / DAYS 36-42 (flo)
💧 Similar to last week, the nutrient solution composition remained unchanged, except for a slight upward adjustment in the target pH, now oscillating around 6/6.2. I am still replenishing the reservoir with 5 LT every two days.
🌱 The buds are visibly swelling day by day and the plant appears to be in excellent health. Resin production is ramping up, becoming noticeable on the sugar leaves and flowers, and she continues to show no signs of stress. Starting next week, I will begin monitoring the trichomes closely.
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Week 11. Flowering6d ago
69 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.9
Strong
800 PPM
50 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
30 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 1
Green Sensation 6 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 7 (flo)
💧 As is my usual practice during the penultimate week of flowering, I prefer to completely cut out nitrogen from the DWC reservoir. Instead, the focus shifts entirely to phosphorus, potassium, and flowering stimulators. This time, the process is quite straightforward: I'm using Green Sensation, but at a decidedly higher concentration than usual. This approach offers the benefit of working with fewer products overall and helps in reducing the potential accumulation of salts around the root zone.
🌱 Starting this week, I began closely inspecting the buds to gauge their maturity. Currently, about 20% of the pistils have browned. As for the trichomes, my assessment is approximately 15% clear, 80% milky/cloudy and 5% amber.
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Week 12. Flowering3d ago
69 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
6
Strong
800 PPM
50 %
18 °C
18 °C
18 °C
20 L
3 L
30 cm
600 PPM
Nutrients 1
Green Sensation 6 mll
DeepWaterGrower 🗓️ WEEK 8 (flo) - HARVEST WEEK (56° FLO)
💧 Midway through this final week of flowering, I performed a complete DWC reservoir change. I replaced the nutrient solution with plain tap water, EC 0.4 - pH 5.8. This flushing solution was maintained for 4 days, right up until the moment of harvest.
🌱 On the 56° day of flowering (day 84 from the dry seed), the plant appeared perfectly ready for harvest. The buds are dense and glistening with resin, nearly all pistils have browned and retracted, and the trichomes show a beautiful mix of milky and enough amber. Immediately after chopping her down, I removed all the large fan leaves and I've decided to dry these too as they are remarkably full of resin.
✅ DRYING PHASE
The entire plant was hung to dry inside the grow box, which was kept completely dark with constant, gentle air circulation for 8 days.
The average VPD during this period was maintained around 1.2 (approximately 20°C and 50% RH). Once this drying period was complete, I trimmed off all the sugar leaves. These resinous sugar leaves will be combined with the already dried fan leaves and larf buds, and I plan to use them to make cannabutter for edibles.
⚖️ DRY WEIGHT
After the 8-day drying period, and once all the remaining small leaves and branches were removed from the buds, I weighed the final product:
The harvest yielded:
- 150 grams of dense buds.
- 5 grams of finger hash collected during handling.
For edibles:
- 30 grams of larf.
- A large amount of fan and sugar leaves.
⚠️ In the next coming days I'll update the harvest week with info about curing stage and a smoke review.
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2h ago
@Patricia_Zamnesia, amazing strain 💙💙
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HinduGodcommentedweek 516d ago
WOW LOOK AT DAT!! DAT LOOKS VERY VERY GOOD!!!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented15d ago
@HinduGod, 💙
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Patricia_Zamnesiacommentedweek 019d ago
looking good, have fun growing 🌱💙!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented18d ago
@Patricia_Zamnesia, thanks Patricia, appreciate it
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Qutrocommentedweek 018d ago
Interested how she turned out so thanks for sharing.👌😎
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Qutrocommented17d ago
@DeepWaterGrower, hahahah, for sure you won’t.😀
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DeepWaterGrowercommented18d ago
@Qutro, thank you buddy. Hope I don't disappoint expectations 😁
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GERGrowDesignscommentedweek 020d ago
Good Luck with your Deep water Project Growmie ! Keep up Growing. Looking forward for the Next Weeks how your Ladies perform with your great work :D maybe take a look at my Newest diaries ? I would really appreciate that
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DeepWaterGrowercommented18d ago
@GERGrowDesigns, thanks pal
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SwissKushcommentedweek 513d ago
nice beauty here! Plagron nutrients, I have thought of using too. I am using all of their substrates on this soil grow ive got going! 😍😍😍
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DeepWaterGrowercommented6d ago
@SwissKush, also clay by plagron is really fine! Give it a chance for the next run in dwc
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BC_Greencommentedweek 123d ago
Beautiful!
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DeepWaterGrowercommented2d ago
@BC_Green, thanks pal!
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Hologramcommentedweek 910d ago
Good luck growmie 🙏, so nice to see how you take such good care of Runtz😍 , she is one of my favs to grow and vape 👌
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DeepWaterGrowercommented6d ago
@Hologram, can't wait for smoking it! :)
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Herbie101commentedweek 911d ago
Good luck and happy growing 🌱🌞💚
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DeepWaterGrowercommented6d ago
@Herbie101, thanks pal 💚
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