GrowerBaal Finally the seeds arrived. Thanks to Johnny i got the seeds even so the delivery before got lost on its way. Unfortunately i have to wait with setting the seed until my soil arrives. It is allready ordered, hope it will be delivered today or tomorrow. Will fill this week up, when really started.
Update on May 14th: The soil arrived and the watering started. On may 15th i did some Bionova Cocomix plus into a chamber of a mini propagator and watered it to make it humid. At the end i put the seed in hole which was about 1cm deep. (marked a stick for that)
Good luck to all participants.
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Other
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
8mo ago
1/4
4 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
23 Β°C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
53 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
21 Β°C
Substrate Temp
18 Β°C
Night Air Temp
4 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
50 cm
Lamp Distance
GrowerBaal She appeared on may 18th. Will be my first not autoflower i grow till the end.
The light has the spectrum for vegetative phase, because there are also other plants in this tent.
Changed to settling at day 3.
Transplanted her on day 4 into a 4l pot filled with Plagron Grow mix and a Top of Compo light Mix. Probably it was a day to late.
Next time i will try to germinate Photos like Autos in a pot. This usually works well with Autoflowers, above 90% germinated. Why shouldnt it work with Photos?
She is still struggling a bit on day 6. But i learned, that this plants can take a hit, in 2 days or so she will probably be fine again.
Good luck to all participants of the contest.
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Transplantation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/4
6 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
59 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
22 Β°C
Substrate Temp
18 Β°C
Night Air Temp
4 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
GrowerBaal At day 10 she reaches 6 cm and is slowly recovering. At the moment she only gets water as the earth has some nutrition. Before i tranplant her again, i ll give her about a week to get some strength.
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Week 3. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/5
9 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
62 %
Air Humidity
21 Β°C
Solution Temp
22 Β°C
Substrate Temp
20 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal She recovered from the transplantation before and it was time to put her in her final pot, as her roots were spread into all of the soil. On day 17 she reached 9 cm and i found the time to do so. Took a pot and filled it with Plagron Grow mix, some perlit, 150g Zamnesia Monster Bud Mix and 105g dolomitic lime. After the transplantation i noticed that its a 20l pot, not a 15l one. So the Mix is not the optimum, we will see how this will effect the grow.
On day 19 she reached 10 cm
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Week 4. Vegetation
7mo ago
1/5
24 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
56 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
23 Β°C
Substrate Temp
20 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.6 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal She isnt struggling anymore and reaches 24 cm at day 27. After she recovered well and grew quite a bit, i think its time to change the light cycle. So from day 27 she will get only 12h light per day.
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Week 5. Flowering
7mo ago
1/4
34 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
23 Β°C
Solution Temp
23 Β°C
Substrate Temp
21 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.8 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal And of last week (day 27) i switched to 12/12 so this is her first flowering week. She stretched a bit the last days and has now 34 cm. She looks healthy over all and recovered great. It gets even to dense for me. Will see if i ll earse some leaves the next days.
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Week 6. Flowering
6mo ago
1/4
38 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
57 %
Air Humidity
23 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
22 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.8 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal She is doing well and has stretched a bit on day 38 she had 38 cm. Have erased the single leafs which blocked new branches. Soon we should see the real flowering start as i switched to 12/12 two weeks ago.
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Week 7. Flowering
6mo ago
1/5
79 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
58 %
Air Humidity
23 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
23 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.6 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal The last week she stretched a lot. On day 44 she had 59 cm and on day 49 she had 76 cm. Now she is really flowering and her buds are growing nicely. Overall she is doing well.
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Week 8. Flowering
6mo ago
1/6
91 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.7
pH
Weak
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
22 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.7 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal Notice for myself: "Dont start Photos indoor in summer". The humidity rises again and as i got no proper dehumidifier, i am afraid she might mold...
She grew further and reaches 91 on day 56 and she is doing well, if only the humidity would be lower...
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Defoliation
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Week 9. Flowering
6mo ago
1/6
92 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
Weak
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
22 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.4 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
1 mll
GrowerBaal The stretch ended and she stays now at 92 cm. The humidity did not decrease and i erased some leaves in the hope that this will reduce it a bit. The buds did not grow a lot last week, probably the VPD is to low. Otherwise she is doing well.
GrowerBaal The humidity went down a bit last week. I further erased some leaves but at a slower rate and the plant is doing fine. On day 77 (day 49 since 12/12) the trichomes at the side branches are milky but no amber coloured are found, so she needs some further time. I guess one or two weeks she will need at least to chop her.
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Week 12. Flowering
5mo ago
1/9
92 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
27 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
21 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.3 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
10 mll
GrowerBaal .We reached day 83 (or day 55 since 12/12) and her buds are not growing anymore, but they got very frosty the last 2 weeks. I erased a lot of fan leaves the last days. She is doing fine and it is a very easy and lazy grow. I would guess, that she needs at least one additional week to be harvested and the contest has only 7 days left π²
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Week 13. Flowering
5mo ago
1/16
92 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
28 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
24 Β°C
Substrate Temp
22 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.3 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
10 mll
GrowerBaal She is maturing but needs at least another week. The last week it got hot, but the other circumstances stayed same. This is a easy and comfortable grow even so the humidity was always high.
All the Pics are taken at day 87 on 12.08.2025 as i did not have time on other days. She is not ready to harvest but already a stunning beauty. Even so her main bud isnt very big it is frosty as hellπ. The side buds are also really frosty and beautyfull, they look more delicious then some main buds i grew.π
Good luck to all the other growers. Hope they all have been as lucky as me, with their grows. Peace,π
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Week 14. Flowering
5mo ago
1/12
92 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
54 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
23 Β°C
Substrate Temp
21 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
1.3 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
10 mll
GrowerBaal For her last week or so she had to move, as i needed the other tent. The temperature and humidity fall over the last days. On day 96 it looks like she can be harvested the next days as first amber trichomes on the side buds have appeared. Probably she will be chopped this weekend.
She got very frosty and looks liked powdered with flour.
She became such a beauty.
So frosty. And the side buds looking like main buds of other plants not in size, but endless trichomes.
The grow was really easy, no issues. Even so sometimes there was over 70% humidity in the late flower dark phase, no mold appeared. Really impressiv. She will not yield as much as other plants did, but i dont care. Yield isnt such a big thing anymore for me.
She smells chemically, gassy. Her buds are very dense, sticky, not that leafy and easy to trim (the stickiness makes it harder).
Finally she yielded 73,2 g, bud i left some grams on her for the reveggin. The buds are looking very delicious after the trimming and some curing. The trichomes became kinda yellow and the buds have purple spots.
After 3 weeks of curing she smells a bit like ice coffee. Her taste is kinda oldschool, i would say. Floral and herbal notes with a hint of spiciness.
She makes good stoned, which after i got used to her, is hybrid in style. You can actually do some stuff but slower than usual.
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Spent 121 days
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73.2 g
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Positive effects
Herbs, Flowery
Taste
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GrowerBaal Finally she got harvested on day 98 or day 70 since 12/12 change. She is such a beauty and she was easy to grow, i decided to keep her as a mother. Dont know yet how she tastes but the grow was so relaxed, that she will give good clones, i think. Will be my first time to reveg a plant as i never finished photos before. Will only learn. How ever this diary will be continued. Maybe i even take her later to breed.
GrowerBaal Have set her on 24h to start the re-vegging. Never did that before and i will see where this leads to, but the one bright spot looks a bit like a banana to me.
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Re-Vegging
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Week 16. Vegetation
4mo ago
1/3
32 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Weak
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
23 Β°C
Substrate Temp
20 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
35 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
10 mll
GrowerBaal Two weeks after trying to re-vegg her nothing changed. There is still no new branche or something else to see. Only the bright spot, what might be a seed. Have changed from 24h light to 20h.
I will give her one or two additional weeks, than i will have to decide what to do with her.
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Re-Vegging
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Week 17. Vegetation
4mo ago
1/4
32 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
26 Β°C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Weak
Smell
63 %
Air Humidity
22 Β°C
Solution Temp
23 Β°C
Substrate Temp
20 Β°C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
35 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Monster Bud Mix
10 mll
GrowerBaal Nearly 3 weeks are over, but nothing happens. Maybe she cant re-vegg as she is a fast flower? Autos cant and Fastflowers have 50% Auto genetics. If nothing has changed in a week, i will kill her.π
I had no hope for any new branches anymore, so i killed her on day 121.
She is a nice Lady and i wanted to keep her after the harvest and set her back to 20/4. But after 3 weeks nothing changed.
So my question is:
Is it even possible to re-vegg a fast flower?
it's a photoperiod? Yes, you can re-vege it. The 'auto' gene isn't active in those. they just think they are making a faster plant even though it isn't any faster.
re-vege takes forever and a day. It won't drink much but you also can't let it dry out. the leaves aren't dead, so... keep going. you don't need 20/4. you just have to avoid giving long uninterrupted darkness as always - nothing new here. Do what you did in vege phase. don't over-think it. Less than maximum might be best for now until growth returns.
if you were giving the same intensity to the plant over 20h that you gave over 12h, that would be a contributing factor - i.e. not helping but hurting.
@Schnabeldino, Danke, aber ich hab am Anfang nen bissl zu lange gewartet mit dem Pikieren und hoffe, dass ich nicht zu spΓ€t auf 12/12 gegangen bin und das ne Riesin wird.π¬ Aber ich kann ja nur lernen.π
Hey GrowerBaal, Congratulations, you have won β¬ 100,- in free seeds! many thanks for the full report, photos and feedback! Feel free to pick any strain(s) from the SSSC and Dutch Passion collection!
Nice job! I missed the contest as it took a couple months to get seeds in the mail. But I just popped them. And itβs nice to see these frosty dense nugs that could be in my tents soon.
@Kenn0rphan, my seeds were also missed somewhere on their way. Luckily i could take part in the contest as they extended it. The nugs are really frosty, cant wait to smoke her the first time. Mine was easy to grow. Wish you always a green thumb. ππ
@SSSC_John, Thanks a lot. Was a pleasure to be part of the contest. Will finish the diary. Will we also get to know, which strain we grew when the winners will be announced?
She looks very healthy, so far so good! Sorry, didn't see your message about Mary Jane in time, it' was the best expo from the last 20 years! Great crowd, vibes, sunny weather, amazing! ππ±π
@SSSC_John, no problem. Yeah it was great, peaceful, chilled people and great stuff to explore, one day was not enough for all. Should probably go two next year. Have a nice weekend.π
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