Cherry limeade Doja in living soil

Tower84 🇩🇪🌱 Week 2 | Cherry Limeade by Doja 🍒🍋 The little Cherry Limeade is progressing slowly but steadily. 🌱 She is now around 3 cm tall and has already developed two sets of true leaves. Compared to my previous grows in Light Mix, her development is noticeably slower. My guess is that she’s currently investing most of her energy into establishing a strong root system within the active living soil. Once those roots are fully settled, I expect the growth above ground to really take off. 🌎. For now, the goal is simply to trust the process and avoid over-managing the grow. 😊 Besides refilling the humidifier and the Blumat water reservoir, I’m doing absolutely nothing. No nutrients, no additives—just letting nature do the work. That’s exactly what this Living Soil project is all about. ❤️ 📊 Current environment: 💡 Light: 200 PPFD (18/6, Level 2, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 29°C 💧 Relative Humidity: 82% 📈 VPD: 0.69 kPa 🌿 CO₂: 750 ppm average 💧 Soil humidity: 80 mbar So far, everything looks healthy, and I’m excited to watch both the soil biology and the plant continue to work together over the coming weeks. Up to this point, the Living Soil experiment has been just as relaxed and low-maintenance as I had hoped. 🌱🍒

Tower84 🇬🇧🌱 Week 3 | Cherry Limeade by Doja 🍒🍋 This week didn’t quite go as I had hoped. The little Cherry Limeade is still growing very slowly and is currently only about 4 cm tall. 🌱 I was away on business for five days and had to leave the bed completely on its own. When I returned, the cover crop had absolutely exploded 🌿💥 and completely overgrown the seedling. Honestly, I didn’t expect it to become that vigorous. After trimming it back, the Cherry Limeade finally had access to light and airflow again. I’m also still struggling a bit with dialing in the Blumat irrigation system. It works in principle, but finding the perfect balance with four Maxi drippers in a 130-liter living soil bed is proving to be more challenging than expected. With such a small seedling, water demand changes constantly, while the cover crop can temporarily consume much more water than the cannabis plant itself. 💧 Today the plant also received its first watering with Almicanna Veg Compost Tea 🍵. Other than that, my strategy remains the same: interfere as little as possible and let the living soil do its job. 📊 Current environment: 💡 Light: 200 PPFD (18/6, Level 2, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27°C 💧 Relative Humidity: 82% 📈 VPD: 0.69 kPa 🌿 CO₂: 750 ppm average 💧 Soil moisture: 80 mbar At this point, this project is as much a test of my setup as it is a grow. Right now I’m not completely satisfied, and I’ve already identified several things I’d like to improve for the next run. That’s all part of the learning process with living soil. Despite the slow start, I’m giving Cherry Limeade every chance to succeed. I’ll be away almost every week over the coming weeks, so the system needs to be able to take care of itself. Either the plant establishes itself under these conditions—or it doesn’t. That’s exactly what I want to learn from this experiment. If this run doesn’t turn out as planned, I’ll start a new attempt this autumn with an improved setup and everything I’ve learned from this grow. Until then, the plan is simple: observe, interfere as little as possible, and keep learning. 🍒🤞

Tower84 🇬🇧 Week 4 🌱 | Cherry Limeade 🍒🍋 Cherry Limeade is finally starting to pick up some speed! 🙌 She has now reached about 8 cm in height, and growth is becoming noticeably more vigorous. However, she’s still much smaller than expected for her age. Looking back, I believe directly germinating the seed in a nutrient-rich Living Soil wasn’t the best choice. The young root system probably had to spend a lot of energy establishing itself in such an active soil before visible top growth could really take off. 🌱 To solve this, I’ve already bought the Bottomless Pots from Almicanna for my next run. My plan is to start the seedlings in BioBizz Light Mix inside these pots, which will sit directly on top of the Living Soil bed. Once the roots are strong enough, they’ll naturally grow through the open bottom into the living soil below. I’m really looking forward to comparing the results. 🔬 I’m still dialing in my Blumat irrigation system. The constantly growing and regularly trimmed cover crop changes the water consumption all the time, making it surprisingly difficult to keep the ideal 100 mbar soil tension consistently. Right now the soil moisture fluctuates between 50 and 150 mbar, but that’s part of learning how this new Living Soil system behaves. I’m confident I’ll get the hang of it over time. 💧🌾 Despite the slow start, I’m feeling much more optimistic now. The plant looks healthier every day and has finally started growing consistently. From here on, it’s all about patience and letting the Living Soil ecosystem do its job. 🌿💚 📊 Current Parameters: 💡 Light: 200 PPFD (18/6, Level 2, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 82% 📈 VPD: 0.69 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Ø 750 ppm 💧 Soil moisture: 50–150 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 Week 4 Vegetative 🌱 | Cherry Limeade 🍒🍋 This week Cherry Limeade finally gave me a reason to smile. 🙌 She grew from 8 cm to 21 cm in just one week, which is a clear sign that the root system is finally starting to establish itself in the Living Soil. 💚 However, I’m still convinced that the slow start was caused by direct germination in a very nutrient-rich Living Soil. Looking back, it was probably a bit too much for such a young seedling. I believe the roots needed a long time to adapt to the highly active soil before the plant could really focus on above-ground growth. For my next run I’ll definitely use Almicanna Bottomless Pots filled with BioBizz Light Mix, allowing the seedlings to establish themselves in a gentler medium before growing down into the Living Soil bed. 🌱 Unfortunately, I was away on a business trip for three days this week. During that time, my Blumat irrigation system settled at around 50 mbar, leaving the root zone wetter than intended. This may explain the slight chlorosis and deformation that appeared on the newest growth. I’ve now adjusted the environment and increased the VPD to around 1 kPa. From here on, I’ll mainly watch how the new growth develops. 🌿 Another challenge has been fungus gnats. Their numbers have increased slightly, so today I’ll be applying BTI for the first time through the irrigation system. Hopefully this will control the larvae without disrupting the biology of the Living Soil. My cover crop has also become a little too successful. 😅 It now occupies a lot of space and noticeably affects the bed’s water consumption. Over the next few days I’ll gradually cut it back heavily and remove most of it before flowering, giving Cherry Limeade more space, light and helping the Blumat system become more stable. 🌾✂️ Now I’m facing my next decision: Topping or just LST? 🤔 I originally planned to top her tomorrow, but after the slow start I’m wondering if it would be better to give her a little more time and only use low stress training for now. What would you do? Despite the small setbacks, I’m feeling much more optimistic again. Growth has clearly accelerated, and I’m excited to see whether Cherry Limeade will continue to catch up over the next few weeks. 🍒🍋💚 📊 Current Parameters: * 💡 Light: 400 PPFD (18/6, Level 3, 40 cm distance) * 🌡️ Temperature: 30 °C * 💧 Humidity: 75% * 📈 VPD: 1.1 kPa * 🌿 CO₂: Ø 1000 ppm * 💧 Soil moisture: 50–150 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 GrowDiaries – Weekly Update This week my Cherry Limeade has developed amazingly well 🌱. It honestly feels like someone flipped a switch. The growth is now strong and steady, the plant looks very healthy, and there are no signs of nutrient deficiencies or the taco-shaped leaves I had before 💚. I topped her on Sunday ✂️ and then left her completely alone until Thursday to allow her to recover. Since then, I have started low stress training. Using wire anchors, I gently pull the branches outward to create a wider and more even plant structure 🌿. I adjust the position of the wire anchors every day to make sure all shoots receive optimal light exposure ☀️. I finally found the perfect setting for my four Maxi Blumat drippers 💧. The system now keeps the soil suction tension consistently between 90 and 100 mbar, exactly where I want it. This gives me a lot of confidence – especially because I will be away on a four-day business trip next week. Without a properly dialed-in Blumat system, this would have been a real problem. Now I can leave home completely relaxed 😌. The cover crop is slowly disappearing as well 🌾. I am cutting it back almost every day so that most of it will be gone before I start flowering. Little by little, I am winning this battle 💪. The same goes for the fungus gnats ?. Yesterday I released 6,000 Hypoaspis miles into the bed and, in the evening just before lights out, I watered in 3 million SF nematodes. In one week, I will repeat the treatment with another 3 million SF nematodes. Hopefully, this will finally bring the fungus gnats under control 🎯. Apart from training, I will leave the plant alone and let her grow naturally 🌱. I will not use any compost tea or ferments for now, because the Living Soil should already contain more than enough nutrients 🌍. At the moment, I am extremely happy with the development and I am really looking forward to the next few weeks 🚀. 📊 Current Parameters: 💡 Light: 400 PPFD (18/6, Level 3, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 72 % 📈 VPD: 1.0 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 670 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 90 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 Cherry Limeade – Doja This week my Cherry Limeade by Doja has developed beautifully 🌱. She is growing vigorously, looks extremely healthy, and is gradually forming exactly the plant structure I was aiming for 💚. I intentionally kept all environmental parameters unchanged compared to last week. Instead, my focus was entirely on training. Using a SCROG net and additional wire anchors, I continued pulling the branches down to create a flat and even canopy 🌿. Only small daily adjustments were necessary, but consistency is what makes the difference in the long run. I also kept the light intensity fairly moderate at around 430 PPFD (DLI 28) ☀️. Somehow I had the feeling that, with the current summer temperatures, increasing the light wouldn’t necessarily benefit the plant. Experience has taught me that sometimes less is more—and so far, she seems to agree 😊. Because I’ll be on vacation in October, I’ve decided to send her into flower today 🌸. I switched the light schedule to 12/12, increased the SANlight to Level 4, and tomorrow I’ll move it up to Level 5 so the DLI starts at around 25 despite receiving only 12 hours of light. From there, I’ll gradually increase the light intensity week by week according to my usual schedule 📈. Last week I was away on a four-day business trip, and once again the Blumat system proved why I trust it so much 💧. It maintained an average soil suction tension of around 90 mbar completely on its own, so I didn’t have to worry at all. Starting next week, I’ll increase the target to around 120 mbar, allowing the Living Soil to run slightly drier throughout flowering. Today the bed will also receive another application of SF nematodes. My goal is to have the fungus gnat population almost completely eliminated before flowering really gets underway. Overall, I’m extremely happy with the current progress and can’t wait to watch her stretch over the next few weeks 🚀. 📊 Current Parameters: 💡 Light: 430 PPFD / DLI 28 (18/6, Level 3, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 72 % 📈 VPD: 1.0 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 670 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 90 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 GrowDiaries – Weekly Update The Cherry Limeade has developed exceptionally well during her first week after switching to 12/12 🌱. She seems to have been waiting for exactly these conditions and has absolutely exploded in growth 🚀. She is already filling a large part of my 60 cm tent and is developing a really nice, even structure 💚. Once again, I was away on a four-day business trip this week. During my absence, the Blumat system kept the soil moisture stable at around 50 mbar 💧. The plant obviously likes these conditions very much, because despite me being away, she put on a lot of growth and mass 🌿. Next week I’ll be home much more often, so I’ll be able to tuck the shoots under the SCROG net every day 🕸️. At the moment, I have trained the plant down to around 32 cm in height. The stretch is progressing exactly as I hoped, and I suspect that it will really start taking off next week 📈. I’m extremely happy with the development so far. The plant looks completely healthy and I can’t see any signs of deficiencies whatsoever 💚. Her response to the switch to 12/12 has been excellent. As of today, I’ve removed the humidifier from the room and increased the VPD to 1.1 kPa 💨. At the same time, I’m now trying to gradually dial the Blumat system in to around 120 mbar. However, I deliberately didn’t change anything before last week’s trip—I didn’t want to mess with a perfectly functioning setup right before being away for four days 😅. Yesterday I also started an Almicanna Flower Compost Tea 🌸. After 24 hours of brewing, I added some molasses and am now letting it brew for another 24 hours 🫧. The Cherry Limeade will get her first serving of Flower Compost Tea for this phase tomorrow 🌱. Overall, I couldn’t be happier with the start of flowering. Now it’s all about keeping up with the daily tucking, managing the stretch, and letting this plant make the most of her incredible growth potential 🚀. 📊 Parameters from last week: 💡 Light: 750 PPFD / DLI 32 (12/12, Level 5, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 72% 📈 VPD: 1.0 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 700 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 50 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 Cherry Limeade – Weekly Update The Cherry Limeade by Doja absolutely exploded in stretch this week 🚀. She went from 32 cm to 58 cm in just one week 🌱. Despite the massive growth spurt, she remains perfectly healthy and I still can’t see any signs of deficiencies whatsoever 💚. The soil moisture is interesting at the moment. It averaged around 40 mbar, even though I’ve been turning the Blumat drippers down by one arrow every day 💧. My target is actually around 120 mbar, but the plant’s water consumption has increased significantly due to the intense stretch. As long as the plant continues to grow this well and stays healthy, I don’t want to force the system into a specific value at all costs. After all: Never change a running system 😄. Thanks to the much drier outdoor conditions, I’m still able to run the setup without a dehumidifier 🌬️. The average VPD is currently around 1.2 kPa, which I’m very happy with. The stretch is definitely going strong right now 📈. Because of the limited height of the tent, I’m hoping it will slow down somewhat over the coming week. To provide enough light and encourage the plant to put more energy into flower development rather than continued vertical growth, I’ve increased the light intensity to 880 PPFD / DLI 38 ☀️. The SANlight EVO 3 is now running at Level 6 with a 40 cm distance. Now I’m really curious to see what happens next week. The available headroom is slowly becoming limited 😅, but so far the Cherry Limeade is doing everything right. I’m still extremely happy with how this grow is progressing and can’t wait to see how all this incredible stretch translates into flowers 🌸🚀. 📊 Parameters from last week: 💡 Light: 880 PPFD / DLI 38 (12/12, Level 6, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 66% 📈 VPD: 1.2 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 750 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 40 mbar

Tower84 🇬🇧 Cherry Limeade from Doja – Weekly Update The Cherry Limeade by Doja is looking really good 🌱. The canopy now covers most of the 60 × 60 cm tent quite nicely, although there are still a few small gaps here and there 🌿. Overall, I’m very happy with the structure. On day 20, I had to do the slightly painful part ✂️. I lollipopped the plant and removed all leaves and flowers that were sitting in the shade. Instead of throwing the plant material away, I added it straight back to the bed as mulch ♻️. I have to admit that heavy defoliation always hurts a little because the plant suddenly looks like it has lost half of its mass 😅. But this time I’m clearly going for quality over quantity 🎯. My goal is to produce mainly top buds that receive plenty of direct light throughout flowering ☀️. I also discovered something interesting with the tensiometer this week 💧. The pressure gauge seems to be sticking slightly. A gentle tap on the gauge makes the needle move again and reveals a different reading. Looking back, I probably didn’t have excessively high soil moisture at all – the plant has been developing perfectly 🌱. The problem was simply that the tensiometer was occasionally giving me inaccurate readings. Fortunately, I also relied on the finger test and, most importantly, on how the plant itself was developing 👆🌿. Because of that, everything worked out despite the faulty readings. I have now removed the tensiometer and refilled it completely with water 💦. However, I still need to gently tap the gauge to get the needle moving reliably. My target remains around 120 mbar soil suction tension throughout flowering. Today I also gave the plant 3.5 liters of Almicanna Flower Compost Tea 🌸. The tea had been actively aerated and brewed for a full 48 hours before being applied 🫧🌱. Now it’s time to sit back and watch the Cherry Limeade build those buds 😎. Once she has recovered from the defoliation over the next few days, I’ll gradually increase the light intensity to 1000 PPFD ☀️. The really exciting part of flowering starts now – less training, more observation, and hopefully lots of beautiful, chunky top buds 💚🌸. 📊 Parameters from last week: 💡 Light: 900 PPFD / DLI 39 (12/12, Level 6, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 27 °C 💧 Humidity: 66% 📈 VPD: 1.2 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 550 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 120 mbar

Tower84 🇩🇪 Cherry Limeade Doja - Wochenkommentar Die Cherry Limeade von Doja entwickelt sich weiterhin hervorragend 🌱. Die Blütenentwicklung schreitet sichtbar voran, die Pflanze ist kerngesund und ihr Stoffwechsel läuft aktuell auf Hochtouren 💚. Nach dem Lollipoppen ist der Wasserverbrauch zunächst erwartungsgemäß etwas zurückgegangen 💧. Nach ungefähr vier Tagen hat sie dann aber wieder deutlich zugelegt und mittlerweile trinkt die Cherry Limeade etwa 3 Liter pro Tag 🚰. Gleichzeitig beginnen die Buds langsam sichtbar anzuschwellen 🌸 – genau das, worauf ich gewartet habe. Mängel oder Krankheiten sind weiterhin keine zu erkennen 👌. Lediglich ein kleiner Schönheitsfehler bleibt: Beim Scroggen ist mir bereits letzte Woche auf der linken Seite ein Main Bud abgebrochen 😬. Dadurch fehlt vorne links leider ein Trieb, aber ansonsten hat sie den kleinen Rückschlag sehr gut verkraftet. Eigentlich müsste ich momentan gar nicht viel an der Pflanze machen 😎. Trotzdem ertappe ich mich dabei, wie ich mehrmals täglich nach meiner kleinen Schönheit schaue, einfach um sicherzugehen, dass es ihr gut geht ❤️. Jetzt beginnt schließlich die Phase, in der man am liebsten jede kleine Veränderung beobachten möchte. Auch der Geruch wird zunehmend intensiver 👃. Aktuell duftet sie herrlich spritzig, frisch und limettig – genau die Richtung, die ich mir von der Cherry Limeade erhofft hatte. An den Parametern habe ich diese Woche nichts verändert ⚙️. Einige der Main Buds bekommen inzwischen etwas weniger als 1000 PPFD, im Durchschnitt liegt die Lichtintensität aber weiterhin bei etwa 900 PPFD ☀️. Solange die Pflanze so gesund und vital aussieht, sehe ich keinen Grund, momentan etwas am Setup zu verändern. Jetzt heißt es eigentlich nur noch: zuschauen, genießen und den Buds beim Anschwellen zusehen 🌸👀. Ich bin gespannt, wie sich die Cherry Limeade in den nächsten Wochen noch entwickelt 🚀. 📊 Parameter der letzten Woche: 💡 Licht: 900 PPFD / DLI 39 (12/12, Stufe 6, 40 cm Abstand) 🌡️ Temperatur: 28 °C 💧 Luftfeuchtigkeit: 67 % 📈 VPD: 1,2 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Ø 740 ppm 💦 Bodenfeuchtigkeit: 120 mbar 🇬🇧 Cherry Limeade Doja – Weekly Update The Cherry Limeade by Doja continues to develop exceptionally well 🌱. Flower development is progressing nicely, the plant is perfectly healthy, and her metabolism is running at full speed right now 💚. After the lollipopping, her water consumption understandably dropped for a while 💧. After about four days, however, it increased significantly again, and she is now drinking around 3 liters per day 🚰. At the same time, the buds are slowly starting to swell 🌸 – exactly what I’ve been waiting for. There are still absolutely no signs of nutrient deficiencies or disease 👌. The only small imperfection is unfortunately still visible: I accidentally broke one of the main buds on the left side while scrogging last week 😬. That’s why there’s a small gap at the front left, but apart from that, she handled the setback extremely well. Technically, there isn’t really much I need to do at the moment 😎. Still, I find myself checking on my little beauty several times a day, just to make sure she’s doing well ❤️. This is the stage where you simply want to watch every little change. The smell is also getting noticeably stronger 👃. Right now she has a wonderfully fresh, zesty lime aroma – exactly what I was hoping for from this Cherry Limeade. I haven’t changed any of the environmental parameters this week ⚙️. Some of the main buds are now receiving slightly less than 1000 PPFD, while the average light intensity remains around 900 PPFD ☀️. As long as the plant continues to look this healthy and vigorous, I don’t see any reason to change the setup right now. So for now, there’s really only one thing left to do: sit back, enjoy the process, and watch those buds swell 🌸👀. I’m very curious to see how much the Cherry Limeade will develop over the next few weeks 🚀. 📊 Parameters from last week: 💡 Light: 900 PPFD / DLI 39 (12/12, Level 6, 40 cm distance) 🌡️ Temperature: 28 °C 💧 Humidity: 67% 📈 VPD: 1.2 kPa 🌿 CO₂: Avg. 740 ppm 💦 Soil moisture: 120 mbar