Red Tropicana Cookies Summergrow

Zengrower Week 1–8 | Better late than never 😅🌱 Hi Cannabis friends, Due to being extremely busy with work and private life, I unfortunately never got around to starting a proper diary from day 1 of this grow. But now that the plant has developed into such a beautiful lady, it would honestly be a shame not to immortalize her on GrowDiaries 😅. So here it is: the very much long overdue grow diary of the Auto Red Tropicana Cookies by Dutch Passion! ❤️🍪 Red Tropicana Cookies is a strain I have grown and documented before. That previous round was done in the Minigrow and actually went pretty well. Especially the quality and colour of the buds were seriously impressive. Deep, dark purple and almost black in some places. Definitely one of the most beautiful plants I have grown so far. The only thing I slightly regretted afterwards was the fact that, because of the limited space in the Minigrow, the final yield was obviously relatively small. During a visit to Dutch Passion, they were kind enough to give me a few more Auto Red Tropicana Cookies seeds for another round. Obviously, I didn't have to think twice about that 😎. Once I got home, it didn't take long before I started germinating them. Just like during my first grow with this strain, germination was fast and completely trouble-free. Within a few days, both seeds had popped and were ready to go into the soil. In the end, I selected the strongest-looking one to continue with. And looking back, that turned out to be a very good choice 💪. From the start, she grew nice and compact and developed into a healthy, strong plant. I briefly considered topping her, but everything seemed to indicate that she wasn't going to stretch too aggressively. That was also something I remembered from my previous Red Tropicana Cookies in the Minigrow. Although with autoflowers, it always remains a bit of a gamble of course 😉. So I decided to simply let her do her thing. When the first buds started to develop, there was obviously one thing I was especially curious about: would this plant also produce those insanely dark purple buds again? I'll admit it... I'm a real sucker for purple cannabis plants 😂💜. But this lady clearly had different plans. The buds started out completely fresh green and for quite a long time there wasn't really anything special happening colour-wise. Until we reached week 8... And then things suddenly started to get interesting. The buds are slowly developing a red glow ❤️. And I'm not talking about the usual purple or lilac fade you sometimes see towards the end of flowering. Some parts are actually starting to turn red. Very unusual and, more importantly, absolutely beautiful to watch. The development of the buds themselves also keeps surprising me. They have become incredibly dense and pretty damn big. Every time I look at the plant and think, “Well, this is probably about as far as she'll go”, new little bulges suddenly start appearing from the buds. Which then begin swelling up themselves 😅. It almost feels like the buds just keep building on top of themselves. As for the smell, I'm luckily getting exactly what I was hoping for. That same complex and intensely fruity aroma I still remember from my previous round. It's difficult to pick out one specific fruit because there are so many different sweet and fruity scents mixed together. But subtle she definitely is not 😂. I'm very glad I replaced my carbon filter before this grow, because she is seriously starting to stink. As soon as I open the GTools, the smell pretty much fills the room instantly. We have now reached week 8 and from this point onwards I will keep the diary properly updated every week until harvest. I'm especially curious to see how far that red colouring will develop and just how much thicker those buds can still get. Until the next update ✌️🌱❤️