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Plagron

commented1mo ago

👉Eternity Grow Cup Judging Criteria👈 Your grow will be judged across 8 different categories using a Judge Score Card. Ten judges will each evaluate your grow with a score card. Your total score is the sum of all 10 Judge Score Cards combined. The maximum possible score is 1,000 points. The grower with the highest total score wins the Eternity Grow Cup 2026. The second-highest score wins second place, and so on 👉What happens in case of a tie?👈 If there’s a tie within the top 3 positions or between 10th and 11th place, the grow with the highest score in the “Overall Bud Appearance” category takes the lead. If it’s still a tie, the next deciding factor will be the “Trichome Density” score, followed by “Plant Development.” 👉De Judge Score Card👈 1. Plant development (start to finish) -- … / 15 2. Bud photo quality -- … / 10 3. Bud size -- … / 10 4. Trichome density -- … / 10 5. Overall bud appearance -- … / 30 6. Minimum 1 weekly update (text) -- … / 10 7. Minimum 1 weekly update (photo) -- … / 10 8. Smiley Harvest -- … / 15 All 10 judges will evaluate your diary, plant, and final results at their own discretion using this score card. Judging is based on your Grow Diary and photo material. Check growdiaries.com/ for more information about the “Smiley Harvest” category. 👉Additional Information👈 - GrowDiaries reserves the right to remove accounts from their platform at any time without notifying the organization of the Eternity Grow Cup. - The organization of the Eternity Grow Cup reserves the right to disqualify participants. - Only the total scores of the Top 10 will be shared with all participants. Individual jury cards will not be shared. - Only harvested buds will be judged Good luck, and may the best bud win. Grow Legendary 👊

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BastiGrowGod commented6d ago

@Plagron, richtig cool Dankeschön 🖤❤️💛💚💛❤️🖤

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Diips commented3d ago

@Plagron, Hope to get selected! looks wicked with all the details in the score card!

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SupaWaw commented2d ago

@Plagron, This looks absolutely amazing! I'm really hoping I get to be a part of it!🤞🏻😁

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DutchFarmer commented19d ago

I’ve decided to skip the contest this year. Honestly, if last year’s competition had been judged fairly based on the scorecards, I’m confident I would have won. But after seeing how the judging was handled especially with last year’s “suitcase grower” situation I’ve lost faith in the process. It’s frustrating to see results being based on questionable criteria rather than actual performance. So, I’m officially done participating for now.

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m0use commented19d ago

@DutchFarmer, a canna company doing something sketchy. unheard of... lol. Prob better off, plagron is bunk and OP.

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ATLien415 commented19d ago

@DutchFarmer, @m0use We had multiple accusations from folks of quid-pro-quo as well last year. One thing is for certain though, is that last year the verbiage was about 'putting true skill to the test' and what not...this year we have more qualitative verbiage, like 'legend' and 'community' and 'craftsmanship'. So, let all participants expect that the judges want a repeat of 2025 winners with wacky grow setups, fun pictures posted not just on GD but directly to their other socials, and certainly no dried pictures for "harvest". Only big fat, wet on stem pictures for your final pictures... To your point, I recall folks pointing out the environmental conditions for two of the winners last year the last few weeks of flower were in the 'oh shit im gonna mold for sure' range. I mean for weeks. It was clearly about 'community' and 'craftsmanship' last year but sold as a raw competition of skill.

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DutchFarmer commented18d ago

@ATLien415, The contest is rigged as a casino game, the house always wins. 😂😂 Its not what you know, but more like who you know 😜

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ATLien415 commented18d ago

@DutchFarmer, I agree with your sentiment. To be fair, it does seem like they are trying to implement some more quantitative changes this year. I think the real test will be in how the scorecards are applied. For example, the mold conditions for a subset of the winners last year, was quickly called out by nearly all expert-level user-cultivators in the contest. If I were a judge this year, I'd be on my toes to not get called out on grow technique/basics knowledge or scoring values lol

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Fatnastyz commented11d ago

@DutchFarmer, when you try hard and don't succeed like you hoped. It is very frustrating and sad. Its unfortunate you didn't place. But then throwing a fit and being toxic on the next years competition. And making fun AND insult other growers! (Who had nothing to do with shit!) Come on y'all take the L like a man. Or whatever you identify as. You both, should be ashamed of yourselves! @ATLien415

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DutchFarmer commented11d ago

@Fatnastyz, Look, it’s cute that you’re over here giving TED Talks about “sportsmanship” like anyone asked. Maybe spend a little less time writing paragraphs about my behavior and a little more time figuring out why your plants still look like they were raised on vibes and wishful thinking. If my grow was “mediocre,” you wouldn’t still be obsessing over how I pulled better numbers than you without even breaking a sweat. Fast Buds, slow buds, whatever I’m still out yielding you on my off days. The only thing you’ve got on me is a loud opinion and a short memory. So before you start lecturing me on how to act, maybe focus on getting your grow game somewhere north of average. When you finally catch up, then we can talk. You stay in your fantasy world, I’ll stay in my kilo harvest reality.

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Fatnastyz commented11d ago

@DutchFarmer, exactly what I figured, not a single intelligent thought. But thats quite funny, you said no one asked. Thats the entire premise of your child rant ON THIS YEARS COMP! You're delusional and making up shit. The contest was sexy bud! So keep sucking on that "apperantly" durable binky you got. That still being chaffed a year later. Best of luck 😻

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ATLien415 commented10d ago

@Fatnastyz, I am a little curious as to why you say my comments triggered you. Would love to allow you a safe space to let your emotions out. I had a great time in the EGC25, use my own grow as an example of how to mark scores negatively, have a 'we will send any seed you want because of how your diary looked' relationship with them, and have never said anything negative about the competition other than noting the allegations of quid-pro-quo with one judge and the disconnect between their stated scoring and their implemented scoring system last year. The only real question is why are you not looking at last year's competition objectively? The runners of the competition specifically call out how they have fixed these things. So to them, and to many folks on here, it was important. Why are you pushing back on scorecards and transparent judging? Anyway, best of luck this year. Any competition with free nutrients is a win.

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Fatnastyz commented10d ago

@ATLien415, appreciate the safe space! Although I feel like it might be disguised as a trap. 😂 My triggers are -grown adults complaining about 1 year old competition results. Sexy bud, its subjective. I have no need to question the results. A group of companies put this together for the community. I'm very grateful that they care enough to!

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ATLien415 commented10d ago

@Fatnastyz, I appreciate your opinion, and understand your sentiment. Not a trap, genuinely confused why I got @'d and I guarantee that is a way to get my reply. Just ask 010101. If you read this thread from beginning to finish, then, you will observe me coming in an attempt to temper the extreme negative reaction our companion had. Some things that stay front of mind for me when discussing this are that (i) firstly, the competition runners have clearly put in a substantial amount of effort to combat the exact same issues the original poster had with this competition series and (ii) secondly, there is objectively such a thing as great bud. True, the exact verbiage 'sexy' was used as a placeholder in the summary of the competition last year. If you recall the exact competition description, that 'sexy' was holding the place of a lot of other words...including but not limited to something along the lines of 'the ultimate test of SKILL.' So, taking it back to their actual verbiage and not a single placeholder meant to summarize paragraphs, where do you think (a) environmental conditions which mandate mold in X days or (b) allegations with DMs of quid-pro-quo with a non-competition-runner judge fit into the 'the ultimate test of SKILL?' This is where the binary nature of this topic comes into play...even if you just don't like grown men discussing nuances or particulars, whatever your flavor, all you're doing in short is condoning both (a) and (b). Again, I'll remind you that even the very people doing the actual running of the competition thought it needed to do things like a rubric for the judges this year...but you draw the line here...why?

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Fatnastyz commented10d ago

@ATLien415, Yeah, sorry for the trap, that was a joke. I need to learn not to joke, in non-joke moments. You were encouraging his toxic behavior, thats why I included you in the shame. All in all, you said it yourself. You spoke to the organizers, you voiced your complaint. So leave it there, where it was addressed. Elsa says, to Let it go! 😁Best of luck to you this year! Gonna have Broccoli out the WAZZOO!😽😁

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ATLien415 commented10d ago

@Fatnastyz, Acknowledging someone in their moment to the untrained eye may be perceived as 'encouraging toxic behavior.' In general, beginning the introduction of contradictory information to a complainant with the acceptance of something from the complainant is a trivial debate tactic (to the extent this is how you would teach a freshman redshirt on any academic debate team, on how to debate with no training), basic psychology, and is a show of compassion to your fellow humans. No shame thrown this way. Just views and likes. Thank you. And not to be pedantic, but I did not 'voice my complaints'...I simply read and reacted to the community's response to the competition...which is what the contest sponsors have done. I really dislike that we are at the place of me having to say that...when you COULD just refer back to the page yourself. Perhaps when your venture takes off and you are sponsoring such a competition, then you'll be in a better place to say what is appropriate to discuss relating to said hypothetical competition and if said would-be complaint is 'valid' for you...until then, I think the fact that every single bit of 'toxic complaints' were addressed speaks for itself (actions vs words argument) regarding the validity of each 'toxic complaint,' individually. Hago lo que tiene razon y venga lo que venga👽🙌

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Fatnastyz commented10d ago

@ATLien415, Blah, blah, blah, last word. 😂😂

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DutchFarmer commented7d ago

@Ninjabuds, why on earth are you tagging me? I dont knnow you from adam. If it’s attention you’re after, I assure you, you won’t find it here. Do be a dear and mind your own business 😡

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XII_XII_MrGreen commented6d ago

@Fatnastyz, Dude the competition was rigged last year and everyone knows it.. I agree nobody should be mad at colleague growers but that's it. I can definitely understand the frustration..

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XII_XII_MrGreen commented6d ago

@DutchFarmer, not necessary this.. I understand your frustrations but don't call people out on yield and you are basically the best grower out there, not a good look man

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Hashy commented18d ago

Nice another Eternity comp, last year's was a blast.

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Plagron commented3d ago

@00110001001001111O, Do you have any ideas on how we can make it as fair as possible? It is impossible for 10 judges to assess all the buds in real life, as the participants come from a large number of different countries. We can only judge based on the diary and accompanying photos. Unless you have some great ideas that we haven't thought of yet.

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00110001001001111O commented3d ago

@Plagron, it's all aribitrary anyway - it's a beauty/popularity contest, Just be consistent. If you are consistent, you can ignore the bitching, lol. My comment was more of a generalized dstatement. I don't even remember specifically what the problem was last time. As far as assessing it all .. maybe you can make the job a bit easier by the judges by doing some common sense filtering of entries. Again, consistency is key and probably want to be on the forgiving side so the judges get a healthy sample to select from. You could do a running list of 'top' entries and if you keep it up incrementally, it's not a lot of work in any 1 sitting. Every week or 2 update your 'top' list... (may need to fiddle with exact procedure, but over time it'd work well). It'd help if you can filter by new entries on your end... common sense function of anythinkg with a dB backend, but may not exist 'here', lol. most of my criticism above is directed at the peanut gallery. the 'frosty bud' comment was about the uktah contest. probably too strict with the 'shouldn't be allowed in' but defnitely shouldn't win and would be a good example of common sense filtering. If it's too much work for the judges to do properly, lessen the load. Can always give them an option to peruse all of the participants, if they so choose, but a pared down list would probably be preferred. Make some standards... maybe don't publicize it until you really hammer out the best way to filter or assess.. see how it goes 'quietly' under the table, then when you've tweaked the standards to your liking publish it with any contests info in future.

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Hashy commented3d ago

@Plagron, Hi I'm unable to join this year as I don't think I have the space, but have seen your comments about judging the contest. If its judged on finished harvested buds then may I suggest the growers pick the three best buds from the plant and take pictures of these buds, taking about 3 pictures of each bud from different sides of the bud. That way the judges should have 9 pictures of buds per diary to choose from. I feel sorry for the judges as the quality of work people are putting in is getting really competitive.

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Fatnastyz commented19d ago

So excited!! Last years was so much fun! This is the only Broccoli, youll catch near me! 😁😻🤘🍀

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valiotoro commented19d ago

@Fatnastyz, 🥦🥦🥦😂😂😂😂

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Plagron commented3d ago

@Fatnastyz, 😂😂😂😂

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Pdoublea commented20d ago

AHUUUUUUUU is ja Geil

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Plagron

commented23d ago

The link is working again. You can request a free package without any problems. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

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Dabking commented23d ago

@Plagron, still not working for me. It takes me to the pre registration page via IG, then after that it takes me here. But there is no other link or registration that I see. edit: 5 hours later, was able to do it from my computer. was perhaps an issue just for my phone.

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Marijuanaut commented23d ago

@Plagron, you guys are legends... thanks in advance! 🙌

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Plagron commented19d ago

@Ninjabuds, https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026 this is the link mate

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DogDoctorOfficial commented19d ago

Yeah best of luck everyone, this is by far the best GD contest, hope you all have fun and enjoy the ride , this will be great one to follow along, last years level was amazing so i expect this years to raise up 😍😍😍 Growers Love 💚💚💚 and thank you @Plagron and @Zamnesia for doing this again for the community, much respect 👊👊👊🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌

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Abendkraut commented25d ago

I might have received a link to this contest before it was open to the public, the latest Plagron's newsletter brought me here 😎

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Plagron commented23d ago

@Abendkraut, Thanks for sharing the issue. We will fix the problem as soon as possible. You will receive an email when the problem is solved. Sorry for the inconvience Legend

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Plagron commented19d ago

@Abendkraut, Here is a direct link to grab a FREE contest pack https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026

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Abendkraut commented17d ago

@Plagron, Hi Plagron Team, is there a way to reset my registration I just found out the confirmation email is being sent to a non existing email address, I just corrected the personal informations now but don't have a way to amend the registration from my end. I also contacted Zamnesia Customer Support hoping they can held on their side.

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Groots_Roots commented16d ago

Oh wow letzes Jahr verpasst hab Grow diaries nur deswegen runtergeladen 🤣

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Groots_Roots commented13d ago

@Esjey, ?

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Groots_Roots commented13d ago

@The710Garden, so schlimm oder wie ?

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The710Garden commented12d ago

@Groots_Roots, leider ja

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GrowerBaal commented25d ago

@Plagron Great that there is a new edition of the Eternity Grow Cup. Came here per E-Mail to request the contest pack, but dont get how to claim. Thanks for your attention.

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GrowerBaal commented23d ago

@Plagron, Sorry, when i click the links on Insta i get linked with the 25 Version. And if i try to register it says, the registration is over. Something still not working, or i am to dumb.😯

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Plagron commented19d ago

@GrowerBaal, https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026 Can you try to copy/paste this link?

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GrowerBaal commented19d ago

@Plagron , I tried it 15 min ago and it worked, thx a lot. Used this one: https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026 As you asked for: https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026

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Grow_Mary_Green commented6d ago

Wie cool ist das denn? Hatte es letztes mal verpasst ... Sehr geil, dass er wieder stattfindet. Wünsche allen viel Spaß & Erfolg 👊 Happy Growing

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Green_claws commented15d ago

Didn't enter this last year but got my name down for this one, looking forward to it, after reading some comments I hope its judged on skills and not how much social media links you have.. Best of luck to all involved.. Much love

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Plagron commented3d ago

@Green_claws, We sincerely want to organize the fairest possible cup. We have no interest in who wins. Fair play is the only way to develop the Eternity Grow Cup into the biggest cup. You can filter by the “oldest comment.” That contains the judge score card. That way you can see how diaries are judged. What do you think?

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Green_claws commented1d ago

@Plagron, yeah it looks good to me

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AestheticGenetix commented18d ago

Excited to try this again

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Plagron commented3d ago

@AestheticGenetix, Good luck

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m0use commented19d ago

· Winners will be contacted in June 2025. Get out your time machines ppl.

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Plagron commented3d ago

@m0use, Good point. I have asked GrowDiaries to change this to 2026. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until early December because they are at MJ BizCon.

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Gruenerfinger85 commented15d ago

Super Wettbewerb ich freue mich riesig das ihr diesen großartigen Contest in diesem Jahr veranstaltet. Vielen Dank 🙏🏼 Ich drücke jetzt schon allen teilnehmenden die Daumen mögen die schönsten und Detail reisten Tagebücher gewinnen.🌱

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