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Plagron 
commented2mo 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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Sundancers commented11d ago
@Plagron, Hi Plagron Team,
we received the Zamnesia promo pack and we are very happy about it – thank you so much!
However, it seems there might be an issue with our participation on GrowDiaries. According to the platform, our grow is currently not listed as participating.
Could you please help us look into this?
We are wondering if the issue might be related to the fact that we are using a different email address on Zamnesia than on GrowDiaries.
Thank you very much in advance for your support.
We really appreciate your help.
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TheBloomero commented6d ago
@Plagron,
Guten Tag Team plagron!
In den Kommentaren hält sich jemand auf, der grundlos Menschen beschimpft und offensichtlich ein Problem hat. Der name: Esjay
Ich finde man sollte handeln und solchen toxischen Personen keine Plattform bieten. Sollte der Teilnehmer weiterhin teilnehmen können, werde ich den Contest abbrechen.
Ich denke sie können sich in meine lage versetzen. Mit freundlich Grüßen und Danke für eure aufmerksamkeit 💚🤝🍀
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NewMan commented5d ago
@Sundancers, I also have it written there: you are not participating
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All_our_small_plants commented1mo ago
Also bei uns Kamm heute die Bestätigung das wir teilnehmen. Und das die Sachen unterwegs sind.
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Grow_Mary_Green commented22d ago
@All_our_small_plants, YEAHHHHH ... mein Paket ist auch unterwegs 🔥 dann kann der Spaß ja beginnen. Obwohl, erstmal wünsche ich euch noch schöne Feiertage und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. Aber DANNNN gehts los... 😅❤️🔥 Viel Erfolg und Happy Growing
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All_our_small_plants commented22d ago
@Grow_Mary_Green, Nice,viel erfolg
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RasendeRollo92 commented20d ago
@All_our_small_plants, ich hab mein Paket auch heute bekommen 👊🤞🏽👌
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DutchFarmer commented2mo 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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ATLien415 commented2mo 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 commented2mo 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 commented2mo 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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DutchFarmer commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 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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ATLien415 commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 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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ATLien415 commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 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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ATLien415 commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 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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DutchFarmer commented1mo 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 commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 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 commented1mo 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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Esjey commented1mo ago
Im in. Mf 🤗🤗😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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FatnastyzBudz commented2mo ago
So excited!! Last years was so much fun!
This is the only Broccoli, youll catch near me!
😁😻🤘🍀
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valiotoro commented2mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 🥦🥦🥦😂😂😂😂
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Plagron commented1mo ago
@FatnastyzBudz, 😂😂😂😂
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DogDoctorOfficial commented2mo 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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Pdoublea commented2mo ago
AHUUUUUUUU is ja Geil
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Hashy commented2mo ago
Nice another Eternity comp, last year's was a blast.
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Hashy commented1mo 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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Ninjabuds commented23d ago
@Plagron, in willie wonka there is a scean where they send a chocolate bar and a child thru TV signals… maybe invent this lol
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Hashy commented23d ago
@Ninjabuds, also smellavision. Smell the buds through a Web page.
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Borberad commented1mo ago
Bester Dank geht raus an Zamnesia und Plagron für diesen spannenden Event! Heute die Bestätigung bekommen, das die Ware versendet wird. 😃
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yNo77 commented1mo ago
Im in :) Thanks for the chance Zamnesia & Plagron
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MrBulldops commented21d ago
@yNo77, nice lol I wanted to ask if you were also in but it seems like that’s not necessary 👌
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yNo77 commented20d ago
@MrBulldops, yea nice. lets see what we all growing. I dont fill my tent with only the contest strain, i pop them all and grab the healthiest :D
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UnitedStrainsGermany commented20d ago
Paket ist da in 7 Tagen geht's los W in chat
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Fruitgrower commented23d ago
Looks like I'm joining the broccoli growing
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TerpCloudzZz commented1mo ago
ich bin auch dabei :)
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Chameleon commented1mo ago
Got confirmation 😁I'm looking forward to this one, can't wait to get started 🤗
Good luck everyone 👍
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Grow_Mary_Green commented1mo 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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Grow4Releaf commented23d ago
@Plagron , @Patricia_Zamnesia , really want to thank you guys for setting this up again and letting us do our thing with your Strain and Nutrients!! Excited to try to improve on last year's!!
Can't wait for my mailman to drop that package off!!
Best of luck everyone, just getting my stuff back up and running again this is going to be alotta fun STICKY BROCCOLI 🥦 🙃 For the ecup was a great choice.!! Curious to see how everyone makes out with this one!!
All the best fellow lovers of the plant, happy holidays and happy New year to you all !!
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TheBloomero commented20d ago
Mega merkwürdig das die Teilnehmer mal 3 seeds und mal 5 seeds bekommen. Abgesehen davon ist mir gerade aufgefallen das ich automatics anstelle von photoperiodischen bekommen habe. Leider heißt das für mich das ich nicht dabei bin. Euch allen viel Glück!🍀💚😓
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xTaps commented20d ago
@TheBloomero, Hab mal Patricia angeschrieben, hatte mit ihr in der Vergangneheit ganz guten Kontakt.
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Esjey commented20d ago
@TheBloomero, who say about photoperoid?
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TheBloomero commented20d ago
@Esjey, ich brauche sie
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AcidBurn_41 commented7d ago
Auch bereit😁 lass die Spiele beginnen ganz viel Spaß & Erfolg für jeden Growmie.
Ob Automatics oder Femis ab den 1.1.26 heißt es für alle auf die Samen fertig los 💪🏻
Freue mich auf alle Ergebnisse von euch 🍀✌️
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Plagron commented2mo 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 commented2mo 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 commented2mo ago
@Plagron, you guys are legends... thanks in advance! 🙌
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Plagron commented2mo ago
@Ninjabuds, https://www.zamnesia.com/growdiaries-contest/eternity2026 this is the link mate
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Green_claws commented2mo 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 commented1mo 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 commented1mo ago
@Plagron, yeah it looks good to me
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