<span class="link_user">@Ivy_Vivosun</span> , To be clear...the submissions for this competition will be used as training data for your AI resource? What is that going to mean? Who is labelling this set/what is the purpose of the user submitted label?
There are some amazing free, locally ran image processing models that are ubiquitous in industrial applications. Something like that on board with a context layer to integrate into some type of bounded LLM on your hubs would be interesting. The newest folks in this space are taking non-visible light spectrum for more fun. My questions are this... Why crowdsource this data? Isn't the veracity of this data the issue in the first place.......or else ChatGPT would be diagnosing plants accurately. The simple fact is that these online spaces like Reddit and whatnot are going to give you a picture of N toxicity and you'll have 5 distinct answers and people ready to draw weapons over "their" response, only one of which was correct. Data labelling for anything of pedigree which isn't just common knowledge...it is a job description, and it pays particularly well in most circumstances. It also has an extreme bar to clear for both accuracy and precision. I just have questions.
Like for example, when yall crowdfunded your Vcure. You made a whole lot of marketing noise about an "inverted compressor" which is fine. Compressor-driven devices run on exploiting work cycles and you can invert that, which is a common thing. I'm still not sure about the "inverted compressor" itself as to the device but from my understanding it is a compressor-driven device. Why make that design choice? From my viewpoint, yall dropped a crowdfunded cabinet that looks like a Cannatrol but ignores the entire point of the design. Dew point modulation for permanently mold theory, aka the orthogonal feedback loop is just half of the story. The other half was and is trichome integrity. How are you maintaining trichome integrity with a compressor?
<span class="link_user">@CRAIG971</span>, you need to use the Zamnesia strain they are sending you and Green Sensation during flowering, according with your feed plan. Deadline: May 31st, 2026.
Requirements:
1. Diaries must use Zamnesia Sticky Broccoli seeds
2. Diaries must us Plagron Green Sensation.
3. An active GrowDiaries account, with 1 harvest or more
4. A weekly update (with photos) of your grow on growdiaries.com/
5. Clear photos of your harvested buds
<span class="link_user">@Patricia_Zamnesia</span>, Hey,
Thanks for your message. I hear what you’re saying, and I get that my reaction came off harsh. But I hope you can also understand why it came out that way.
You personally hyped me up for this contest. That built real excitement and trust. So when the judging process felt rushed, unclear, and even disrespectful at times, it hit hard. It wasn’t just about losing. It was about feeling misled and unappreciated after putting in serious time and effort.
Judging based on wet trim? That’s like reviewing a haircut before it’s dry. Totally incomplete and unfair. And when Bread & Buds, a judge publicly tied to your brand, called people’s plants “ugly,” that wasn’t just unprofessional. It was insulting. Especially when some of us were just sharing honest feedback. Feedback that clearly wasn’t just mine alone. A lot of others in the community felt similarly but didn’t speak up.
What’s worse is the speed of the decisions. With 180 participants and the deadline not even fully used, it gives the impression that winners were already chosen or the process wasn’t as thorough as it should have been. That’s a tough pill to swallow after putting heart, soul, and months of work into this.
To me, it started to feel less like a celebration of growers and more like a rushed marketing push. And frankly, that’s disappointing because I expected more from Zamnesia.
I hope you take this as constructive, not just criticism. I genuinely cared about this contest and believed in it. That’s why I reacted the way I did. If you want to rebuild trust with the community, it’s going to take transparency, fair judging, and reps who lift people up, not tear them down.
<span class="link_user">@D33jW</span>, We all got cat fished, lesson learnt i wont ever be competiting again ill put my time and efforts into something else, mr suitcaise with upscaled picture won based on wet trim??? really? if wondering why the judging was so poor i mean look at bread and buds grows he was of the judges so you can see where the vote orginated from :joy:
<span class="link_user">@D33jW</span>, You should have done more advertising and pictures of Plagron :D haha, so if that's not marketing then I don't know - what the community celebrates probably doesn't play a big role here - shows me how much they care about their community.