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Beginning of week.. So I went ahead and did a late defoliation.. humidity is sitting too high in the tent.. its been around 50 - 55 % RH but it does sometimes get up to 60% RH.. removing some of these leaves should help lower the RH AND lower the chances of getting mold.. these are gonna be some fat colas.. and those are the ones mold can creep up on.. doing my best.. dehumidifier just cant keep up.. but I also dont run it inside the tent due to the heat that thing and it's transformer give off when it runs for over 24 hours or so.. but she shouldn't mold.. I've got 3 fans inside just moving air.. but of course, sometimes that isn't enough.. but we will see how this goes.. may even add another fan.. keep it on the floor of the tent an point it up.. we shall see! But damn she smells so amazing.. i can smell alot of similarities from the Mandarin Cookies in here.. which also has Mandarin Sunset as a mother.. just as this one does.. but you can smell the skunk along with it.. but not as powerful as the citrus.. aw man the citrus.. love that shit.. I even chewed on a trichome covered fan leaf.. very delicious! So glad I have 9 more of this strain and a few others from ETHOS.. next run may be some Aura Genetix.. I've gotta see what fast versions are all about.. I bougt some of the Peach Bellini.. should be pretty epic.. keep an eye out for that diary after this one! Mid week.. Lower branches are getting plenty of light after the defoliation. The smell is getting intense. My carbon filter has began to smell like shit lol. Not literally.. but it stinks.. maybe like rotten skunk or something.. I've ordered a new one but I took that smelly one off for now.. so the whole block smells like member berries right now till the new filter comes in.. tomorrow. I couldn't figure out what the smell was untill i accidentally got my face into the exhaust fan wind.. smelled like rotten skunky shit.. lol. I guess I forgot things need to be changed out every so often.. just figured "air" running thru it wouldn't make it crap out so fast. Been maybe 8 - 12 months.. something like that. Never used one before this.. but running some ETHOS, it is a must! So citrusy! Purples are slowly coming in. She really reminds me of the Mandarin Cookies I grew.. but I also think the Mandarin Cookies was heavier on the Mandarin Sunset phenotype side.. and this one is pretty similar. Scent, growth, stretch.. but I know I cant say for sure that's what it is.. this is just what I believe is going on. But wow.. such a beautiful plant.. I've had to run a a few twist ties to other branches in order to keep them from flopping over, leaning on eachother and the sides of the tent.. should have scrogged I guess lol.. live and learn tho.. but so far its not too bad.. but this early on shows me what I might have to be dealing with in the next couple of weeks cuz they are beginning to get STACKED! I've said it before, and I'll say it again... ETHOS for the win 🏆 Later that day... Wow.. going back in again and now she smells just like the Early Lemon Berry! Wth! How is that even possible?! She is doing amazing things! Some calyxes are beginning to turn purple. Some of the top leaves are as well. Tried to get some decent pics of it.. but I guess I cant figure the new phone out.. as you can see, some pics are a little blurry. And sometims the capture is delayed behind the flash and I still get a dark pic as if it didnt even flash.. but whatever.. I can't wait to see what she has to offer! Such a gorgeous girlie! So happy and excited for this one! End of week.. Nothing left to do now but feed/water for about 1 more week and she will be ready for the 2 week flush!.. I normally like to just water as normal (without nutes, duh) for the entire 2 weeks and still keep checking runoff.. maybe FloraKleen once a week and then just water till harvest! So far, I am starting to see some milky! Still mostly clear, but that means she is getting closer! So excited! This girl really smells just like the Early Lemon Berry I grew! But still with a bit of sweetness to it too! Aw man I can't wait! Anyways... on to the next week!...
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Bonjour Ă  tous les padawans et les maĂźtres jedis Le LST est fini mon tronc en forme de colonne vertĂ©brale fais un tour sur lui meme (vidĂ©o jour32) cette forme me satisfait pleinement je dĂ©cide donc de retirer la majoritĂ© des fil de fer servant au LST Le pincage d'Apex offre Ă  la plante une canopĂ© homogĂšne (photo jour 32 34) Jour33 arrosage avec 2 litres d'eau ph6 Ă  laquelle j'ajoute 0.5ml de topmax biobizz (dosage trĂšs lĂ©ger pour ne pas provoquer un lock-out) cela favorisera son entrĂ©e en floraison. J'effectue une lĂ©gĂšre defolliation pour permettre une meilleure pĂ©nĂ©tration lumineuse aux apexs du bas. Quesque la defolliation ? LES CULTIVATEURS AMATEURS, PRENEZ GARDE, MAIS NE PRENEZ PAS PEUR La dĂ©foliation consiste Ă  retirer les feuilles des plants de cannabis en intĂ©rieur afin d'accroĂźtre le rendementfinal. Le cultivateur amateur doit faire preuve de vigilance lorsqu'il commence Ă  appliquer cette technique de taille. MalgrĂ© le dĂ©bat sans fin entre ceux qui prĂŽnent cette technique et ceux qui la dĂ©nigre, il n'y aucune raison pour qu'un amateur ne s'y essaie pas afin de voir si ça lui convient ou non. COMMENT DÉFOLIER Que vous tailliez les feuilles ou les branches des plants de cannabis, il vaut mieux utiliser un sĂ©cateur stĂ©rile qui est confortable en main. Arracher des feuilles Ă  la main manque de finesse et engendre souvent par accident, l'arrachement des couches d'une tige en plus de la feuille. L'objectif principal de la dĂ©foliation est de permettre une meilleure pĂ©nĂ©tration de la lumiĂšre et de promouvoir la production de plus grosses tĂȘtes. Les feuilles Ă©ventails qui font de l'ombre doivent ĂȘtre retirĂ©es. Tailler la tige principale et/ou les pousses secondaires n'est pas de la dĂ©foliation. La rĂšgle d'or lorsque vous donnez Ă  vos plantes un rafraĂźchissement est de commencer avec les feuilles nourriciĂšres les plus grandes et les plus larges, en taillant du bas vers le haut. Il est important de retirer les feuilles stratĂ©giquement et non pas au hasard. Pensez Ă©galement qu'il vous faut limiter votre rafraĂźchissement Ă  approximativement 10 Ă  20 % des feuilles totales de votre pied. Il est trĂšs facile de s'emporter durant la taille et de se retrouver avec des plantes chauves. Un excĂšs de taille de feuilles empĂȘchera la photosynthĂšse et paralysera vos plants. QUAND FAUT-IL DÉFOLIER Il est assez rare d'appliquer la dĂ©foliation comme seule technique pour obtenir un fort rendement. La taille des feuilles est gĂ©nĂ©ralement associĂ©e Ă  d'autres mĂ©thodes de tailles et de palissage pour un meilleur rendement telles que le topping ou Ă©tĂȘtage, le FIMming, le LST, le manifolding, le supercropping et le ScrOG. Les cultivateurs utilisant la mĂ©thode ScrOG auront besoin de retirer toutes les croissances infĂ©rieures ainsi que les feuilles et les tiges se trouvant sous le filet. Les plants de cannabis peuvent ĂȘtre dĂ©foliĂ©s dĂšs lors qu'ils sont passĂ©s de la phase de plantule vers la phase de croissance vĂ©gĂ©tative. Cependant, il est recommandĂ© aux cultivateurs amateurs de laisser aux plantes 1 Ă  2 semaines de croissance vĂ©gĂ©tative avant de s'attaquer Ă  la dĂ©foliation de celles-ci. De plus, certaines variĂ©tĂ©s sont plus sensibles Ă  la taille que d'autres et de ce fait, seront plus stressĂ©es par la taille des feuilles. Surveillez minutieusement le comportement de vos plants aprĂšs la taille. Une pĂ©riode de convalescence de minimum 3 Ă  7 jours avant de recommencer la dĂ©foliation est fortement recommandĂ©e pour Ă©viter trop de stress aux plants. Les cultivateurs peuvent Ă©galement dĂ©folier pendant la phase de floraison, ce qui permettra Ă  l'Ă©nergie de la plante d'ĂȘtre concentrĂ©e vers la production de tĂȘtes tout en limitant l'ombre et l'excĂšs d'humiditĂ©. NĂ©anmoins, il est important de ne pas dĂ©folier trop tard sous peine de simplement blesser ses plants inutilement. LES AVANTAGES DE LA DÉFOLIATION Évidemment, l'avantage numĂ©ro un de la dĂ©foliation, c'est l'augmentation du potentiel de rendement de cette technique de taille pour tous types de cannabis allant de la photopĂ©riode aux variĂ©tĂ©s autofloraison. Ce n'est pas un secret que les fleurs qui reçoivent plus de lumiĂšres deviennent plus grandes et larges que celles dissimulĂ©es dans l'ombre des feuilles. De plus, retirer les feuilles intĂ©rieures des plants touffus aide Ă  prĂ©venir toutes menaces de moisissure. Les plants trĂšs feuillus avec un feuillage intĂ©rieur dense produiront une quantitĂ© importante de tĂȘtes pop-corn. Dans le pire des cas, les branches de tĂȘtes et les tĂȘtes qui sont denses succomberont au pourrissement. Si vous observez des gouttes d'eau se former sur la surface des feuilles, il est grand temps de penser Ă  faire de la dĂ©foliation. LibĂ©rer la zone infĂ©rieure et mĂ©diane des feuilles est un excellent moyen d'amĂ©liorer la circulation de l'air. LES DÉSAVANTAGES DE LA DÉFOLIATION Les plants de cannabis en intĂ©rieur bĂ©nĂ©ficient de la dĂ©foliation pour deux raisons. La premiĂšre est parce qu'ils reçoivent la lumiĂšre d'une source stationnaire au-dessus d'eux, et la deuxiĂšme est parce que les conditions environnementales sont contrĂŽlĂ©es par le cultivateur et non MĂšre Nature. Les plants d'extĂ©rieurs eux, n'y gagnent pas beaucoup, car les cas Ă©chĂ©ants se vĂ©rifient pour eux. Le soleil traverse le ciel, illuminant sur sa route, diffĂ©rentes portions de la plante de son lever Ă  son coucher. Les cultivateurs en extĂ©rieur n'ont pas besoin de manipuler les plantes afin qu'elles se dĂ©veloppent en adoptant une structure plate puisque le soleil est infiniment plus puissant que n'importe quelle lampe de culture et qui plus est, il est toujours en mouvement. Tailler les feuilles des plants extĂ©rieurs les rend Ă©galement plus vulnĂ©rables aux conditions humides et brise leurs barriĂšres naturelles contres les nuisibles. De nombreux cultivateurs d'intĂ©rieur peuvent, et malheureusement, c'est souvent le cas, rĂ©duire le rendement final Ă  cause d'une dĂ©foliation faite au mauvais moment et/ou excessive. Tailler les plantules n'est pas conseillĂ© et engendre souvent des plants nains. Scalper les plants matures est encore pire, et au lieu d'obtenir de longues branches de tĂȘtes, vous obtiendrez probablement encore moins de fleurs. De mĂȘme, tailler des plants malades ou en mauvaise santĂ© Ă  n'importe quelle pĂ©riode de la croissance risque de paralyser la croissance plutĂŽt que d'encourager la formation de fleurs denses. Que la force soit avec vous đŸ’Ș
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GERGrowDesigns Welcome to Flower Week 1 of Divine Seeds Auto AK-47 XL I'm excited to share my grow journey with you all as part of the Divine Seeds Autoflowering Competition 2025. It's going to be an incredible ride, full of learning, growing, and connecting with fellow growers from all around the world! For this competition, I’ve chosen the Feminized Automatic strain: Auto AK-47 XL Here’s what I’m working with: ‱ đŸŒ± Tent: 120x60x80 ‱ đŸ§‘â€đŸŒŸ Breeder Company: Divine Seeds ‱ 💧 Humidity Range: 60 ‱ ⏳ Flowering Time: 59Days ‱ Strain Info: 21-24%THC ‱ đŸŒĄïž Temperature: 26 ‱ đŸ” Pot Size: 0.5l ‱ Nutrient Brand: Narcos ‱ ⚡ Lights : 200W x 2 A huge thank you to Divine Seeds for allowing me to be a part of this amazing competition and Sponsoring the Strains. Big thanks for supporting the grower community worldwide! Your genetics and passion speak for themselves! I would truly appreciate every bit of feedback, help, questions, or discussions – and of course, your likes and interactions mean the world to me as I try to stand out in this exciting competition! Let’s grow together – and don’t forget to stop by again to see the latest updates! Happy growing! Stay lifted and stay curious! Peace & Buds!
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Week 10 not long now these smell amazing like sweet blueberry and there's definitely something I've had before when I've bought some personal but can't quite get my head round the smell. started introducing overdrive now as they start to finish fattening and ripening up can definitely see swelling going on over the last 3 days thanks for viewing and happy
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12/4 4th week now, the girls are full on flowering mode, every day they are bigger and bigger. 14/4 Today water with 1050PPM and Run-Off was 1150PPM. They smell very sweet, and they are super frosty and sticky.
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Love the amount of growth. Pruned a bit just to let light in but i cut as little as possible. If anyone has any suggestions of what to do or if you think im doing something wrong please tell me. This is only my 3rd plant ever so i have alot too learn and dont mind criticism
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Hello growmies! Welcome to week six of An Epsilon Adventure! Massive thanks to both Shogun and Royal Queen Seeds for sponsoring this grow! So here we are at week six and every one of these girls are at a slightly different stage, it is quite fascinating to watch them develop one after the other. Today I made the last adjustment to the light possible. I removed the adjustable hangers and affixed a carabiner which I tightly tied to the top of the tent bar. There is about 1.5 inches of space between the top of the shade and the tallest part of the roof of the tent. Plant 1 is already taller than this, and it looks like plant 6 and maybe even plant 5 are going to join it. It's a madness. I am sure you have already looked at the photos but just in case you do what I do and read the diary first... Here is my assessment at the beginning of week 6: Plant 1: Height: 1st (137cm) - what can I say about this ridiculous plant? Day 36... 137cm tall. I have had to raise the light to as high as it is physically possibly to raise it and it's still not high enough. She is done stretching now, she may add 3-5cm over the next week or so but I don't expect more than that, so her top of her main cola going to have to develop above the level of the light. Nothing I can really do, nothing wise anyway. What a monster plant. Maturation: 4th - early into flower - bud sites developing, pistils just starting to explode. Plant 2: Height: 4th (111cm) - this plant has been there or there abouts as the tallest plant for most of the grow, but she has topped out at 111cm. She will gain some during flower but not much more than a few centimetres. Very impressive plant, loads of bud sites, really big strong secondary branches. This one is going to be colas galore. Maturation: 3rd - well into flower - all white pistils Plant 3: Height: 6th (95cm) For some brief days the tallest plant in the room, she peaked early and is now the "shortest" at "only" 95cm for this "50-70cm" strain. She is utterly dwarfed by four of her five sisters in just about every department, being quite a bit smaller even than plant 4 (although I have removed the most lower nodes from this plant). Compared with her sisters she is almost a runt... except that she is 25cm taller than the strain top-end average and matches the maximal height of the previous tallest Epsilon F1 plant I am aware of. It's not that she is small, actually she's pretty big for an Epsilon F1, it's just that the rest of the girls are on another level altogether. Plants 1, 5 and 6 are all absolute beasts. Maturation: 1st - well into flower - first shades of brown in some pistils. Plant 4: Height: 5th (98cm) although only 3cm taller than plant 3, overall she is a much larger plant. Her secondary nodes are the same height as plant 3. Maturation: 2nd - well into flower - all white pistils Plant 5: Height: 3rd (113cm) - one of the two thick/short girls who have grown at a similar pace all along - she is further ahead than plant 6 but not by much and I think she will probably exceed 120cm this week, though I do not think she will outgrow plant 1 or 6. Maturation: 5th - early into flower - bud sites developing. Plant 6: Height: 2nd (120cm) - my predictions were correct about this girl and her continued growth. I now think she might actually outgrow plant 1, which is quite worrying. Maturation: 6th - early into flower - bud sites forming - by far the least mature plant of the six. ### Week 6 Day 2 23:00 30/7 Photographed. Raised the light. Rotated the plants. Inspected, measured and reported on each plant. ### Week 6 Day 3 23:00 31/7 It has not escaped my attention that the plants that are more advanced into flower have darkened and have some burnt tips. I need to flush them and lay off the base nutes a bit. These plants are just growing and maturing so quickly that I cannot keep up. ### Week 6 Day 5 02:30 2/8 Fertigated 3l of nutrient mix, without either COCO A or B. ### Week 6 Day 6 01:30 3/8 photographed --- Thanks for reading growmies! 👊 ========== Tent: 120cm x 120cm x 180cm Light: 600w HID Elite Dual Spectrum HPS + Angel Wing Reflector Air: 5" duct fan system with carbon filter ~300 m3/hour + RAM 9" floor fan + 4" intake fan Pots: Air Pruner Fabric Pots 30l - UGro XL Coco + horticultural grade perlite (~20%) Seeds supplied by Royal Queen Seeds https://www.royalqueenseeds.com Nutrients supplied by Shogun Fertilisers https://www.shogunfertilisers.com/en ==========
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My first outdoor grow. This is around week 9 of growth. I got these 2 clones from someone and grew them indoors for about a month or so before hardening them off. They have been through plenty of training and topping and even more since this picture. As of 5 days ago they were nice and wide so I'm excited to see the growth since the. I have done a great deal to keep deer and bugs at bay. Neem oil, dog and human urine, dried blood, ground pepper and powdered, oregano, garlic and onion. The site is very difficult to access. Poison ivy, thorns, steep ravine and large logs to climb over. No paths there and I take different ways constantly, as well as through some fertilizer in my wake. There's a small creek near by and a larger one it fees into about 75 yards away. There's 3 bags of FFOF and 1 bag happy frog between the 2 holes, with amino acids and great white mixed in as well as some water polymer crystals.
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Starting of from an sexy seed - root is out, and ready to get smashed (gently) into the hot n' warm soil. The early days of this lil' baby girl will begin now. SOOOO excited x to the d.
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nice week this week. very noticeable transformation. I have a yetti purple berry kush in there which smells just amazing. this week i tried, for the first time, some under canopy LED. 2nd day with it today as i write this. they really took it well. perked up and kept at it. the color and hue is starting to come through. Super happy with this tent. I think its worth the effort to create an organised space to give yourself the best chance possible. you will see the difference in approach form Auto tent and then photoperiod tent.
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RQS Diesel Automatic is about one week above ground now and looking strong. Just getting water so far. Will start some LST on her once she starts showing a few nodes. She's front-center in the group pics.
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Had a canny stressful week with the ph levels, got them back up now need to start flowering from tomorrow getting to big now never mind the stretch to come. 😀 Happy growing ✌
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It's her first week on 12/12. Changed to 6-12-36 powdered nutrients now.
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Temperature and measurements listed in grow conditions are averaged for the week. The listed pH is the soil pH. Nutrients listed in nutrients section are ml/per gallon of soil. Day 1 we had rain showers in the morning and throughout the day. They showed first sign of flower. Day 2 we had rain in the morning, drizzle and showers in the afternoon. The ferrous sulfate reduced the soil pH from just above 7 to just below. I added 10ml blood meal and 10ml ferrous sulfate top dressed to each pot. The nitrogen should boost the stretch during early flower. The additional ferrous sulfate should keep the pH in the 6.5-7 range and help with chlorosis during early flower. Day 3 we had more rain, drizzle, and mist all day. The soil pH is coming down slowly. It's 6.9 on day 3. Day 4 it rained all morning. The pots are soaked. Day 5 we missed the scattered showers but it was 80-90% humidity all day. We did have lots of sunshine Day 6 we had lots of sunshine and temperatures above 80°F. Day 7 we had sunny skies. Temperature was in the mid 80'sF. I had to water about .5 gallons directly from the hose. 7.6 pH and 50°F Both plants doubled in height. There's still a small excess of phosphorous in the soil. The plants will grow into the phosphorus during flower. Overall a successful week.
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Week 13 : Six Shooter So i've been looking into these plants' trichomes daily, sometimes twice daily, they're all really really cloudy, like full white, completely curled in. Some have a slight beige tint to them, so i'm guessing that's the first few ambers ! That means it's time for the chop ! these wrapped up their second week of flush with three x additive flush. To flush you water until run off then add 20% which is just about 4 pints for me. Now i'm at the end of the grow i can say that the full tent is a good idea, but it does get crowded and that will surely affect my yield as there are a fair few colas that are totally f-ed in the sense they are thin, skinny, a tiny bit of flower with just a few pistills... so those are useless and they're going into my bubble hash project, so let's see, maybe i can extract value out of the trim , the popcorn buds, and the rest of the plant ! Wish me luck and drop me a message, i'm chopping these down real soon ! 🚀
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3rd veg week was done 6.9 and steady healthy grow. Later germinated The New seems to get along just fine. Meaning no big size difference 👌 Germinated in water glass 36h and nice tail then straight to soil and about 50h after putting that seed to water glass it broke soil. Nice 👌 Little sings of nutriens defs but I won't worry about that. It'll fix when they get in their final homes after couple days. Next weeks they in cleaned tent and in bigger pots 🙏 That's all folks!! Stay high, till next week! Happy growing!'' "Fuck the humbe laws, I rather have a violent win"" -Ras Kass -
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Day 22 : First day of flowering phase ! I watered her (without nutrient) at Day 21. Day 23 : Give her nutrient today, and I noticed one branch folded 😟 I made it hold with a "prothesis" during the time it repair... Despite this the branch seems to be healthy for the moment ! Day 24 : The first pistils are here ! Can't wait to see the bud flowering 😁 Day 27 : The folded branch hold alone now even if there is a big scar, so I prefer left the "prothesis" for some days... Day 28 : She continue to grow (+10cm ~7 days)