The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@Merrymoosefamilyfarms
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Hey hey everybody! We are back here this week at the beginning of week 13 and it is almost that time… time to flip?
….I wish…. No, no…. I am trying to be good but I think I came up with a plan that will give me a rough idea of when I will see that light at the end of the tunnel- or we’ll at least flip that light to 12/12 haha-
No no it is almost Christmas and things have been crazy over here. With the holiday madness upon us, I can’t tell all of you how much I have appreciated the relative silence (you know how it is, there are multiple fans running) time seems to slow down and it just us and the plants. Quite enjoyable.
So as you already know, we are going to be on coast until we fill out the rest of that 3x3 scrog net- however just today on my way into work, I came up with what might be my new definitive plan…
I have had a bit of trouble waiting, no doubt it will be worth the wait, but the wait has been difficult none the less… so here it is..
Here’s what I’m thinking- I have this going and I also have some fastbuds growing in the same area. What I am most likely going to do- is wait until it’s time for the fastbuds to come down to open up some space in the 5x5 and the rock candy cake can have all that space to herself- I will shift the scrog into the center of the tent and then flip the light schedule to 12/12 and let it run wild- it’s at this point I will most likely employ a more hands off approach so it can focus all of its energy on producing buds worthy of such a wait.
The canopy is getting pretty lush and I really need to get in there and defoliate- I really lucked out, today was the last day I had to work until after Christmas so you KNOW I will be in there tomorrow plucking away at leaves (strategically of course) half kidding I’m probably still a whirlwind compared to some, but I’ve noticed- especially when it comes to autos, that my leaf selection has become much more refined when defoliating. PROBABLY gonna see a BIT less of that tomorrow as I have to open up the canopy but I still plan on being careful.
Something else that was super cool who may not be following along with the other journal, happened oddly enough just the other day when I was doing dishes- I was scrubbing away with my phone all propped up so I could watch/listen to dude grows. And I heard the dude mention a contest on their website that I had entered… of course my ears perked up, I leaned in a little closer to take a look and was thinking to myself how cool it would be, even to see my picture in the background and sure enough there it was and they brought it up and commented on the submission and seemed to be genuinely enthused by it and let me tell you I am STILL riding high off that one!
One thing that was cool too was a rep at a nutrient company had seen that and congratulated me as well and it was again just so cool and I’m honored to have been on there! I listen to them practically everyday at work- yeah words are not doing it justice right now but I was stoked!!!
Other than that, the holidays are practically upon us so I’d imagine it’ll be a whole lot of family activity with a side of unintentional neglect that I plan on keeping to an absolute minimum because we are right around the corner from some excitement in that tent- that thing is going to be HUGE! So we have that to look forward to! And on that note, I just want to say that from our home to yours, I truly hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and I can’t wait to come back and get into the garden talk with all my growmies! Growers love everybody and happy holiday!! 💚🤙🌱🎅🏼🎁🎄
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@HiCultureClub
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Hi Guys
Let's continue now with the vegetation week three and one thing is for sure there are still some...
👉 Lighting
The Lumatek was increased from 80 watts to 120 watts on vegitation day 20. This corresponds to dimming from 40% to 60%. This corresponds approximately to a PPFD of 400.
👉 Pot size
On day 19 of the vegetation phase, the size was changed from a 1.5 liter to a 3.5 liter pot. This was done due to slight deficiency symptoms in the lower part of the plants and due to their size.
👉 Climate
Has remained the same.
Grow Report:
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The plants also grew well during the week and still look healthy and happy. Once again, the genetics coped well with the stress of transplanting and got used to the new pot very quickly. Unfortunately, the plants were a little too dry before transplanting, but they also coped well with this.
This week they were also watered with fertilizer for the first time, 2ml BioBizz Fishmix per liter of water. The plants are watered as soon as they are close to being dry. The plants are watered with a total of approx. 400 ml in two stages of 200 ml each. I wait approximately 5-10 minutes between watering.
Have fun growing,
HiSpycy 💜
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@BOMbolenath
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Very robust plant with a lot of big buds. It smell very sweet like a mango with citrus and floral. Amazing.
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@DillyGenetics
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Week 1 germination 100% 1 shot glass of water was maker sure the soil was damp with sprayed around soil
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@eldruida_lamota
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Vamos familia, actualizamos la décima y última semana de floración de estas Lemon Cherry Runtz de FastBuds.
La temperatura que estuvo entre los 23-24 grados y humedad entorno al 40% están dentro de los rangos correctos.
En cuanto a las plantas las veo muy bien, estiraron guay y ensancharon bien.
Ya van 2 semanas solo agua para limpiar bien las plantas.
Hay que reivindicar que en este indoor no tengo ni plagas ni problemas.
Las flores han madurado y explotado bien, por el momento todo correcto.
Tienen un aroma cítrico y veo una resinada bastante seria, creo que si no es la mejor del cultivo estará entre las mejores.
- os dejo por aquí un CÓDIGO: Eldruida
Descuento para la tienda de MARS HYDRO.
https://www.mars-hydro.com
Hasta aquí todo, Buenos humos 💨💨💨
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@Dameon0803
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Day 29 - She's bushed out to the fullest. This is a controversial, but I think essential part of growing. Trust me, what i had removed would have been a waste. I gave all sites there chance to achieve my desired height. Those that didnt, got the chop.
Day 30 - Now that is a recovery! I will now focus on maintaining an even canopy. I will only pull down part of the plant that stretch faster.
Day 31 - Wettable sulfur and Cali Carb before bud production fully sets in. Wettable sulfur will help with some pest management, not that I have any, powdery mildew, also not an issue, and increases terpene production. Cal Carb is a perfect pair for this as its a readily available source of calcium and carbon dioxide. Calcium seems to be a common deficiency in flower, and the plant loves CO2 during flower. This seems like a no brainer! She also got a nice feeding with some top dresses and water soluble nutrients. Loving the evidental daily changes this plant can produce!
Day 32 - Continuing to pull branches down and move leaves for some of these lower sites. Can't help but to have the song, 'Let It Grow', from the Lorax, run through my head everytime I try to move leaves to help these lower sites get light, lol.
Day 33 - Opening up as much as I can and tried to keep it all above the net. Vigorous rapid growth in both the plant and cover crop.
Day 34 - Showing what it looks like before I take each days pic with the leaves tucked already. Getting hard to keep these leaves down! There's a few lowers I'll likely be snipping to help focus energy to better sites.
Day 35 - Let's just take a moment and enjoy these beautiful flowers this amazing Common Buckwheat cover crop is showing off. If you dont know what Common Buckwheat does when growing in your soil, it helps gather phosphorus, attract beneficials, and can be cut down to make compost. Is this even the same plant from the beginning of this week!? Can't wait to see these buds start to stack!
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@CJgrows
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Buds are starting packing on more everyday these truly are Fast Buds lot of flowers for week 5. The Gorilla Glue is a short bushy condensed plant where the grapefruit and strawberry pie seam stretchiest more sativa appearing plants.
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@FredFlintstoned
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Harvest was a longggg sticky process. Took me a good 3 hours just one plant and i can trim pretty fast. Smell was euphoric and i wanted to shove it all up my nose. I instantly pressed a few grams the day it finished drying to taste it i couldn’t wait.
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@Mz876
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Finally set up my little grow tent and moved in my bag seed plant . I’ve switched it to a 12/12 cycle and started adding jungle juice bloom from advanced nutrients to her feedings .
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@NiBaMeCa420
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as we stated last week we made some changes to the nutrients as for now we stopped using the grow solutions and started with the bloom
and as for the additives we stopped using B-52 and added big bud coco, bud candy and piranha to the mix
The scrog filled up really nice during growth fase and we are anticipating a very good flowering fase without any complications
the ladies are are and green and respond very well to the nutrients that are given to them
that was all for now
talk next week
Cheers,
Nibameca
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@Kushizlez
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Day 45-52
(Day 46) I just realized I forgot to zip up a small flap in the tent for at least 5 days or so. This probably made the added co2 useless. All the plants are slightly clawing and almost look overwatered, which is normal for plant at this stage but I wonder if the lower co2 levels are contributing at all.
I couldn’t help myself today and did a small defoliation. Hopefully this doesn’t stress them out too much. I took about 15-20 leaves per plant. I really want some of this larf on the bottom fill out more. Even by 10-15%.
(Day 47) Wow. I just noticed that #5 is putting on a thick layer of late frost. I’m guessing this has to do with all the mid flower feedings. Unfortunately the density on this girl lacking big time. Especially on the lowers. This could be genetic but there is too many variables at play to say for sure. If this stuff smokes proper I will continue to feed in mid flower.
Plants are really starting to fade out here now. #3 in particular has some odd red coloring in a few of the leaves.
(Day 48) I watered in 2 gallons on each plant making sure to get some decent runoff from each.
Sucks that #3 didn’t fill out. The genetic potential was definitely there, something just went awry after that tea I gave it. I have at least 2 or 3 clones of that I will try outdoors. It’s been a very P hungry plant too. The stems were purpling like crazy, even in veg. Some people say this can be fixed with a microbial product like Mammoth P or Tribus which I might try for my next grow.
#6 isn’t really filling out much either unfortunately. Tops look decent but everything under that is pretty leafy and airy.
#1 and #7 are the clear winners here. #1 especially is picture perfect. If I wasn’t working on another project after this I would clone just #1 and run another scrog like this from clone.
(Day 50) I was plucking some leaves today and I found a confirmed banana sticking out of one of the main colas on the stubby pheno. I didn’t defoliate this one too much so I wonder if it was caused by stress at all. I hope I don’t find anymore because we only have 10 days left here.
(Day 52) My family member trimmed up the m39. It looks super scraggly but has some decent crystal nonetheless. That’s partly why I would never use an amazon blurple for flowering. It just doesn’t have the same canopy penetration that a light like mine does. Although for a budget setup they’re pretty awesome.
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@AestheticGenetics
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This plant is beyond frosty. Stacking up super nicely. Seems like she will yeild quite a bit.
My only gripe is that she has like no smell at all.
Using the foil as a soil cover is working quite nicely. the top soil is getting filled with roots quite well.
Top dressed 1tsp of Bloom
1tsp microbe charge
1tsp bloom
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@NewbieLearner
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Plants had a bit of a ph issue with all the renovations on the veg set up the ph stick ran out of battery and couldn't keep the ph in check. now that is sorted though and we are running fine again. The plants are in the flowering room as the last set of plants have been harvested already. Veg room is almost built so the diaries will be up to date weekly and not this on and off posts, sorry about all that.
The photos here are before and after training the plants after they had been topped a few weeks ago
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@Slappin719
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Day 58 of flower. Breeder suggestions 56-60. I don't think it'll be ready to harvest. No amber trichomes at all yet, until I see some I won't cut.
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@BioBuds
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And another week has passed and the ladies are going towards en of flowering. What I noticed the last couple of weeks is trouble keeping it stable and unstunted. The two Forbiddens and one XL all went slower. The one XL Runt in the 5 liters bigger grow bag is going full throttle and is almost done, the others are still filling out.
My theories: The bigger grow bag held on to more water, the bigger grow bag kept the roots cooler, the bigger grow bag had in theory the same amount of nutes as the smaller, so the ratios could be more optimal. The bigger grow bag was nearer to the intake of cooler air and not so hot by the heat. Final theory: the bigger grow bag has better super soil regulation and is less affected by the fluctuating PH of my nute mix.
For now, it is all speculation. Im considering all possibilities but I think I need to tweak my recipe for autos and always use 20 liter bags instead of 15.
Still Im not complaining, they all get to a nice size and we still have some weeks of flowering to go.
But the XL Rut on the left is creating fat heavy buds I wish all plants had. Nice how the smell is definately geloto on the both, the XL runtz a little more pungeant, the Forbiddens a little more fresh.
This SP 3000 still delivering the goods, with the ventilation still great output, no noticeable loss of output or overheating.
Look at the spring deals at www.mars-hydro.com. When is the last time you treated yourself to something nice? Come on, you've earned one!
We shall see how they develop, trying to balance my way to the end of flowering hoping they won't stunt again. Final weeks.
Thanks again for visiting!!
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@GERGrowDesigns
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Welcome to Flower Week 5 of Fast Buds Papaya Sherbet
I'm excited to share my grow journey with you from my
FastBuds Project . It's going to be an incredible ride, full of learning, growing, and connecting with fellow growers from all around the world!
For this Project , I’ve chosen the Feminized Photo strain Papaya Sherbet :
Here’s what I’m working with:
• 🌱 Tent: 120x60x80
• 🧑🌾 Breeder Company: Fast buds
• 💧 Humidity Range: 50
• ⏳ Flowering Time: 58 Days
• Strain Info: 30%THC
• 🌡️ Temperature: 26
• 🍵 Pot Size: 16l
• Nutrient Brand: Narcos
• ⚡ Lights : 600W x 2
A huge thank you to Fast Buds for allowing me to try my Best with this amazing collection from Automatic and Photo Strains they managed to Sponsore . 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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@MadeInGermany
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Flowering day 49
since time change
to 12 / 12 h
Hey guys :-)
All ladies look very healthy and delicious :-)
We're slowly getting closer to the end.
Watering was done twice this week, each time with 1.2 l (sewing materials see table above)
At the next watering there is a very light rinse with Clean Fruits so that the last nutrients can be slowly used up.
The trichomes are now checked every day.
I'm looking for my microscope with an app so I can take pictures of it 👍.
I wish you a lot of fun with the update and stay healthy 💚🙏🏻
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Water 💧 💧💧
Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EC. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with Organic Ph - to 5.8 - 6.5
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