The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
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Hey hey everybody! I hope you all had a fantastic week and I am excited to be back for our latest update which marks the end of week 15 and the beginning of week 16! Now I don’t know if it’s just me or the beginning of the year can be explained off as Mercury being in retrograde (I’m not saying it is, that’s more my wife’s deal- I wouldn’t know either way) but things have been absolutely nuts over here and I needed a little something good to help level out the crazy… I have some awesome things in the mail (still rolling in from the spending spree I went on) but truth be told we were between deliveries, and I needed instant gratification- soo I may have accidentally brushed up against the timer and flipped to flower ( and by accidentally brushed up against, of course I mean I fully intentionally programmed the time to flip to flower in a moment of weakness…🤷‍♂️🏻) Am I sorry? No… will it slightly kill me from an aspect of my struggle with occasional OCD? Oh yes…. Ohhhh yesssss…. That little corner is/was driving me nuts but I figured it was time to just let it do it’s thing- honestly once I noticed I picked a pot that was too small for what I was trying to do, I should have just there in the towel, flipped and taken it as a learning lesson for next time…. Buuuuut alas, I am stubborn and that is NOT how that went down… I’m still excited for what’s to come, we should have some (hopefully) pretty impressive things developing soon so I am stoked! That being said however, I have also had some unimpressive things happen, for instance- yesterday, I go in to feed the girls and my light is off! I (obviously) must have screwed something up when I went to change the light schedule- specifically, due to the fact that there are 9 or 10 possible lighting schedules you can set, I think I had correctly set the on/off times BUUUUUT I think after I had switched to the next programmed on/off times which were incorrect- I noticed when I saw that the lights were off, they should have been on for another three hours (give or take) - so I immediately started messing with the timer and turned the lights back on and continued to tend to those lovely ladies. I then went and made dinner- after, I just had this feeling that I should check on the tent, just in case- and sure enough, an hour after the lights were supposed to be turned off, there they were, on like grey poupon (I apologize I haven’t heard that in like a decade or more, had to
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Defoliated here and there, she's stretching hard now so I'm gonna have to wait a few more weeks before I can really start stripping and defoliating her. Because I LST, topped, and then super cropped all the main branches, there's way to much branches for the available surface.
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TWO WEEKS TO 1st HARVEST TARGET ~9 weeks Day 85 F25 AM 38% 75f - flushed each plant with 3 gallons ph 6.3 water - runoff showed average of 5.9ph - waited 4 hours then I split 2 gallons of molasses water ph6.5 (1TBL/gal Unsulphured molasses, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) - PM 44% 75f Day 87 F26 AM 38% 75f - no water - moved lights 1 inch closer (12 inches) - PM 38% 73f Day 88 52 F27 AM 36% 73f - no water - checked several buds on multiple levels and I am not seeing more than a couple amber trichomes (under 5%) and I am seeing many new clear trichomes (10-20%) brown pistils are the majority now, but there is a lot of new growth popping out on some tips - PM 38% 75f Day 89 53 F28 AM 39% 75f - watered all with 3 gallons ph 6.5 water to soak crystals - 6 hours later, I flushed another 5 gallons of ph 6.0 water (3tsp/gal Bembe, 1.5tsp/gal Sweet Berry, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) thru the PH plants - runoff ph on all plants was right at 6.0-6.1ph PERFECT - PM 39% 75f Day 90 54 F29 AM 40% 75f - no water - PM 39% 75f Day 91 55 F30 AM 36% 75f - watered all with 5 gallons ph6.3 water (1.5tsp/gal Bembe, 1.5tsp/gal Sweet Berry, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) - gave Triplnt another 16 oz of ph 6.3 water (1TBL/Big Bloom 1tsp Grow Big, 1tsp Tiger Bloom, 1tsp Boomerang, 1/2 tsp Microbe Brew, 1/2tsp Kelp Me Kelp You, 1/4tsp/gal Beastie Bloomz per gallon) - PM 41% 75f Day 92 56 F31 AM 38% 75f - no water - clipped a sparse tester branch off PH1 with 10% amber trichomes, trimmed and hung to dry - PH1: 41% 80f - PM 35% 75f
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Flush time!!!!!! Starting flush EC was 9.6 I’ve been flushing for 1 week and will go at least another full week. All the trichromes are cloudy with very little amber. This seems to be the hardest part of the grow for me…timing the flush with trichrome color. I’m ok with a little more amber than cloudy tho, so it will work out. So I’ll flush the plants once at the beginning of the flush period, to the point where there is gallons of runoff. Then I’ll feed like normal with zero runoff for the next full week. Gotta let the plants eat the nutrients in the substrate not just wash them out. Big shout out this time around to a few other growers. @Louder @LegacyMarketFarms @Qutro @Hydro_Hiebs @Dmars @WhiteEdge @DrJones @mcgrows420 Thanks for hanging in there all these weeks! I’d like to send samples for smoke review if anyone is interested. I grow only small batch, high terpene strains and would love the honest feedback.
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She is a single main cola plant, I mean all the flowers have compacted together and there only one fat dense nugget, that's the whole plant, very sweet aroma, is very nice, it's not stinky at all, very sweet smell but you really have to get close to the flower to feel the powerful aroma. The cola is very very dense and hard like a rocket 🚀. Very nice strain but I would need to plant about 50 of these to get a good harvest. Hope you enjoy guys! 💚 🌱 ✌️
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Sorprendido por la noticia de mi primera colaboracion con MarsHydro 😊🙏 y muy sorprendido tambien por el envio de las semillas por parte de 420FastBuds. Gracias a vosotros puedo compartir mis diarios con los usuarios de growdiares La marca numero uno en focos 💡, carpas de cultivo ⛺️, extractores 🌬️ y demás aparatos que necesitas para tu cultivo. Para esta aventura arrancaremos con 💡Mars Hydro TS 1000 Full Spectrum LED Grow Light 150W Regulable y 1 semilla autofloreciente a un ciclo de 20/4. Verdaderos 150w con este TS1000, la mejor luz de cultivo LED para principiantes. Ofrece una luz adecuada para 2-4 plantas 🌱. Su precio razonable, la marcada mejora del rendimiento y el control variable de la producción la hacen amigable para los nuevos cultivadores. Todo un tesoro para cualquier cultivador que este comenzando. Usaremos para esta aventura una carpa de 60x60x90, MarsHydro una carpa para los más exigentes.Con una solapa de cremallera mejorada, dobles cremalleras de metal con forro,reflectante diamante tipo Mylar, postes de metal para una estructura mas solida, no se puede pedir nada mas. Garantizando una respuesta en solo 24 horas tanto si has usado antes la marca como si no. Que decir de 420FastBuds, uno de los mejores bancos de semillas a nivel mundial. Si quieres una Auto de verdad, esta es tu cepa. Increíble 28.5 % de THC! 😵😵‍💫🤯 La autofloreciente más fuerte del mundo hasta el día de hoy, con una producción increíble de tricomas. Superfiable e increíblemente resistente. Esta variedad heredó las mejores cualidades de sus padres, por lo que es una variedad infalible incluso para cultivadores principiantes. Productora masiva. Crece alrededor de 150 cm y puede producir hasta 650 g/m² en 10 semanas. Cogollos gruesos y densos. Produce cogollos del tamaño de pelotas de golf que terminan completamente cubiertos de tricomas y que tienen un aroma excepcional, una excelente opción para cultivadores y extractores comerciales. Genial para principiantes. Ideal para cultivadores principiantes que buscan una variedad potente, resistente y fácil de cultivar. 💡 MarsHydro TS1000: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PLY1WKK ⛺️ 60 x 60 x 90 MarsHydro: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081PN2QDN/ 🌻 Gorilla Cookies Auto: https://2fast4buds.com/es/seeds/gorilla-cookies-auto Doceava semana de floracion, el cogollo principal es inmenso, parece la peluca de un rasta. Lavado de raíz y corte finalmente esta semana, voy a aguantar una semana más porque se está poniendo duro el cogollo.
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Heya👍🤙👍🌱 Flower away!!! Check out my Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/H6PnoahTHrEzm63U/?mibextid=oFDknk Big BIG BIG thank you to Sebastien, Heather from Fastbuds420. You guys are the best. Can't wait for the next live. Even Bigger shout out to Hydroponic.co.za. My local Hydro Shop and Sponsor. Thank you Sir. 👍🤙👍🌱
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Day 3: One has arrived on 5/26 Day 6: Diagnosis: Slight Nutrient Burn Cause: Hot Soil Treatment: Cal-Mag and ph balanced water in week 2
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Week 14 for Gigi! Six weeks of flowering. Ok now we are talking! Buds are fattening up and trichomes are starting to get very milky, I want to try to take a picture of them really close but I don't know how. If someone in the community knows some good instruments for taking trichomes pictures please let me know. 🙏 However, Gigi is doing well and I think I'll flush her in two weeks or maybe the next week, we'll see. Day 92: watering with all nutrients. She drinks a lot, almost 2 lt every 2 day. Day 95: some leaves are turning yellow, I think maybe I've overfert her or it's just a ph issue. I need to check it. Day 98: watered with only pure zym and a little silica. Cutted some leaves. See ya next week guys!
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She's growing strong in her first week. I think she'll be ready for topping in her second week. I'm keeping the humidity high to compensate for the high temperature during this sensitive seedling phase. To give her the best start and prepare her for topping, I'm also balancing her water acidity to about 6.5.
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📆 Week 4, 12-18 May 2024 12 May - Upgraded light to ViparSpectra XS1500Pro. 13-14 May - Observed the plant. 15 May - Plant shows first pistils. 16-18 May - Observed and let the plant grow. 📑 It was time to upgrade my light and it was an easy choice to stay with ViparSpectra. In my opinion, for small tents and the home grower they are the brightest lights available on the market. The only problem with the *2024 new versions are the dimmer switches. They limit how you can adjust the power: 5, 25, 50, 75 and 100% are the only settings, nothing in between. If you are trying to “dial” in your DLI/PPFD it makes it impossible without adjusting light height, which is quite cumbersome comparatively. Your forced to work around an issue which should have never been one! The plant is showing its first pistils this week. This doesn’t mean its in flower. There is no bud formation yet, she is just letting you know she is female. It could be another 2-3 weeks or longer before buds start developing. Right now she is still in a veg state so no changes will be to a nutrient schedule that reflect a flowering stage. 🍶 12 May nutrient solution changed 🍽️ 12 May feeding schedule updated 💧 Using reverse osmosis water with EC/TDS at 0 🐉 Nutrient solution EC 1.7 at 70 degrees F 🔆 Light power at 50%, DLI 28 canopy coverage at 18hrs 😤 Using PYPABL, Air Pump, 400GPH That is it for this week. Thanks for the look, read and stopping by.
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FBT1 did not like being transplanted at all ! i guess being overwatered stressed her out some, good thing it's early in a way, hopefully she wont be permanently slower 🙏 lol , anyway she's basically healthy now, although last time i watered her it was tuesday last week and now it's friday, medium is still wet though, so no water for her until she dries out some more. Realised i hadnt been spraying my kelp carefully enough the week before so i'm spraying the soil with amino to try to keep pH basically fine until i can water with cal mag and hopefully some co2 enriched water. I pHed down the spray with 0.1g of GHE dry pH down powder to 6.0... rain water is pH 5.5 so i'm okay i think. anyway fbt1 in mrB's so easy i didnt even have to water this week lol. check out the videos, let me know ! 🚀
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Night & day difference from my first grow, in a GOOD way lol good genetics for sure
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Sehr sehr schöne Verfärbung. Die etwas später angepflanzte Epsilon(Links) wächst buschiger und Kompakter als die erste (rechts).
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Just put them in the towel today. Expecting them to pop within 24 hrs and ready to plant in 3 days so spending the time thinking up names for the 2 girls They've both popped bang on the estimate. One even has a 3mm long taproot already. My coir has been reclaimed from 2 previous grows and the perlite has degraded so rather than wash up stones from the garden I've thrown in a few handfuls of lego bricks. They're non reactive to anything I'm going to put in there so should work just fine. Plus I've got plenty of the shit kicking around. I went back today and nearly shit myself at the progress. 1 had nearly sprouted fully so I got the nutes mixed and stuck them in the coir with an extra drink and a bottle canopy. Week 1 will begin with the first ground being broken
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Surprised by how well the water is wicked to the medium from the water bottle, it took a long time, but wick works as intended. I was unsure how much if any nutrient would be transferred via wick but the high salt content altered pH at certain parts. Right before the symptoms arose I decided to supercrop the stem top to bottom on one plant, shortly thereafter the burning happened from the same plant from running 8.0 pH, and nutrient uptake ground to a halt on the plant that was dealing with stress. She doesn't seem happy. Remedied with aluminum sulfate, things seem to be coming back to normal. I need to be more careful with salts. I need MOAR knowledge. How many weeks shall we veg? Going to take a while to fill that canopy with just two plants, should probably start topping now but I'll wait until pH problem Is remedied first, a couple more days hopefully 🙏. I defoliated maybe 6 bigger leaves that had burned yellow on one plant, as it comes back to optimal range, this will be a good opportunity to observe the subtle differences that early defoliation can make. Added a pound of tourmaline powder and biochar, both increase soil urease and invertase activities. *2025 Didn't charge the biochar skewing my ph drastically. Urease is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into CO2 and NH3 and is a key component in the nitrogen cycle in soils. Invertase (d-fructofuranosidfructohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.26) is the enzyme that capable both break down α-1,4-glycosidic linkage between d-glucose and d-fructose of sucrose and transferring αβ-D-O-fructofuranoside residue to an acceptor substrate (Toledo et al., 2019). Since tourmaline is widely distributed in the natural environment and has many excellent physical and chemical properties including radiating far infrared energy, permanently releasing negative ions, producing an electrostatic field, releasing rare microelements, and stimulating the growth and metabolism of microorganisms and plants, tourmaline had been conducted to alleviate potential environmental pollution. Perfect for how much seaweed I've added just incase.
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Not much going on, the buds are getting fatter. There is now a faint smell. Some buds now getring some colour. Still taking feed probably at least 2 weeks left.
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Hello everyone! 🌱 Today, I'm excited to introduce our new product – a test plant grow light from the GrowMAMO project. This lamp is the result of hard work by our team, and as an experienced grower and breeder, I will start testing it. Let's take a closer look at what makes this light unique. Technical Specifications: Power: 60W Main Spectrum: White light 4000K using Samsung LM301H EVO LEDs, which are 15% more efficient than the previous generation. Additional Spectra: Red spectrum 660nm (Samsung LH351H) and ultraviolet ranges 367nm, 385nm, 395nm, and 405nm (Seoul). Why these spectra are important: White Spectrum 4000K: Ideal for general plant lighting, it promotes photosynthesis and ensures steady growth. Red Spectrum 660nm: Stimulates flowering and fruiting, increasing yield. Ultraviolet Spectra: Enhance the production of protective compounds in plants, such as flavonoids and anthocyanins, improving their resilience and quality. Testing: We will be testing the light on seeds provided by my friends at Doctor's Choice. The strain is Diesel Fast F1 BX Regular. 🌿 You can find all the test results and more detailed information on my Grow Diaries page. I will regularly share updates and impressions with you, so stay tuned! I welcome your questions and comments. Let's make growing even better together! 🌟