Hello Bros&Sis! Ciao!😊 this time I've decided to made a video update, from the start of the week to the finish, we're gonna see some BIG differences! (The longest is from the end) About the ladies: Girls in coco Royal AK- she's drinking every single drop op solution and has literally exploded! I'm really happy about her training (top/lst/hst). A very strong strain. OG Kush- I don't get this girl, she's definitely not an heavy drinker. Speedy Chile FF- when I re-potted her into 6lt pot, some of my Bros hoped for a Baobab, what do you think?😂 (has some mutations, has a growth of 3 leaves and then 2 branches have joined together and the other has grown normally) Ladies in Soil: UK Cheese auto- I've broke a branch due to heavy crop. Lesson learned. Pink Doc CBD auto- she's growing good, finally! The only thing I'm worried about is that she will not grow so much, because switch is near. Candy Kush Express- A really nice lady, not too tall, good side branches and she take everything with no care less (one of the most "broken" in the tent) Special Kush#1- She likes her new pot, but there's something wrong (see leaves) maybe related to VPD or RU? I've used different techniques on this ladies, but the one I like the most is cropping the branches and the main stems and also broke the branches where meets the stems, to give'em more power, and more "space" for nutrients transports in sight of bloom! That's all mate, we will see soon for the next update! Ciao!😙 (hey @Growdiaries if you want to use my video, feel free to do it, but please, don't change the music, it's already on YT and for CC use)

10-8-2024 TOP DRESSING AND WORM TEA..... NOTHING MORE 10-9-2024 22ND DAYS INTO FLOWERING SMELLS CRAZY ON THESE STRAIN GETTING SOME SNOW ON TOP LET'S GO 10-11-2024 DO NOT HAVE ANY PEST BUT JUST IN CASE NATURESGOODGUYS HOOK ME UP WITH LADYBUGS JUST GOT HANGING PATCH ABOUT /WITH SHIPPING 10-14-24 NOTHING TO DO...JUST WATER (PH6.6)AND WATCHING THE PLANTS....... COPY CAT GENETIX STRAINS ARE CRAZY!!!!!!!!

4º Semana Pré - Flora - Poda estratégica nas folhas - LST nas #2 #4 - Inicio da flora #3 #4 #5 - nao mechi na #1 Todas se ramificando bem, unica que não deu uma crescida foi a #3 . Fiz uma poda nas folhas pra receberem luz pra entrada da flora!

Week 6 - Week without surprises. No-till cycle working well, watering only with water, but note that the companion plants still grow crooked. Soon the soil still shows signs of excesses, I believe that in the next cycles these excesses will be fixed. Hugz from Brazil.

Drowned a few seeds, lesson learned. Super thankful for these beautiful girls. 4 WW, 3 BK, 3 JH, 1 Lemon haze. All feminized autoflowers . Actual week 1 from germination.

Once I got the 200 watt light things took off

Well, so much for taking the hands-off approach. Winter is coming and the heater has been on, which is drying out the air more. Temperature is the same in the grow room, but humidity has plunged to 23%. Gave the plants a thorough watering with nutrients last week. Today and the rest of the week, I'm going to treat them to just plain water until next week. UPDATE: Humidity definitely the culprit. Placed a small humidifier by the plants on Wednesday, and they sprang right back. All is going well now. Seed description says flowering phase of 11 Weeks. Should expect to begin harvesting around Dec. 20th (4 weeks from now).

🌞 Lovely summer weather again this week with excellent temperatures 🌡️🌡️🌡️ ➡️➡️ The buds have become hard, the smell is strong 👃👃👃 The scent is fabulous ➡️➡️ Plant # 1 is the biggest plant but the buds are not that big ➡️➡️ Plant # 2 is the second biggest plant. Also her buds are not that big ➡️➡️ Plant # 3 is the smallest plant, but she has fat buds Seventh week of Light Deprivation 👉👉👉👉Every morning at 9:00 am I move the plants to the greenhouse. 👉👉👉👉Every evening at 9:00 pm I move the plants (together with some other strains) inside the growroom (which I don't use in the summer) 👉At the beginning of this week I boost the plants with gift of water enriched with OPF 7:2:3 ; Fulvic 25 ; Yuccah ; Biovin liquid ; Earthworm compost extract. This will be the last time. From now on only water 💧💧💧 ⭐Big Thanks to Luc from Plant Health Solutions / Bioplantenvoeding dot nl ⭐ Plant #1 ; height : 147 cm Plant #2 ; height : 130 cm Plant #3 ; height : 117 cm

She has jumped to 28 inches. Impressive really. Defoleated A lot of useless bottom crap. Her stem has healed and is about 1 inch thick. She is looking and growing great.

Last week of actual veg! I plan to stick to the same old lighting and watering schedule this week but am gonna experiment with a foliar feed of the potassium humates to see how she likes it. I figure it's better to test things like that now than in flowering. She's beginning to develop something between the nodes, though it's still too early to tell for sure if she's a girl. (It was a feminized seed so I certainly HOPE so!) This plant has given me absolutely zero problems despite being in the most maligned soil under a weak-ass CFL bulb AND transplanted, which is supposed to be a no-no for autos. It def looks unmistakably like pot now lol so I've gotta figure out where to hide it should the landlord come in. (Legal state, illegal building). Hoping this Ona Pro Gel will be sufficient to offset the stench once she starts reeking. 😁 So my 1st attempt with the humates was a fail. I for some reason thought the pH was too high so I sprayed some white vinegar into the mix to bring it down, which it did. But then I read that you're NOT supposed to mix the two, plus I'd possibly made the solution way too strong by using online "recipes" vs. what the package said: 1 tsp per gallon water. YIKES. I'd used 0.7 grams in 2 liters the 1st time. 🤦🏻‍ Thankfully I only sprayed that mix on the two bottom leaves before realizing what I'd done, so I sopped it up, poured out the rest and made a more dilute mixture without the vinegar this time. I used my little 8 Fl. oz spray bottle to mist the plant from a healthy distance before her brief dark period, which is where she's at now. Did a 2nd foliar feed the following day and she's looking just dandy! (Aside from the twisty taco leaves at the top lol). After watering, she was incredibly bloated with leaves curling downward in that tell-tale "over watered" claw. How this is possible when I water only 1x every 7 days, grow in a fabric pot, keep fans on her at all times and am using moisture control soil is beyond me, but it would appear this plant HATES water. The soil was bone dry when I watered & I even pH'ed the water this time before giving her a drink.... no luck. Oh, and the H2O is room temperature every time. Same 16.9 FL oz. purified drinking water as last time... After some reading it looks like this strain is just highly finicky and somewhat harder to grow than other autos, though most people ended up happy with the results. This also explains why she's so tall with so few leaves/branches: they say Zkittlez Auto stretches like crazy. I'm gonna try to stop obsessing now. I added a 2nd CFL bulb (yellow) to see if it boosted her growth any, and sure enough, I got some noticeable and rapid change in her appearance after only one night. So that was a good thing. Next week will be when I switch to 20/4 light schedule and try a soil feed of the Potassium Humates with her once-weekly watering lol. Stay tuned. Final update for the week: I put pipe cleaners on the ends of her big branches to help open up the bud sites. It's too late for actual LST, plus she's so sensitive I doubt she'd like it. Don't wanna waste 1-3 days recovering from that. But I'll probably lop off 2, if not 4, leaves early next week. (1-2 sets total). She's not leafy enough to "leaf tuck" as planned but some of those bottom ones are def redundant.

🍃 Purple Haze Photo A — Week 4 | Preparing for Gravity-Fed Growth Every grow has one plant that quietly starts telling you a story before flowering even begins. Purple Haze A is becoming exactly that. Growing under the same Future of Grow LED, receiving the same PPFD, sharing the exact nutrient recipe, environmental conditions and care as every other plant inside the tent, she has decided to express herself in a completely different way. Instead of remaining compact, she has embraced her sativa heritage and is already showing the elegant structure Purple Haze is famous for. Longer internodes. Large healthy fan leaves. Fast vertical growth. Strong side branching. Exactly the characteristics we hoped to see. This diary is part of my ongoing 12/12 From Seed Challenge, documenting every step exactly as it happens. No shortcuts, no hidden techniques—just honest observations from a home grower enjoying the journey one day at a time. ⸻ 🌱 Week 4 Development This week was all about preparing for the next big milestone. Purple Haze continued building an exceptionally strong root system while producing vigorous new shoots across every node. The leaves are deep green, beautifully flat and reaching toward the light, showing excellent nutrient uptake and a very healthy metabolism. Stem thickness has increased noticeably, giving plenty of confidence that she’ll easily support future flower production. The spacing between branches also makes her an excellent candidate for training later, allowing light to penetrate naturally through the canopy. Sometimes you can already tell a plant has personality long before flowers appear. This one certainly does. ⸻ 🚿 Time for AutoPot This week also marks another exciting step. Purple Haze A will soon become one of the plants running on my AutoPot system. Since every plant in this project receives identical lighting, nutrients and environmental conditions, this creates a great opportunity to observe one important variable: Top watering versus gravity-fed irrigation. Rather than trying to prove one method is universally better, I simply enjoy comparing different growing styles under the same conditions and documenting the results honestly. That is one of the things I love most about this hobby. Every grow teaches something new. ⸻ 💧 What is an AutoPot? For anyone discovering these diaries for the first time, AutoPots are a completely passive irrigation system. There are: ❌ No pumps ❌ No electricity ❌ No timers Instead, everything works using gravity. A nutrient reservoir sits slightly higher than the pots, allowing the solution to flow naturally through the tubing. Inside each tray sits the heart of the system: The AquaValve The AquaValve is an ingenious little mechanical valve. When the tray becomes empty, the valve opens and allows fresh nutrient solution to flow in. Once the tray reaches the correct water level, the valve automatically closes. The plant then drinks exactly what it wants. Only after the tray is empty again does the cycle repeat. Because the substrate experiences a natural wet-dry rhythm while always having nutrients available when needed, roots tend to develop extremely well. Healthy roots often translate into healthier plants. At least, that has been my experience. ⸻ 🌿 Why I Enjoy Growing with AutoPots Every grower eventually finds methods that simply fit their style. For me, AutoPots offer several advantages: • Consistent moisture around the root zone • Reduced daily watering workload • Excellent oxygen availability inside the substrate • Stable nutrient delivery • Very vigorous vegetative growth Perhaps most importantly… They let me spend more time observing the plants instead of carrying watering cans every day. And honestly, watching the AquaValve quietly doing its job never gets old. ⸻ 📊 Week 4 Environment • Week 4 — Vegetation • Height: 25 cm • EC: 1.35 • pH: 6.1 • Temperature: 33°C Day / 25°C Night • RH: 63% • CO₂: 639 ppm • Light Schedule: 12/12 • Water consumption: approximately 1.1 L per plant every 24 hours ⸻ 🌿 Feeding Schedule This week the nutrition remained simple and balanced using the Plagron Terra line. • Terra Grow – 1.8 ml/L • Power Roots – 1 ml/L • Pure Zym – 1 ml/L • Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L • pH Plus – 0.03 ml/L • Lemon Kick – 0.03 ml/L The plant responded beautifully with rich green foliage, vigorous growth and absolutely no signs of nutrient stress. Exactly the kind of consistency every grower hopes for. ⸻ 💚 Final Thoughts Week 4 feels like the beginning of something special for Purple Haze A. She has developed into a vigorous, healthy young plant with beautiful structure, outstanding leaf health and plenty of energy heading toward the flowering stretch. Now the AutoPot system enters the picture, adding another interesting chapter to this diary. Whether gravity feeding produces bigger plants or simply makes life easier, we’ll discover together over the coming weeks. That’s the beauty of documenting everything honestly. Every plant becomes its own little experiment. ⸻ 🙏 Thank You A huge thank you to everyone following this journey and supporting home growing around the world. Special thanks to all the amazing companies helping make this project possible: 🌱 Zamnesia Seeds — for the incredible Purple Haze genetics. ? Plagron — for providing the complete Terra nutrient line and outstanding growing media. 💡 Future of Grow LED — for delivering consistent full-spectrum lighting throughout the entire grow. 🌿 GrowDiaries — for bringing together growers from every corner of the world and giving us a place to learn from one another. And finally… Thank you for taking the time to follow this adventure. Your comments, advice, questions and encouragement make these diaries far more enjoyable to create. Growers Love and see you next week, where Purple Haze A begins her AutoPot journey in earnest. 🌱💜

Buds Getting dens and super frosty 😍😍😍 Have really nice fruity and citrus smeeling 🤤🤤🤤

Full harvest update next week. Harvested the tops two weeks ago and the rest of her today.

I Messed Up A DAY Here. So one of the days is dated wrong. I tried to correct it the best that I could. 7/24 I decided to label this week as flower. It's more like preflower though. GMOs are stretching like crazy. Due to the rain we weren't supposed to get some of my plants are a little over watered. That's why I love the fabric pots. With the winds we get the bags dry out fast. The GMO's would've needed water anyway if we didn't get this storm. Event Horizon seems to be the furthest in flower amd the most over watered. WE'LL get a LITTLE more rain today and tomorrow but then hopfully my bags will dry out. They are heavy as hell right now. Had we not got rain for what seems like forever. Several plants would've needed to be watered if we didn't get this rain. Still the plants are currently overwatered. All the pics and video so far are from this morning after the horrible pounding rain of yesterday. Like I said before, I need to; defoliate for better air flow, add secondary supports or a vertical trellis, considering using a preventative pest application (e.g. BT), LST and spread branches apart and start using nutes. 7/25 Wasn't supposed to rain today. Like .001. It poured this morning and is still raining VERY LIGHTLY at 2:30. We got an inch yesterday. The total for these 3 days was suppised to be under half an inch. Anyway I went over around two and everything looks great! Things are clearly overwatered and heavy but the plants look happy! Most have their leaves out and everything! I love growing in bags because they dry out so quickly! I don't mind watering more. I defoliated one event horizon and the few yellow leaves I coukd see on other plants after shaking them off. The seedling in the 50 is far behind the others in flower and just showed its sex. I'm fairly certain that one is red runtz. Whatever it is is going to flower much later than the rest. It's going to be good if I have couple early finishers. I did a video but I'll have to upload tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do And not just in the garden so I'm hoping I can balance things out and get this stuff done. Caught three TINY inch worms. I'm wondering if me manually hunting has cut the adult population down and I'm just getting fresh born ones? If that's the case I wouldn't need to spray. 7/26 Plants looked pretty great today. I think me manually removing pillars has made a big difference. It's windy out too so it won't take long for those bags to dry out. Which is good because what wad supposed to be a half inch of rain turned into 3 straight days of rain. I'll be back over to work on the garden today and I'll update then. 7/27 Plants are looking pretty good. Good weather ahead and the bags are starting to lose weight. Found a pillar wrapped in a dead interior leaf all wrapped up. Found a couple more early this morning amd killed them. I did some slight leafing on some plants. I don't like doing that outdoors but since these are monster cropped they have far to many leaves. Airflow is improved. I'm not seeing any nutrient deficiencies yet. Plants are a vibrant healthy dark green. Soon I'll add a base nute like big bloom or ancient amber (I think that's the one, it's applicable to big bloom). I cam see some plants trying to start flowering and I've got one (in the 50) that has just shown sex. Hopfully this will give me some time between harvests. I'll update as I go along. DAD CALLED IN THE AFTERNOON AND SAID HE THOUGHT A PLANT MIGHT BE STARTING TO DROOP. IT WAS MY GMO CANARY THAT GETS HIT ON ALMOST THREE FULL SIDES BY WIND (ONLY ONE PLANT). I CHECKED THE WEIGHT AND IT WAS LIGHT. IT WAS DROOPING TOO. I WATERED THAT ONE PLANT WITH A GALLON AND WATCHED IT PERK BACK UP. I CHECKED THE WEIGHT ON THE OTHER PLANTS AND LIKE I THOUGHT THEY WERE STILL HEAVY. I PUT MY FINGER IN THE SOIL AND IT CAME AWWY COVERED IN DIRT. MY SEEDLING IN THE 10 WAS KINDA LIGHT SO I GAVE THAT HALF A GALLON. I USED THE OTHER HALF AS "A CUP OF KINDNESS" ON THE PLANTS THAT SEEMED LIGHTEST TO CARRY THEM OVER. I PROBABLY SHOULDVE WAITED BUT I DOUBT IT MATTERS. ILL CHECK IN THE MORNING. I ASSUME ILL HAVE TO WATER THEN OR AT NIGHT. ILL GO BY THE WEIGHT. THE CANARY WILL NEED TO BE ON A SEPERATE SCHEDULE. THATS FOR SURE. Went back over at 6:30 and plants looked better than they have in a long time bags still have some weight. With the sunny weather we are going to have these plants will keep exploding in growth. Found one pillar but I wasn't there long. Seriously considering a spray of BT in the near future. EDIT: UNFORTUNATELY MY SPIDEY SENSE STARTING TINGLING AROUND NOON. MY ANXIETY WONT LET ME IGNORE IT (IM NOW EMBRACING IT) AND I HAD TO CUT OFF A CONVERSATION WITH MY WIFE TO GO TO THE GARDEN. I IMMEDIATELY SAW THAT ONE OF MY GMOS WAS STARTING TO DROOP. NOT LIKE BEFORE BUT IF I HAD BRUSHED IT OFF AND LEFT IT FOR FOUR MORE HOURS IN THE 90° SUN IT WOULD'VE BEEN. I GAVE THE GMO'S (BESIDES THE ONE I GOT YESTERDAY EACH A GALLON. I DIDNT WANT TO WATER DURING THE DAY BUT THIS WAS MY BEST OPTION. I GAVE THE TOASTED TOFFY A GALLON AND THE 2 EVENT HORIZONS EACH GOT HALF A GALLON, AS WELL AS THE SHERB PIE WHICH GOT HALF A GALLON. I DECIDED TO DO THIS BECAUSE SOME PLANTS USE MORE WATER THAN OTHERS. BEFORE ACTUALLY GOING OVER I CONSULTED MY PREVIOS DIARIES. I HAD THIS SANE PROBLEM LAST YEAR ON THE SAME WEEK OF THE MONTH! THATS WHAT MADE ME TRUST MY INTUITION FULLY. I LEARNED FROM THE MISTAKE OF LAST YEAR. THINGS ARE GOING GOOD. IM STARTING NUTES SOON AND I NEED TO SPEAY FOR BT BUT DONT KNOW IF IT WILL BE TONIGHT. 7/29 Apparently my intuition worked out well. Plants looked great this morning. I may feed today. I defoliated a bit and watered the 10g with a half gallon and gave another half gallon to the gmo on the end that dries out fastest and that I didn't water yesterday. I think I've got the watering down. Now I need to start nutes and spray bt. Need to wait for the rain first though. Suppised to get minor showers the next couple days. I'm gonna try to get the trellis up too. WENT BACK A LITTPE AFTER FOUR. HUMiDITY WAS 100% AND IT WAS RAINING VERY LIGHTLY. I MEAN AS LITTLE AS IT CAN POSSIBLY RAIN. ALMOST LIKE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WITH THOSE MISTING FANS IF YOU STAND BACK A WAYS. I DIDN'T WATER. PLANTS WERE LOOKING GREAT! I DID SOME DEFOLIATION AND CAN TELL I NEED TO START NUTES. I CAN SEE SOME SLIGHT DEFICIENCIES IN BIG OLDER LEAVES. SOME SMALL INTERIOR LEAVES YELLOWED. NOT MANY. GRANTED THEY ARE STARTING TO FLOWER. I'LL PLAN ON FEEDING TOMORROW. THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS SUPPISED TO BE SHOWERS. I DOUBT IT WILL GIVE MY BIG GIRLS ALL THEY NEED BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD START. I DID A VIDEO BUT ITS RATHER LONG SO I CANT UPLOAD IT HERE. ITS COOL WATCHING HOW DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT STRAINS GROW. STILL HAVE A BUNCH OF SHIT TO DO. IT WILL GET DONE THIS WEEK. 7/30 I held off watering today due to a supposed storm and rain we were supposed to be getting. I had early doctors appointments. I got back around 11 and the bags seemed light. After consulting last years diary I saw that I am underwatering. The root system weighs a lot! We haven't got the hundredths of an inch of rain but we got some sun. It's over cast now. I was there working for a few hours. I watered most a gallon. All the gmo's got a gallon. I gave the two event horizons about two thirds a gallon. About the same with the toasted toffy and the sherb pie. About 3/4 of a gallon as they seemed to have a little weight left. Looking at last years diary there were plants I was giving two gallons at a time in a 20 gal bag so I've been u Der watering a bit. I've caught it now and adjusted. I'm not losing leaves at the pace I have in the past. Even though some are in flower. I think I'm getting better. I fed for the first time today. Each plant got 1.75 pints. Except the 10gallon which got half the powerade bottle and the 5gal which got a qtr. By the time I left the plants were standing up nice and tall and looking amazing. Now I just need to apply bt and secondary supports. 7/31 Another eight day week. I'll have to do six days next week. Everything looked amazing this morning. I'm seeing less pest damage. Watering and feeding was the right move. Now I just have a little rearranging to do, add supports and spray if I decide to.

Welcome to the Green House CUP 🏆 Hi everyone :-) I hope you are all fine 🙏🏻. This week the lady has developed really well 😍👍, which probably has something to do with the Green House Powder feeding that she has been using for a few days 😎. I will top her tomorrow for the first time. After a few more days, I will spontaneously decide whether to do LST or a few more times top :-) Depending on what time allows and how it develops 🤗. It seems to be a very nice genetics. This is how you are used to from Green House 😍🙏🏻. I wish you all a good start to the week, stay healthy 🙏🏻 and let it grow 😎👍 Green House Seeds Company Cup 🏆 Type: Wonder Pie ☝️🏼 Genetics: Wedding Cake x OG Kush 👍😍 Vega lamp: 2 x Todogrow Led Quantum Board 100 W 💡 Flower Lamp : 2 x Todogrow Led Cxb 3590 COB 3500 K 205 W 💡💡☝️🏼 Earth: Canna Bio ☝️🏼 Fertilizer: Bio Grow Feeding ( GHSC ) , Enhancer ( GHSC ) , Bio Bloom ( GHSC) ☝️🏼🌱 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 6.0

Visto que el agua de base sale con unos valores muy altos he decido obtar por mezclar el agua de riego con agua destilada mitad/mitad. De esta forma le podré aportar mayor cantidad de nutrientes sin que los valores suban excesivamente. Por otro lado también le añadiré ácido cítrico para bajar el PH. Os presento como voy regando, es un inventillo que hace años hice y sigue dando guerra. Va muy bién para repartir el agua y relentiza el riego haciendo que el agua vaya filtrando mejor por el sustrato. El embudo lleva una malla donde se quedan los restos más grandes y así no se atasquen los abujeros. Alguno dirá que pierde agua pero no es así, el agua que cae fuera es por que no tube punteria al llenar el emudo y casi lo tiro todo fuera. No se puede hacer tres cosas a la vez, soy hombre hehehe. no podia rellenar el embudo, regar y filmar con el movil al mismo tiempo. Y a más el video está reducido a cámara rápida por lo que parece que pierda aun más rápido.

🍬🌿 8×8 Adventure – Week 14 Candy Rain Auto by Zamnesia The Solo Survivor Is Getting Closer… But She's Not Fooling the Microscope! 😂🔬🌸💚 Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And oh my goodness… OUR CANDY RAIN! 🍬😂🌸 This girl just keeps giving us something to talk about. She's still beautiful. She's still developing. She's still showing us those lovely flowers. And she's getting closer to the end of her journey. But, of course… She wouldn't be Candy Rain if she didn't give us a little surprise along the way. 😂😂😂 Because just when you start thinking that a plant is approaching the finish line, she decides to throw fresh white hairs all over the place. Everywhere! 🌸?🌸?🌸 And naturally, the first thought is: "Girl… are you starting another round?" 😂😂😂 Not so fast! Because although those fresh white pistils might make her look like she's trying to start something new, the trichomes are telling a different story under the microscope. And that's precisely why we don't judge a plant's readiness by one visual clue alone. Candy Rain is getting close. Very close, I believe. My current feeling is that this could be her final week, but that's an expectation, not a promise. We'll keep looking, keep observing, and let the plant tell us when she's ready. No rushing. No guessing based on white hairs alone. And definitely no letting Candy Rain fool us just because she's decided to grow a fresh set of little white flags! 😂🍬👑 So let's give our beautiful solo survivor the spotlight she deserves. ──────────────────────── 🍬 WEEK 14 – THE FINISH LINE IS GETTING CLOSER If you've been following Candy Rain from the beginning, you already know that this girl has developed her own personality throughout the 8×8 Adventure. Our solo survivor. Our beautiful green girl. Our plant that seems determined to fill herself with flowers. And now, here we are, approaching what may be the final chapter of her flowering journey. She's still beautiful. She's still carrying those developing flowers. And she's still giving us new details to observe. The most noticeable thing this week? Those fresh white pistils. ?🌸 They're appearing across the plant, and if we were judging solely by the pistils, we might be tempted to think she still has a long way to go. But that's exactly why I don't want to make that assumption. Different cultivars can behave differently as they approach maturity. Some continue producing fresh pistils late in flowering, and that alone doesn't necessarily mean the entire plant has restarted its flowering journey. We need to look at the whole picture. The flowers. The overall development. The trichomes. And how everything is progressing together. Candy Rain is getting closer, and the microscope is helping us understand where she actually stands. She's not quite ready yet. But I have a feeling we're approaching the final stretch. 🍬🌿🔬 ──────────────────────── ? WHITE PISTILS EVERYWHERE – WHAT IS SHE TRYING TO TELL US? Honestly, Candy Rain… What are you doing? 😂😂😂 We're trying to work out whether you're approaching the finish line, and you decide to throw fresh white hairs all over your flowers. ?🌸?🌸? I find this fascinating because I've seen this behaviour in some cultivars before. As flowering progresses, certain plants continue producing new pistils even when other signs suggest they're getting close to maturity. That doesn't automatically mean something is wrong. It also doesn't automatically mean the plant needs several more weeks. Fresh pistils are one observation, not the entire verdict. And this is where experience, patience, and looking at several indicators become important. I don't want to pretend that every cultivar follows the same visual script. They don't. Some plants give you a fairly straightforward progression. Others keep surprising you. And Candy Rain? Well… She's clearly decided to keep us guessing. 😂🍬👑 The white hairs are part of the story, but they're not the whole story. ──────────────────────── 🔬 THE MICROSCOPE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY This is where things get interesting. When I look at the trichomes under the microscope, the picture isn't quite the same as the one suggested by all those fresh white pistils. She's not ready yet. And that's an important distinction. I don't want to call harvest simply because the plant looks close, because the pistils have changed, or because I'm getting impatient to finish another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure. 😂🌱 The trichomes give us another useful piece of information about flower maturity, and they need to be considered alongside the overall condition and development of the plant. They don't magically tell the entire story on their own, either, but they help us make a much more informed assessment than judging by pistil colour alone. So, for now, Candy Rain stays where she is. We're observing. We're checking. We're comparing what we see with the progression from previous weeks. And we're letting the evidence guide us. My feeling is that this may be her final week. But if she needs more time, she gets more time. The calendar doesn't decide when a plant is ready. The plant does. 🔬🍬🌸 ──────────────────────── ⏳ MY GUESS? POSSIBLY THE FINAL WEEK! I'm going to put my expectation out there. I think this could be Candy Rain's final week. There. I've said it. 😂🍬👑 But please underline the word "could" in your mind. This isn't a fixed harvest date. It's my current impression based on what I'm seeing as I follow her development. The fresh pistils are one part of the picture. The trichomes are another. The overall progression is another. And when I put all those observations together, I feel we're getting very close. But we'll see. Time will tell. And if Candy Rain decides she needs a little more time, then we'll keep watching her. I'm not interested in forcing a finish just because I've made a prediction in a diary. 😂 I would much rather be patient and document what actually happens than pretend I knew the exact day in advance. That's the beauty of keeping weekly records. We can share our expectations while staying honest about the uncertainty. So, Candy Rain… If this is your final week, let's make it a beautiful one. And if you need a little longer? We'll be here. 🍬💚🌿 ──────────────────────── 💚 STILL OUR BEAUTIFUL GREEN GIRL One thing that hasn't changed is how much I enjoy looking at this plant. She's still beautiful. She's still got that lovely green presence. And her flowers continue to catch my attention. There is something satisfying about following a plant for weeks and seeing how the small changes gradually add up. At first, you're watching the plant establish herself. Then the structure develops. The flowers appear. The flowers become more substantial. The details become more interesting. And eventually, you reach this stage where every new observation makes you wonder how close she is to the next chapter. That's where Candy Rain has brought us. She's not just a photograph from Week 14. She's the result of everything that happened before it. And I love being able to look back at those earlier updates and compare them with what we're seeing now. 🍬🌿💚 ──────────────────────── 🍬 OUR SOLO SURVIVOR HAS COME A LONG WAY Let's not forget where this story started. Candy Rain has been our solo survivor throughout this part of the 8×8 Adventure. And she has certainly made the most of her place in the room. She's developed her own flowering structure. She's filled herself with beautiful flowers. She's shown us her own rhythm. And she's continued to surprise me throughout the journey. I originally called her our solo survivor because she was the one standing there on her own in this particular genetic group. But sometimes I look at her and think she doesn't seem particularly interested in the word "solo." 😂😂😂 She's one plant, yes. But she's given us plenty to photograph, plenty to discuss, and plenty to observe. And now she's approaching the final stretch. Whatever happens next, she's already given us a beautiful story to follow. ──────────────────────── 💡 SAME ROOM – SAME PHOTONS – HER OWN RESPONSE And once again, let's return to one of the foundations of the 8×8 Adventure. Candy Rain is sharing the room with the other plants. The same general environment. The same 12/12 light schedule. The same overall nutritional approach. The same expanded lighting setup. And yet, she continues to express herself in her own way. 🍬☀️🌿 The two additional Future of Grow Black Series 600W fixtures remain part of the room's expanded lighting setup. We're using that additional capability with controlled output rather than simply running everything at maximum. Our recent target has been around 1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy, with the actual intensity varying according to canopy height and position. Lumiflora also contributes additional light deeper in the canopy. And Candy Rain is receiving those same general lighting conditions as the rest of the room. But her response is her own. That's one of the things that continues to make this project interesting. The room provides the shared stage. The genetics provide the individual performance. Some plants stretch. Some stay compact. Some develop at one pace, while others follow a different rhythm. And even when they appear to be approaching the same stage, they can show different signs along the way. Candy Rain is giving us another example of that. Same room. Same photons. Different story. ──────────────────────── 🔴 FAR-RED, DEEP-RED & OUR 15-MINUTE LIGHT ROUTINE Now, let's talk about another part of the room's lighting routine. We've been using far-red and deep-red lighting as part of our end-of-day approach, including a 15-minute red-light period after the main lights go off. The idea behind this routine is to influence the plants' light signalling at the transition into the dark period and help create a consistent end-of-day transition. But there's an important distinction here. Red light, deep-red light, and far-red light aren't interchangeable terms. They're different parts of the light spectrum, and plants can respond to them differently. Red light is commonly associated with photosynthetic activity and plant light signalling. Far-red light is particularly relevant to phytochrome signalling, which helps plants interpret changes in light conditions and the transition between day and night. The response depends on the spectrum, intensity, duration, and the plant's wider environment. So when we talk about our 15-minute period, we're talking about a deliberate lighting routine we're testing and using in this room. We're not claiming that fifteen minutes is a universal magic number, or that every plant will respond in exactly the same way. As always, we observe the plants and consider the whole environment. 🌿🔴🌙 ──────────────────────── 🌙 HELPING THE PLANTS TRANSITION INTO NIGHT One of the reasons people experiment with end-of-day far-red is the way plants use light signals to interpret their surroundings. Plants don't simply know that it's nighttime because somebody switched off a lamp. They respond to changes in the spectrum and intensity of light, and those signals can influence different aspects of plant development. Far-red light can shift the balance of phytochrome states, helping plants interpret the transition from light to darkness. That's the scientific idea behind using far-red as part of an end-of-day routine. In our setup, we're using a 15-minute period after the main lights go off as part of that transition. I like experimenting with the lighting environment, but I also want to keep the claims realistic. The response isn't identical across all cultivars, and the effects depend on the conditions and how the light is delivered. So this is part of our approach and observation, not a guarantee that a particular result will happen. And Candy Rain is still following her own path within that shared environment. 🍬🌙🌿 ──────────────────────── ☀️ THE EMERSON EFFECT – WHEN RED AND FAR-RED WORK TOGETHER Now, let's bring in a fascinating piece of plant science: the Emerson effect. The Emerson effect describes how photosynthesis can become more efficient when red light and far-red light are supplied together than would be expected from their individual effects alone under certain experimental conditions. Why? Because photosynthesis involves two cooperating photosystems, known as Photosystem II and Photosystem I. They absorb light most effectively in different, overlapping parts of the spectrum. When suitable red and far-red wavelengths are provided together, they can help balance the activity of these two photosystems. In simple terms, they can work together more effectively than either wavelength would suggest on its own. That's the fascinating part. Plants don't respond to light as if every photon operates in isolation. The spectrum matters, and different wavelengths can interact with the plant's photosynthetic machinery in different ways. ☀️🔴🌿 However, we should keep the science precise. The Emerson effect is a specific phenomenon demonstrated in photosynthesis research. It doesn't mean that adding any red or far-red light automatically increases yield, improves flower quality, or guarantees a faster finish. The result depends on the spectrum, intensity, duration, and wider growing conditions. And the 15-minute end-of-day routine we're using is a separate practical lighting choice. We shouldn't assume that it directly reproduces every condition used to demonstrate the Emerson effect. I find the science fascinating, and it's one more reason I enjoy experimenting with lighting rather than thinking of every LED as simply a bright lamp. Different wavelengths can have different roles. The way we combine them matters. And the plants' responses are worth observing. 💡🌿🔬 ──────────────────────── 💡 MORE THAN JUST SWITCHING THE LIGHTS ON This is what I enjoy about the lighting side of the 8×8 Adventure. We can talk about the main fixtures. We can talk about PPFD. We can talk about canopy position. We can talk about red and far-red wavelengths. We can talk about the transition between light and darkness. And we can look at the plants and ask how they are developing under the overall conditions. But I don't want to credit every little change to one specific light or one particular setting. The plant is responding to the whole environment. Genetics. Light. Nutrition. Temperature. Humidity. Water availability. And the way all those factors come together. Candy Rain's fresh pistils are interesting, but I wouldn't automatically attribute them to the red-light routine. We don't have enough evidence to make that claim. Instead, we keep documenting what we see and avoid turning a coincidence into a conclusion. That's how I want to approach these experiments. Curiosity first. Observation second. Conclusions only when the evidence supports them. 💚🔬🌿 ──────────────────────── ⚗️ NUTRITION – THE SAME FOUNDATION CONTINUES Candy Rain remains part of the same overall nutritional approach used in the room during this stage. The recent feeding notes were: 🌱 Plagron Terra Bloom – approximately 2.3 ml/L 🌱 Power Buds – 1 ml/L 🌱 Green Sensation – 1 ml/L 🌱 Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L ⚗️ pH adjusted as required The recent solution readings were around pH 6.02 and EC 2.14 mS/cm, although the exact values can vary with the latest mix. These are the room's recent reference values rather than a claim that every reading has remained identical throughout the week. As Candy Rain gets closer to the end, the important thing for this diary is to keep documenting her actual condition rather than assuming that all plants need the same final timeline. She's her own plant. She's shown us her own behaviour. And we're continuing to observe her accordingly. 🍬🌿💚 ──────────────────────── 🌡️ RECENT ROOM CONDITIONS For context, the room's recent reference conditions have been approximately: 🌡️ Day air temperature: 26.5°C 🌙 Night air temperature: 26°C 💧 Relative humidity: 61% 🌱 Substrate temperature: 25°C 💦 Nutrient solution temperature: 25°C ⚗️ pH: approximately 6.02 ⚡ EC: approximately 2.14 mS/cm 💨 CO₂: approximately 693 ppm 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 ? Pot size: 15 litres 💧 Watering: approximately 1.4–1.45 litres per plant per 24 hours These are the recent room figures, not a claim that every parameter has been measured at exactly the same value during every moment of Week 14. The overall environment remains shared with the other plants still in the room. And while Candy Rain approaches her finish, the rest of the 8×8 Adventure continues. Same room. Different plants. Different timelines. 🌿🍬💚 ──────────────────────── 👀 WHAT I'M WATCHING NOW At this stage, I'm keeping an eye on the overall progression rather than allowing one feature to dictate the entire decision. ? The fresh white pistils. 🔬 The trichomes under the microscope. 🌸 The development and appearance of the flowers. 🌿 The overall condition of the plant. 📸 The changes compared with previous weekly photographs. All these observations help build a more complete picture. The fresh pistils are certainly interesting, but they don't automatically mean she has restarted flowering or that she's far from maturity. The microscope currently suggests she's not quite ready. And my feeling is that she's getting very close. That's where we stand today. No drama. No premature conclusions. Just watching Candy Rain as she approaches the next chapter. ──────────────────────── 🔮 WHAT COMES NEXT? My guess is that we may be looking at Candy Rain's final flowering week. But, as always, we'll let time tell us whether that expectation is correct. If she is ready, we'll document the next stage. If she needs longer, we'll continue observing. Either way, there's no reason to force a date simply because I made a prediction. 😂🍬 And while Candy Rain is approaching the finish line, the rest of the room is still doing its thing. The 8×8 Adventure continues. Each plant gets her own diary. Each phenotype gets her own spotlight. And each one gets to show us how her story unfolds. ──────────────────────── 💭 FINAL THOUGHTS – CANDY RAIN, DON'T LET THOSE WHITE HAIRS FOOL US! Week 14. Candy Rain Auto by Zamnesia. 🍬👑🌸💚 Still beautiful. Still developing. Still getting closer. And still finding ways to keep me guessing. 😂😂😂 Those fresh white pistils are appearing all over the place, but the microscope is giving us a different perspective. She's not ready just yet. And although I suspect this could be her final week, I'm not going to pretend that I know for certain. The plant gets the final say. That's the rule. We've also been continuing our lighting experiments, including the 15-minute red-light period after the main lights go off, with far-red and deep-red wavelengths forming part of our wider lighting approach. The science behind plant light responses is fascinating, especially when we look at phytochrome signalling and the Emerson effect. But we're keeping our observations separate from our assumptions. We're not claiming that the lighting routine caused her fresh pistils, nor that it guarantees a particular harvest outcome. We're simply documenting the environment, watching the plants, and learning as we go. And that's what the 8×8 Adventure is all about. Twelve plants. One shared room. Different genetics. Different expressions. And individual stories that never stop being interesting. 🍬🌿💚 So, Candy Rain… Keep doing your thing, girl. We'll keep watching those trichomes. We'll keep admiring those flowers. We'll keep taking our photographs. And we'll wait until the evidence tells us you're ready. You might be approaching the finish line. You might need a little more time. Either way, you're still beautiful, and you still deserve the spotlight. 🍬?🌸🔬 Let's give our solo survivor the love she deserves. Let's appreciate the journey. Let's stay curious. And let's see what next week brings. ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU As always, a massive thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. 💚🌱 Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document these individual plant journeys and share our observations with growers around the world. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Candy Rain genetics and for giving us this beautiful solo survivor to follow. Thank you to Plagron for supporting the room with the growing media and nutrition used throughout this adventure. A huge thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and giving us the opportunity to explore this expanded lighting setup. 💡☀️🌿 Thank you to Lumiflora for helping bring additional light into the deeper areas of the canopy. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the room environment behind the scenes. And thank you to everyone who reads, comments, asks questions, shares experiences, and follows these girls week after week. It genuinely means a lot. 💚 If you'd like to join our growing community, you're more than welcome to come and say hello on Discord: https://discord.gg/dogdoctorofficial We have growers with different levels of experience, conversations about all kinds of growing topics, competitions, prizes, giveaways, and community discount codes. But above all, we're building a place where people can feel welcome. You don't need to be an expert. You don't need to have a huge garden. You don't need to speak every technical language. You can ask questions, share your experience, join the conversation, or simply hang out and listen. There's no level you need to reach before you're welcome. Respect, curiosity, and a willingness to learn are more than enough. We love talking about this plant, sharing what we know, learning from one another, and enjoying the journey together. It's becoming a beautiful community, and we'd love to have you with us. 💚🌱🤝 Growers Love, my friends. 💚🌱 See you next week in the 8×8 jungle… where the photons keep flying, the plants keep surprising us, and Candy Rain is still throwing fresh white hairs around like she hasn't heard that we're getting close to the end. 😂🍬?🌸 Keep shining, girl. We'll let the microscope have the final word. 💚🔬✨

Diese Woche hat der Stretch endlich geendet und ich musste die Lampe abhängen und oben auf das Gestänge legen weil ich sonst keinen Platz mehr hatte. Die maincolas mussten aus diesem Grund leider auch zwischen die Lampe trainiert werden. Den ec Wert hatte ich die Woche ein wenig nach unten reguliert weil ich merkte das der ec im Tank stieg mittlerweile hat die Pflanze sich durch das Rohr in den nächsten Topf gewurzelt 4 Wochen vegi waren wohl deutlich zu lang. Es gab ca jeden 3 tag ein addback mit frischer Nährlösung getauscht wurde das Wasser diese Woche nicht.

Good week of growth , defoled and tied up some more she’s ready to flip this week . Let the terps begin