20cm vertical growth this week!! Things going well. Probably entering flowering in the next week.

Day 26 – On the Verge of Flowering We’re now on Day 26 of the grow, and the Sweet Skunk Automatic is entering a critical stage. After nearly four full weeks of vegetative growth, the plant continues to appear healthy and structurally compact. Leaf growth remains vigorous, and the internodal spacing is still tight—a good indicator of strong light exposure and stable environmental conditions. This week marks the likely transition period into the early flowering stage, which typically begins around week 4 to 5 for this autoflowering strain. While no pistils are visible yet, we expect the first signs of pre-flowering to appear within the next few days. Weather Recap & Outlook The past week brought mixed conditions—cool nights and scattered showers slowed growth slightly but didn’t cause any stress symptoms. Now, a more favorable pattern is setting in: • Daytime highs are climbing steadily toward 24–26°C • Nighttime lows remain above 10°C, reducing root zone stress • Plenty of sunshine is forecasted for the coming days, especially mid to late week These improved conditions should provide the perfect push for the plant to fully enter bloom. We’ll be watching closely for the first white hairs and signs of stretching. The stage is set. If everything stays on track, we’ll enter the flowering chapter of this grow very soon

Quite good result considering that she only got around 6h of sunlight, the buds didn't grew too big but they have a lot of THC, this is perfect for people who live in the city and just want to grow some small plants on the balcony without getting too much attention, the smell was really sweet and she offers a good resistance against bugs, and i didn't even applied any insecticide. We are going to use this plant to do a fresh frozen extraction 😁

JDC Hebdomadaire – Semaine 7 (4ᵉ semaine de floraison)Dognabis Cup – Permanent Marker Médium : Supersoil Aptus Climat : Trollmaster TCS-1 Résumé de la semaineTout est resté parfait : stabilité absolue, zéro stress, zéro ravageurs, zéro carences. Les 3 plantes ont gonflé en bulk massif : bourgeons denses, pistils blancs explosifs, trichomes laiteux partout, odeur diesel chimique + bonbon Sharpie qui envahit la pièce. Trollmaster a tenu VPD, et ventilation en full auto. Aptus All-in-One + P-Boost + Top Booster poussés en douceur → réponse immédiate : tiges béton, feuilles vert foncé, buds collants. Push contrôlé réussi : EC 2,79 mS/cm, pH 6,15, PPFD 800 → prépa S8 : tout augmenté !Objectif semaine 8 : FULL BULK MODE pH → 6,3 (fixe) EC → 2,6 mS/cm (maintien haut, flush léger si 2,8) PPFD → 950 (rampe +150 sur 2 jours) CO₂ → 1000 PPM VPD → 1,1–1,2 kPa jour (humidité ↓ à 60–63%) Observations détailléesCritère Observation Bourgeons pistils blancs dressés, trichomes Feuillage Vert profond, brillant, zéro taches, pas de griffures Stretch Terminé : canopée plate, +3 cm max Racines Blanches, épaisses, colonisent 100 % du pot Odeurs Permanent Marker signature : diesel, feutre chimique, bonbon, puissance ++++ Ravageurs / Pathogènes Zéro – IPM préventif (neem + bacillus) Paramètres actuels (moyennes semaine 7 – 26 oct. → 1 nov.)Paramètre Jour (Plants) Nuit (Plants) Cible Notes Température (°C) 24.3 21.8 24–26 / 20–22 Stable Humidité (%) 64.1 58.5 60–65 / 55–60 Parfait bulk VPD (kPa) 1.09 jour / 1.17 nuit – 1.0–1.2 Idéal floraison CO₂ (PPM) ~800 (non affiché) – 900 Injection OK PPFD 789 (moy) / 808 max – 800 Stable pH solution 6.15 – 6.0–6.5 Aptus auto-régulé EC solution 2.79 mS/cm – 2.6–2.8 Poussé sans brûlure Temp solution (°C) 18.3 – 18–20 Oxygénation max Nutrition Aptus – Semaine 7Produit Dose (ml/L) Fréquence All-in-One Liquid 1,2 2x/semaine P-Boost 0,7 2x/semaine Top Booster 0,5 2x/semaine Regulator 0,1 1x/semaine → Réponse : buds + denses, trichomes + laiteux, pas de tip burnPlan Semaine 8 – FULL PUSHAction Détail pH Fixe 6,3 (acide phosphorique si drift) EC Maintenir 2,6 mS/cm → flush 10 % runoff si 2,8 PPFD 950 → +150 vs S7 (rampe 2 jours : 850 → 950) VPD 1,1–1,2 kPa jour → humidité cible 60–63 % Aptus P-Boost → 0,8 ml/L Top Booster → 0,6 ml/L All-in-One → 1,3 ml/L Arrosage 15–20 % runoff → évacuation sels Défo Légère (feuilles basses) → + pénétration lumière Tableau Récapitulatif des Données (Semaine 7 – Moyennes)Paramètre Jour Nuit Min Max Cible Temp (°C) 24.3 21.8 20.3 26.1 24 / 21 Humidité (%) 64.1 58.5 46.5 73.2 60–65 / 55–60 VPD (kPa) 1.09 1.17 0.75 1.58 1.0–1.2 PPFD 789 – 356 808 800 pH 6.15 – – – 6.0–6.5 EC (mS/cm) 2.79 – – – 2.6–2.8 Temp sol (°C) 18.3 – – – 18–20 ConclusionSemaine 7 = référence : stabilité, santé . Semaine 8 : on pousse lumière, , VPD, EC .

Beginning of week... She is doing her thing.. Slowly but surely lol.. Healthy as far as I can tell.. Maybe the reused coco is too reused? Idk. There is a bit of coco/perlite from my first grow in there lol.. Some others too.. But she is still truckin along.. Went up on the Armor Si (Silica) and a little on the FloraGro.. She does look like she is gonna beginning flowering very soon tho.. Pistils are forming slowly.. Much like the rest of this grow.. But she is starting.. I'm not going to start counting flower till I actually see that she is flowering.. Stretching and all.. That's how I like to count flower.. Always seems to line up perfectly when you count flower that way.. Even with photoperiods.. Not from the 12/12 flip because there is still 2 weeks of transition. Anyways.. Another week in the making... Next day... So my Mars Hydro is crapping out. I have to drop it down to 20 inches from the canopy and run it at 75%.. So pissed.. It glows when it is powered off and still plugged in.. And if I turn it on while the power is set to 100%.. It just blinks until I turn it down to 75%.. I can have it set to 75% and it will turn on like normal.. But I need to use 100% power.. And Mars Hydro sucks with responding to emails apparently.. I'm gonna have to buy a new one and return this POS.. Then hopefully buy a new stronger light for my 2x2.. I am so pissed.. Mars Hydro sucks.. The build is amazing.. The components are awesome when they are not flawed.. But damn this is the 3rd light to crap out on me in 2 years.. I do nothing but run them 18/6 or 12/12.. Run 1 fan on top at the driver and heatsink and 1 under toward the diodes.. Nothing different.. I think I'm gonna buy the Wakyme J-2000.. It comes with 2 fans blowing on the heatsink.. Honestly, noise is not an issue to me.. Heat is.. I sleep with all my fans running already lol.. Its actually hard to sleep without them now hahah.. But yeah. It has a Meanwell driver.. Samsung diodes.. Dimmer.. And the fans.. I think it's my best bet at this point.. Fuck Mars Hydro.. They had 3 chances with me.. My Sunraise 1000 (blurple) is like 4 years old and still running strong.. Smh.. Mars Hydro is crap. How did they even get so popular??? I'm sure more people will realize how crappy they really are.. No name brand everything.. Runs hot as ass.. Craps out after 3 - 4 months.. So so pissed... Almost mid week.. I went ahead and pulled a couple branches down a bit.. The canopy is perfectly even.. It looks AwEsOmE! Lol Mid week.. Well, she seems to be doing a bit better than before, I'd say. Normally, my previous autos would be flowering and probably almost finished stretching by now.. Live and learn.. I hope all the Zkittlez Autoflower seeds aren't like this.. And hopefully this strain turns out pretty dank to be wasting a few extra weeks on growth but not getting much growth at the same time.. And I hope harvest doesn't come quicker than the swelling of the calyxes.. But shit happens.. I have Mars Hydro sending me a new driver/dimmer. I sure hope it's just "plug-in" because if I'm going to take this light apart, I'm just going to go with the Meanwell HLG-240H-54B.. From what I was told from LEDSupplier dot com.. The 240W would be better due to the different current. We are still trying to figure out if the dimmer is 0-10V to see if I can just keep using the Mars Hydro dimmer along with the MeanWell HLG-240H-54B.. That would be cool.. Sorry but Mars Hydro sucks.. I bet running a different driver would help alot of issues.. Maybe even run cooler. Anyways.. About the plant lol.. She is doing great.. The stiples are still showing some weird colors on the tips.. Doesn't seem like an issue.. Some plants have the stems change colors.. Some have pistils change colors.. Some have leaves change colors.. Maybe that is just in her genetics.. The pics that ILGM shows, it should be a pretty colorful strain.. Guess we shall see! But she is happy and healthy.. I think I'm going to stop using Hydroguard next week.. Just doesn't seem like it's doing much of anything.. I really only bought it to fight root rot when I attempt DWC which I am going to attempt again very soon.. Maybe after this grow... We shall see... Almost end of week.. Went ahead and defoliated/lollipopped a bit. She was getting too bunched together.. She is nice and opened up now.. 2 side branches stayed pretty short.. Not sure what that is all about.. Flowers are slowly forming at this point. Next week will be week 1 of flower and stretching should begin! She is still getting good light even with the power only being at 75%.. Just have it down lower.. Which I could get away with till harvest.. But fuck that. I ordered a new Mars Hydro TS 1000.. And Mars Hydro is also sending me a new driver/dimmer box to replace the old one.. Going to return the light and I still want to replace the stock driver with the MeanWell.. Trying to get more professional opinions before I attempt that tho.. So far, I am hearing to get the HLG-240H-54B.. The 150H (150W) doesnt have the correct current so I'd have to go with the 240H (240W) due to the output current and voltage to match correctly. Can't wait to try it out! End of week.. So I got a new Mars Hydro TS 1000 in.. It comes with a Moso driver instead of the old Juson driver.. Hmm.. Ok.. Seems to not heat up as much.. The diodes still get hot, but the lack of the driver heat should help keep things cool.. Nice... I am able to raise the light back up and run her at 100% power.. I went ahead and tied the branches down a little more.. There are 2 that are still staying a little short.. But I think it's the way I started the whole LST process.. I should have tied down a different 90° angle instead of the angle I used.. But live and learn.. Wont use that way again lol.. Other than that, the flowers are forming nicely.. Happy happy happy.. Next week will begin flower! Niceeee.. On to the next!!!...

D50/FD22 - Right, water change day (Evening). Right and proper f**ked off with the light doing me over (See D49/FD21 Comment for that epic story!!!). Where stretch had stopped (I thought), plants are back in the lights AGAIN!!! Blaming the light giving a near 24hour session and some other broken sessions of light over the last 48 hours!!! So had to pull out the extraction as getting LED burn on leaves that are touching! Blowing through the Carbon Filter and can't really smell anything so that's not bad. Everything a wee bit noisier with the fan not being muffled in the tent but need the space and got around a foot. Not prefiltering the fan as I have the new Cloudline to go in for next grow. Hopefully they grow no more and its all thickening buds from here so as I have space for the UVB in there in a week or 2! Slight change in feed. Dropped the roots booster as Wilma can't take any more...its full!!! Dunno how I am still getting 50L of water in there!!! Added PK9/18 (At half strength). Should probs drop the calmag (Or Kind Base down a bit) to drop nitrogen but am still seeing some copper spots here and there that looks like wee calcium deficiencies (Not much, but its there) - I do have some BioBizz CalMag (Which is Nitrogen Free) but it leaves the tank stinking with precipitate and dirties the roots. Think this is the 1st grow I have had where all the stems staying green so plants generally healthy. Cherry Pie still not budding up as quickly or as thickly as the Red hot Cookies but looks like its maybe running only a couple of days behind in growth so no biggie. Few weeks left for it to catch up and surprise me at the end! 😁 Now just to make sure I see no signs of re-veg...as per the D49/FD21 comment, I'll be scowling at GeekLight this week. Digital Timer in there now to ensure no bleed through - power gets hard cut like old times. Unfortunately though, when the light comes on via power-on (and not app timer mode), UV & IR comes on too so have a timer set to stop it after 1 min (Its about all the app being used for now!!! Apart from turning on my IV at midnight for 4 hours - which is, I have just seen, still working). Think that's all the s**te I have to talk for now! Happy Growing all!!! 💪

Wet yhe coir and put the seeds about 5-10mm deep. Took 3/4 days to germinate

ICE flushing + 48hrs darkness - then I choped ✂️ and hang them up now drying at around 60%rh but not best temp but around 20-22° C but still fine - waiting for like 10-14 Days before the fun part starts

Día tan esperado de esta cosecha de crítical mas con cogollos muy duros y muy apretado y compactos y grandes con un aroma muy fuerte con un olor a diesel

The week started with heavy storms and big rainfalls... the girls are back in the tent 😊 I took out my 60x60x160 tent, a Samsung 85w bulb LED and transferred my Garpsen bars (70w together) from my big tent. It's a bit light as lighting, but looking at the trichos end of the week (and the intense smell in the tent...) I think it's time to start flushing. They got a final half dose of nutrients at the beginning of the week and a very lil haircut, I'll flush them by tomorrow. Can't wait to see what they produce; I'd say between 35 and 45 together, hoping for a better surprise 🙏

Amazing experience with the Mix Pack, I will try it again next summer for sure. Love the variety.

One of the gorilla glues was seriously slacking behind just removed it from the bunch The rest seem to be OK day 16 from bean splitting open

Week 7 of Flower- We have stopped feeding these plants nutrients and began the flushing process. April 4th we will give them 2 days of darkness and then April 6th we will start the drying process.

03/02/2022. Oggi solo 3,5L di acqua demineralizzata, non esageriamo con i nutrimenti anche se le ultime due irrigazioni con soluzione nutritiva hanno evidenziato una buona assimilazione e la mancanza di segnali da "over fertilizzazione". Si prosegue con LST anche se gli steli stanno iniziando il processo di lignificazione e quindi bisogna prestare maggior attenzione. Tra qualche giorno dovrò sicuramente allegerire la pianta dalle foglie in eccesso nella zona centrale per favorire la circolazione dell'aria Ph: 6.5 Ppm: 18 mS/cm: 0.037 Temp. soluzione: 22° 04/02/2022. Oggi solo una leggera pulizia per permettere all'aria e alla luce di raggiungere le parti più interne. 06/02/2022. - 4L di soluzione nutritiva Ph: 6.20 Ppm: 1290 mS/cm: 2.580 Temp: 21,6 Deflusso: Ppm: 1060 mS/cm: 2.130

So it's week 3 of vege and it's looking good so far. Small plant big Leafs. Last week i did some topping ON her and she Looks good 💪🏽 the Future will Show US what will Happen next. Still Happy to grow it. 😄 I'm hoping for a purple Pheno 😄🙏

Will update once dried and cured!