The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@CreatureCreator
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Well, the drought stress in week 11 really fucked my plants up, but Twiggy recovered, while Zoey was hurt pretty bad. If I did nothing, I'm betting harvest would've been 25% more, and Zoey's buds wouldn't look so crappy, but overall, I was so happy with this grow! I was under a time crunch, so only did minimal veg for 4 weeks, topping once. Daily watering with 1.8EC mix that was pretty consistent. Kept pH between 5.5 and 5.8. Kept tight control on humidity and temperature up to mid flower, then kept air circulation on to keep room humidity around 55%
Things I'd do differently:
1. Veg longer - I'd love to try a mainline
2. Canopy control - wish I had spent the time on a SCROG screen, or at least a couple of rings.
3. More light sooner into flower. Waited about 4 weeks into flower before maxing out the light. Probably could've bulked them up significantly if I started earlier
4. Drought stressing - For Fucks Sake, keep a close eye on your plants, and the minute they start to wilt, get the water back on 'em!!!
5. Measure your run-off more frequently for salt build-up. Didn't have any problems, but it's a good best practice.
6. Set up proper closed-loop environment to allow for CO2 enrichment.
7. Set up a clone environment before you get to flower. Oops.
Things I was happy with:
1. VPD control system (heat, humidity) during veg and early flower worked flawlessly. Never any nute burn, and super healthy plants.
2. Sterilized soil and grow-room before starting - never had a single bug or any mold/mildew issues. Used a MERV 13 filter on the air intake, exhaust through carbon to crawlspace.
3. Coco/perlite mix - super drainage, low build-up, very healthy roots.
4. Power meter - neat way to measure what's really going into the grow, so when your wife complains about power usage, you can show her the real numbers.
5. Photone app on Android S20 - Knew where my PPFD was for optimal growth control.
6. REX-C100 PID controller for toaster oven - super tight temperature control comes in handy for decarbing as well as toasting oak for moonshine.
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@Natrona
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Divine Seeds 2025 Auto Contest AK-47XL Auto
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I wish I could share this week’s weather with you. It was sunny and comfortable in the 70-80s with 50% humidity. This means that whatever the temperature is, the air feels like it, not 10-15 degrees hotter.
My AK-47XL is short under 3 feet and has good node spacing so there is space for air flow. The buds forming don’t have many hairs yet but the trichomes forming on the sugar leaves are visible. Looking at the bud structure, the leaves are tight throughout. This may be a concern for bud rot if the rain and humidity return. I’ll keep a close watch, but so far, she is easy to grow and resistant to fungus and pests.
Thank you all for your continued support and encouragement. Your likes and comments motivate me to keep sharing my journey. Let’s continue to learn to grow together!
Stay green, growers love 💚🌿,
💫Natrona💫
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@MaltedMadness02
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I chopped her down after taking a closer look at the trichromes, she was quite amber on some buds and I did make sure to check the calyxes, not the sugar leaves. Didn't want to risk over opening her, and I'm already nervous about drying so. Better to get it over with no? Low and slow. 60%rh and 60°F. My cheap equipment is struggling to keep the tent there, but it's chugging along. Anything id buy won't get here in time to save the harvest, so if it gets overdried.. it gets overdried. Its a bummer but what'll you do. This was a very educational experience for me, and my second plant (check out my new diary) will hopefully preform much better! Kudos!
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@ChewiestEndZa
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Defoliated some of the bigger fan leaves, I know it may be risky technique but since she has grown into the tent, space is tight and in order to maximise flower sites, I decided to remove some foliage to get better coverage.
Flowering is taking off and have decided to increase the dosage of the nutrients to see if she can handle the feeding, she has grown quickly in the last couple of days and want to see if I can push her to the maximum.
Healthy and happy plants, no more issues with spidermites (Thank goodness!), no more needing to treat a flowering plant (if I had to, I would drench the plant in a mixture of H202, liquid dishwashing detergent and water to ensure that buds are not covered with nasty chemicals).
Clones have been taken and in this pic, can be seen that it has rooted, clones were taken off during defoliation session during 2nd week of flower.
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@Concision
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This was my first grow, so I was happy to get anything to harvest. Ended up with just about a half ounce of some pretty amazing bud.
I initially started growing with Miracle-Gro, mainly because I'm dumb, which led to pretty bad nutrient burn and stunted growth around week 4. After some suggestions by the users here at GrowDiaries, I switched to Advanced Nutrients, and followed TaNgs EASY Auto Feeding Schedule that incorporated pH Perfect Sensi Grow Part A &B, Overdrive, and Carboload. My plant bounced back really well after this, but didn't add much growth.
This was my first grow, and GSC was very forgiving and survived me messing up many times along the way. The final product smells and tastes delicious, and packs quite a punch. Very euphoric and uplifting feelings, with a moderate amount of dry mouth.
I still have a few more of these seeds, so I'll probably be starting another grow in the near future.
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@Hazeterpz
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Still stretching like crazy and no flower or sex showing in site
Had a little fun with the filter 🤪
My ec at that moment was at 0.8-0.9
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@Ozgrow
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just about finished up this week. Choc mint 1 is about ready for chop. Chopped couple of main colas as i seen couple of signs of budrot. Dropped lights down to 400w each as temps are starting to rise above 30c.
Choc mint 2 is looking unreal. Heaps of huge colas,think i will pull the most of this one. Will probably give till day 65.
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@Sublyme_ness
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She continues to look like she has a nitrogen problem.I'm stumped. pehaps its just fading.. or too much nutes ot needs a bit of flushing. will switxh to a less flores more boost and freah water to see how it goes. i still think my ph was a bit high.. not sure if ive seen any diff from feeding at 6.2 with some cal mag early in the week..
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@Bluemels
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Tag 48: Obwohl die Pflanze nicht gut aussieht, schicke ich sie in die Blüte. Ein Versuch...
Nach einer Woche Blüte sieht die Pflanze kaum besser aus viel zu helle Blätter, ich gebe den Dünger nach Schema, vielleicht muss ich schon früher den Blüte Dünger einsetzen, wie bei den Automatic die werden richtig gut. Ich werde diesen Grow abbrechen da sich kaum noch lohnt mit der Pflanze weiter zu machen.
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@HIAZ_urbanbudfarmer
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Plant at the front #3 has had slowed growth but buds are filling out pretty well now, pretty sure she is a Orange sherbet. Back 2 are on week 3 day 17!!! & Are going Awesome, buds stacking up & down every branch! Going to get some really good Cola's of them! They are loving the 730watts!’ of light, back left plant looks like a Tropicana Cookies, going to do some defoliation on her & tie branches down a bit to open up middle of plant to allow more light & air to lower bud sites.
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@donovanliam
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Pictures are gonna suck till I get an actual camera my phones camera.. just got CALiMAGic and diamond nectar. So I'm looking forward to see how she likes it . Updated to come
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@Greenzfingerz
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Everythings ok lettin em do their thing. 4 weeks from switch but technically 3rd week of flower. Just a waiting game hoping for swell soon.more updates on photos to follow
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@Bawzs
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Heloooh
So this sour tangie is starting to grow realy nicely, it seems that it recoverd good from their transplantation.
it's got small branches popping up everywhere . witch will be nice when i start putting them under my hid that's arriving soon.
I gave it some alga grow and not seeing burning on the leave's so will probably continue this.
Happy with my grow so far let's hope these plants grow big in flowering, they got a nice base so far.
Greetings
Bawzs
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@youdan
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tuna genetica fuori di testa , i terpeni sono solamente funk, gas, e terroso come una vera kush la adoro anche perche il thc sembra essere molto elevato sicuramente da rifare
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@Wiffz_CBD
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It was a lot of work to get them harvested. Happy with the smell and quality. This was the last run I did with them. A fun grow.