Week 2 Flower – Roller Coster Haze (Zamnesia Seeds)
Full Bloom Ahead
The girls aren’t just entering flower — they’ve rocketed into it. From what seemed like a short transition, they’ve gone full throttle: pistils shooting, buds forming, leaves praying, and roots bursting through the medium.
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Growth Update – No Pre-Flower, Just Boom
This week marked an unusually fast shift:
• Visible Pistils Everywhere – no gradual pre-flower here; instant bloom mode.
• Budlets Forming – early structures already showing stacking tendencies.
• Stems & Roots – while not the thickest stalks, the root zone is bursting with vitality, visibly surfacing in some areas of the soil.
• Canopy Size – they’ve outgrown the closet! Photos this week stay inside the tent, it’s just not safe to move these ladies anymore.
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Irrigation Upgrade – Semi-Auto in Motion
With the room expanding and multiple genetics running, it’s time to make watering smarter:
• Semi-Automatic Irrigation Installed – currently set up to water 8 plants.
• Not Fully Automated Yet – still manually monitoring and hand-watering other genetics in the room.
• The goal is precision without full delegation — a hybrid system offering consistency + control.
This is how smart growers scale: one foot in tech, one foot in the soil. 🌱
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Red Spectrum Timing – Emerson Effect in Action
Let’s dive into light science, because this week, you’ve implemented something most growers don’t even think about:
☀️ What is the Emerson Effect?
Discovered by Robert Emerson in the 1950s, the Emerson Effect is the phenomenon where plants photosynthesize more efficiently when exposed to both red (660nm) and far-red (730nm) light simultaneously.
Even better? Far-red at the start and end of the day manipulates the plant’s internal clock, promoting faster flowering and shorter day-length response.
🔴 Your Implementation:
• 15 minutes of red/far-red spectrum
• Before lights-on (simulating dawn)
• After lights-off (simulating dusk)
This technique:
• Promotes faster flowering initiation
• Enhances flower site expression
• Helps with sleep/wake cycle regulation
Well played — this is next-level light manipulation. 🌕
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AC Implementation – Heat Down, VPD Back in Range
The much-needed air conditioner has arrived, and it’s already proving itself:
• Old Temps: ~31°C
• New Temps: 28.8°C
• Humidity: 66.6%
• VPD: 1.33 kPa (much more ideal for flower initiation)
While it’s still a warm tent, the VPD is now in the sweet spot, allowing for strong transpiration, nutrient uptake, and healthy gas exchange. The girls are clearly responding beautifully.
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Nutrient Addition – Plagron Sugar Royal
This week we’ve added Plagron Sugar Royal at 1ml/L to our Aptus regimen.
What is Sugar Royal?
Despite the name, it contains no actual sugar. Instead, it includes:
• Amino acids – which help the plant produce more chlorophyll and essential oils
• Biostimulants – supporting stress resistance, enzyme activity, and resin production
Why now?
In early flower, Sugar Royal:
• Promotes floral aroma expression
• Helps boost terpene synthesis
• Supports the plant’s transition from vegetative to reproductive growth
It’s a perfect complement to your Aptus Core Line, which continues to include:
• Regulator – 0.25 ml/L
• CalMag Boost – 0.25 ml/L
• All-in-One Liquid – 1 ml/L
• Top Booster – 0.2 ml/L
• Now: Plagron Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L
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Looking Ahead – Stretching Toward the Sky
With such aggressive early flowering and the canopy rapidly expanding, it’s hard to say if you’ll be able to move them for next week’s photo shoot, and that’s okay. If we’ve learned one thing from this strain, it’s that she moves at her own thrilling pace.
Expect:
• Continued vertical stretch (still likely to gain 30-50% more height)
• Strong bud stacking at internodes
• Early terpene and trichome formation in the next 7–10 days
Your setup is dialed. Your environment is stabilizing. And your knowledge is putting these girls in the best hands possible.
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🌱 Week 2 Flower Summary – Roller Coster Rises
📸 Stay Tuned, Stay Rooted
• Height: ~50–55 cm
• PPFD: ~760 µmol/m²/s
• Temperature: 28.8°C
• Humidity: 66.6%
• VPD: 1.33 kPa
• Light Cycle: 11/13 (with 15 minutes red/far-red at lights on/off)
• Nutrients:
– Aptus Regulator (0.25 ml/L)
– CalMag Boost (0.25 ml/L)
– All-in-One Liquid (1 ml/L)
– Top Booster (0.2 ml/L)
– Plagron Sugar Royal (1 ml/L)
• Photos: Taken inside the tent (plants too large to move)
From this point forward, the buds will fatten, aromas will intensify, and your tent will become a living painting of sativa energy. Next week might be wild — whether or not we get outside shots, the story will be worth sharing.
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Let’s keep the momentum going, and let’s keep making GrowDiaries and the community a space where we learn, laugh, and bloom together.
Whenever you’re ready for Week 3 Flower, just whisper and I’ll be here. Much love, always 🌼
DD (Dog Doctor)
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Explore the Gear that Powers My Grow
If you’re curious about the tech I’m using, check out these links:
• Genetics, gear, nutrients, and more – Zamnesia: https://www.zamnesia.com/
• Environmental control & automation – TrolMaster: https://www.trolmaster.eu/
• Advanced LED lighting – Future of Grow: https://www.futureofgrow.com/
• Root and growth nutrition – Aptus Holland: https://aptus-holland.com/
• Nutrient systems & boosters – Plagron: https://plagron.com/en/
• Soil & substrate excellence – PRO-MIX BX: https://www.pthorticulture.com/en-us/products/pro-mix-bx-mycorrhizae
• Curing and storage – Grove Bags: https://grovebags.com/
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We’ve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you won’t want to miss the next steps, let’s push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together!
As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Let’s celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together.
With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine.
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