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07/09 - 3 days after breaking ground On the second day had to remove the residue of the seed that was gluing the leaves together. Video attached Turned the light to 50% and around 50cm from the plants. All systems - check
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They popped up 2nd of January after germination. Biobizz soils mixed just using oxy plus for first couple of weeks as well as silicone
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🌸 Week 5 Flower – Frost on the Horizon We’ve reached the midway mark of flower, and the Mango Kush sisters are entering their true production phase. What started as white hairs and clusters is now becoming recognizable bud sites, with calyx swelling, pistils stacking, and resin glands beginning to form. Even though the two phenos are still at slightly different paces, both are showing the strength of Mango × Hindu Kush genetics: dense flower set, uniform branching, and a promise of rich aromas to come. ⸻ 💧 Feeding Update – Adjusting for Signs & Demands This week we observed minor leaf spotting, likely an early sign of calcium/magnesium imbalance. With the canopy pushing hard into bloom, demand for structural nutrients rises. To address this, we adjusted the recipe: Updated Feeding Mix (per liter): • 🌿 Aptus Regulator – 0.15 ml • 🌿 Aptus CalMag Boost – 0.35 ml (slight increase for leaf support) • 🌿 Aptus All-In-One Liquid – 1 ml (reintroduced for balanced NPK support) • 🌿 Plagron Sugar Royal – 1 ml • 🌿 Plagron Green Sensation – 1 ml Why this change? • All-In-One Liquid provides a steady base of NPK to complement the super soil and ensure no hidden deficiencies appear as flowers bulk. • CalMag Boost increased slightly to help counter early spotting and reinforce leaf health. • Sugar Royal & Green Sensation remain to push terpene, resin, and bud density. 🌱 Educational Takeaway: At mid-flower, nutrition must shift slightly from “steering” to supporting. The plant is now a high-demand engine, and small deficiencies show quickly. Adding back a balanced NPK base (All-In-One) ensures pistil and calyx production doesn’t stall. ⸻ 🌡️ Environment – Riding the Heat The room remains lively but challenging: • 🌡️ Temps: peaking at 31–34°C • 💧 RH: 50–60% • 📊 VPD: ~1.8–2.0 kPa While slightly hotter than ideal, the Mango Kush girls are holding strong thanks to airflow and the resilience provided by biostimulants like Sugar Royal and Regulator. An AC unit is on the way, which will stabilize the climate moving forward. 🌱 Educational Takeaway: High VPD increases water demand, plants drink more, transpire faster, and pull nutrients quicker. This can be beneficial if balanced correctly, but also risky: deficiencies show up faster, and stress can slow bud formation. Monitoring and adjusting is the key. ⸻ 💡 Lighting – Mid-Canopy Power Boost Our lighting orchestra is now running at higher intensity to fuel flower bulking: • ThinkGrow Model One – deep penetration into the canopy • 2× ThinkGrow ICL-300 bars – mid-canopy support, ensuring no shadowed sites • Future of Grow Black Series 600W – full-spectrum coverage • Lumatek Zeus 465W Compact Pro – evening out the footprint PPFD is averaging 750–800 µmol/m²/s, which is perfect for mid-flower. The canopy is even, with bud sites developing from top to bottom. 🌱 Educational Takeaway: Mid-canopy lighting like the ICL-300 prevents “popcorn buds” by ensuring lower sites receive enough light intensity to develop properly. The result: fuller plants, less larf, more usable flower. ⸻ 🌱 Genetics in Action – Mango Kush Week 5 • Pheno #1 – Still ahead, stacking pistils into early bulking buds, beginning to sparkle under macro view. • Pheno #2 – Catching up fast, with strong pistil growth and early calyx development. Though she started later, her structure is filling in beautifully. Both phenos are showing that classic Mango Kush balance: fruit-forward aromas beginning to rise when you brush the flowers, with the Kush backbone promising earthy depth in the final cure. ⸻ 🔮 What to Expect & What Not to Expect ✅ Expect this week and next: • Rapid calyx swelling → buds begin “rounding out” • Trichome initiation across sugar leaves • First noticeable sticky texture • Stronger aroma when handling ❌ Not yet: • Full frost coverage (peaks Weeks 6–7) • True terpene explosion (Weeks 7–8) • Final density (Weeks 7–9) 🌱 Educational Takeaway: Week 5 is often where growers get impatient. Resist the urge to overfeed or over-adjust. Buds are setting their foundation now, the bulk and frost come with time. ⸻ 🔄 Recap – The Journey So Far • Weeks 0–2: Seedlings established, Aptus Start Booster support • Weeks 3–4 Veg: Rapid branching, transplant into super soil + Aptus Mycor-Mix & Buffer • Week 5 (Flip): 12/12, stretch begins • Flower Weeks 1–2: Power Buds introduced, lighting expanded • Flower Week 3: Flower set established, pistils everywhere • Flower Week 4: Bulking begins, feeding simplified • 🌸 Flower Week 5 (Now): Buds swelling, trichomes emerging, All-In-One Liquid reintroduced, environment monitored closely ⸻ 🙏 Gratitude To everyone following along, thank you. Each week is a balance of science, art, and patience, and it means a lot to share this journey together. The Mango Kush sisters are teaching us once again: growth happens in stages, and trust in the process brings the best results. ⸻ 💭 Grower’s Note: “This week felt like the garden finally started to sparkle. The first trichomes are here, pistils are building like fireworks, and even with the heat waves, the girls stand tall. Pheno #1 is racing, Pheno #2 is steady — and together, they remind me that nature never grows in straight lines, only in rhythms.” 📲 Don’t forget to Subscribe and follow me on Instagram and YouTube @DogDoctorOfficial for exclusive content, real-time updates, and behind-the-scenes magic. We’ve got so much more coming, including transplanting and all the amazing techniques that go along with it. You won’t want to miss it. • GrowDiaries Journal: https://growdiaries.com/grower/dogdoctorofficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dogdoctorofficial/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dogdoctorofficial There’s a new series blooming and it’s more than just plants. It’s about process, patience, and paying attention. ⸻ 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/ ⸻ 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. 💚 Growers love to all 💚
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The gas tax x obama runtz is a disappointment so far just like my skunk apple runtz starting to realize how much work legit breeders actually put in to make a good strain. The plant liked being topped it just has not hit its stride yet it definitely going to be a skiny lady The day has come and it's time to flip these ladies to flower. I was planning on letting them go untill Friday and let the smaller ones grow just a bit more but they will be fine. I have the eternity cup contest in mind and I'm thinking timing so I need to get these lady done and out my tent lol. This past week I turned the light up alot getting them ready to flower they have grown a bunch inhavendone lst maybe 5 it 6 times on the branchs and they arw nit bendy anymore that will help durring flower.
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Scope shows 80% or more cloudy so I decided to chop 596 wet grams was easy to harvest start at 1:00 ended 3:30. Wet trim then when dry I will dry trim to perfection. Got finished dry yield 150grams of nice bud.
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Another healthy week and these bugs are getting Frosty
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Short summary of my pheno hunt for a gas strain to build up a lib
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@LouShott
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8/10/2018 Day 15 - ppm=605 ph=5.6 Temp=27.6c-26.0c Day 16 - ppm=605 ph=5.6 Temp=26.4c-25.6c Day 17 - ppm=613 ph=5.6 Temp=27.3c-26.7c Day 18 - ppm=623 ph=5.5 Temp=27.6c-22.8c Day 19 - ppm=630 ph=5.5 Temp= 27.4c-22.6c Day 20 - ppm=640 ph=5.4 Temp=28.0c-23.6c Day 21 - ppm=652 ph=5.6 Temp=27.6c-22.8c I havent had to do much with her at all this week, she looks healthy and ppm of nutrients is rising nicely there is about 10l of feed left of the 20l reservoir so i will probably top it up next week at some point. Check out the time-lapse of the week, turn the volume up 👌👍
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Muy caros los productos, efectivos pero me sigen pareciendo caros, probaré nuevas gamas! Un saludo
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12/09/2022 - 36 days since my little girl sprouted from seeds🌱 The first week of flowering my Orange Sherbet 🍨🍨🍨 Nutrients: Jungle Indabox - This week I adjust the dose of nutrients to support flowering and added nutrients - flowering stimulators: Jungle Urban A: 0.5 ml Jungle Urban B: 1.5 ml Jungle Urban M: 1 ml Flower stimulators: Jungle Environ X: 1ml Advanced Nutrients - Bud Candy 2 ml Advanced Nutrients - Bud Ignitor 1 ml Advanced Nutrients - Big Bud 2ml Hesi Root Complex - 5ml - last week of adding this nutrient Atami - ATA Calmag - when growing under LED lights it is recommended to use Calmag and Atami is an excellent brand, I give the same as in vegetation: 0.5ml. Lights: I don't change Bloom light, I still use Mars Hydro TS1000 - 150w full spectrum, great light to use both in vegetation and flowering 💡💡 Training: LST: third attachment of all twigs where flowers are formed 🌸🌸 Defoliation: the first big defoliation took place in the middle of the week, I removed the large leaves at the bottom of the plants and those that shaded the flowers 🍃🌞 The little girl has only grown by 5 cm since last week, she is already putting all her strength into flowering. The pistils at the ends of the twigs already form white tufts 😊💓 I can smell a subtle scent of herbs and flowers, but very subtle indeed. I'm already looking forward to the girl smelling the whole room and I can smell all the notes of her aroma🌼 Thanks for the likes and you can follow me on Twitter 🐦: @ Targona666 See you soon 😍
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Day 55! Just shy of the 8 week mark, I reckon next week the Lemon cherries will be getting the 🔪 buds swollen out nice, still lots of white pistils and very clear trichomes, but with the way there developing I’ll have to keep a close eye.. gorillas starting to bulk up now, as always I’m looking forward to what this week brings, untill next time! 👊🏻
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Plantas finamente transplantadas. Ainda serão mantidas em vegetativo apenas até que o "choque" do transplante passe e então serão levadas a florir. Agora utilizando 2 LED 50W 6500K. Estufa toda em alumínio com extrator 4".
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Orange juice and gym bag funk, way too much flavour to do more than a dab or two a day of this. Nice high, and low 20%'s rosin return.
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SWEETSEEDS JACK47 Variety SWS31 Indica: 20% / Sativa: 76,9% / Ruderalis: 3,1% THC: 18-21% · CBD: 1,1% Indoor Yield: 450-600 gr/m2 Outdoor Yield: 50-200 gr/plant Indoor/Outdoor Harvest: 9 weeks from germination Height: 50-120 cm Excellent auto strain.. Had a bit of problem with excess light and under watering but that is growers error on my side.. Great experience growing her and she helped me learn more about automatic strains.. Beautiful sativa dominant strain with fluffy flowers with big bulbous buds as tops.. Very nice clean high that will keep you happy and focused.. https://www.viparspectra.com/?aff=454&utm_source=affiliate https://partners.viparspectra.com/create-account?ref=454 Coupons - code: Itxsgdvip code: JEF https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CHCFCG1?ref_=ast_sto_dp
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I’m getting close to harvest; I’ve already done a root flush on the most advanced plants. I’ll try to do it gradually, both due to time and to avoid excess humidity, since where I live the lowest I can get, even with everything open, is around 50%. I’m also applying a foliar preventive treatment against fungi. Additionally, instead of watering lightly and frequently, I’m trying to water less and keep the soil dry for more days. The leaves are starting to change color, a sign that harvest time is approaching. I have a carbon filter, but they still give off a smell that’s hard to hide.
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Happy Chrimbus. TW is looking better this week, lots of growth in the nodes, the stalk looks THICK. BUT she also is a weird plant because I know nothing about it. Was found in my bud from the test plant. Just switched over to my large tent so the two can be alone to grow. I topped her a few days ago and looks to recovering well. :) 2019.12.29 well well well this beautiful bitch is pre flowering and showing ITS A GIRL! im so so so happy. YAY I plant to keep her in veg maybe 2/3 more weeks- she isnt very tall.
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Día 29 (18/11) Subo a DLI 45 CBD Auto 20:1 #1 sigue sin mostrar las preflores... ¿será una auto tardía o será una fotoperiódica? Cada planta empieza a tomar su ritmo de riego personalizado, así que allá vamos: CBD Auto 20:1 #1 1000 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 0 ml LSD-25 Auto 750 ml OG Kush Auto 750 ml He observado que regar 1 litro de golpe provoca escorrentía (llevándose nutrientes del Super Soil), de modo que riego primero 750 ml, y a los 5-10 minutos añado 250 ml adicionales y el sustrato es capaz de absorberlo todo😁 Día 30 (19/11) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 sigue sin mostrar las preflores... Debido a que no para de crecer CBD Auto 20:1 #1, decido hacerle una buena defoliación y algo de Lollipopping. A ver como reacciona! Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 750 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 750 ml LSD-25 Auto 500 ml OG Kush Auto 500 ml Día 31 (20/11) Por fin CBD 20:1 Auto #1 muestra las preflores (femeninas)! 😍 Parece que va a ser una Late Bloomer! OG Kush Auto están empezando a estirarse, parece que va a ser un monstruo! Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 750 ml Día 32 (21/11) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 se muestra imparable en su crecimiento a pesar de la defoliación y el Lollipopping de hace dos días De modo que me decido a hacerle Supercropping! Dicen que NO se debe hacer Supercropping a las Autos, pero siempre me gusta experimentar y ver que ocurre. Come on! Un día muy divertido! 😁 Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 750 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 500 ml LSD-25 Auto 750 ml OG Kush Auto 750 ml Día 33 (22/11) CBD Auto 20:1 #1 se ha recuperado estupendamente! No deja de crecer y estirar cada una de sus ramas! OG Kush Auto está estirándose muchísimo (4 cm / día), de modo que decido hacer LST a la cola principal para buscar una nivelación de la canopia Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 750 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 0 ml LSD-25 Auto 0 ml OG Kush Auto 0 ml Día 34 (23/11) OG Kush Auto se ha recuperado muy bien del LST! 😍 La rama principal ya está apuntando hacia arriba y creciendo! El resto de ramas de OG Kush Auto empiezan a estirarse igualando la canopia Le aplico un ligero LST para espaciar y distribuir las ramas Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 1000 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 750 ml LSD-25 Auto 750 ml OG Kush Auto 750 ml Día 35 (24/11) Lollipopping & Defoliation day! 😍💥💨😁 CBD Auto 20:1 #1 Lollipopping de todos los nodos y hojas quedan por debajo del plano "virtual" que marca el supercropping CBD Auto 20:1 #2 Defoliación de algunas hojas de abanico que tapan a cogollos inferiores LSD-25 Auto Defoliación de algunas hojas de abanico que tapan a cogollos inferiores & Lollipopping de una par de nodos de las 2 ramas inferiores OG Kush Auto Eliminación de las ramas del 1er nudo (eran enanas y débiles) y defoliación de algunas hojas de abanico que tapan a cogollos inferiores. Riego H2O RO CBD Auto 20:1 #1 1000 ml CBD Auto 20:1 #2 0 ml LSD-25 Auto 0 ml OG Kush Auto 0 ml 💦Nutrients by Bio Tabs - www.biotabs.nl/en/ 🌱Substrate PRO-MIX HP BACILLUS + MYCORRHIZAE - www.pthorticulture.com/en-us/products/pro-mix-hp-biofungicide-plus-mycorrhizae "GDBT420" 15% DISCOUNT code for the BIOTABS Webshop https://biotabs.nl/en/shop/
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She's being grown without any training method,just 100% natural and organically grown,in her soil mix she has guanokalong seaweed powder,complete organics and grow and flo by florians living organics which is full of humic and fulvic acids and 10 different types of mycorrizae and beneficial fungus,plus I'm watering with guanokalong extract and also my lactobacillus liquid made by myself,she looks super happy and green,she's definitely a big lady and she loves her house 😍💚🌱 #organicmedicine ✌️
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08/09/2021 - Beginning of week 3 flowering, noticing buds forming at almost every node I left from defoliating branches. 08/11/2021 - Watered with molasses
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7/5/25 plant is stretching. Not sure if its preflowering or just being outside in a bigger pot. Im just going to let her grow naturally and see how it turns out. I may end up with just one diary of each strain at the moment. But im also not sure whether im going to be doing indoor or outdoor based on personal circumstances.