4202024 or backwards, it’s 4202024. I’m sure there will be other palindromic dates in future, but this is the one and only stoner palindrome date that can happen in our lifetimes. Thanks to Seedsman for the idea of a 420 grow-off and the chance to try some of the latest and greatest. Anyway, started some Blueberry Pie F1 Fast seeds from Seedsman today. Very promising sounding genetics, and I’m very keen to see how she goes. Hopefully we won’t get as much wildfire smoke as we did last year. The plan for this plant is a 16 cola manifold with force flowering (12 h darkness) starting in late July for a couple of weeks. Starting in a glass of water on a heat mat at 25 C. Kept in dark using foil. I’ve decided to avoid plastic for the seed starting. Also, based on a science paper I saw this winter, I’m leaving a ripe apple in the dark with the seeds. Apparently the ethylene gas helps, but only in the dark before light is applied. Tried it with tomato and pepper plants and seems to work. First time trying with my cannabis seeds. Will add the reference to the paper some day. Apr 22: moved into soil. Starting three seeds but I only have room for one plant. Will adopt out the other two. Apr 25: removed foil cover (and apple) and set the plants beside the light that is going for tomatoes and peppers. The seedlings need minimal light at this stage so taking it easy. Seems likely we’ll be past last potential frost day soon. 👍

Happy palindromic 4202024. To help celebrate I’m starting a couple of Euphoria seeds and making the first diary entry of the season. This year i’m doing two photoperiod plants, starting today, and two autos that I’ll start in mid-May. Apr 22: moved into soil after about 48 h in 25 C water in the dark. Have a ripe apple beside the seeds under the foil because apparently the ethylene gas that is given off helps. Science paper I happened across last winter - will post reference when I remember. Apr 25: removed foil (and apple) and left on a 25 C heat mat beside a light that is going for tomatoes and peppers. Weak light, warmth, and high humidity is what they need at this stage.

Week 3. First flowers are showing up. Little stretch and still everything is fine and they love to live.

My Clones are rooted. Because of my small space they go directly in 12/12

W10.D1(67) 📅📚🚫🔁🌸 Yesterday did not make it into the diary; alas, sudden tasks have pulled me away from our usual routine. 📅 In this disruption, life's 🚫 unexpected demands have interrupted the flow, yet the 🌸 flowering continues to thrive vigorously. 🌞⏳🌟👀🔜 I have now reached the 14/10 light schedule and am delightedly watching the process unfold. 🌞 Adjusting the daylight hours gradually, I believe we have successfully initiated an irreversible transition. 🌟 With eager 👀, I watch as our champion plant responds, and 🔜 time will reveal if our simulation of the day's shortening has indeed tipped the scales. W10.D2(68) 🌸🐌📈🛑🌱 The flowering is developing slowly and gradually. 🌸 As we carefully observe, the 🐌 pace ensures that each stage of growth is closely monitored. 📈 There's a hope that with the cessation of reducing light hours, the plant 🛑 does not revert to its vegetative state. W10.D3(69) 📅🌸🔄🔬💧 As of today, there are no particular updates – the flowering continues organically. 📅 The natural progression of 🌸 flowering is unhindered, and the nutrient supply scheme has been 🔄 adjusted to better meet the specific needs during this phase. 🌱💡🌿🚰 I continue to work with low doses of various fertilizers, aiming to ensure that the availability of different micronutrients allows for their passive absorption. 🌱 By maintaining a cautious approach with 💡 carefully measured nutrients, we encourage the plant 🌿 to absorb what it needs effortlessly, while minimizing the energy 🚰 spent on active uptake. This strategy optimizes growth without overstressing our plant. W10.D4(70) 📏🌿📈🤞📦 The growth in height continues. 📏 As the 🌿 plant stretches upwards, I sincerely hope 🤞 that I won't have to increase the height of this 📦 grow box again. The upward 📈 trend is promising, yet it challenges the confines of our current setup. W10.D5(71) 🌿📊💧🔬🤔 I see it necessary to introduce some measure of photosynthesis efficiency. 🌿 Considering the available measurements of light and water, this ratio could be directly expressed as the utilization of water in photosynthetic reactions per unit of energy. 💧 The efficiency of 🔬 photosynthesis could potentially be quantified in such a way, offering a direct metric to evaluate. 🌱💦🔍🌞🧐 However, the challenge lies in the fact that plants use water not only for photosynthesis. A significant portion of the water consumed, according to scientific knowledge, leaves the plant through transpiration. 🌱 Understanding that 💦 water is vital, we must 🔍 discern how much is used for 🌞 photosynthesis versus what is expended on transpiration 🧐—a complex task that requires precise measurement and interpretation. W10.D6(72) 🤔📅📷🌿✨ Currently, there are no new thoughts or ideas, I'll just post a photo of another day. 🤔 Daily progression 📅 of our grow is captured in a 📷 snapshot, showcasing the 🌿 plant's ongoing journey and the simple ✨ beauty of another day in the life cycle. W10.D7(73) 🌱💧📈🌿🚿 Yesterday, I increased the watering to 8 liters. 🌱 With this boost in 💧 hydration, I am aiming for a significant 📈 enhancement in the plant’s 🌿 photosynthetic activity. 💦🌞🌱🌧️🔍 Increasing water should accelerate the opportunities for photosynthesis, but it also raises the humidity, which may lead to mold formation. 💦 With increased hydration, the plant enjoys a 🌞 vibrant photosynthetic environment, yet we must remain vigilant as the 🌧️ moisture could foster less desirable conditions, necessitating careful 🔍 monitoring. 🛠️🌬️🌿🔄🏁 I anticipate that changes to the ventilation system will allow me to complete the growth cycle this time around. 🛠️ Adjusting the 🌬️ airflow and climate control, we strive to optimize the environment for our 🌿 plant, setting the stage for a successful 🔄 cycle completion and crossing the 🏁 finish line with robust growth.

Week 5 in 12/12. They love it

defoliation going on rn, will trim the right side of the plant in the coming days to encourage more proper growth. no fert this week. Thats all for now -

This is the first week since she popped.

Defoliated and flipped to 12/12

Week 2

4/22/24 🍓z I was going to take her down after I trimmed off all of the excess leaves and gave her some of the leftover maximum strength food from a space panda in the next tent. She really started taking off again, so I’m gonna keep her going. I’m gonna keep them all going and doing just great really starting to put out a lot of resin. They smell fantastic. I’m having a lot of fun with them so I’m gonna keep them going. I could take them down right now they are ready, but I just wanna grow them a little more. 👍👍👍 4/23/24 Wow they are great. ZStraverriez...hard to type.... is READY! I took the leaves off a couple days ago to see if I would get any growth but nope. So I will use FloraKleen 10ml per gal and do a 2 or 3 gallon flush and put her back in for a day. I harvested the CBD. It smells like berries, just great just the right size in a 2 gallon pot with no training. I found a seed in the CBD, the others might be seeding as well......that is my oldest tent probably has pollen somewhere. Still everything is good, but im getting a new tent...I also just got a MarsHydro light for 100 it's the light bar one. 4/23/24 Apricot and straw. gorilla are growing good. Zstraberriez....which is a HUGE BITCH TO SPELL....but WOW smells like berries and vanilla and happiness. I let some dry for a few hours and put it in the Arizer X2 and she was great. These are so fast and the colors are beautiful too. It's like a perfect autumn day with all the leave changing color. Except my colors are way better and I can smoke them.... 4/24/24 🍓🍓🦍🍑👍💎💎💎 I am seeing lots of resin form. I thought they would be ready to go, but it looks like they just kind of took a little pause and I trimmed off the unnecessary and fading leaves and they got their second wind and now seeing a lot of resin production💎💎💎. they smell great. They look like they’re ready to keep going for another two weeks so I’m gonna do that and I’ll just harvest a little bit along the way I smoke some of all of them this morning and they’re just great. 👍👍👍 4/25/24 I ended up doing a little bit heavier, feeding than usual. I did about 2 mL of all the supplements and now I’m seeing lots of resin. I’m very careful all the other nutrients have burned my plants horribly but I’m very careful in general. Hydroponic seems to do a good job without burning. Fastbuds has a 25 pack of all their different strains mixed together for 100. I might do that. I’m kind of neurotic. I may need to know what I’m growing I think about this. I really like all of their plants they have a personality all of their own. I like Seedsman and the F1 it’s from Royal queen seeds. 4/25/24 🍑🍓🍓

Day 28 [f6] last day before 11 days holiday water on the lower side to prevent lockout while i'm gone, 16 L should last for the whole period pray with me

CHERRY 🍒 COLA 420/FASTBUDS This lady really produces some extra sticky dense buds that look amazing and smell 👍 great! I had no issues with this strain. She was grown in organic soil with only FOOP nutrient line and she responded with some good looking buds!! Overall a easy grow with rewarding results ✨️ one of the strains I would suggest growing 😀!! Stay Growing!! Thank you for stopping by and taking a look it's much appreciated!! Thank you 420/FASTBUDS!! CHERRY 🍒 COLA 420/FASTBUDS

Its finally harvest day.

Its finally harvest day.

Day 23: -Seeing great growth from the little girl, true leaves developing, and slowly burying the stem over as she grows. Showing great resilience so far, and nice rich colour to her leaves 😁 Feeding every other water still. Day 25: - feed today, a nice 2.5L to moisten up the 3gal she's in, no run off, she's very happy and healthy 🙌✌️💚

Day 39 (24.04.2024): I rearranged the automatics so that the first open pollen sacs don't pollinate the girls. Here the wind always comes from the valley and the sea. Nothing should happen to the males behind the females. I placed the two female La Berry Fruta in a place with longer exposure to sunlight. Because she doesn't belong genetically to Fruity and Snowfruit and the two girls also grow much more beautifully. This morning I fed the girls and boys some molasses and Canna Terra Flores. I only give them the extra nutrients once this week. The plants receive organic water continuously and as needed.

First off i would like to say sorry to Sebastian and @Exotic_Seed for not keeping up with the diary. I have neglected this plant and she has been punished. Super low humidity,lack of water,snapped branch and also split the main stalk down the middle the other day. I noticed it a few hrs later and used a pipe cleaner to cinch it back together. 😍

Recently had a gnat issues from what I read it’s something you can run into using build a soil or growing organic so I got some neem oil to handle it it help a lot still have some but a ton less other than that this is where I am with these two everything seems okay so far

Week 12 (17-4 to 23-4) 17-4 Temperature: 23.1 degrees (lights on) 19,1 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 62% (highest) 50% (lowest) 18-4 Temperature: 22.5 degrees (lights on) 17.9 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 61% (highest) 52% (lowest) Opened the reservoir for a couple of minutes. ec 1.4 ph 5.7 19-4 Temperature: 22.5 degrees (lights on) 18.4 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 64% (highest) 54% (lowest) No pictures. 20-4 Temperature: 24.1 degrees (lights on) 19.1 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 65% (highest) 54% (lowest) Light increased from 50% to 60% strength. I also made a new 10L feed, and added it to the reservoir, there was still 2850 ml in the reservoir, so i can calculate how much they get per watering. Opened the reservoir for a couple of minutes. 21-4 Temperature: 24.4 degrees (lights on) 19.3 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 66% (highest) 54% (lowest) No pictures. 22-4 Temperature: 23.7 degrees (lights on) 19.7 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 67% (highest) 42% (lowest) Opened the reservoir for a couple of minutes. 23-4 Temperature: 23.6 degrees (lights on) 17.7 degrees (lights off) Humidity: 64% (highest) 50% (lowest)