VallyFruit 2 cut for a personal treat I got one more for seeds with FireBerry pollen doner!

This has been by far the best results I have ever seen. Ladies are all progressing super quickly, I attribute this to the addition of the Blurple light and the brand of soil I am using. Earlier in the week I added some training clips to the Lemon AK & Gelato to better control the structure I was waiting for the stems to harden before I took them off but they seem to be breaking them! Excited to see what this week holds.

Plants + Fertilization At the beginning of this week (and after the stresses and strains of the last few weeks), I decided to give the soil a little boost so that it could get back on track to reach its full potential. For this, I mixed approx. 1 part worm humus and biochar with about 2 parts lukewarm water and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes. This is significantly shorter than recommended, but should still be enough for the biochar to absorb the organisms and then release them into the substrate later. [Without this charging process, the charcoal can also undergo this loading process within the substrate due to its microporous structure, and with that, actually draw nutrients from the soil!] Besides that, I looked more into the living soil topic and now think that what I noticed at some leaves might actually be a normal side effect from the living soil. The assimilation of nutrients is more complex than in traditional setups and the plant itself takes a bigger part in balancing the whole symbiose of every part of that system. (You can't just 'give' the system the nutrients it needs, it needs to make them available on its own.) Environment + Organisms +Pests Due to the removal of the sand and the watering, the humidity rose by about 10% and is now exactly where I wanted it to be at this point in time. A little hack: I filled a stainless steel bowl with water and placed it on the lamp's cooling element. This not only cools the lamp and extends its life, but also creates slight thermal turbulence and increases the humidity in the tent. II also noticed some kind of mites (I guess Oribatida?) that seem to help deconstruct the organic matter - another sign that the soil is still eager to work! At day 47 I also (again) implemented 2 sticky fly traps, to 1: observe what kind of critters I have in my setup and 2: keep the Sciaridae under controle. As you can see, there are already some gnatson there (1 day after placing them) but also a hugh amount of spingtails. This is a bit unfortunate, since I want them in my system, but also ain't a significant problem, as it only affects a fraction of the springtails. LST The Mimosa Cake Auto grows extremely densely and needs to be defoliated almost daily, otherwise the leaves pile up and form literal reservoirs of moisture. For this reason, I also regularly remove side shoots. My goal for all shoots is to be at least 5-10 cm apart so that they don't grow into each other. (I will introduce a SCROG in 1-2 weeks). Apart from that, the Mimosa could be on the verge of developing a small crack at the top of the main stem, as the nodal spacing is so small that the side shoots completely fill that nodal spacing with their diameters, thus building up a lot of tension. (Pre-)Flower During my observation, I noticed that one of the axillary pre-flowers appeared to be a male pollen sac, which I removed as a precaution - just to be safe. Besides that, no abnormalies. (Living) Soil On day 49, I decided to conduct a soil analysis using a pH test. This is the most important indicator of healthy (living) soil and should be roughly between 6 and 7, ideally between 6.4 and 6.6. According to the test results, my soil is a little too alkaline, but should still be within the acceptable range. Top dressings with leaves or wurm castings and the decompositional processes within the soil should make the it more acidic anyway - I will support this by watering with stale tap water or rainwater.

😉

18h in 0,5% H2O2. Soil: The living soil was from Dope soil. The soil was used for one grow and keep alive over 5 months. 1 month ago i gave some new compost (5L) a new mulch cover. Compost tea 900 mL compost + 10 L rain water, brewed for 18h.

The Ztrawberriez Auto is very resistant has a great sweet strawberry smell throughout the garden. As you can easily see from my grow question, I was initially afraid for the plants due to the high temperature in the greenhouse (as soon as the sun shone ~40 degrees). It turned out that the plant seemed to like it and rewarded me with beautiful buds with purple tips. Growdiaries won't let me delete the question otherwise this would have happened long ago... She finished very quickly and took just 70 days from seed to harvest. All this confirms that fastbuds is the right address for autoflowers. I'm already looking forward to the next run. Make sure to follow out instgram channel Krautbauern420

First week of 12|12 and the girls are craving for light and space

Week 2 going strooong 💪🏼 Started some LST on it, watering with water and root booster 2-2 💧 You can see how the damaged two leaves are developing, but looks like it didn’t affect the growing. Hoping for good results 💚 Day 13, watering her once in two days (250ml) 2 times with plain water and 2 times with molasses water+root/growth booster and there is dry organic fertiliser in the soil (NPK 8-5-1) 🌱 growing good, took her further away from light (now 50cm) hoping for some stretch 😉 Day 14, finally got the bio-bizz nutrients, starting to add those, transplanted to bigger textile pot, gave her water + bio grow today 🌱

Plants kept growing and didn't die lol were not healthy the whole way through but im yet to have a always healthy 100% no leaves dying off plant. She smokes and smells sooooo good though the bag appeal is there for sure

Final de este hermoso seguimiento, grandes centrales resinosos con intenso olor a dulce 🍬

To update, just keeping photos up to date...

Estamos ya a falta de 15..20 dias

S8 Floración

It’s been a real pleasure to watch them grow☮️💨..

Pre-flowering stage, stretching phase. Today exactly 14.41 hours of light. Average week's temperatures 80°F High humidity, some stormy days, hew heat wave is coming. Afghan is a massive plant and is almost ready to flower. Branches are very thick and sticky. Great smell. Starting to defoliate the bottom canopy. No issues, no pests, no need 4 food.

Welcome to week six! 🌱 Week five was a complete success – all parameters are perfectly aligned. I’ve increased the water conductivity to a solid 3000 and bumped the CO2 level up to 1200 🌿. Light intensity is now set at 1400 µmol in the center and 1000 at the edges, which will keep the plants strong in their generative state 🌞. I’ll maintain these levels until the end of the third week and then start slowly removing the large fan leaves to ensure the buds get plenty of light 💡✨. I’m also trying something new to activate the “Emerson effect” 🌄: I’m running the deep red lights for 5 minutes before sunset and for another 5 minutes after the day ends. This should give the plants a final boost in photosynthesis, helping to maximize their growth potential! Everything’s looking fantastic so far! The Black Cherry has rooted well across different experimental setups, and at the end of the grow, I’ll provide a full report on the best care techniques for both strains 🌺👌. Willkommen in Woche sechs! 🌱 Die fünfte Woche lief perfekt – alle Parameter stimmen. Ich habe die Leitfähigkeit des Wassers auf satte 3000 erhöht und den CO2-Gehalt auf 1200 angehoben 🌿. Die Lichtstärke beträgt jetzt 1400 µmol in der Mitte und 1000 am Rand, was dafür sorgen wird, dass die Pflanzen stark im generativen Zustand bleiben 🌞. Ich werde diese Werte bis Ende der dritten Woche beibehalten und dann langsam damit beginnen, die großen Sonnensegel zu entfernen, damit die Blüten ordentlich Licht abkriegen 💡✨. Zusätzlich probiere ich etwas Neues aus, um den „Emerson-Effekt“ zu aktivieren 🌄: Ich lasse das tiefrote Licht 5 Minuten vor Sonnenuntergang und 5 Minuten nach dem Ende des Tages weiterlaufen. Das sollte der Photosynthese einen letzten Schub geben und das Wachstum der Pflanzen maximal fördern! Bis jetzt sieht alles fantastisch aus! Die Black Cherry ist in verschiedenen Versuchsreihen gut angewachsen, und am Ende des Grows werde ich einen ausführlichen Bericht darüber abgeben, wie sich die beiden Sorten am besten pflegen lassen 🌺👌.

Could have done her better.