The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@DeepWaterGrower
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Hi guys, just a quick info for whoever read this diary:
I started this run with two plants but during Week 9 (57 days: 49 vegetative + 8 flowering) I had to remove the one on the right due slow growth (issue started after I topped her).
Enjoy the reading.
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Third run begins.
🍪🍦Cookies Gelato by RQS, my first time with photoperiods.
I created this diary at the end of January but due some problem with the new drip system (too ph oscillations), I decided to go back to my first love: the DWC.
This time, however, I decided to build my own DWC, taking into account the negative aspects that I find in the expensive DWC of various brands.
This tank has about 50 liters capacity and on the bottom I have inserted a metal tap that will help me with the solution changes.
The lid is made up of two parts, the upper one on which I made a hole in which I inserted a 2 liter planter full of expanded clay and the two root riot;
the front part of the lid is magnificent because it opens and allows me to do a quick check of PH and EC.
This time I'm going to count the days from the germination date. I'm going to VEG for about 40 days, then switch to 12/12 for about 70 days.
I plan on topping the plants during week 4, then defoliation + SCROG during week 5, switch 12/12 during week 6. Then lollipopping at the end of the stretch.
In this run I will use my new MARS HYDRO TS1000 2022 (already have one with 2021 MOSO driver), bought a few days ago to test the latest model with the proprietary Mars Hydro driver. I'm sure there will be further improvement in my performance 💪.
No sponsor for me yet, what I have is what I bought but I hope someone can help me to bring my crops to the next level. I'm planning to buy a new 90x90 tent and a nice 300/480 watt lamp would be very nice. Crossed fingers! 🤞
🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱GERMINATION STAGE🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
- 20/2/23: seeds in a glass of demineralized water, 2 drops of rootbastic and 3 drops of hydrogen peroxide for 24 hours, then in root riot;
- 21/2/23: seeds under TS1000: 100 cm distance / 33% dimmer = 50 watt;
- 22/2/23: first Cookies Gelato sprouted;
- 23/2/23: second Cookies Gelato sprouted. - Got some gift from RQS, really appreciated.
I'll consider tomorrow as 1° day of veg for all 2 seedlings. I'll switch 'em to 12/12 after 40/45 days of veg.
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@Ryno1990
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This big girl Grapes an Cream from Atlas seeds is still the biggest one out of the 4 she has been blowing up with growth even after being topped a couple times still just impresses me with how great she's doing under this medic grow fold 6 loving these cultured biologix nutrients
Ending week 5 this big girl is doing great has been thriving ever since I put her in her final 3 gallon pot
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@Lickey
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Starting off the 5th week of flower. Buds seem to be filling out well.
Day32F - some minor trimming of larger leaves blocking bus sites.
Watering 2L about every 3 days. Wish I could lift the pots.
Add recharge about once a week.
Final feeding will be Gaia green 284 bloom treating the plants as 2 or 2.5 gallon rather than 5 since pots are over sized. maybe add some high phos bat guano and a little worm casting and kelp. All top dressed
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@Rollex420
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Dos Si Dos # 33 ready for drying in the jar, honest weight (53,5g) seeing the structure which was very small I would have expected something less..
but I am very satisfied. the quality of this weed is absolutely at the top, the taste is very well defined.. when smoked it makes your nose tingle,flavor it is mainly pure lemon with a hint of mint in it. even the strong smell induces an entire room in a few seconds without even smoking it yet.
I also collected a 0.4g of scissor hash which turned out very well.
it is my favorite in this crop because it surprised me in everything both for its unique terpene profile and for its yield that I never expected given its size compared to wedding cakes.
the total weight therefore of all three plants is (135.5g) and a total trim of (44.9g)
that according to the calculations even of these crops I reached (1g/watt) precisely. (And im not a pro)
I am certainly satisfied with that. 🙌🏻💚
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@nonick123
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Bienvenidos a la semana #6 😀 😬 🙏
Día 39 (26/06)
Esta planta no para de crecer!
Dudo entre hacer de nuevo Topping o LST, y como tengo unos clips muy chulos, me decido hacerle LST
Día 40 (27/06)
¡Ha respondido genial al LST! Se ha puesto de nuevo hacia arriba en unas horas y está tirando ramas de los internodos que han quedado más expuestos.
Los nuevos abonos también le han dado un verdor espectacular a los ápices superiores
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Continuamos con organic way!
Se echa en la parte superior del sustrato
11 gramos de harina de huesos
11 gramos de guano de murciélago
Se riega con 1000 ml de la siguiente mezcla: 1 ml/l de Melaza + 30 ml/l de Té de Hummus
Se renueva el mulch!
Día 41 (28/06)
Día nublado. Nada que decir
Se nota que el mulch hace su efecto reteniendo la humedad
Día 42 (29/06)
Crecimiento non stop! :-D
Día 43 (30/06)
Se riega con 1000 ml de la siguiente mezcla: 1 ml/l de Melaza + 40 ml/l de Té de Hummus
pH = 6.4
EC = 1600
Día 44 (01/07)
Intento domar a esta fiera de la naturaleza con LST
A ver quien puede más! LOL
Receta de Guanato (méritos a @deFharo)
Ingredientes:
125 gr de guano de murcielago
1 litro de agua (osmosis o grifo reposada)
25 g de hidróxido de potasio
Pasos
1- Disolver el Hidróxido de Potasio en 500 ml de agua
2- Añadir el guano de murcielago y remover
3- Revolver o agitar varias veces
4- A las 24 horas añadir el resto del agua (500 ml) a 40 - 50 ºC
5- Revolver varias veces al día durante al menos 3 días (alargarlo hasta 6-7 días si no hay prisa)
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@GreenCasual
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Plant has stopped growing. Buds are beginning to swell up and a cute orange-purple colour is appearing on the calyxes !
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@Kirsten
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Acapulco, gold has gone absolutely crazy, and we have so many branches. I have lollipoped her this week, too.
She is still stretching, hopefully that's gonna end real soon, because we have no room left in the tent, and we're getting light burn.
I have been moving the plant around to maximise the light exposure and minimise the light stress and heat damage, she has been drinking a fair amount.
I'm just trying to get the fungus gnat population under control with some sticky traps.
Here is what I did this week.
ACAPULCO GOLD Top dress:
🧡 1/2L Canna Coco
🧡 1/3L Perlite
Amendments:
💚 1/4 Cup Diatomaceous Earth
💚 1/4 Cup Ground Cinnamon
💚 1 TSP Ecothrive Grow
💚 1 TBSP Ecothrive Bloom
💚 2 TBSP Ecothrive Life Cycle
💚 1 TBSP Ecothrive Charge
Top dressed 27.8.25.
27.8.25:
I watered with 6.5L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 5.8 with;
💜 1 TSP CAL-MAG
💜 40 ML FLOURISH
💜 1/2 TSP BUD EXPLOSION
💜 1 TSP MEGA CROP PART A
PH: 5.8
PPM: 910
28.8.25:
I watered with 4L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.5 with;
💜 1TSP Sea K(elp) Greenleaf Nutrients
PH: 6.5
PPM: 418
29.8.25:
I watered with 4L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.5 with;
💜 1ml Trace
PH: 6.5
PPM: 321
31.8.25:
I watered with 4.5L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.2 with;
💜 2ml Trace
💜 1 TSP Biosys
PH: 6.2
PPM: 373
Thanks for checking out this week and for hanging out in the comments 😁💚✌️🌱🤞
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@brapzky
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I figured nothing could go wrong with 50% amber / 50% milky trichomes.
Harvest day, Medical Mass: Huge buds and no traumas but got bud rot because of too high temps. The best I've ever smoked.
Harvest day, Pineapplex Express: Got an early trauma when transplanting but handled it beautifully. Potent smoke.
Pretty satisfied for a first grow, and I have a lot of changes for my 2nd grow!
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@TiRobotProds
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20/11 Ce petit se développe super vite, irrigation a l'eau uniquement tous les 2/3jours.
Bientôt transplantation pots 6L pour plus de développement. Reste sur le réseau growers.
26/11 repiquer dans un pots de 6L dans du ATAMI - Janeco-Light Mix qui es super pour développer davantage de racine . Arrosage a l'eau ph 6,5.
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@Ganjagrandaddy
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after lots of screw ups and rescues, res changes , ph research and advice from respected growers , it feels things are on the way in the right direction.
The girls have been through a lot and now seem over the worst . Reading and listening to the logic behind keeping the P.H at 6.2 for RDWC seedlings and young plants to help with heat stress and also to lessen the stress of cal and mag issues. It has been a great sucess here and the first night they fed the most they have since i set this up. They are looking very green and healthy where new growth has been happening. the roots are getting bigger and longer and i can see why people talk about the roots so much . lol.
i did think i had got root rot due to losing some roots into the tubs but this was due to the damamge from feeding too strong. the suspected root rot was from the Golden tree and was actually working wonders on te dead roots. . onward and upward .
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@OleGrow
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Cherry A causing me all sorts of issues. She's falling on top of Cherry B. And in turn, Cherry B is hitting into my other plants (Grandpa Stash).
Also noticed what looks like pollen sacs on day 78.
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@MatthewVC
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They’re growing so fast and healthy. You can easily notice the growth daily. Constantly responding very well to all training.
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@GrowIT
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this week I wanted to add a wire mesh between the pot and the saucer, to make the roots breathe more and not to sediment the nutrients on the bottom. I increased the ventilation because in flowering it needs less humidity and decreased the nutrients after noticing a yellowing in the tips of the leaves. we are almost there 😍😍
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@Borberad
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Im Laufe der Blüte hatten wir bei Nr.1 schon die kleineren Buds von unten entfernt (ungefähr 3/5 der Pflanze), damit die letzte Kraft hier auch wirklich nur in die Mainbuds geht. Bei Pheno Nr.2 welcher noch ein paar Tage stehen bleiben durfte haben wir es nicht gemacht um einen Vergleich zu haben, wie es sich auf die Mainbuds auswirkt. Jedoch wird der Vergleich etwas hinken, da Pheno1 Foxtails gebildet hat und somit eine komplett andere Blütenstruktur aufweist als Pheno 2.
Tag 73 und die erste der beiden Blumen wurde geköpft. Ein paar Tage hätte man sie aber noch stehen lassen können. Unser Wunschziel welches bei 5-10 % Bernsteinfarben liegt werden wir aber erreichen, da die Trichome noch etwas nachreifen. Im Laufe der Blüte hatten wir bei ihr schon die kleineren Buds von unten entfernt, damit die letzte Kraft hier auch wirklich nur in die Mainbuds geht. Das Ergebnis kann sich sehen lassen.
Tag 75 Erntetag von Blume Nr2.
Farben und Geruch von diesem Pheno gefallen uns extrem gut.
Wir nehmen außerdem diesem Run jedenfalls mit, dass kräftiges lollipoppen zu ordentlichen Mainbuds führt. Da wir Pheno Nr 2 aufgrund von Platzmangel im Canatrol, an der Luft aufhängen müssen bleibt abzuwarten in wie weit der Ertrag sich hier unterscheidet, da wir ganze Äste und nicht nur "Mainbuds" geernetet und gewogen haben.
