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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@ciansta
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Germinated for 24 hours in a glass of water, 48 hours in a paper towel and then I planted them into biodegradable seedling pots. Northern Lights looking a bit ahead of the Dosidos seeds but that was expected I’ve grown Northern Lights before and they sprout real quick. One of the Dosidos’ first true leaves is looking a bit wonky but we’ll see how it goes I suppose.
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@Mr_McNasty408
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Day 36 (1/11/21)
Nutes:
Veg A: 3.83 g/gal
Veg B: 2.58 g/gal
PPM: 1050
Water temp: 59°F
pH: 5.7
Day 37 (1/12/21)
Nutes:
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1150
Water temp: 59°F
pH: 5.7
Day 38 (1/13/21)
Nutes:
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1150
Water temp: 60°F
pH: 5.7
Day 39 (1/14/21)
Nutes:
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1150
Water temp: 62°F
pH: 5.7
Day 40 (1/15/21)
Nutes:
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1150
Water temp: 62°F
pH: 5.7
Day 41 (1/16/21)
Started running a RO:Tap water mix as recommended by Cropsalt FAQ instead of ph adjuster. PPM comes out about 20ppm higher but that’s no problem.
Nutes mix:
RO:TAP = 15:1 or 120oz:8oz
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1350
Water temp: 62°F
pH: 5.8
Day 42 (1/17/21)
Starting flower tonight, 12 hours of darkness tonight and for the rest of the grow.
Nutes mix:
RO:TAP = 15:1 or 120oz:8oz
Veg A: 4.6 g/gal
Veg B: 3.1 g/gal
PPM: 1350
Water temp: 60°F
pH: 5.8
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@Grower_Tom
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I guess we’ll call this the start of veg since all 4 plants are showing their starter leaves. So far so good with the front loaded soil. Keeping a close eye on them for now. Also decided to keep feeding RO water for a couple more days and then I’ll start to mix in the tap water. The demand for CalMag is low right now and my soil is already pre amended.
Day5 update: not much to report, just water and wait. Bumped up the lights a bit to around 230ppfd and 12.1 DLI. That’s going off cocoforcannabis website par tests on the sf-7000. I am running the seedling mode for more blue light so not 100% sure the math is spot on, but should be close. I’m at 28” as well not the 25” they test on so that adds a variable of error.
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@Organic_LarF
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High GD community,
Week 12,
Chemdawg also doing a great job. Same here like the Runtz and Haze, some extra hst supercropping and a bit of LST with little weights to maintain a more or less even canopy and widen the plant.
5 liter 2x this week, 1 time with molasses and acacia honey so the soillife gets a new boost.
Thats it for this week boys and girls,
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@Marijuanaut
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Another week down!
Training finished and the net installed will take from here...
Trying to find the balance between the high temps outside and high humidity inside the tent.
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@Zorro123
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I added a second LED which works with more purple/red light additionally to my full spectrum white light to give the buds more the wave length they prefer.
Seems like the new light pushes them to spread and elongate their branches, especially the main stem.
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@Willy_Balls
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Left tent is a week ahead. Fair amount of stretching this week.
This time I’m paying close attention to keep flower sites high up. My experiment with bottom lighting did not went so great. I had a record yield but the quality was really bad in about 30-35% of flowers. Weak density.
I’m definitely going to try again from the beginning but not this time.
I have to pay attention to not let any plant get to big of a dryback in veg. It really influences the later stretching and make the plant too compact in sensitive cultivars.
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@AsNoriu
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Day 15. Girls got dried up again, but i transplanted them !!! Now in one day they stretched, happy and all will go as diamond ! Think i lost one week at the end of grow with all those hiccups ...
Pots 30 liters, were topped up with Biobizz All mix soil 80% and Biobizz Worm Castings 20% , each girl got 600 ml of water.
Big pots sorted low humidity too , now i have too high even, but exhaust is sorting excess..
Light is working well, but ... coverage for 3 plants is impossible, so for veg i still with help of pot rotation will manage, later ill plug one of my quantum boards as extra.
For two plants TS1000 would be perfect in veg, for flower still its one plants light.
Money wise its a huge grab ! Less than 100£ for 150W with dimmer ... Honestly impressed with it , maybe next week i wont mention it , but .... ;)))
Tent is doing her job too, perfect size for 2-3 plants, even 6 inch fan fitted perfectly !
Strawberry looks tallest from all, will need some LST soon.
Happy Growing !!!
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@yNo77
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Week 9 is still going, the next days i upload some pics of the Strawberry Cough too.
And more close ups
I Stopped with biobizz scheme now and give only water, maybe it was the last time watering dunno now.
Strawberry Cough is strong really Sativa pheno and pretty foxtaily this week :D
She was the last in germination and pretty slow early on
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@ibbzy
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Zzz. Hit with Aptus PK double strength! And top dressed!
I believe this seed had a crazy weird mutation growth for almost a month and was tiny before it started vegging normally. Maybe same thing happens in flower? *shrug*
We will find out, smells minty and really really sticky.
Not a fan of the mint smell
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@BlumenBot
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2/9 - she got her 3rd topping and training today. Cleaned up older fan leaves and she got week 7 nutes feeding 1g today.
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@hooolian
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tent 1: as last week - coming along very strong with weighty buds and a lovely fresh white widow aroma forming - trichomes are getting thicker covering the plants with little crystals. may need some more sticks for support in the final weeks. 4 weeks of growth left and last week on the nirvana nutrient. pistils still mostly white
tent 2: as last week also coming along well - trichomes are forming and the colas are looking heavy. nice to see mutli bud heads at the top of the colas on some plants - the mutants as i call them - hopefully showing their big bud genetics - pistals still mostly white.
Tent 3: thankfully no hermaphrodites having been stuck in the light as per last week. the plant has returned to flowering nicely though looks alittle weak - a slight mistake that i do not want to make again - pistals and crowns are showing though and coming through with good progress. will lollipop next week.
Tent 4: way more advanced than tent 3 with multiple pistils and colas blooming nicely - will need to lollipop next week.
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@RDWCGrowing
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I had a lot of fun with this strain and it was grown against 400 growers so let me say PHENO hunting is a true thing. Overall the Bud was a nice dense structure and the smoke on it was smooth and the high nice and even.
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@Todzilla
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2 Black Cherry Gelato 🍒 Clones from my clone guy-
1000w LED, 4G Autopots,, coco/perlite 65/35, Jacks RO + dry koolblom and humic acid , RO water, AC pro Controller and T8, 5x5 GG Tent with extension. Garage grow SoCal.
Another hot week in the garage averaging 88°. The girls are starting to develop and gain weight. Trichomes are coming along.
We’re running just under 1000ppm with no issues. We switched nutes and reservoir funk is gone.
This weeks accomplishments:
Switch from GH to Jacks RO
Install separate reservoirs for black cherry gelato and purple push pops
Clean all autopots and reservoir lines.
Install separate lines for black cherry gelato
This weeks issues:
Spider mites. Found them in the outside grow and found a few leaves with them inside. Big time nightmare. Primarily on the gelatos inside. Doing manual scouting and removal every day.
Long term issues
It’s hot. High 80s low 90s all week. So the same - Cooling and VPD targets during heat waves
Preventing the spread of mites and mold issues during high humidity conditions
Managing girlfriend expectations through harvest.
I hope you all are having as much fun as I am.
Best of luck gromies.
Check out my purple push pop grow side by side with my indoor grow- same clone batch.
Check out my outdoor light deprivation grow side by side with my indoor grow. This should be a great comparison of indoor versus outdoor grows. 👍
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@drzoidberg
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sorry for the late update my mother passed and i had to take care of a bunch of stuff then i harvested 2 of my plants when i got back into everything
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@BossHogg6
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The roots are still looking great. I cleared the old water out and only put 2 gallons in and not the 4.5 I was putting in previous weeks. Starting to get a weak smell from the plant.
