Chopped her two days into week 14. What else. Buds. There are a lot of them. And they are quite large. And they look like they will require little effort to trim. What more can I wish for? I am a very happy man. Upd 1: Trimming is SO SIMPLE! Not much sticking out to begin with, because of the amazing bud structure and me plucking most bud node fans. Solid nugs which are not bothered by anything, so pulling smaller sub-bud fans is very simple too, while the buds are what I would call moist. I'll call this Moist Trim 😄 ✂️✂️✂️ Went for the best trimming tools available on the market (well at least my research concluded so) and LOVING every minute of trimming with the B-500SRF. Why would I or anyone else use something less suitable or less comfortable for such a delicate and long job is beyond me, except if you cannot afford one right now, in which case I wish you to experience it one day. Fiskars are also very good in therms of the blades, coating and cutting ability and precision, but the spring is just too stiff, like way, way to stiff for something that is to be used for hours on end. One might argue that such spring force helps overcome resin buildup, but please just rinse your instrument regularly in an appropriate solvent (ethy, iso, whatever — consider you instrument materials as well) and wipe it after. Why would you let significant amounts of resin to accumulate on such a gentle and precise tool? Kinda defeats the purpose?

Best of a plant. Another plant I wish I had a clone of. This would be an awesome plant to have a whole tent sog… has a great smell. The only thing I don’t like is it is taking a awile to finish off. It keeps swelling though so that’s good. The plant has some great resistance and such the leaves stayed solid health green all the way thru life

I'm very exciting and a bit worried after move to bigger pot and DWC. I should grow them in DWC bucket at the first place but I have moved them from substrate to DWC. Let's see how it goes. Week #3 Summary: The overall result is good but DWC is a bit better grow than substrate (only water). I did topping one of them to test and trim all of them.

Uma planta estava muito travada e pela minha experiência não vale a pena o custo da manutenção dessas plantinhas é chato mas preciso do espaço e do tempo para cultivar plantas que deem resultado. Coloquei um gancho leve em cada planta hoje para ver se aumenta a área verde.

So liebe grower, 20 Wochen voller Spannung sind für mich ins Land gezogen und ich muss sagen ich bin begeistert von dieser Sorte, das Wachstum verlief gut und sie hat sich fast garnicht für mein topping und lst Interessiert und einfach weiter gemacht mit ihrem Wachstum. In der blüte gab es dann ein paar Probleme mit Überdüngung die ich verursacht habe was mich sicherlich Ertrag gekostet hat aber dank der fleißigen Helfer hier auf Grow diaries war das Problem schnell gelöst und der Schaden minimal gehalten danke schon mal an euch ihr seid die besten. Aber ein ganz besonderes Dankeschön möchte ich an Mrs Larimar richten da er/sie mir bei einigen Fragen geholfen hat und eigendlich immer gleich zur Stelle war wenn was mit meinen Ladys war, also danke Mrs Larimar du hast 1000 likes verdient für deine Arbeit die du hier auf Grow diaries leistest. Zum eigendlich en Ergebnis zurück gelato 41#1 hatt 374,94 gramm abgeworfen, gelato 41#2 hatt 361,01 gramm her gegeben, gelato 41#3 satte 370,37 gramm und zu guter letzt gelato 41 #4 330,29 gramm sind insgesamt 1436,61 gramm nass Gewicht. Ich bin mehr als zufrieden mit dem Ergebniss und finde das gelato 41 ein guter produktiver Cannabis stamm ist. Zu dem Wachstum der Knospen im allgemeinen kann ich sagen das bei 4 Ladys 3 verschiedene Profile raus kamen gelato 41 #1 und #4 haben eher längliche colas entwickelt die relativ fest sind gelato 41 #2 hat eher tennis Bälle produziert die echt hart wie holzbälle sind und gelato 41 #3 war ne Mischung aus den beiden. Zum Geruch der sich über die gesammte blüte immer wieder verändert hat es fing an mit zitrus Noten die dann gepaart wurden mit so nem cremigen touch dann kam ein hauch von Minze hinzu und ganz am Ende Rochen die Ladys nach cremigen sauerlichen Beeren mit leichtem Zitronen Duft der gepaart mit cremiger minz Note einher geht einfach nur lecker im Duft. Trocken Gewicht werde ich updaten wenn die Ladys in die Gläser gehen und Rauch Bericht nr.1 folgt dann ca 14 Tage später und Rauch Bericht Nr2 weitere 14 Tage später, euch allen noch einen wunder schönen Grow mit reichlich ernte und bis zum nächsten Bericht cu........

7/25 Did two videos this morning. One where I was only going to water the 3 gallons I had mixed up but it's going to be very hot this week. Didn't want to make the same mistake as last time so I watered everything AT LEAST A GALLON. I need to bump up the volume during these really hot, humid days abd it doesn't get worse then this. Things are getting dusty. Found an inch worm and some minor pest damage. Once it cools down ill spray something. Also noticing small nitrogen deficiency that takes a leaf and moves up the plant a little bit. I'm going to need to start nutes this week. I'll keep this updated. Went back over around one and everything was looking fantastic! Took a few pictures and defoliated a few leaves. UPDATE: I GOT A MESSAGE FROM DAD SAYING MY PLANTS LOOKED DROOPY. I HADNT MADE IT OVER FOR MY NIGHTLY INSPECTION BUT HAVING WATERED YESTERDAY I WAS THINKIBG OF SKIPPING IT. GOT THERE AND SAW THE FIRST 10TH PLANET DROOPY. ALL THE TENTH PLANETS LOOK RELATIVELY THE SAME BUT ONE OF THEM IS MY "CANARY IM A COAL MINE" AS IT DROOPS WAY BEFORE THE OTHERS. THE TWO BLUE CHEESES IN 20S THAT DRY OUT FASTER GOT TWO GALLONS AS DID MY 10TH PLANET CANARY AND MY BIG BLUE IN THE 50. ITS BEEN 90S AND SUNSHINE AND ITS ONLY GOING TO GET HOTTER. I HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN THE MORNING SO I WONT HE ABLE TO WATER. I NOTICED MORE NITROGEN DEFICIENCY RISING IN THE BLUECHEESE THAT DRINKS ALL THE WATER. OBVIOUSLY ILL NEED TO ADD NUTES SOONER THAB LATER CONSIDERING IM IN FLOWER BUT THE PLANTS ARE STILL A NICE GREEN AMD ONLY LOSING VERY FEW LEAVES. I ACTUALLY SAW A COUPKE BURNT LEAF TIPS ON A COUPKE PLANTS AFTER I WATERED WITH THE KELP ME/YOU. THIS SOIL IS AWESOME. WHAT IS THIS? WEEK 16 AND STILL GOING STRONG. WHEN I DO DECIDE TO START NUTES ILL TEST IT ON THAT BLUE CHEESE THATS FURTHER IN SENESCENCE. I TOOK A QUICK VIDEO ILL UPLOAD TOMORROW. 7/26 Had a bear come around my cage and getting into out bird feeders. Bent the iron shelerds hook all the way to the ground! Getting AMMONIA now to try and keep him away. Bags were heavy this morning but it's going to be really hot again. It'll be on the 90s the next few days so I need to be very careful. After we get through this I'll do an app of BT. Garden looks fantastic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lants are looking FANTASTIC this morning. Soil is still damp this morning and bags are heavy as hell. They look super happy. Obviously my watering situation depends on the weather. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be the hottest days so I wanted to make sure the plants had sufficient water before this. I'll let them dry out totally before watering again. There's another four lined plant big somewhere that sat there and destroyed another leaf. I'm AT LEAST spraying with BT after this heat wave. Supposed to rain a little today with thunderstorms. I haven't got my supports up yet but if i need to I coukd throw my tarps up real quick. Don't think I'll need to though. These are some tough freaking plants and I am super proud of how they've turned out thus far. UPDATE: WENT BACK OVER AND RE APPLIED BLEECH TO THE RAGS AND ON THE PERIMETER OF MY CAGE. I TACKED A FEW MORE DRYER SHEETS UP. REASON I DID THIS WAS BECAUSE WEVE BEEN GETTING HORRIBLE THUNDER STORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE WEATHER MAN HAD BEEN WRONG SEVERAL TIMES WARNING OF THUNDER STORMS AND WE WOULDNT GET SHIT. THIS TIME IT WAS PRETTY BAD. TOOK A SHORT VIDEO. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOTTEST DAYS TODAY AND TOMORROW. I DIDNT NOTICE ANY BREAKAGE AND I DONT SEE ANY ON MY CAMS. IM SURE ITS NOT THAT MUCH RAIN AND THOSE NAHS WILL DRY OUT SOON. I NEED TO GET MORE PH DOWN AND DECIDE WHAT IT IS IM GOING TO DO FOR NUTES IN FLOWER AND MAKE UP MY MIND. 7/28 Huge thunderstorms all day yesterday and through the night with high wonds. Plants made it through unscathed despite the lack of a trellis. Today is supposed to be the hottest of these days. I think the hear wave ends today. I really need to get my supports up. I'm super lucky to not have had any breaks during the storm. I have a couple of videos I did but I didn't upload them earlier and now that I'm back in the woods I doubt they'll upload now. I'll give it a shot. If not I'll put them up tomorrow. OH! I found that four lined plant bug that had been fucking up my leaves and squished him. Well I hope it was him. If not I killed a sibling at least. UPDATE: JUST WOW. This morning all drooped over from the storm went over at 4 and its still 90 and they seem to have grown sic inches and jumped forward WAY more into flower. I am amazed. I'll upload a photo or two but I took a video I'll put up tomorrow. Super stoked. Oh and you can give me a red smile face for not using nutes every week @growdiaries but you point out the deficiency then I'll fix it. 7/29 Plants looking fantastic this morning. UPDATE: PLANNED ON NOT GOING TO THECGROW TOMOGHT SEEING THAT IT HAD RAINED SO HARD AMD THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET RAIN TONIGHT. I GET THERE AT ABOUT FIVE AND MY CANARY AND A FEWCOTHERS WERE DROOPING! IT WAS IN THE 80S ALL DAY. I GAVE EACH PLANT A GALLON OF WATER. THE GROW BAGS ON THE TEO WORST PLANTS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY LIGHTER THAN THE REST. I HOPE IM NOT OVERWATERING. THE PLANTS SEEMED TO PICK BACK UP AFTER WATERING BUT ILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO UPLOAD MY PICTURES AND VIDEOS. I NEEDED TO ADD TEMPORARY SUPPORTS TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLANTS. IM CERTAINLY GLAD I GOT THE URGE TO GO OVER. WHAT A CHANGE IN A FEW HOURS 7/30 Plants are really growing fast and transitioning quick to flower. We got almost no rain so I'm glad I watered like I was supposed to even though the bags had some heft to them. I'm noticing more pest damage. I'm thinking a bt spray tonight might be beneficial. I'll look through what I've got on hand. I may just give them an application of spinosid but we'll see. I still need to move things and put my supports up. Medical problems have slowed me down. UPDATE: Went to check the plants around 3 and they looked great. Bags were still heavy and a little bit moist. I think with the added rain some of the plants may have been overwatered. I should have only watered tue bags that felt light. There is only one plant now that looks a little overwatered and even that is looking good. I found some more minor pest damage. Winds were fairly high. I wondered about my trellis netting but it hadn't been sanitized and my plants are very healthy so I decided to wait. I watched them dance like willows in the wind. I know it won't be like that with big ol colas on them but for right now it's working out just fine. Goal for next week is to move the front row back and move things around to better utilize space, possibly spray for pest and add supports for final flowering after I get the plants situated how I want them. If I do it right I may be able to lst some. Also took a 2 minute video but I cant upload until tomorrow. 7/31 I'm wondering about my watering habits. This morning I watered a couple blue cheese and purple punch plants with just a half gallon as they were light and looked drooping. I'm wonderingvif I'm overwatering. Some plants still seem heavy while others are light? I think the plants may have been overwatered due to the torrential rain and my taking less time hand watering. Hopefully I won't come home from this doctors appointment to wilted plants but I really doubt it. 10th planet requires far less water than the two other strains. Even specific phenos require more water and its difficult with the different size containers but im working with what ive got. I need more ph down and I've gotta get these plants supported. These are some massive plants. Store was closed. Dispensary was opened. Showed my buddy the video then it started raining. By the time I got there the plants looked horrible. Everything was droopy but a couple were really bad. A few weren't bad at all. Actually the one in the ten needed it. I think I just need to give more water at a time and document how I water each plant individually. I also need to take into consideration the weather. Hard to do when it's so unpredictable. I'll wait for them to dry out and then I plan to start low doses of big bloom and grow big but I need to wait for them to dry out first. Then next watering they'll get some nutes. It's sunny now so I may go check my plants. I may also put a fan out for a while on the bags. That might help them out.

Gorilla zkittles at 18’ and the wedding cake around 14’ they are starting to strech

Hey Growers, Day 1 of Week 10 Two ladys harvested today you can see in fotos how they look in my opinion Amazing Hahah (but im the father lol). Purple one its like a mix of exótic fruits The orange one its like a a cream of a fruit. Both seens very sweet!! Soon i Will share strains!! The another two ladys more sativas i think , looks like they need around more 10 days lets us see. The taller one smeels like gasy citrus, And the another one its a mix of strwaberry And another touch that I dont discover yet. Thank you all. Nice week 4 everybody!! _GrF_

Had some camera issues this week so I didn't have any pictures or videos so heres the time lapse of the whole grow

Currently trying this run a different way using herbs now I will come back with how many grams yielded from one plant. Overall this grow journey was a process and I can’t wait to explore more. 144g of dried flower and 90g of trimmings

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So I'm Upset That She Didn't End Up Being A Mutant! ABC AND STEALTH FIGHTER COMBINED AND IT DECIDED TO GO WITH MORE STABLE GENES 😆 Don't Worry Some Mutants Did Pop In Other Parts Of My Garden I'll Make A Journal Soon! For Now We Will Just Pray This Is A Girl! She Due For Her Topping Today! She Exploded Once She Had Some Roots And I Blacked Out The Glass With Painters Tape! So We Flip Very Very Soon! One More Week! This May Not Look Like Much, But Considering Her Constraints, It's A LOT! TERRA POWER!

Starting to get a bunch of dead leaves???

Unfortunately I don't have any better pictures because once I remove the net that was giving support to the buds and they were so big that the plant could barely hold the weight anymore so taking pictures holding everything with one hand using the device in the other was it a little bit of a challenge oh well I guess it's a good problem to have I will update when they are completely dry and cure. I have cut down in jar everything the wait was 105 grams please consider that when they comes to my scale weight i wait until the main stem breaks with a loud crunch and the buds are really dry to the touch reason for it I have a very busy life and at the end of the day this is just a hobby so I cannot be opening those jars many times a day at most one in the morning and one in night so I want to avoid mold on them.so I push in a Boveda pack to keep them nice. After two weeks in jars the send hose cheese has incremented a lot and the scent of Barry as well it has a very powerful High but Pleasant very nice strain to grow incredibly vigorous and with a high yield capability another win for Dinafem Thank you for reading have a happy grow.

I just knew it lol.. this is a slow girl to get started but once u get her going shes exploding, the stems are so thick. id be suprised if this one doesnt come out as the tallest ones with the fattest nugs in the end, the yield remains to be seen

At the beginning of the week the plants was so dried, maybe near death. I give them water and some nutrients, and in two days It have regeined strength. I'm very curious to see the final weigth.

🦄🌿 Frosted Guava Auto by Zamnesia | Pheno B Week 14 – The Dark Little Unicorn Has Left the Tent… Big Mama's Next Chapter Awaits! 🦄👑💎❄️ Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And here we are again, my friends… Another Frosted Guava has left the building! 😂🦄✂️ Last time, we said goodbye to her sister, Frosted Guava Pheno A, as she left the tent and started her post-harvest journey. And now? It's Pheno B's turn. Our dark little unicorn. Our frosty girl. Our beautiful Big Mama. 👑💎🌿 Because yes, this girl has her own personality, her own structure, and her own story. And although the two sisters share some similarities, they certainly haven't been identical throughout this adventure. Same genetic family. Same room. Same general environment. Same 12/12 journey from seed. But two different seeds, two different expressions, and two beautiful girls who have given us plenty to appreciate. And now, just like her sister, Pheno B has completed her time in the tent. We took her final photographs in the grow room, moved her into the studio, photographed individual branches and flowers, explored some macro details, and created more photo stacks. Then we broke her down, removed the leaves we wanted to take off, vacuum-bagged the material, and placed it in the freezer. ❄️🌿📸 That's where she is now. Resting. Waiting for the next chapter. And that next chapter will involve processing the frozen material into bubble hash. We'll document that process in future updates, explain what we're doing, and share what happens after the extraction. But we're not going to jump ahead. Today is about Frosted Guava Pheno B, her journey, her harvest day, her photographs, and the beginning of this new chapter. So let's give Big Mama the spotlight she deserves! 🦄👑💚 ──────────────────────── 📢 FIRST THINGS FIRST – WHY ARE WE PUTTING HARVEST DAY IN A FLOWERING WEEK? Before we get into the photographs, let's explain why we're documenting another harvest under a flowering-week update. I know some of you might look at the diary and think: "Hang on a minute… isn't this a harvest report?" 😂 Yes, my friends. It is harvest day. But GrowDiaries has a limit of 30 photographs per update, and when you're documenting an entire harvest journey, those photographs disappear very quickly. We have the final photographs inside the tent. We have the studio session. We have individual branches and flower details. We have macro photography. We have photo stacks. We have the breakdown and trimming. We have the vacuum-bagging process. And we still have the extraction and everything that follows to document. That's a lot of material to squeeze into one update! So, just as we did with her sister, we're using this flowering-week entry to document the final day in the tent and the beginning of her post-harvest journey. This is an individual diary, and we want to keep her story together as clearly as possible. GrowDiaries doesn't provide a dedicated section specifically for extraction projects, so we'll use the available diary updates to document the different stages without pretending that everything happened in one day or one chapter. Depending on how much material we have, we'll continue in another update or updates. The extraction itself will have its own explanation, and we'll share the results when we actually have them. So please consider this the beginning of Big Mama's post-harvest story, not the final report. Thank you for understanding, everyone! 💚🌱 ──────────────────────── 🌱 A QUICK RECAP – THE 12/12 JOURNEY Let's rewind for a moment. Frosted Guava Auto Pheno B has been part of our 8×8 Adventure, where we've been following different plants and phenotypes sharing the same general environment. And one of the most interesting parts of this project has been watching how differently plants can express themselves under a shared setup. We started these plants from seed under a 12/12 light schedule. That means we've been observing their development from the beginning under the same daily light-and-dark rhythm, rather than changing to a conventional longer vegetative schedule before flowering. And the autoflowers? Well… They've certainly given us plenty to talk about! 😂🌿 Throughout this run, we've watched the plants develop at their own pace, build their own structures, and show their own personalities. Frosted Guava Pheno B became one of our more distinctive girls. Her darker green character, beautiful flowers, frost, and unusual flowering structures made her increasingly recognizable as the weeks went by. And, of course, her sister was showing some similar foxtailing characteristics. That doesn't prove a specific genetic explanation by itself, but it gave us an interesting pattern to observe in this shared environment. Two sisters. Two individual expressions. And plenty of reasons to keep looking closely. That's what I love about this adventure. We aren't trying to make every plant look the same. We're documenting what each one becomes. And now, Big Mama has reached the end of her flowering journey. 🦄💎🌸 ──────────────────────── 👑 BIG MAMA HAS LEFT THE TENT Let's be honest… This girl earned her nickname. 😂👑 Big Mama! She has been a beautiful presence in the room, and although she shares a genetic family with Pheno A, she's developed her own character along the way. The flowering journey is now complete for this plant. We took our last photographs of her inside the tent, documenting her where she'd spent her time growing alongside the rest of the 8×8 girls. Those photographs matter because they preserve the final view of the plant in her original environment. Once a plant is harvested, the structure changes. The branches are separated. The flowers are handled individually. The grow-room chapter ends, and the post-harvest chapter begins. So before doing anything else, I wanted to capture that transition. One last look at Big Mama in the tent. One last photographic record of the plant as a whole. And then… It was time to move her into the studio. 📸🌿 ──────────────────────── 📸 STUDIO TIME – GIVING BIG MAMA HER MOMENT After documenting her final day in the tent, we took Frosted Guava Pheno B into the studio. And this is where I get to enjoy another side of the whole adventure. Photography! 😂📸💚 I love documenting plants while they're growing, but the studio gives us another opportunity to explore their details. We took photographs of the plant and selected branches. We photographed individual flowers from different angles. We explored the details more closely. And, of course, we spent time creating photo stacks. Because I don't want to remember Big Mama only as a plant that stood in the tent. I want to preserve the details that made her interesting. Her structure. Her flowers. Her individual characteristics. The way she looked at the end of her flowering journey. And those photographs will become part of her permanent diary record. The grow tells us how she developed. The photographs help us look back and appreciate what she became. And for me, that's a beautiful combination. 🌿📸👑 ──────────────────────── 🔬 MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY – GETTING CLOSER Some of the photographs from this session focus on individual flowers and smaller details. And that's where things become especially interesting for me. From a distance, you see the overall plant. Move closer, and you start noticing the individual flower structures. Get closer still, and there are details that can be easy to overlook when you're simply looking at the plant in the tent. That's one of the reasons I enjoy macro photography and stacking. It gives me a way to study and document the subject more closely. And Frosted Guava Pheno B has certainly given us something worth exploring. 🦄🌸🔬 I also enjoy the creative side of the process. The lighting. The angles. The background. The focus. The way a small change in position can completely change how a flower looks in the final photograph. It's a different kind of work from growing, but it's still part of how I enjoy this hobby. And Big Mama deserved a proper studio session before moving on to her next chapter. ──────────────────────── 📸 PHOTO STACKING – MORE THAN ONE PICTURE If you've been following my recent updates, you already know how much I enjoy photo stacking. For anyone who hasn't come across it before, the basic idea is to capture multiple photographs of the same subject at different focus distances and combine the sharp areas into one final image. This can create a photograph with greater apparent depth of field and reveal more of the subject's details. But it's not simply a matter of pressing a button and walking away. 😂 There's setup involved. There's lighting. There's positioning. There's capturing the individual frames. And then there's processing the photographs and checking how the final image comes together. For this session, we took individual flowers and branches into the studio and created stacks to document some of the details that caught my eye. The resulting images give us another way to appreciate Big Mama beyond the wider photographs of the whole plant. And that's what I love about this process. One plant can give you many different photographic stories. The whole plant. A branch. A flower. A macro detail. A stacked image. Each one shows something different. 📸💚 ──────────────────────── 🌿 FROM PLANT TO INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS After the photographs, we moved on to the next part of the process. We broke the plant down into individual sections and removed the leaves we didn't want to retain around the flowers. This was part of preparing the material for the next stage of our project. I want to make an important distinction here. This wasn't a conventional drying-and-curing update, and we're not presenting the material as finished flower. We have taken a different route with this particular harvest. After the initial breakdown and trimming, we vacuum-bagged the material and placed it in the freezer. ❄️🌿 That's where it is now. The plant has left the tent. The studio session is complete. The material has been prepared and stored. And the next chapter will focus on the extraction process we're planning to document. So, rather than trying to explain every part of that process here, we'll give it the attention it deserves in a future report. For now, this update is about the harvest itself and the transition from the growing environment to the next stage. ──────────────────────── ❄️ BAGGED, VACUUM-SEALED AND INTO THE FREEZER And now… Big Mama is resting in the freezer. 😂❄️👑 After breaking the plant down and removing the leaves we wanted to take off, we vacuum-bagged the material and placed it in the freezer. This is the preparation stage for the next part of the project. We're planning to use this frozen material for a bubble-hash extraction, and we'll document that process separately. I don't want to jump ahead and start describing results we don't have yet. The extraction hasn't been documented in this report. We haven't shown the final product. And we're not going to pretend that the story is already finished. Right now, the material is stored, and the next chapter is still waiting for us. ❄️🌿 This is one of those moments where the diary becomes a little different from a conventional grow report. We're not simply following a plant from seed to harvest and stopping there. We're documenting what happens next, too. And that means giving each stage its own space. Big Mama's growing chapter is finished. Her post-harvest chapter has begun. And the extraction story is still ahead of us. ──────────────────────── 🫧 THE NEXT CHAPTER – BUBBLE HASH So, what happens next? The plan is to document the process of turning the frozen material into bubble hash. For anyone unfamiliar with the term, bubble hash is a type of cannabis concentrate made by separating resin-bearing trichome material from plant material using ice-cold water and filtration. The process uses the difference in physical characteristics between the resin-bearing material and the rest of the plant, with filtration helping separate the collected material into different grades. It's a different project from simply drying and curing flower, which is why we want to document it separately rather than trying to squeeze it into this harvest update. We'll explain what bubble hash is, how the process works at a high level, what equipment and stages we're using, and what we observe along the way. We'll also document the drying of the collected material and what we decide to do with it afterwards. But we're not there yet. 😂🫧 For now, Big Mama is safely stored in the freezer, and the next chapter will begin when we're ready to carry out and document that process. I want to show the journey as it happens, step by step, rather than write the ending before we've reached it. ──────────────────────── ? WHY THIS IS A DIFFERENT STORY FROM HER SISTER This is where things get interesting. Frosted Guava Pheno A and Pheno B belong to the same genetic family, but their individual diaries are telling two separate stories. Both girls have now left the tent. Both have had their harvest-day photographs. Both have moved on from the flowering stage. But the post-harvest journey we're documenting here focuses on Big Mama and what we're doing with her material next. For Pheno B, we've chosen to vacuum-bag the prepared material and store it in the freezer as part of our planned bubble-hash project. That means her next update will have a different focus from a report centred on drying and curing whole flowers. We're still documenting the plant's journey, but the next stage is a different one. And that's precisely why I want to keep her report individual. Even when two plants share a cultivar, they deserve their own records. Their development is individual. Their harvest is individual. And their post-harvest journeys can be individual, too. Two Frosted Guava sisters. Two beautiful plants. And two stories that don't need to be identical. 🦄🦄💚 ──────────────────────── 🌿 THE 8×8 ADVENTURE CONTINUES There's something special about reaching this stage of the project. For weeks, we've been watching a room full of different plants sharing the same general environment. We've observed different structures. Different growth patterns. Different flowering expressions. Different rhythms. And now, one by one, the girls are moving into their next chapters. Frosted Guava Pheno B has completed her time in the tent. The plants still growing in the room continue their own journeys. And our documentation continues with them. That's the beauty of keeping individual diaries. Each plant gets her own timeline. Each plant gets her own photographs. Each plant gets her own story. And even after harvest, we can continue documenting what happens next. Big Mama may have left the tent, but she's still very much part of the 8×8 Adventure. 💚🌱 ──────────────────────── 😂 BIG MAMA IS RESTING – DOC HAS MORE WORK TO DO Let's be honest. Big Mama has done her part. She's grown. She's flowered. She's given us beautiful photographs. She's had her studio session. And now she's resting in the freezer. 😂❄️👑 Meanwhile, DogDoctor still has photographs to organize, stacks to process, future updates to prepare, and an extraction project to document. Apparently, the work doesn't stop just because the plant has left the tent. 😂📸🫧 But that's part of the fun. Growing is one part of the journey. Photographing is another. Documenting the harvest is another. And now we have a new chapter waiting for us. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you, because I want to show not only the final outcome but also the process that gets us there. One stage at a time. One update at a time. And one beautiful Big Mama at a time. ──────────────────────── 🔮 WHAT COMES NEXT? The next chapter will focus on the extraction project. We'll document the bubble-hash process, explain the stages, and share what happens when we work with the frozen material. We'll also cover how we handle the collected material afterwards and what we decide to do with the final result. The amount of material we have to share will determine whether we can fit everything into one update or whether we'll need more than one. Either way, we won't rush it. We want the information and photographs to tell the story properly. And once that part of the journey is complete, we'll be able to bring everything together in a final report. For now, Big Mama is resting. The freezer is doing its job. And we're preparing for the next chapter. ?🫧🌿 ──────────────────────── 💭 FINAL THOUGHTS – BIG MAMA'S STORY ISN'T FINISHED Frosted Guava Auto by Zamnesia. Pheno B. Harvest day. 🦄👑💎 What a beautiful journey this girl has given us. We've watched her grow from seed under a 12/12 schedule. We've followed her individual development. We've seen her distinctive character emerge. We've admired her flowers and unusual structures. We've compared her journey with her sister's while allowing her to remain her own plant. And now, we've reached the end of her time in the tent. We took her final photographs in the grow room. We moved her into the studio. We photographed branches and flowers. We captured macro details and created photo stacks. Then we broke her down, removed the leaves we wanted to take off, vacuum-bagged the material, and placed it in the freezer. ❄️🌿 But this isn't the final report. It's the beginning of another chapter. The material is waiting for the bubble-hash project, and we'll document that process in future updates. We'll share what we do, what we observe, and what happens afterwards. Until then, Big Mama gets to rest while we prepare the next part of the story. And I want to say something about this whole journey. Not every plant needs to end her story in exactly the same way. Not every phenotype needs to follow the same path after harvest. And not every diary needs to fit into one neat, identical format. The important thing is to document what actually happened, explain the decisions we made, and share the experience honestly. That's what we're doing here. Big Mama has her own story. Her sister has hers. And both deserve their own spotlight. 🦄💎💚 So let's give this beautiful girl the recognition she deserves. Thank you for the flowers, Big Mama. Thank you for the photographs. Thank you for the memories. And thank you for giving us another reason to keep exploring the many different ways these plants can express themselves. Your time in the tent is finished. But your story? It's still going. 😂👑❄️ ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU As always, a massive thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. 💚🌱 Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document these individual journeys and share our experiences with growers around the world. And thank you for understanding why this harvest update sits under a flowering week. The photo limit means we need to divide the story into manageable chapters, and we want to document the harvest and the next stages properly rather than leave important details out. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Frosted Guava genetics and for giving us these two beautiful sisters to follow. Thank you to Plagron for supporting the growing-media and nutritional side of the adventure. A huge thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and allowing us to explore the expanded lighting setup. 💡☀️🌿 Thank you to Lumiflora for helping illuminate the deeper areas of the canopy. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the environment behind the scenes. And, of course, thank you to everyone who follows these diaries, leaves comments, asks questions, shares experiences, and enjoys the journey with us. Every bit of support means a lot. 💚 ──────────────────────── 💚 COME JOIN OUR DISCORD COMMUNITY! And before you go, if you haven't joined us yet, you're more than welcome to come and say hello! 🌿 DogDoctorOfficial Community: https://discord.gg/dogdoctorofficial Our Discord community keeps growing, and honestly, one of my favourite things about it is the people. We have conversations about the plant, growing experiences, equipment, photography, and all the little things that make this hobby so interesting. We also have community discount codes, competitions where members can win prizes, giveaways, and other activities for everyone to enjoy. But above all, we have a community that feels like family. 💚🤝🌱 And I want to make one thing clear. You don't need to be an expert to join. You don't need years of experience. You don't need to know every technical term. You don't even need to be an active speaker. You can ask questions, share your experiences, join the conversations, or simply hang out and listen. Everyone is welcome. There's no competition over who knows the most, no need to prove yourself, and no requirement to be at a particular level. We're there because we enjoy talking about this plant, learning from each other, and sharing the journey. So if that sounds like your kind of place, come and join us. We'd love to have you with us! 💚🌿 Growers Love, my friends. 💚🌱 See you in the next chapter of the 8×8 Adventure… where one more girl has left the tent, the freezer is holding Big Mama's next chapter, the photographs are waiting to be processed, and DogDoctor has another project to bring you. 😂📸🦄❄️ The harvest is complete. The next story is waiting. And Big Mama? She's not finished with us yet. 👑💎🫧 Let her shine. 💚

This was a very stressful week as there were too many variables at play all at once; even my camera refused to cooperate for the first few days. The freshly transferred plants were starting to droop and I was unsure if it was transplant shock, nutrient burn, or because of the incomplete grow tent. My first batch of nutrients were mixed into a gallon bottle and was weighed by a friend using his scale; this set was enough to last weeks. For this new batch however, I didn't have my scale and used the table spoon as my measuring tool; needless to say when my TDS meter finally arrived, both runoff and the remainder of the mixed nutrients read 2800. Fortunately my light setup seemed to be inefficient still and the plants weren't drawing much nutrients and only ended up with a very light burn on the older growth. All pots were flushed back to recommend levels and the light lowered until the lux values read appropriate. This week ends my daily comments and I'll stick to this end of the week format going forward.

Tessa my Triploid and Stickycookies Strain from Adonhusa has her light change in 12/12 and I hope she will go in the pre flowering part this week. We cannot do anything then watering und looking and a little bit hoping. At the end of the week Tessa Grow but I cannot see sign‘s for flowering. Hopefully next week . What I can say, she is the most Beautiful plant I ever saw. What you think ?

She had a tough life, I messed up her roots at the beginning and then overwatered, was really stunted and not growing for a while. Finally started growing normally, a bit late but looked fine. I had to hand her over to a friend for the last 4 weeks and she looked strange and buds were quite solid hard and dry.