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@Finniegrow
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Keeping the pH between 5,8-6,0 and EC at around 1,4-1,6 depending on system. EC at 1,5 seems to be optimal and my measurements are staying pretty steady at that level. Humidity is lowered to around 50% if I can.
The tops are now at around 45-60cm height from the soil.
Continuing the last heavier defoliation/pruning process that I started yesterday at the end of 2nd flowering week. I saw no signs of mold or any other issues as I went through the plants.
After this week I'm going to change the nutrient solutions on the tanks and fill them with fresh nutrients with minor changes: Dropping the amount of Grow from 1,5ml to 0,5ml and increasing the amount of Bloom from 1,5ml to 2,5ml. After the change I'm only going to refill the tanks without adding any Grow and will instead increase the amount of Bloom to 3ml. Propably a one more change of fresh nutrients until flushing with Final Solution prior harvesting.
Day64 (19.12.)
Some more defoliation focusing on the upper growth revealing bud sites below them and keeping off the moisture. Already got a trash bag almost full of leaves since they've been pretty bushy plants on average.
Day65 (20.12.)
Continuing the last defoliation process.
Day66 (21.12.)
Continuing the last defoliation process, pretty satisfied with the results so far. Light penetration and airflow have increased greatly so I don't have to worry that much about humidity or possible mold any longer.
Each strain has started flowering, all plants are females and buds have started to develop. Defoliating didn't seem to stress the plants as much as I thought it would.
Day67 (22.12.)
Day68 (23.12.)
Refilled and added some nutrients with a stronger Bloom/Grow -ratio (~4:1) and left my girls to enjoy the Christmas Holidays as I did. I'll be gone for around three days, after that I'll change to new fresh nutrients as I mentioned before.
One Ayahuasca Purple seems to be ahead of others, and a few other ones have clearly started to develop some buds too, rest of the plants are following closely behind. Each strain has some truly astonishing individuals, and I think Ayahuasca's have shown most variety between different plants. Overall everything looks pretty good I think. Hopefully can say the same after a couple of days as I come back.
Happy holidays everyone!
Day69 (24.12.)
Day70 (25.12.)
I added another Led light to my tent just before the lights turned off. Everything looks amazing!
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Defoliating heavily, looking for every bud to be smokable. In full bloom (being careful with PK)
The 🍓 Cola Sherbet is looking the healthiest out of the bunch i must say, clearly loves the air pot!
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@CheeRz
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Wedding Cake is almost ready but unfortunately both Cookies Kush need a lil bit more time. I guess we good to go in 2 Weeks from now on. 💚
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@Crashoverite
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Hi all,
Welcome to my🍌💜👊 week update
Thank you so much for all support on this bananas journey. Much appreciate all your likes, follows and comments. 🙏💚❤️💜
Week 13
Jan 8- Jan 14
This was another amazing week. Girls are behaved very well. Drinking their juice like crazy. 2 waterings of 9ltrs on Jan 10th and Jan 13th. Runoffs at ph 6.2. Buds are gaining some serious weight and the trichomes development is of the charts. Girls are covered with frost. Trichomes are mainly milky now with individual ambers here and there. On Jan 10 noticed on one Athena top colas a white topped bud! It's something that has never happened to me. It may be only led bleach or it's something abnormal and phenomenal. It's white and has red and amber pistil hairs in between and all covered with trichomes. Few days after. White coulour is not spreading and not seeing any damages. The smell in my cabinet its insane. Very sweet scents. I wouldn't say bananas but definitely sweet berries and gummies 🤤 new dehumidifier doing an amazing job. Humidity when light is on is between 49-54% and 52-58% when lights are out.
It's all looking that my 🍌💜👊 girls will be ladies very soon. Harvest is coming big time. Next week planning to gradually cut nutrients down and prepare for flush.
Stay tuned for new week update very soon!
Peace and love brothers and sisters ✌️💚👨🌾
Links
https://2fast4buds.com/seeds/banana-purple-punch-auto
https://plagron.com
https://www.biobizz.com/
https://fishheadfarms.com/
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@CanarianGrow92
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Reviewing the plants i noted some small dots on the leaves which looked like typical bites from mites, so i sprayed some spidermite and we placed around 6 spical ulti-mite bags to prevent any further damage, lets hope it dont get worse but i think I've detected them just on time 😁
For the rest the plants are looking good, the buds are getting bigger and more thc is being produced 😁 we still have around 4 weeks to go 😅
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@kevgrow
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Hey Friends, end of week 8 from seed :)
Many new things have occurred this week
Plant 1 is beginning to mature, its not growing in height as much as before but now its getting thicker and looking stronger.
I am slowing increasing the amount of nutrition, I don't want to burn them at this stage.
I noticed some of the leaf stems were turning red, so I decreased the light and its turning back to green.
Did some defoliation this week to give more room to the smaller leaves.
Plant was getting taller and was too close to the grow Light so I installed some netting inside the tent and it helped control the height for now, if it gets taller ill purchase a bigger grow tent 😩
Looking forward in seeing some bud formation in week 9, will keep you guys posted.
Thanks for all the support, see you guys next week!
#FirstGrow #Plant#1 #MysteryStrain
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@MoneyMorris
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The plants have been flushing for almost a week now. Really starting to change colors. I can't wait to see how much I get from them.
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@DrBud420
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27.05.
Today is the end of the fourth week for the plant.
In a couple of days I will transplant it and top it off, the good weather is finally coming...
The plants spent most of the day outside today, and at some moments there was a very strong wind, and I was not there, so now they are protesting a bit and probably angry that I left them..to apologize, I played them half an hour of quality reggae music, so I hope we'll be fine by tomorrow lol
Stay high and keep growing my brothers ‘n’ sisters!!!
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@FAST_BUDS,
Hi all the happy people here in GrowDiaries.
This is my second cultivation ever and it will be fun to try a bigger space than my closet grow.
First, I'm just going to say I'm done with the construction of my new growroom.
I put some pictures on the construction here in week one.
The room is 2.14 meters by 1.7 meters and has a ceiling height of 2 meters.
It provides a floor area of 3.6 square meters.
I use a 54 Watt Lightwawe T5 for germination and 2 Pcs 400 Watt HPS lamps.
I have a channel fan that replaces the room air about 40 times an hour to get a comfortable environment in the room, the air enters a fresh air intake from the outside.
The air is purified through a carbon filter to then leave the room to the rest of the basement.
Then I use that heat to heat the rest of the basement.
I will use 8 pcs 15 liter Autopots to grow with and a 100 liter water tank that supplies the pots of water and nutrition.
I will grow completely organically in soil and will watercure my buds to get the best possible medicine for me.
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2017-09-18. Week 5 starts. Added new video. Girl Nr 1 is 46 cm high and Nr 2 is 33 cm.
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2017-09-19. 2 new fans is installed in the grow room. Added pic and video.
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2017-09-20. Kl 10.00. New video. The Nr1 girl is 52 cm high and Nr 2 is 32 cm.
Kl 23.00. Did some massive defoliation, added video and pics
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2017-09-22. The girls have recovered well after my massive defoliation. Girl number 1 is now 56 cm tall and number 2 is 35 cm. They have received 6 liters of water and nutrition today.
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🇺🇸 Week 9 of Growth – Mother Gorilla 🇺🇸
Hey everyone, we’re back for Week 9 of growth for the Mother Gorilla from Royal Queen Seeds.
This week wasn’t great—the plant struggled to recover after the defoliation.
I had major pH fluctuations all week, which really slowed down growth.
Now at Week 9, I really want to switch to flowering, but the plant isn’t developing well enough.
For the past three weeks, things haven’t been going smoothly, and it’s frustrating.
This morning, after returning from the weekend, pH had risen to 6.4, which is way too high for hydro at this stage.
So I flushed the reservoir and started fresh with a new, properly adjusted nutrient solution.
I kept all the nutrients the same, and all other parameters remain unchanged.
Now, my main focus this week is keeping the nutrient solution stable so the plant can resume healthy growth.
Nothing else to report—just pH fluctuations and slowed growth.
The plant really needs to regain strength before flowering, or it’ll be a problem.
See you next week!
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🇫🇷 Semaine 9 de Croissance – Mother Gorilla 🇫🇷
Salut tout le monde, on est de retour pour la semaine 9 de croissance de la Mother Gorilla de chez Royal Queen Seeds.
Cette semaine n’a pas été top, la plante a eu du mal à récupérer après la défoliation.
J’ai eu de grosses fluctuations de pH toute la semaine, ce qui a ralenti la croissance.
On est à 9 semaines de croissance, et j’aimerais vraiment passer en floraison, mais la plante ne se développe pas assez bien.
Ça fait trois semaines que ça ne se passe pas comme prévu, et c’est frustrant.
Ce matin, en rentrant du week-end, le pH était monté à 6,4, ce qui est bien trop élevé pour l’hydro à ce stade.
J’ai donc vidé la soupe et préparé une nouvelle solution nutritive ajustée.
J’ai gardé les mêmes nutriments, et toutes les constantes restent inchangées.
Cette semaine, mon objectif est de stabiliser la solution nutritive pour que la plante puisse reprendre une bonne croissance.
Rien d’autre à signaler, à part les fluctuations de pH et le ralentissement.
Elle doit vraiment reprendre de la vigueur avant la floraison, sinon ça risque d’être compliqué.
À la semaine prochaine !
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Harvest Report – Cutting
The cutting has now reached harvest time, and the final impressions are very positive. Compared to Phenotype #1, the aroma of the cutting is noticeably sweeter—a more pronounced fruity profile with less of the earthiness or pine noted in other phenotypes. The buds are dense and sticky, reflecting the successful flowering process despite lighter nutrient feeding.
Key Observations:
Aroma: Sweet and fruity, an improvement or variation on #1.
Bud Quality: Dense structure and well-formed trichomes indicate good resin production.
Nutrient Management: The lighter feeding schedule led to some yellowing leaves early, but the plant still delivered a satisfying yield.
Performance: Overall, the cutting performed as expected, showing consistent traits and no issues with hermaphroditism despite being feminized. This confirms that previous issues were likely due to the genetics of other plants rather than environmental factors.
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@GrowGuy97
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Everything seems to be going ok, 2 of the 5 are a little behind as far as how fast they are getting buds
Update buds are getting much more frosty
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@Aurora_Borealis
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Flowering is finally upon us, only took a long, but enjoyable, years worth of research and preparation, looking forward to the next few weeks even more, can't wait to see what it's like when im back from vacation in a couple weeks. I'll only be gone for 18 days, already have multiple friends who can come by to water them once and help tuck the stretch. Will probably be the last update for a little bit, but ill try and get a few updates in over the holidays.
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@Dunk_Junk
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She's growing well this week. Flowers fattening up a bit but she's got quite a few weeks left yet. 💪
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Welcome to week 10. 7/9-15 Grow family, friends and followers, for the most part, I've basically been flushing 3 gallons each plant every 2 days. I think it is helping both Gaia and Circe recover from nutrient lock out. I see tufts of new flowers forming on some top buds. In the flushing, I still see tea color run off but I will return to feeding very lightly this week. Measurements for one gallon but make 4 or 5 gallons of fertilizer solution.
7/9 flushed ladies with 3 gallons and picture day.
7/ 10 I already feel behind on this week. I had to rush watering my plants in the tent yesterday so I could prep the sides and condiments for a cookout. After eating we played games then, called it early as a storm was heading our way. I was going to do my diary up date last night but the storm took out our power. So today loaded yesterdays pics
7/11 ferigating day. All got flushed 3 gallons of water. After using, then I fertilized with additional 1gals
Fertilizer TPS1 15 ml in 4 gal
Signal 7.5 ml in 4 gal
Each plant received 1gal.
Also baking day -Banana Brownie recipe in week 2 Natrona's recipe diary. This is free of eggs, gluten and sugar.
And I'm trying to create videos. Tried adding music and adding my IG avatar. Needs work and for me, sure didn't come easy.
7/12 I added a humidifier to the tent yesterday to bring VPD in line. It's getting too hot and with low humidity, the vpd is bordering on the red zone. Temps are heating hotter here so our a/c has to work harder and still not doing the cooling necessary. It is also cooling the tent by about 5 degrees.
The drip trays were empty this morning. That means that after ferigating yesterday, any runoff in the bins was drank overnight. I did not top off the drip bins with tap water today. I'm letting them go a day or two without any water. I'm seeing more new tufts of hairs on lower buds. Yay.👍
7/13 water only and pictures.
Also made osteoarthritis lotion.. week 3 Natrona's recipes
7/14 checking in. The girls are doing fine. No water today and bins are dry. Also at 10x magnifying, I am starting to see trichomes 👍 Pics taken.
7/15 Ferigate day. flushed with 1 gal each then fertilized in 4 gal 22ml TPS1 and 9ml Signal
Thanks for stopping by,
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@BioBuds
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One was more bushy and was a little behind. As I said, they had some heat stress and I think the 15-liter pots are too small when the environment is hotter.
Still, they are totally worth growing and joy to smoke. They don't need much curing and the weed is very very strong.
Going to try this strain again very soon!!
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@SecretC8keSociety
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Require regular trimming and maintenance to keep them healthy as much as possible so the girls can thrives….
Take up a lot of water for sure. But will update on the way and picture . Other than that I’m happy and satisfied and will look into Cereal Milk from Premium Cultivar as well. On day 12 will take it down from hang drying in 3 b 3. I will grow 6 plants from here on out instead of 12 . Give room for plants to space out.
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@TheUsualSuspect
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Time for some light defoliation to allow more light penetration. Might gave gone a little overboard with the defoliation, I tend to do that.
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@creamykees
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unfortunatly the weather changed and temperature outside dropped down to 12 degrees celsius. It had a big impact on my plants. One plant after another wilted and i tossed 28 of them.
The substrate is also to wet and maybe it was to often recycled.
Only 42 plants left and only some really look healthy like they should.
I have to start again with new seeds to fill may table. I am so angry about the wasted time.
