The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
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@Hashy
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Week 6 Light cycle=18/6 Light Power=120w 50% Extractor controller settings High temp= 25c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 56% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=8 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=06.00am Radiator on= below 21c Radiator off= above 22c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=00.00am Radiator on= below 18c Radiator off= above 19c VPD aim=0.6-1.4 DLI aim=35-40 EC aim=1.9 PH aim=6.2 Fri 26/1/24 #1 (Day 36) 📋 defoliate lower leaves that hardly get any light. Sat 27/1/24 #1 (Day 37) 📋 H=42cm D=39cm DLI=32.5 Raised light about 10cm Increased light power to 140w H=42cm D=49cm DLI=30.1 Sun 28/1/24 I have decided today is going to be the last day of veg before I flip to flower. Lights will have come on today at 6.00am and go off at 10.00pm, they will get 14hrs light today and tomorrow will be day 1 of 12/12. 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= automatic Feed=Veg nutes. Neutralise=0.1ml/L Silicon=1.0ml/L Calmag=1.0ml/L Terra grow=4.0ml/L Roots=0.2ml/L Easy Ph down=0.125ml/L Ec= 2.05 PH=6.1/6.3 Time start=12.00pm Finish time=13.45pm (11×5 minute runs with 5 minute gaps) Total flow rate=181ml/min Flow rate per plant=45ml/min. Total volume made=12L Total volume left=2L Total volume used=10L Volume per plant=2.5L (Est) Runoff. Total runoff=1L Ec=2.7 PH=6.1/6.3 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 #1 (Day 38) 📋 With no information for flower time I'm going to have to guess she will be finished in 45-60 days. I removed quite a few lower nodes that probably won't break through the canopy, they where ideal candidates for clones. Light cycle=12/12 Light Power=140w 58% Extractor controller settings High temp= 25c Low temp= c Temp step=0c High Rh= 56% Low Rh= % Rh step=0% Speed max=8 Speed min=2 Smart controller settings (during lights on). Lights on=10.01-21.59 Radiator on= below 21.5c Radiator off= above 22.5c Smart controller settings (during lights off). Lights off=22.00-10.00 Radiator on= below 18c Radiator off= above 19c Mon 29/1/24 Lights on at 10.00am off at 22.00pm #1 (Day 39)(Day 1 flower) 📋 H=45cm D=46cm DLI=23.1 At 9.00pm increased light to 150w H=45cm D=46cm DLI=24.0 Tue 30/1/24 #1 (Day 40)(Day 2 flower) 📋 Wed 31/1/24 #1 (Day 41)(Day 3 flower) 📋 H=48cm D=43cm DLI=28.4 🚿 foliar sprayed (Sumo Boost 2ml/L). Thur 1/2/24 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 Method= automatic Feed=water Neutralise=0.1ml/L Roots=0.2ml/L Easy Ph down=0.ml/L Ec=0.2 PH=6.6/6.6 Time start=12.00pm Finish time=13.45pm (11×5 minute runs with 5 minute gaps) Total flow rate=181ml/min Flow rate per plant=45ml/min. Total volume made=14L Total volume left=4L Total volume used=10L Volume per plant=2.5L (Est) Runoff. Total runoff=1L Ec=2.0 PH=6.1/6.2 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧 #1 (Day 42)(Day 4 flower)**** 📋 H=50cm D=41cm DLI=29.0 Lifted light and increasd power to 196w. H=50cm D=50cm DLI=29.5 She is doing great, has a nice height and shape to her. No problems still. She has been under 12/12 for majority of the week. Back soon. Take it easy.
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@Dunk_Junk
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Her flowers are packing the weight on this week!! 😍 Leaves look a bit curled up, possibly wind burn. I have moved her position in the tent.
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@m0use
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*=UPDATE=* Smoke Report *=UPDATE=* Harvest Totals **Smoke Report and effects** to follow after cure, May 10th ish. This was my second ever indoor grow, and compared to my last grow I have learned a lot. My goal this time was to get about 1.5-2oz a plant, up from my previous goal of 1oz a plant from last grow. Best part is I got to my goal!!😁 Next goal will be 2oz+ a plant. This was the last time I will be using my homemade grow tent, it was compromised out of recycled Styrofoam, miss-tint paint and glue, it provided me what I needed to get the job done one a extreme budget but it is preventing me from doing more. The main problem I ran into this grow was humidity control/space. The fan broke half way through and I was too lazy to get a new one as I figured I'll wait till I get a real tent. This mind set enabled some mould to flourish and that is why I had to harvest early. I felt if I let the plants go 2 more weeks, I would have hit 2oz a plant, it was only a few grams away, however if I kept going with the mould I would have been down to 1oz after all the rot was cut out from both plants, that shit fucks up your grow fast if you don't manage your air circulation. So the main things I learned: 1) I was underfeeding my plants in there 2nd half of life, thus the buds from the previous grows and this one suffered a bit. This grow does have the most dense buds I have ever grown, but it could have been better. 2) PH is key, I still did not have a PH meter but was blindly altering the PH of my water by adding in some citric acid, not only to neutralize the chlorine but also lower the PH a bit. When I did test the soils PH using a soil testing kit, it was lower then previous grows. This helped get more nutrients into the plants and grow bigger. previous grows the PH was 7-7,5 ish 3) You can get an "ok" harvest off of blue lights, my grow was under seven 18" 6500k 18w sunblaster LEDs, and I thought they would never get over 1oz a plant because they don't have the best spectrum for cannabis in flower, among the other dumb things I do as a novice grower. but they worked out just fine, still going to upgrade in time with proper lighting in the 3500k range. 4) Once the plants get bigger and buds start to becoming more dense, the air circulation is needed, its is not longer optional for a budget grow in a shity homemade tent. 5) Defoliation works. my plants have ruffly the same amount of buds, however the plant that I fiddled around with mainlining and defoliation had bigger fatter buds vs popcorn nugs like the opposite plant. 6) Fungas gnats are annoying, fuck them, use nematodes to kill them flat in there tracks. 7) Getting better at making edibles. :) So other then that, the only real differences between this is last grow is lower PH in tap water, more lights, slightly bigger pots, bit more feed and different genetics from a different breeder. I followed everything else ruffly the same. My own hydro break down from lights alone is below. I did not notice any big difference between the two plants and there phenotypes, I was meaning to take a clone and try and grow it outdoors again but forgot and that was my last of the seeds. I was surprised that one of them was a male. not even hermi, full blown male. I'm not into breeding or I would have kept him, Yields: Plant # 1 - male, killed Plant # 2 - 42.1g bud, 13.15g trim (1 .49oz, 0.46oz) bigger fatter buds Plant # 3 - 45.1g bud, 13.15g trim (1.59oz, 0.46oz) smaller nugs, almost all popcorn. =Overall - 87.2g total bud, ave 43.6g a plant. 26.3g trim ave 13.15g a plant. Smells: plants 2-3 - both smelled the same, in the beginning they had a lovely sexy lemon sent, then in the end it just turned into something else, I think some of the moulds in the tent altered it a bit. Will wait till after cure to see what its like, I noticed some changes in just drying and having them in the jars for two days now. Now that the cure is all done and finished the two strains smell a bit different in there respective jars but there smoke is almost identical. plant #2 or pheno #1 is more of a classic OG Kush smell to me, its earthy, herbal and pungent. Hints of pine in there with lemon bit woody. plant #3 or pheno #2 is more of a bright one, It's sweet smelling with berries in it, some hints of almost floral like in it, not quite rose or lavender something else, not what I was expecting at all. I like this smell better vs the other plant. Smoke Report It took its sweet time but I finally got it in. I myself do not smoke, so I relay on my roomie for this part of the report, they are a long time smoker 10+ years. They have reported that the smoke smooth and easy going, they would say it was a bit smoother then my previous grow of OK Kush CBD and Blackberry. the only noticeable differences between the different phenos is that pheno #1 is more pungent that phoneo #2 but over all the smokes flavours and quality are the same just brighter in phone #2, I feel these are a bit off from the original seeds I grew back in the day from my first ever grow but still high quality. this was rated as a equal balance of sativa and indica feels on smoking but the smells where leaning towards sativa a bit. m0use +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Cost + Time Analysis Of Growing Cannabis. m0use’s Breakdown +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Light Schedule === growth: 18h on 6h off flower: 12h on 12hr off GROWTH: 35days 5am-11pm-on -- 11pm-5am-off --- Cost of kwh with on-peak "20.8c", mid-peak "14.4c" and off-peak "10.1c". 5am - 7am -- 2hr @10.1c/kwh off-peak 7am - 11am -- 4hr @20.8c/kwh on-peak 11am - 5pm --6hr @14.4c/kwh mid-peak 5pm - 7pm -- 2hr @20.8c/kwh on-peak 7pm - 11pm -- 4hr @10.1c/Kwh off-peak --- 6h @10.1c/kwh 6h @20.8c/kwh 6h @14.4c/kwh --- Using the previous c/kwh numbers above I can find out the daily cost of the lamps in the 3 peak periods. growth and flower 6h x 10.1c/kwh = 60.6c/kw * .126 kw = 7.64c off-peak 6h x 20.8c/kwh = 124.8c/kw * .126 kw = 15.72c on-peak 6h x 14.4c/kwh = 86.4c/kw * .126 kw = 10.89 c mid-peak The "h" hours and "kw" kilowatts cancel out and we are left with a value of "c" cents per peak period add all the peak periods up and you get your cost of running the lights in cents per day c/d --- growth : 7.64c + 15.72c + 10.89c = 34.25c/d FLOWER: 52days === 8am-8pm-on -- 8pm-8am-off --- Cost of kwh with on-peak "20.8c", mid-peak "14.4c" and off-peak "10.1c". 5am - 7am -- 0hr @10.1c/kwh off-peak 8am - 11am -- 3hr @20.8c/kwh on-peak 11am - 5pm --6hr @14.4c/kwh mid-peak 5pm - 7pm -- 2hr @20.8c/kwh on-peak 7pm - 8pm -- 1hr @10.1c/Kwh off-peak --- 1h @10.1c/kwh 5h @20.8c/kwh 6h @14.4c/kwh --- Using the previous c/kwh numbers above I can find out the daily cost of the lamps in the 3 peak periods. growth and flower 1h x 10.1c/kwh = 10.1c/kw * .126 kw = 1.27c off-peak 5h x 20.8c/kwh = 104c/kw * .126 kw = 13.10c on-peak 6h x 14.4c/kwh = 86.4c/kw * .126 kw = 7.77c mid-peak The "h" hours and "kw" kilowatts cancel out and we are left with a value of "c" cents per peak period add all the peak periods up and you get your cost of running the lights in cents per day c/d --- flower : 1.27c + 13.10c + 7.77c = 22.14c/d Lights === LED’s I use are 18w each and I have 7 lamps on an aray. 18w*7 = 126w | 126w/1000 = 0.126Kw growth: 18h/d lights on * .126kw lights hydro use = 2.27kw/d flower: 12h/d lights on *.126kw lights hydro use = 1.51kw/d G:79.45 + F:78.52 = 157.97kw for the entire grow. Cost growth : 7.64c + 15.72c + 10.89c = 34.25c/d flower : 1.27c + 13.10c + 7.77c = 22.14c/d The time my lights where on in the grow for 12 weeks and 1 day, or 85 days. growth: 35d * 34.25c/d = 1,198.75c ÷ 100 "100c in a dollar" = .99 flower: 52d * 22.14c/d = 1,152.28c ÷ 100 "100c in a dollar" = .52 the "d" days cancel out and we are left with a total cost of the lights for my 85day grow. 11.99 + 11.52 = .51 Using the regular calculation of grams harvested divided by watts used is not accurate to me, it does not account for all the time the lamps are on, the length of grow to the over all cost. The calculation that makes sense to me is this, harvested dry weight of usable cannabis buds/trim/keif/whatever in grams divided by total kw used. Could also combine it with grams per total single use costs “anything you used only for this grow and wont reuse in the next, or fractions of multi use items like fertilizers if they ½ full” and see how much you’re investing per gram. "kw" ÷ "g" = kw/g "$" ÷ "g" = $/g I have harvested 4oz or 113.5g on 157.97kw, this includes buds and trim in mycase. 157.97kw ÷ 113.5g = 1.39kw/g of usable cannabis. I’d still try and aim for under 1kw/g. .51 ÷ 113.5g = :text.20g The other ratio would have been, 113.5g to 126w = 0.9g/w just shy of the 1 mark. So in total, it cost me 20c per 1g I grew in light electricity alone. Not to bad. legend, kwh = kilowatt per hour kw = kilowatt w = watt h = hour c = cents $ = dollars d = day LED= Light Emitting Diode
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Well this week we moved all the leaves and stretched out the bitchs em out though.
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@eYo4Terpz
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Lollipopp und Entlaubung beendet Nicht wundern bei der Menge an Laub habe 3 von 4 entlaubt. 2 speedruns hab ich euch nämlich noch garnicht vorgestellt!!!
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This was a effortless week 🐱👌 all plants (except 1runt) were topped and given their first feeding..new growth has already developed on most.. A few plants are distinct from all the others, there's only 2 different strains but it looks like way more at the moment. We're expecting a bunch of vegetative growth this week, will update..thank for dropping by growmies and happy harvests ❤️
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The grow went great except for the males in the bunch (buying fem next time). Grew incredibly fast during veg which was hard to keep up with if I didn't manage every day. Very leafy and responded well to LST and topping. Fim didn't seem to give as good of a response as topping did. Had a accidental top of about 2 or 3 nodes and every branch underneath just about exploded. I kept the nutes in check (800ish) included with a 6/2 light cycle during veg. The 2 hour night cycles really gave them a chance to recover so my leaves looked pristine the entire grow. Flower she stretched more than expected but the last time I grew this strain was my first time and in dirt.... with a low budget light. The Buds are dense and compact so unfortunately there's no forearm size nugs after drying. Still curing but the "sample jar" is already A+ potency and doesn't taste horrible. 4 days of flush, 5 days dry hanging after wet cut, still working on cure +2weeks. The pictures don't do the trichomes justice, just covered.
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BT42Die Entwicklung der Blüten ist etwas langsamer als ich mir gewünscht habe. Die 8-9 Wochen Blüte die bei den Strains angegeben sind werden sie wohl nicht schaffen. Sind trotzdem gut mit Trichomen besetzt und so kompakt, dass ich einige schon stützen musste wegen des Gewichtes trotz aptus Regulator (Silizium). Ansonsten bekommen sie beide langsam einen sehr fruchtigen Geruch der an Nimm2 Bonbons erinnert. Zwei Buds haben leichtes Bleeching durch zu viel Licht, doch das Licht bleibt auf ca. 40cm Abstand um auch die unteren Buds mit genug Licht zu versorgen. __ BT42 The flowers are developing a little slower than I would have liked. They probably won't make it to the 8-9 weeks of flowering specified for these strains. Nevertheless, they are well covered with trichomes and so compact that I already had to support some of them due to their weight, despite using Aptus Regulator (silicon). Otherwise, they are both slowly developing a very fruity smell reminiscent of Nimm2 candies. Two buds have slight bleaching due to too much light, but the light remains at a distance of about 40 cm to provide enough light to the lower buds as well.
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➡️ Bella ragazzi la caramellina cresce e sto cercando di dare una forma circolare anche a lei. ➡️ Tra poco inizierà ad andare in pre fioritura e vedremo cosa ci farà vedere.
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Todo avanzando bien ya echo los cortes seguimos el lst también e sacado las hojas que tapaban mas la luz a los brazos inferiores ya pronto se cambiara a 12-12
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@Achim026
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Blüte geht immer weiter und obwohl ich so kleine behälter für die ladies habe wachsen sie super
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@SamDo
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Slt, semaine 4 qui se termine. Les plantes récupèrent du topping et de la défoliation qu’elles ont subies au tout début de la semaine,, peu être que je l’ai fait trop tôt, et pas correctement(voir photos) je ne sais pas. Pour la défoliation, j’ai enlevé les plus grosses feuilles seulement quand il y avait suffisamment d’autres petites feuilles pour que la plantes puissent continuer à capter l’énergie de la lumière. En tout cas les plantes semblent récupérer correctement, même si elles ne poussent pas trop en hauteur. Maintenant qu’elles ont cicatrisées, elles devraient reprendre leurs croissances. Voilà, à la semaine prochaine. Happy grow😎
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The buds are fating up. I removed some leaves which blocked the light for the lower buds. Hope she will be ready soon because I am afraid of mold developing.
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Probably not my favourite but it was very resistance. I didn’t like the grow structure, to many leaves, popcornbuds.. but anyways im still very happy 😊
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Day 48: - Shuffle some plants again to give them better spots. - Did defoliate again to make sure the lights can reach lower buds. Photos and videos where taken before watering, thats why the leafs are not lifted. Nothing special this week. see you guys next week.
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Day 119. After 72 hours of darkness - chop day !!! P.S. if you are searching for Killer Kush, she got separate diary, my favourite of all 3 strains. Day unknown !!! Though I uploaded dry weight results and videos, but made it only with Cheeses, all footage is deleted now , so this part will be missing, stoners life ... ;))) Happy Growing !!!
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Starting to bud up & the gelatos are stretching quite a bit at 30" to 24" on the LSDs. Runoff PPMs are running a bit high at 1183/pH 5.7 average last watering, going to flush straight water next time.