The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@GrimbolTheDruid
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*If anyone read through my GDP diary, this is going to be mostly the same stuff.
So, sad day friends. I got spider mites and had to throw all my plants out. This is what I think happened:
About 2-3 weeks ago I noticed some freckling on the lower leaves. I looked at it and thought it might be a cal/mag issue so I added cal/mag that week and went about my business. I saw it about a week later and it wasn't getting any better so I added more cal/mag. This continued for about 2-3 weeks until I finally took off a leaf and examined it under my microscope. I saw little bugs crawling everywhere and my stomach just dropped. My fiance did some quick research while I was panic ripping leaves off (see pictures) and she correctly diagnosed it as spider mites.
I debated with myself and my close friend and ultimately I decided to throw all the plants in my tent away. I know that there are a lot of people who will say that there are things I could have done to make it to harvest but what it came down to is the people I take care of and personal pride. I consider myself a caregiver and I give away product for free that I am not going to use to my family and close friends. I thought to myself "Would you smoke this?" and when my answer was "ehhh, I don't know", I thought about how it would feel giving it away and immediately made the decision to destroy them. I take an immense amount of pride in my product and this hobby and if I am not going to stand behind it I would rather just start over. I grow from my heart (shout out to the Grow From Your Heart Podcast!) to help people and make sure my family is not getting unsafe product from sketchy people. To spray pesticides in flower that may hurt people and have little bug carcasses in there just goes against that in every way and is just wrong in my opinion if you are giving it away to others. If you are the only one smoking it then it is one thing to take that risk but not with your patients. I want my medicine to help people, not create or exacerbate health issues.
It is also important to note that the mites had moved from my flower tent into my veg space and took over my auto berry as well. Damn things are crafty and fast.
So that is why I made the decision to destroy them all after 3+ months of res changes, pruning, and manifolding on a slow vegging strain. Feel free to chime in with your opinion but I do not regret my decision. I threw out my new clones, mother plant, and auto berry I had on my veg side as well. Shout out to all the other growers out there that do the right thing by their patients. Caregivers > Cash croppers.
For anyone curious, I removed everything from my tent and scrubbed it all with a 20% bleach/water solution. All equipment has been wiped down and stored in the garage away from any organic materials. I will give them until tomorrow (2 days) to air out and dry and then I will wipe it down again with bleach and wait another 2 days. Hopefully that will make sure everything is dead and will not come back next grow. That next grow should start in about a week.
It sucks but sometimes it happens and you gotta be ready for it. Lesson learned. Never bring outdoor plants into your indoor garden even if it is after just a day or two. A bunch of people on here and Reddit warned me and I did not listen. Now I have learned the hard way and it feels like when your parents "told you so" haha.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by along the way. Stay tuned for a new grow coming soon. It is going to be some cool new limited edition Mephisto Illuminautos. I am pretty excited.
Good luck out there and always grow from your heart folks.
-Grim
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@xs8
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Week 5 starts with recover from the previous FIMing.
I'm surprised 😍
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Day 30:
Found a better way to LST, the branches are growing much faster now :D
Day 34:
Sex clearly visible 😁 (female)
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@rickhaZe
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Dia 32: agregamos mas sustrato a cada planta y realizamos poda de hojas bajas y nudos mas desfavorable
Dia 35: agregamos la primera dosis de blossom blaster pro.
6 ml en 6 litro de agua, aplicamos 500ml a cada planta.
Dia 37: aplicamos 500ml de agua por planta.
Dia 38: sesión de fotos a todos los ejemplares de este cultivo y rotación de las plantas dentro de la carpa, todos los dias hago estos movimientos para que todas capten la misma luminosidad y el sustrato se seque mas parejo.
Dia 39: aplicaremos monster bloom en el cultivo, la solución será de 1.8g (ya que es en polvo) en 6 litros de agua
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@Chubbs
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420 Fastbuds Week 1
Gorilla Cookies Auto
These girls are growing amazing. For the first week of veg they look great. Drip system is working good keeping the soil moist. Looking forward to the weeks to come.
All in all Happy Growing
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@Agrocann
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Harvest!
Few comments about a process and harvest.
It was easy to grow, no mold, no nutrients issues- looks like a process was smooth.
Do not know about the yield - will check after drying.... but it is looks like the yield will not be high.
The lady was big, but the lights probably was not so efficient. The light were able to penetrate the third of the height so everything below it is a lax popcorn.
After drying will add comments about the weight!
Thank you for your comments!
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@Coco4CocoPuffs
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😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴
We are now at day 70 from seed and we are 42 days in flower 👈 I am running 2 Sleepys and both are doing great 👍
so new nutrients plan has once again started 🙂 let's go Brandon 👈😄😅😆
we are just steaming ahead everythings is fire 👍
Thank you my friend for the support 🙏
😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴💤😴
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@herewegrow
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Day 44 - Some lower leaf issues on the Sour Stompers, mostly #1. I've switched to just pH'd water the last 2 waterings, might continue to hold off on nutes until the roots are strong enough. Some minor burning on 4AM as well but not as bad.
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@skaterblasted
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Lamp Brightness: 100% @ 16" - estimated 914 PAR
(GMO 2 tallest plant so top of this is used for 16" light distancing)
Feeding schedule once-a-week, other waterings strictly water-only
Watering volume varying up to 3/4 gallon per day
Day after feeding, soil is given a sst + fresh organic kefir whey 4oz+ per gallon
(kefir grains grown in local organic grass-fed milk)
IPM once-a-week visual inspection - no foliar applications
note: lowering humidity this week, beeswax coated hemp twine used to tie up some heavy branches on GMO 1
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@Ninjabuds
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It’s day 43 of flower! All of the plants look great! I’m going to start dialing back the light intensity slowly over the next couple weeks. Harvest time is getting close
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@Trailblazers_Farm
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15 seeds germinated. 100% success rate. Seeds have been planted in a mix that has volcano ash and bat guano. The mix gets the seeds off to a great start without the worry of adding nutrients. Over the next few days they'll receive water twice a day.
We water about 100ml at a time 3x a day. We water in circular motion to encourage the roots to grow out.
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@Batista
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This was the last week on vegetation light schedule, we think she had grown enough to start flowering cicle.
We also started the defoliation, gradually removing the leaves, when we find it necessary.
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@poloq_mauriceloetel
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Training
This week was the start of the LST and, with that, a continuous gentle defoliation to ensure that the new shoots are getting a lot of direct light. Leaves (especially sun sails) growing over new shoots are either pressed down or, if necessary, removed. When LSTing, I always focus on gently bending the branches in the desired direction every day, without disregarding the natural structure of the plant. Once they reach a length of about 5 cm, I start to secure them with training stakes(*1). This way, the risk of damage (as well as overall stress for the plant) is kept to a minimum.
Setup
The lamp is now at max. intensity and min. distance (35 cm) at around 650 - 700 PPFD.
(*1) I built the training stakes myself to match my needs (enough length, natural material, no sharp edges, slightly downward facing angle).
Pests + Living Soil + Environment
The combination of nematodes and sand seemed to work immediately, because the number of Sciaridae quickly dropped to about 2 - 3 adult flies per day. Still, on day 40 (8 days after adding the sand) I removed it again, because:
- it was rather intended to support the nematodes (fewer new larvae),
- the Sciaridae had fallen to a level that seemed acceptable,
- it would keep the soil too anaerobic and moist in the long term.
The decision also had a positive effect on the RH(*2) (approx. 10% increase).
(*2) Relative humidity fluctuated slightly from day to day, but generally remained around 50%. Although removing the sand (at the end) of this week increased the RH, I only evaluated this ‘new average' RH from the following week onwards.
Environment + Plants
The stabilization of the environmental conditions and the increase in light, have allowed the plants to grow intensively this week. In the beginning, the relative humidity was still a little lower than I would like, but acceptable since the plants were still quite small and didn't need to be watered as often (large amount of substrate with corresponding buffering effect to keep the plants healthy.
Plants
During the seedling phase, I observed slight deficiency symptoms that at first glance looked like a nutrient problem (potassium, calcium, ...?). Since I cannot control the nutrient content as precisely as I could with a hydroponic system e.g., and the damage was manageable and occurred during a phase in which I also stressed the plants by allowing them to become too dry, I simply ignored it... with success. Since the system has been back in balance, there have been no further incidents of this kind.
*Gorilla Z Auto was 20 cm tall, Mimosa Cake Auto 12 cm.
(Pre-)Flower
I have also been able to observe pre-flowering, which is consistent with my other observations. [Autoflowering genetics in particular do most of their growing during this phase, which lasts just under two weeks, roughly starting from week 3 - 5.]
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@GMSgrows
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First off. I DO NOT USE TERRA AQUATICA NUTRIENTS. I USE FLORANOVA GROW AND FLORANOVA BLOOM
The Silver Widow is a beautifully structured girl with great resistance to the elements.
She is naturally one big bush without topping her. The smells from this girl is something to behold. At times it's all you can smell throughout the entire yard. This girl makes me smile every time I look at her. Flowering time is approaching very soon. Looking forward to some sticky flowers.
Thanks for the interest my friends.
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@Dankybongtoker69
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Didn't have someone to come water the plants. 5 days away. Plants dried right out. Defoliated both and fed and watered. We will see what happens. Plant one has mostly orange hairs. Plant two is on the whiter side. Buds are still filling in. I have definitely learned that I need to move on to a more automated system for my lifestyle. Gonna try to make the best of the next few weeks and watch the trichomes turn. Day 66-67 flushed soil with pH water
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@Naujas
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My house is full of sweet chocolate and fruit aroma:) her flowers are full of shiny trichomes :) the girl only bloomed for 57 days, but she is already ready, maybe her flowering sped up in my grow box, high temperature 33°, because of that under my arm my light was set to 85%. From the first days, the girl showed fast and healthy growth:) I made a timelapse video, but unfortunately due to problems with the SD memory card, it takes 3-4 days at the end of the video, besides, my tent is too small for that :D I also made bubble hash from sugar leaves myself :) I tried Zamnesia seeds for the first time - I hope that someday this seed bank will offer me its products to try again :) thank you all. you were together :) good luck with the growing.
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@Frank_cultiva
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Siguen siendo alimentadas con los mismos nutrientes, la dosis ha cambiado de a cuerdo a la semana en que van... Las de scrog en floración 12/12 y las de maceteros de 30Lt aún en vegetación 18/6
Realmente sorprendido con la recuperación que está teniendo la última transplantada
