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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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Over night soak with paper towel will update once we got action
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๐ŸŒฑ GROW LOG: Gorilla Cookies Auto (x3) โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ MONDAY 25/08/25 - DAY 33 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 24ยฐC / 22ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 65% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.0 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ TUESDAY 26/08/25 - ๐Ÿ’งWATERING - DAY 34 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed โ†’Defoliated some leaves ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 24ยฐC / 22ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 65% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.0 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ WEDNESDAY 27/08/25 - DAY 35 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed โ†’ Notices Calcium Deficiency ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 24ยฐC / 22ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 65% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.0 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ THURSDAY 28/08/25 - ๐Ÿ’งWATERING - DAY 36 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed โ†’ Added extra calcium to water ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 24ยฐC / 22ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 65% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.0 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ FRIDAY 29/08/25 - DAY 37 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 25ยฐC / 24ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 60% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.2 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ SATURDAY 30/08/25 - ๐Ÿ’งWATERING- DAY 38 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 27ยฐC / 25ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 59% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.3 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ SUNDAY 31/08/25 - ๐Ÿ’งWATERING- DAY 39 โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ โ†’ All stats in range, no attention needed โ†’ Defoliated some leaves โ†’ Very early Signs of flowering ๐ŸŒก๏ธTemp (Day/Night): 28ยฐC / 26ยฐC ๐Ÿ’ฆ Humidity (RH): 58% ๐Ÿ” VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.3 โšก Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 ๐Ÿ’ง Soil Water Content (WC): 21% ๐Ÿ’ก Light: 75% @ 25cm from canopy ๐Ÿ”† PPFD (ฮผmol/mยฒ/s): 700 ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ COโ‚‚ (ppm): 480 โ•ญโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฎ ๐ŸŒฟ OVERVIEW โ•ฐโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ•ฏ The Gorilla Cookies Auto trio cruised through a steady week! ๐ŸŒฑ From Monday to Sunday (Days 33โ€“39), all stats stayed in range with no issues. Watering happened on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, with light defoliation on Tuesday and Sunday to keep things tidy. Temps ranged from 24โ€“28ยฐC (day) and 22โ€“26ยฐC (night), humidity held at 58โ€“65%, and VPD was 1.0โ€“1.3. Lights stayed at 75% @ 25cm, delivering consistent light intensity, and COโ‚‚ remained stable. ๐Ÿ˜Ž Lessons: โ†’ Stability is Key: Consistent environment and watering kept plants happyโ€”no surprises! ๐ŸŒฟ โ†’ Light Defoliation Works: Occasional leaf removal maintained airflow and light exposure. โœ‚๏ธ โ†’ Monitor Trends: Slight temp and humidity shifts didnโ€™t disrupt growth, but stay watchful. ๐Ÿ‘€ Takeaway: Smooth sailing with stable conditions and routine care. Keep the steady vibe and light pruning going! ๐Ÿš€
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Tag 56 - Beginn der 9 Woche. Die Blรผten entwickeln sich weiterhin gut, sie sind schรถn frostig und duften stark und sรผรŸlich. Leider wurden die Blรคtter immer gelber und fallen teilweise ab. Fรผr mich ist das anhand der Symptome diese Woche eindeutig geworden, dass die Pflanze hier mit zu viel Licht und Hitze zu kรคmpfen hat. Leider kann ich die Lampe nicht weiter hoch stellen ohne das es die andere Pflanze beeinflussen wรผrde. Deshalb habe ich das Dรผngeschema nicht geรคndert und weiterhin Cal-Mag dazu gegeben damit sich die Pflanze vor der Lichtintensitรคt und der Hitze besser schรผtzen kann. Gedรผngt wurde an Tag 51 der letzten Woche. Nรคhrstofflรถsung: 1 ml/l - Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra Advanced Nutrients. 1 ml/l - Big Bud Advanced Nutrients 1 ml/l - Bud Candy Advanced Nutrients. 1 ml/l - B-52 Advanced Nutrients. 2 ml/l - pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part A. 2 ml/l - pH Perfect Sensi Bloom Part B.
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COMMENTED BY MadeInGermany MadeInGermany 8 minutes ago Flowering day 68 since clock change to 12/12 Hey guys :-) . It's so far, the lady is ripe and will be cut at the bottom end in the coming days and hung upside down in the drying tent :-) . Next week there will be an extra update on how they are hanging. Watering would be done twice this week with 1 l each (nutrients see table above) Otherwise it was checked and everything was cleaned. Have fun and stay healthy ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ You can buy this Nutrients at : https://greenbuzzliquids.com/en/shop/ With the discount code: Made_in_Germany you get a discount of 15% on all products from an order value of 100 euros. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ You can buy this strain at : https://www.exoticseed.eu/ Water ๐Ÿ’ง ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ’ง Osmosis water mixed with normal water (24 hours stale that the chlorine evaporates) to 0.2 EC. Add Cal / Mag to 0.4 Ec Ph with Organic Ph - to 5.8 - 6.5 MadeInGermany
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First set of leaves were a bit light and what appears as some decent tip burn? Bucket was running hot on week two, but left it alone. Sheโ€™s happy now that sheโ€™s starting to get the munchies. Most of the growth is looking decent. Iโ€™m going to top above the fourth node, and take the lower branches leaving 6 main branches to train. Sheโ€™s topped but it looks like I will end up with 8 branches to play with. I may remove the bottom two?
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Special thanks to @DreamIT for showing me how to add music and animation to video. Check out my fountain video above for a short clip. Thanks to @UnorthadoxDude for influencing me ( by visual curiosity) maybe twisted an arm to buy some carnivors. Well I happened to find some at our annual master gardener plant sale. I will be putting some in the tent. Lots of growth in my carnivores. Flowers on Sundew.
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Another great week with this beautiful lady
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Cant wait till flush to see em purp OUT OR BLACK OUT ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฌ
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Great week going into 4 weeks. Started LTS 3 days ago Gelatos have responded very well
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Top leaves are turning yellow probably due to excess light and heat. Temperatures are very high above 30oC in southeastern Brazil. I increased the lighting distance 30cm from the top. QB LM301H 120W
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Day 58 : She started to fatten her buds. Also she has a small nitrogen deficiency. I think she will be ok. Nutrients added to water, CO2 stopped for all ladies. Edit (Day 62) : I watered again with nutrients, so to be ok with nitrogen. It seems that she faced the lack. I believe she will be that chop chop.
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Hey guys Didn't get this up at the weekend sorry but here we go lil peak in the indica garden. So we've encountered a slight issue what we thought was autos is actually photos so its out a lil pressure on in the garden bit stressfull for me as im not a photo man none other the less I am pushing tru so I no what im doing. So we've culled 7 gals last week ๐Ÿ˜ช๐Ÿ˜ช I no I no im prepared for the comments and unfortunately today we have culled another 3 2 of which are on my own organic Ammendments and are genetics issues and the other 1 is on another feed other thaย  indica I dnt show these pics as this is our indica grow the other pocs get posted in Insta @Space_Gorilla_Grows_Autos . So we will leave tht there like I say been very stressful.. back to topic the photoย  gals on indica feed are massive soooo bushy loads of sites due to sell ed defoliateation as I say I would of trained them well avin kown they were photos ๐Ÿ“ท but hey they are doing excellent both our cindy 99s and our ๐ŸŠ ๐Ÿฆย  so ill be taking some cutting gs off for sure ๐Ÿ‘ Really happy with how things are going despite the hicups but when you working with the best in the buizz @indica.nutrients what else would you expectย  take a look at the pics and lil vid ... the vid is only short as we've got another issue the 5x5 pit is nit fit for purpose and so in it has been replaced by the hydro shop they got knto the supplier and they av sent out a more premium version โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ™
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acho que ainda consegui produzir uns tricomas com as correรงรตes da รกgua, mas como o estรกgio da floraรงรฃo jรก estava bem avanรงado, as folhas comeรงaram a descolorir muito cedo, tive que colher 3 plantas precocemente, as outras 3 menos vou tentar seguir mais 2 semanas, nรฃo estรฃo mostrando tricomas Ambar ainda!
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These our great and quite uniform genetics! Lemonpaya get the beans
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Week 5 we seen a very fast entrance into flower. We have it it's first feeding of supercharged flower feed at a small dose. I took a good amount of leafs but not too many as don't want to stress her out too much
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So this week I saw some decent bud development! There are a couple of colas with tips a little too close to the light, but they aren't getting super high PAR measurements so I think they're good. I added PK 13/14 this week, so I wanted to see some interesting changes. Not as much as I thought, but some flowers are noticeably much fatter than a few days ago. Had an issue with the top layer of my coco getting dry which I realised to be from the 15L dehumidifier I had in there, right next to my pot ๐Ÿ˜ณ So that's now on full power in the room outside of the tent. The heat can be a bit of an issue, reaching 27-28c briefly some days. There's been a couple of fluctuations in the humidity, from 55% RH to 70%, so I've straightened the ducting and tried to perfect my ventilation and environment as much as possible. I'm debating buying a co2 bag to help my plant deal with the heat and intense light. The trichomes are really starting to show, with the 60x magnifier I can see so many cool heads. It just seems that my buds aren't really filling out beneath the pistils, causing me to worry. This week there were so many photos that even after picking out my favourites I ended up with 111 of them! Also, it's worth noting that the nutrient amounts I have listed are in *ml/1.5l. Happy growing! KIZDOG