The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
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Nurturing My Cannabis Plants: Balancing Light and Protection In the first half of the day, I place my seedlings on a south-facing windowsill to ensure they catch some light. During the evening hours, they travel back to my balcony. This routine helps them get the light they need while staying safe from pests. Protecting My Plants: A Grower's Dilemma I'm hesitant to leave them outside permanently because, unfortunately, all my other vegetables have been eaten by snails. I certainly don't want the same fate for my precious cannabis plants. For now, they’re enjoying a mix of south windowsill and balcony life, which seems to be working well. First Watering: Preparing for Growth Once the coco mix dries out, they will receive their first feeding. Terra Aquatica Tripart is my nutrient trio of choice. I'll start with a half-dose, as recommended by the feeding chart, to ensure they don’t get nutrient burn. First Feeding: A New Stage My ladies seemed to enjoy their sleepover in the greenhouse. Now it's time for their first feeding. I added Cal-Mag to achieve an EC of 0.5 mS/cm to start with. I gave them a half-dose of nutrients as described in the chart and watered with enough runoff.
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Cut down on day 110, after 30 hours of darkness.. Added ice blocks to the substrate over the last couple days and got some lovely red and purple notes from it... Found one more spot of mould in a main cola, total loss of 40 grams of wet flower. Not a huge problem seeing as I still have colas the size of my forearm. Half wet trimmed on the large colas to reduce risk of mould, left less dense and smaller nugs with most leaves on to aid a slow dry. Hung in as little light possible in ~19°c at ~55%RH with filtered air from outside and extract system, dehumidifier circulating air in the room. Air refresh rate is ~90 seconds.
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04/08 Bon, bien ça y est. Elle est mure, et prête à se faire cueillir, et passer en séchage. Pour cette fois 3 semaines de plus on sufi à avoir un résultat qui me parait correcte. Demain je la coupe. 😁👍
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12-13 Friday the 13th before Christmas. Kinda neat. Well lets see how I set up this ride. Watered around 2.5 l. Weird, to full saturate my pot, without run off AND to feel the bottom of the pot wet-ish. Anyways. 5ml cal/mag, 1 ml drops of balance, 3/8 tsp-ish recharge and 1 ounce EM1. Hopefully coasting and watching them swell. Scc still getting taller. Sheesh 12-15 Big plain water, I strike again 😂 Saw some yellow tips, at first I figured hungry, makes sense, top dress due. Let check the run off and see where we stand. NOPE, slight burn. GD!! Ppm 1580 ph 6.6. so now they both around 900 ppm. Bulk time. Coulda waited a week and then top dress. Maybe next time I can think and check my run off before I top dress. Even if youre not supposed to in organic. Ok rambling. 😁😂🤘 .
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Havrested a bit before just becouse i needed to have a harvest before the full one
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Hi people! Smell!!!! sooo delicious smell! sweet aromatic! I just want to bite off one of the buds and eat!)) buds develop very well .. you can see how many there are .. they are everywhere .. especially under the leaves .. and so I think ... Or maybe you can do 1 more defoliation? the last one? what do you think, or not to bother her more?
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12cm vertical growth but look how bushy she is! Not quite entered flowering yet, but that's good... More veg time = bigger plant 😍
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Went to town on the not so lower third, did a good lower half on these since they are so tall, I don’t really want any larf and I’ll probably go back in in a couple weeks and do the same thing. These ladies are stretching crazy and also starting to put out some ice. Very excited, these were cloned from a purple pheno, but that purple pheno couldn’t been due to deficiency. Either way I’m so hyped for this grow, the octopots are out performing my expectations and so are the plants. I turned the light up to 75% and they seem to like it so far, I’m afraid to go too high on it since they are essentially touching it right now anyway. Week 3 in the books. It’s time for some bud formation.
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_____ Week 8 | Day 56 - 63 ______ I give her 25% less fertilizer than indicated by Advanced... Day 57 🌞 - install the other 2 Spider-farmer light bars | 4 / 160 Watt = 40 Watt each bar Day 59 🌞 - each Plant 3 Liter, with small drain Day 62 🌞 - I have changed the light for 1 week now and so far there are only small signs of flowering to be seen... Since then, they have grown about 5-10 cm ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Light - 12/12 h - 560 Watt - 2x 200 Watt Toplight - 4 x 40 Watt Lightbars PPFD - 900 - 1000 µmol Temp. avg. - 22,1° Hum. avg. - 65 % RLH
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TH 1Q2025 - Week 7 - Flower 4 
(ON Haze X Original Haze) X Northern Lights #2 “Todd’s Haze” Objective - 8 Female Plants, Topped ONCE @ Flip, 12” when topped - Modified Sea of Green Seeds Wet: 1139PM, 28.2.2025 Germinated: 2.3.2025 Flip: 21.3.2025 Harvest: 77 Days, DATE: 6.6.2025 _________________________________________ Initiate Auto-Fertigation LightDistance: [ 19.5, in] # We’re in STRETCH, ~1.5”/day! 11” Top Canopy - [ ] TM-7: [ 0.125, g] # Prep - [ ] Fertigation: [12, 12, 6] # [Primer A, Primer B, Silica Skin], Dilute to EC - [ ] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 6, ml] __ Fri Apr 18, 2025 TH 1Q25 29:F:4:1 __ Sat Apr 19, 2025 TH 1Q25 30:F:4:2 2000 Watering w/ PCAL 1660 Fertigation: [ 1, gal] RLA: [ 8.5, 4.2, 3.4] PCAL 1660: [ 2.5, ml] # Micronized Powder __ Sun Apr 20, 2025 TH 1Q25 31:F:4:3 Light Distance[TOP]: [ 11, in] # Still Stretching LightIntensity[TOP]: [ 925, µ], [ 40, mol/day] LightIntensity[Main]: [ 801, µ], [ 34.6, mol/day] We’ll Raise EC by 0.1 mS/cm/day till we’re comfortably ~ 2.4 (IFF They’re happy) … Would like to see overall GREEN both darkening & evening out . . . Defoliation - [x] Remove Fan Leaves below Node 7 # Preparation for Understory Lighting - [x] Remove Branches with TOPS bottom 25% of canopy Auto-Fertigation Today - [x] CLEAN Chiller - [x] Vinegar - [x] H202 - [x] High Throughput (Blast the interior AFTER Vinegar & H202) Initial Reservoir Fill: EC: [ 2.0, mS/cm] - [x] 4 Gallons (Dehu, RO, or Distilled) - [x] Primer A & B: [ 54, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 27, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 24, ml] While configuring - Ran 2 Gallons of Feed Before UNPLUGGING. ;-} __ Mon Apr 21, 2025 TH 1Q25 32:F:4:4 - [x] Light Distance[TOP]: [ 9, in] # Still Stretching 1.5 - 2”/Day Reservoir Fill: EC: [ 2.1, mS/cm] - [x] 4 Gallons (Dehu, RO, or Distilled) - [x] Primer A & B: [ 54, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 27, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 24, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 20, ml] We’ll take EC to 2.4 mS/cm (Relatively Heavy) IFF They’re all happy with the ‘upgrade’. ;-} Picked up 8 gallons of Distilled from HEB. Used for to refresh tank after last nights flush. Going for NO MORE than 2 Gal/Day. We’ll feed MORE than necessary to get DOWN TO Optimal delivery. Irrigation Timer is set to Every 3 Hours, 1 min flow, four times a light period. __ Tue Apr 22, 2025 TH 1Q25 33:F:4:5 Observation Vibrant, Uplifted, Rockin’ - 1250 runoff, Grew TWO MORE INCHES, Light Distance 6” 1900: Measure Runoff - Amount: [ 1250 , ml] - EC: [ 2.1, mS/cm] - [x] Harvest Dehu - [x] Refresh Reservoir - 2 Gallons - [x] EC: 2.1 - [x] Primer A & B: [ 27, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 14, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 12, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] __ Wed Apr 23, 2025 TH 1Q25 34:F:4:6  Plants Look GREAT!
Plants stretched 2 - 3” last night. If we don’t stop, we’ll need to supercrop the Exceptions. Cleaned MANIFOLD FILTER - Had GRANULAR feel, on top of a little slime. Will check Thursday. Doubled IRRIGATION TIME from one to two minutes x 5 Irrigations. We had negligible runoff last night. 1900: Measure Runoff - Amount: [ negligible, ml] - EC: [ ? , mS/cm] - [x] Harvest Dehu __ Thu Apr 24, 2025 TH 1Q25 35:F:4:7 - [x] Harvest Dehu - [x] Refresh Reservoir - 2 Gallons - [x] EC: 2.3 - [x] Primer A & B: [ 31, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 16, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 12, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml]
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I took a sample off the bud to see how it’ll look dried, so the plan is to cut the plant off Sunday! All I wanted is something to smoke and at this point I’m happy that seems to be the reality after the drying&curing process! Amazing feel! Some powdery mildew starting but shouldn’t be a problem if I cut soon!
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📋Comment I do like this strain, I wouldn't have joined this competition if I didn't like it. 📋 Data Seed to havest=105 days. Veg time=28 days. Flower time=77 days. Wet weight=609g Dry weight=g 📋 Smoke report Not dried yet but I'd imagine it's just like the other Runtz I have grown. 📋Grow stats for GDG 23 #1 Runtz=g #2 Fat Bastard=g Total=g Lights on. 20hrs×7days=140hrs 18hrs×21days=378hrs 12hrs×77days=924hrs Total hours=1442hrs Light power=147.73Kw Rad power=105.69Kw Extractor=34.12Kw 4 gang=47.02Kw Top fan=17.72Kw Total electricity=352.28KW Electricity cost @£0.25/Kw=£88.07 Average light power a day=1.4Kw Average watt per hour=102w g/watt=(÷)=g/w £/g=£/g 📋Final word. This diary isn't finished. I'm just trying to complete as much as possible to have a better chance at the Eternity competition. I will be updating it when I have dried the grow. Back soon. Take it easy. ********************************************
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Hello everyone 😎 Week 9 of flower for the strawberry banana auto from Fast Buds 🍓🍌 One was ready ! She grew fast with beautiful color,for the nutrient 4ml/L terra bloom & 1ml/L power buds next week i will introduce Green sensation at very low doses from Plagron ✔️ Now only plain water💧 Amazing smell 🤤super fruity 🍓🍌 The buds are super sticky ✂️ Mars hydro SP-6500 100% Have a nice day 😋
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Germinated in paper towels… Most popped no problems… In house genetics came with 1 of 3 seeds having a clear deformation still tried to germ 🤭 Put into root riot and placed in cups of coco for extra space to root… Lightly misting plane water… In a heated humidity propagator with a 125w cfl above on 18 hours with 4 hours off. When plants have more structure while getting moved to my veg room.
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Big love to MSNL seeds 💚💚 thank you so much I never smelled a perfection like this i love it as much as the alien og, my life got so much better now with this medicine (i smoked my first buds from the smaller plants i did) and its ridiculously insane it brought happyness and a tear to my eye
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2/24/25 - Gave them 1 liter each from the top with fermented plant extract at 1tbsp per gallon of water and then fill the res with a little under 2.5 gallons all PH'd at 6.0, added a small heater outside the tent to raise the temp inside a bit. The girls are starting to take off in growth over the last couple days after transplant. I leave for vacation in 4 days so lets hope the homemade earthbox works. 2/27/25 - Leaving for vacation first thing in the morning so i will be doing a top water tonight at about 1 gallon per plant and they will also get the fermented plant extract at 1tbsp per gallon. then i will be filling the res with water until full, plants tops have been tied down for some LST and branches have been tucked but ill just have to let them grown for the next week. No one will be taking care of the plants so hopefully the SIP last for the week, if not they will get a nice dry back and get watered once i return.
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I think the plants finished their stretch this week. The buds are now getting bigger and some trichomes have appeared on the leaves next to the buds 😎 The smell is also stronger than last week. I have some small issues with the plants. Yellow/brown tips for the Blackberry Cake and the Cashew Kush and yellowing leaves for the Jack Herer. The BioBloom seems to slow down the issues so I hope it will be alright. The previously broken branch of the Cashew Kush was not flowering so I removed it. On the other hand, the Blackberry Cake nicely recovered from the LST strings marks 💪 Plants heights at the end of the week : ------------------------------------------- Blackberry Cake : 80 cm Jack Herer : 59 cm Cashew Kush : 83 cm
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No han habido muchos cambios en cuanto a la nutricion. Añadimos un poco de Recharge, agua y estare añadiendo un producto para engordar las flores. Los mantengo al tanto, buenos humos!