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Look at the stretch 💪🏽 all the changes happing at once, I got to admit I was not expecting to see flower sites develop so early in stretch considering i only spotted pistols a day after last dairy entry, two day after that flower sites everywhere. She is incredible. I scraped back mulch layer this morning and spotted some friends. First time I’ve seen them in a while I’ve added another net just cause I’m limited to space and I’m not sure when she will stop stretching, Water is now everyday solid a little knf now and then. Other than that very little work this week, possibly will be the case from here to harvest, Until next week let’s get it 💪🏽
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Day 7---Defoliated good bit from all plants removing afflicted leaves, looks to be typical cal/mag deficiency with ph issues. Topped off 2 big plants with ro water, added 6ml micro 6ml bloom and 3ml gro to 2 big plant ppm 900, 2 smaller plant ppm over 1000. Day 6--- Topped off all plants with RO water, added 1ml ph up to plants 1,3,4 to adjust ph. PH of plant 2 more basic than the other 3. Day 5--- Topped off biggest plant 2, added back 10ml cal mag, ppm about 600-700 will check again soon and add back some nutes. Added 1ml ph up to plants 1 and 3 , didn't adjust other two yet. Day 4--- Added 3ml cal mag to all plants as it could be lacking. Added 5ml soul grow and 5ml soul bloom to plant 1 to see something, ppm up to about 1020. Some light defoliation of afflicted leaves on all plants. Day 3---Added 5ml micro and 5ml bloom to plant 2 now at 750ppm. All plants are above 700ppm but below 900ppm. All plants showing signs of something on the leaves but IDK what, manganese? Added 3ml cal mag to biggest plants. Topped off water of 2 biggest plants. Day 2---Checked PH, more minor defoliation of afflicted leaves and to uncover a few more bud sites. Day 1--- Added about 1.5ml ph up since the waters keep going a bit acidic. Some leaves still show some issues but didn't wanna defoliate too much. IDK if it is from PH or over/under feeding plants. Added 2ml cal mag. These plants are continuing to grow and flower, 2 biggest drinking lots of water and making the water more acidic. Topped of water in buckets with RO water. Added 3ml cal mag to all plants Added 5ml micro,bloom, 3ml gro to 2 smallest plants. Added 10ml micro, bloom, 3ml gro to 2 bigger plants. Added .75ml ph up to all plant water to help the PH stay in range. TDS on all are around 800 Light defoliation of all plants to uncover bud sites and remove afflicted leaves.
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UPDATE - 24th of February 2020 - DRY WEIGHT & LOVE 56g total dry weight, after I gave them a very nice trim. They started curing in glass jars on 19/2/2020 and are currently between 63-68%RH inside. Burping every other hour for couple of minutes. While trimming some dried buds yesterday, I came across a seed, I couldn't believe it, between 😕and 😆, first time experiencing this, interesting, hopefully she didn't lose a lot of her potency and it only happened late. Learning from this: don't change light cycle. I changed from 18 to 21 hours, thought that was a good idea... All this aside, I am sooooooo in LOVE WITH HER 😍I have never grown such a beautiful plant, excuse the photo spam, she deserves a stage, at least for me 😉I can't wait to try her properly cured and get to learn her whole taste spectrum with the low and slow dried buds. Some of them will be processed to oil and edibles. If I find time, I might document some more. Until then, happy growing everyone, peace 🙏 Tried 2 different drying methods: 1. Regular hang dry: For 7 days in small grow tent, darkness at 50% humidity & 20°C/68F - she was almost too dry after 7 days. 2. Low & Slow dry: after washing & hang-drying for 4 hours, she went into the fridge for 7 days in a paper bag, followed by several jar tests until she was at a steady 68% outside; She dried like this in the fridge for 8 days. I didn't trim her too much, since I want to preserve everything for oils. More details: 16. Nov. 2019 - 13. Feb. 2020 - 88 Days - Grown from Seed Smell of Berries; Pink & Yellow tips; Lots of long curly brown hair; Pink tiny leaf tips on top of buds. I’m in love whooooooooooaaaaaaa. Chop on 13. Feb 2020 - 461g Put in vase with PH water for 2 days in Dry Tent darkness at 50% humidity & 20°C/68F 14. Feb. 2020 Darkness Day 1 - 469g 15. Feb. 2020 Darkness Day 2 - 452g Total wet - no trim - 452g Total wet - slight trim - 386g //Regular dry in tent - 50% humidity & 20°C/68F // 281g with trim went in Total dry - no trim - 43g Total dry - trim - 40g //Low and slow dry in fridge // 96g went in Total dry - trim - 16g Check 420magazine for “Low and Slow”-Dry. They are lovely. Happy day to you all
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NEW BOX: 130x60x120 DIY: storage shelf, solid sheet metal ELECTRO ################################ thermometer top thermometer bottom hydrometer wlan ip cam (+ir filter) ---------------------------------------------------------------- input: x2 USB PC fan exhaust: x2 USB PC fan circulation: x2 USB fan ---------------------------------------------------------------- led panel 1: 300W ASUNDOM LED (Veg/Bloom/Full) led panel 2: 300W XHGrow Reflector-Series LED (Full) ---------------------------------------------------------------- studio light 1 (vegetation): 36W TaoTronics LED Gold studio light 1 (vegetation): 50W Balai LED full studio light 2 (vegetation): 8W VINGO LED blue ligh studio light 2 (vegetation): 50W Balai LED full ---------------------------------------------------------------- studio light 1 (bloom): 36W TaoTronics LED Green studio light 1 (bloom): 36W TaoTronics LED Gold studio light 1 (bloom): 50W JADIDIS LED IR full studio light 2 (bloom): 36W TaoTronics LED Green studio light 2 (bloom): 36W TaoTronics LED Green studio light 2 (bloom): 36W KINGBO LED Deep red 660nm 3x PLANTS ############################### FastBuds Girl Scout Cookies pots: 14L soil: plagron grow mix
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Day 29 massive leave cutting in the morning... but the queens seems to be ok 😃🙏👌👍the Z-Up strain has 5cm more then the others Day 30 all queens are a little bit shocked from cutting 😩 ok chill today but tomorrow back to work bitches 😂😂😆😃🙏👍
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Start of week 3 of flowering. Bud site development over the last week was impressive! The Do-si-dos is starting to smell and is already sticky to the touch. Hopefully this girl will stretch a bit more this week.
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It was interesting, my first growing from beans. I knew this is a strain that stretches, but I never expected 150cm of girls. Incredibly resistant, during the whole vegetative phase I did High Stress training mistreating them but without scratching them I did schwazze defoliation to counteract the heat and too much humidity but the girls continued bulking, really strong! First experience with co2 from the next diary everything will be documented. Goal set at 500g ... let's see at the end of the treatment ... Keep it growing gromies 🍀🍀🍀
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Eingesetzt habe ich die Samen direkt am 01.01.2026, gekeimt sind die ersten beiden am 04.01.2026. ich habe sie mittlerweile in einen anderen Kasten gesetzt in dem sie nicht mehr so eine hohe Feuchtigkeit haben wie die anderen beiden die noch nicht gekeimt sind. Sie stehen jetzt unter einer sanlight EVO 3.80 die auf 25% gedimmt ist. Sie werden aber bald in mein anzucht Zelt kommen sobald es da ist. Heute, am 07.01.2026 ist dann die 3. gekeimt. Streckt langsam ihren Kopf raus. Nun bleibt noch der 4. Samen auf den ich warte. Die Anzuchtkästen habe ich auf Amazon bestellt, sind welche mit LED,s drin, ist ganz gut für die zusätzliche wärme für die Samen zum keimen. Die gefäße habe ich selber gedruckt mit einem 3d Drucker, nutze sie das erste Mal und bisher bin ich damit zufrieden. 08.01.2026 Mittlerweile sind all 4 gekeimt, von den ersten beiden hab ich den Deckel von der anzuchtbox abgemacht, da ich das Zelt mit einem Befeuchter auf 70% rlf halte. Die anderen beiden bleiben noch ein paar Tage unter der Haube bis sie etwas größere blätter bekommen haben. Ich bin froh, dass alle 4 gekeimt sind. Jetzt heißt es weiter abwarten und schauen wie sie sich entwickeln und ob ich welche aussortieren muss. 09.01.2025 Heute habe ich die 2, die als erstes gekeimt sind, in die 1l töpfe umgesetzt. Die erde war trocken genug und da im Zelt sowieso 70% rlf ist, können sie schon in die neuen töpfe. Konnte sie dank des selbstgedruckten Anzuchtkastens sehr gut umsetzen. Die töpfe sind mit biobizz Light Mix gefüllt und ich habe das Wasser mit calmag angeglichen und den ph auf 6,5 gedrückt. In ein paar Tage. Werde ich dann die anderen auch umtopfen, wird aber noch etwas dauern. Gewässert habe ich pro 1l Topf dann 300ml (1/3), die hälfte von oben und die andere von unten, damit sich der Topf gleichmäßig voll saugen kann. 11.01.2026 Heute habe ich die 2 nachzügler in die 1l töpfe umgesetzt. Wasser wieder auf die oben genannten Werte eingestellt und in biobizz Light Mix. Habe seit gestern mein anzucht Zelt mit 60x40x50 von spiderfarmer. Aufbau war super und qualitativ ist es auch völlig in Ordnung. Versuche eine rlf von 70% und eine Temperatur von 25°c zu halten in dem Zelt. Dort lass ich sie jetzt eine Weile stehen, bis die ersten blätter über den Topfrand wachsen. Habe pro 1l Topf dann noch 300ml Wasser gegeben. Licht habe ich mir von mars hydro das 2er Set vg40 (2x20w) zugelegt und oben rein gespannt.
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So despite many obstacles and hurdles, we are on the last week of flowering hopefully the heat stays down for the next few days, and I can get some color into these nugs the sativa Room may need a few more weeks no big deal. This is typical of sativa leaning strains. this will give me a bit of a stagger in between harvest so I don’t have to do all the work in one day which is a good thing .
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Day 8. All good, girls are ok, just i strugle to keep moistering them properly, work takes too much time away .. Next watering will bring in BioBizz Root Juice. Happy growing ! Day 9. Slowly, but girls grow, watering tomorrow with first dose of Root Juice. Should start to kick in ;) Day 10. First nutes planted ;)) in next feed i will bring in couple more players, this time only 1ml/l Root Juice. Ph 6.5 Moisture moisture moisture ;) Day 13. So many things ... One gorilla went selftoping, dont know what to do ??? And i need reasons .. My quess is A. Wind damage, she was closiest to fan. B. Water spray too intense C. Light burn with spray combined I followed my ussual stuff, never had such mutation, had buds on leaves, had triple tops, had branches from leaves even, but they all had new grows, this one has only two leaves .. And this was the biggest bean and she looked fine till day 11, wanted even to show how bean size matters, but now all is gone, should i top her, or leave that natural mainlining ?? When i spray her, two top leaves fall down and lower nods new grow is exposed, so lst her like this ? Please help !!! Other 3 gorillas looks really ok, smallish, but ok. Cookies grow funky aswell, looks like two days behind gorillas. Thought to give them first nutes, but now i will wait a bit ... Started rotating girls every day.
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📅 D85- 26/01 📜 Only fresh water from now on. She's not yet ready - 3-4 days more I think. ✍️ 0.1 EC ♒ 6 pH 🌊 10 L 📏 95 cm 📅 D90- 29/01 📜 Not yet Ready ✍️ 0.1 EC ♒ 6 pH 🌊 10 L 📏 95 cm
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3/14: Came back from a 4 day vacation to a lot of dry, wilted, dead leaves on Amnesia. Trainwreck is super starved as well. My automatic watering system didn't kick on, and the humidifier ran out of water within 24 hours, so there's that. It may be for the better though, as the PH of the nutrients had risen to 7.5. I tossed that mix, and made another 2 gallons of half strength nutes, molasses and epsom salt. I watered them both to runoff, and now I'll wait for Amnesia to prioritize which leaves she thinks are worth saving, and then I'll defoliate the dead ones. Hopefully trainwreck will just bounce back to green. She needed to be defoliated anyway, so this situation makes it easier for me to find the dead leaves. Edit: Came back to feed the last of the nutes and decided to pluck the crispy goners. I found that pulling the leaf stem downward will make the most dead leaves fall right off, allowing me to test a majority of the leaves and give Amnesia a major haircut. Luckily I left a lot of leaves from prior defoliation, as Amnesia REALLY sucked them dry. 3/15: Amnesia looks no worse for wear than last night. Trainwreck as well. Went ahead and pulled as many dead leaves off Trainwreck as I could. Some leaves were a mix of crispy brown and healthy green, which I think is pretty goofy, so I avoided taking any green fans but removed the crispy ones. The colors of the leaves around the buds are really fun to look at. 3/16: Amnesia is starting to SHED her dead leaves, allowing me to pick the leaves with almost no effort. I tested as many leaves as I could, giving another haircut. I would say this isn't a good thing, but since it's my first grow, I'm rolling with it. As long as Amnesia keeps the buds and its nearest leaves alive, it will slowly grow, albeit stunted. I'm not sure if this condition will cause it to finish sooner, but I'm going to need to watch the trichomes under a microscope every couple of days just in case she's ready for harvest. Trainwreck looks about the same as it did before. No new leaves are ready to be removed there yet. 3/19: Amnesia is still shedding leaves, but also bulking up. Trainwreck is slowly bulking up, and turning purple as well! Going to keep an eye on Amnesia's trichomes. Edit: because amnesia is yellowing so much, and because it's been 5 days, I'm going to feed both plants a quarter strength nutrient mix just in case I've been overfeeding them somehow.
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F44, Hice una última defoliación pequeña de hojas abanico, estoy regando más seguido, día por medio, con una EC más baja ya que quedan pocos días para la cosecha, los cogollos presentan mucha resina, lo más resinoso que he cultivado hasta ahora, un olor muy interesante, las cookies tienen olor frutal y con algo de bencina, las stash un olor más cítrico y a pino. Todos los tricomas están lechosos, solo hay una planta que en su cogollo principal tiene un par de tricomas ámbar.
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Welcome to Bud Boutique Grow Diary - really appreciate all your love and support :) Dont forget to check out my other current grows! 🗓️ This Week: - LETS CHOP IT ✂️✂️✂️ - beautiful big bud structure - smelling amazing - last trichome check again after 48hrs Darkness - looking perfect!! - Now lets dry inside the tent for 12-14 Days - Trimjail soon Thank you for still staying with me 💚 ___________________________________________ --- 🌱 Strain --- 🏷️ OG KUSH by Barney's Farm https://www.barneysfarm.com/og-kush-646 ---💡 Lighting --- 💡LUMATEK ZEUS PRO 600 https://lumatek-lighting.com/zeus-600w-pro-29/ --- 🥗 Nutrients and Feeding * 🍸 PLAGRON Algae Baseline grow/bloom + Additives: Power Roots, Sugar Royal, Pure Enzym, Silic Rock, Power Buds, Green Sensation * 📅💪 baseline grow/bloow: 4ml/l & additives: 1ml/l each https://plagron.com/de/hobby/produkte --- 🏭 Grow Setup --- * 🏠🌿 Indoor: Homebox 120x120x200cm (4x4) * 📐🌀 PrimaKlima exhausting Fan 1180m3/h (running on 60-80%) & Can Light Filter 800m3/h & 1x Fanbox 1x Dyson fan for Air circulation https://primaklima.com/de/shop/ventilatoren-de/ec-ventilatoren/pk160ec-tc/ https://canfilters.com/products/filters/ All Likes and comments are highly appreciated!!! don't forget to check out my Instagram: budboutiquee <3 - Bud Boutique
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Having cal mag issues going to hit the grow store tomorrow am and see can I get some organic cal mag and see if that helps other than that no real issues 2/24 I’m going sit my dumb ass down and chill I did a defoliation and man I over did it I think it’s pretty aggressive and i don’t know what I was thinking I was just clipping away 🤦🏾‍♂️…… anyway got some calmag for the color issues only going 1/2 tsp see how that goes hopefully when the new growth and more stretch happens it’ll look a lot better I’m also bottom feeding the calmag hope that works too
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MATARO BLUE by KANNABIA Week #21 Overall Week #7 Flower This week been a good week for this lady she's doing good no issues to report buds are looking good so far. Stay Growing!! Kannabia.com MATARO BLUE
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I took David Robinson's tip a little late " dont grow small flowers" So I took anything that was taking away from the main coals. Of that works out in my favour I will have to find out !! There is a large story behind there fine ladies . But for now let's just say f*ck cancer.
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Leider nah den heftigen Regenfällen etwas Schimmel entdeckt.
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Love every plant each one is growing differently stacking different even the visual difference of one strain growin two different ways combined smells of diesel, pez candy and lemons