Quick recap — seed to now (for anyone joining late) • 🌱 12/12 from seed • LSD genetics showing consistency and vigor • Early structure set without aggressive training • Environment prioritized over chasing charts • Feed increased gradually, never pushed • Plants transitioned naturally into flower • Defoliation timed after structure was established, not before This is calm, intentional growing. No panic moves. Why we changed nothing (and why that’s not doing nothing) Your room conditions: • 🌡️ Day temp: ~28 °C • 💧 RH: ~65% • ⚡ EC: 2.4 • pH: 6.5 • 📏 Height: ~40–80 cm • 💡 LED lighting On paper, some growers would panic at 28 °C in flower. But here’s the key difference between growing by numbers and growing by understanding: Under LED, leaf temperature ≠ room temperature. LEDs don’t radiate infrared heat like HPS. So while the wall sensor says 28 °C, the leaf surface is usually 2–4 °C cooler. And the plant does not “feel” the room — it feels its own leaf temperature. That’s where leaf VPD comes in. ⸻ Leaf VPD — the part most people skip VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit) is simply the difference between how much moisture the air can hold and how much it actually holds. But here’s the nuance most charts miss: • Room VPD is calculated with room temp • Leaf VPD is calculated with leaf temp So if: • Room = 28 °C • Leaf = ~24–26 °C • RH = 65% 👉 our leaf VPD lands right in the comfort zone for early–mid flower. And the plants are confirming that with their behavior: • Deep, relaxed green • No tacoing, no praying too hard • Internodes strong and structured • Uniform nutrient uptake across phenotypes That’s the real data. We’re not ignoring numbers We’re letting the plant be the final authority. Stability here beats “fixing” something that isn’t broken. ⸻ Defoliation — why this time was heavier Let’s be very clear: This was not aesthetic defoliation. This was functional defoliation. Context matters: • 🏠 8×8 room • 🌱 ~27 plants • 🌬️ Airflow, light penetration, humidity pockets all scale differently Sometimes a single plant wouldn’t “ask” for leaves to be removed — but the room does. Why you defoliated: • Improve airflow through a dense canopy • Reduce micro-humidity pockets • Allow photons to travel deeper, not just hit the roof • Reset apical dominance and refocus energy on flowering sites Yes — i went harder than originally planned. But: • Genetics are strong • Plants are healthy • Root zone is dialed • Feed is stable Healthy plants recover fast. Stressed plants don’t. These girls are the first category. And importantly: we didn’t stack stress. No feed change. No environment change. No light shock. That’s how we “go hard” safely. 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Flowering

august 23rd

Last week we started with LST and this week we will continue but also do topping.One week closer to the goal 💚

Solid in growing in the right direction, I like the sweet time they're taking also, im sure to see a different yield I think.

This plant drank a ton of water from early veg to end of flower. Only 3 big pH swings. Should have fed less because ppm rose about 200 a day

****** Week 8 Flower, November 7 to 13, 2020 ****** Hey Growmies......winding this run down........they are ripening this week and next.......this is the second week of flush. Lights are down and temps are down to mimic fall. Just lots of plain RO water this week......keep flushing out the media👍 One is growing spears......the other is growing bats😂👍 So much fox tailing that there will be a good mixture of trichomes at different stages of ripening.......should make for good smoke! Trichomes are continuing to come out more and bud swelling has continued,👍 That’s what I have for a quick update gang........as you can see they are by themselves in the tent now......these girls have more Sativa in them and taking a little longer to finish......better for me with trimming as well🤪😃🙏

It’s the second week of flower and I’ve got her spread across the net. I’m going to do a foliage feed of fish mix and alg a mic in a around 4 days as well as another 4 ml of alg a mic in 2L.

Blackberry Moonrocks is really building the buds now, they are looking beautiful! Exciting times with this lady 😁 I am eager to see the buds continue to develop. 17.8.25: I watered with 3.5L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.0 with; 💜 2ml Trace PH: 6.0 PPM: 391. Thanks for checking in and hanging out 😁💚✌️🍃🙏

The end of the fifth week of flowering and there is nothing to talk about... There are still problems with SSH. I thought it was a calcium deficiency so I gave her an extra dose but it's hard to say if it helped much. I read that calmag from biobizza is not very strong. I don't want to give too much because too much calcium will block phosphorus. PK got quite a lot and I'm wondering if I should give her more or maybe she is sensitive and I should give her a rest from fertilization? It certainly doesn't help that they are dry all the time...

Sorprendido con el último transplante, la 10th consiguió una ramificación brutal, pasaron a 4/5 gal, espero unos días que se estiren y floro rápido antes que se pasen de área 😬

The smell is really intensive and Skunky now which gives back memories from high-school, apart from the Canna nutrients she receives some Tea's which is provided on interval.

Day 21 Veg: All going good so far with the ladies. At their 5th nodes now and beginning to fill the pots out nicely too now. I have started giving them Megacrop at 1/4 strength now. nonsigns of burn or any issues Siz shooter is the smaller of the group and I have removed her 1st nodes to get her to ficus on the higher ones I won't stress her out now as she could be held back if not careful. Strawberry pie developing well amd i have now tied her main at the 5th node to slow the development and allow the other nodes to equal each other for a canopy. .This will be removed and the node allowed to continue to develop. Mexican airline had the same treatment as the pie with a tied 5th node. Her colour is perfect with no signs of any issues. We will see how the method works by the next update hopefully. fingers crossed. be well

On ajoute le paillis (paillis de bois dur) et les vers (red wigglers et night crawlers) au prochain pot de 25gallons ! We add mulch (hard wood mulch) and worms (red wigglers and night crawlers) to the next 25gal fabric pots !

Welcome to the first week of flowering of my Sticky Broccoli. The plant doesn’t seem to stop stretching and I think it will become the tallest in the tent, with longer internodal spacing than the other plants. It’s probably the effect of the red light used during the vegetative stage. I don’t see it as too negative though, because the buds will have more space to receive light. Since I harvested one plant from the tent and gained some extra space, I decided to start some late LST to spread the branches as much as possible and open the canopy.

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The plants are looking really healthy, I've been defoliating here and there to get the light to penetrate to the lower leaves and branches. They have started to bush out from topping them last week. I started using Mammoth P Microbes halfway through last week. They seem to have grown a little quicker since adding them. The plants are still being fed 4 times a day at 1 minute each feeding. No signs yet of which is female and male, I am planning on pulling all the males once they show signs.

Hi everyone, Weed brothers! Welcome to the new Peaky experience that consists in growing in vegetation some photoperiod bean together with other autoflowering for a few weeks before isolating them in another tent under a 12-hour cycle. BEST REGARDS

Nothing major to report this week. Continuously LSTing the plant, hence no change in overall height. Seed for 2nd plant of perpetual grow popped. Just waiting for it to break soil now. Photos/video taken 42 days after breaking soil.