The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
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Week 1: Transition to Flowering Welcome to the fifth weekly update of our cannabis cultivation journey in Germany! As we transition from the vegetative stage to the flowering stage, our strains—Pulp Friction, Cookies Haze, Eleven Roses, Poddy Mouth, Critical Lemon Kush, and OG Kush—are ready for the next phase of their growth. Before entering the flowering stage, we took a few important steps to prepare the plants for optimal flowering. Key Developments: 1. Pre-Flowering Preparation: - The plants were defoliated to remove excess leaves and improve light penetration and airflow. - Each plant was repositioned to ensure they have ample space and light exposure. 2. Growing Medium and Setup: - The plants are grown in a mix of living soil, coco coir, perlite, and clay pebbles. - The soil mix includes mycorrhizal fungi cultures to support healthy root development. 3. Watering and Nutrient System: - The plants are watered from the bottom using an AutoPot system, which provides a consistent supply of nutrient solution. - The pots are equipped with air domes connected to an air pump, delivering oxygen directly to the roots to enhance growth. Steps Taken: 1. Defoliation and Positioning: - Carefully removed excess fan leaves to improve light distribution and airflow within the canopy. - Repositioned the plants to ensure each one has enough space to grow and receive adequate light. 2. Watering and Nutrient Management: - Set up the AutoPot system to supply a balanced nutrient solution to the plants. - Ensured the nutrient solution is appropriate for the flowering stage, with a focus on supporting bud development. 3. Air Domes and Oxygenation: - Connected the air domes to an air pump to deliver oxygen to the root zone. - Monitored the air pump to ensure consistent oxygen flow to the roots. Next Steps: - Monitor the plants closely for signs of flowering and adjust the light cycle to 12 hours on and 12 hours off to initiate and support flowering. - Continue to observe the plants for any signs of nutrient deficiencies or excesses and adjust the feeding regimen as needed. - Ensure the AutoPot system and air domes are functioning properly to maintain optimal hydration and oxygenation. Stay tuned for next week’s update, where we’ll discuss the progress of the first week of flowering and any adjustments made to the care routine. Feel free to ask any questions or share your own experiences in the comments below!
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Great Germination results from the Holy Smoke strains once again. Excited to see what I can do with these ladies 😎👍🏾🔥🔥🔥 Another High Yielding, High THC Strain.
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@Salokin
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Hi growmies, another try to update this diary. She is developing nicely, however is to big and has light stress I believe.
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@smzzz
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Hey everyone ! We are close to the end, I guess the next week will be the last one. the "weak one" start to be realy beautifull now, and i don't think anymore she will give a lot less than the others. Can't know, i have to be patient one more week ! My favorite had a crazy pop up of new white hairs, looks like she want to continu this flowering ! but i'll can't wait only for her, i have to cut the 3 at the same time. So i'll see the next week :) Can't wait ! see ya next week
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Day 57, didn't upload anything as nothing had changed. Day 58, still no noticeable changes to her but gave her a pH 6 drink. QB still hasn't arrived but hoping soon. The temps here have turned very pleasant and the tent stays between 21 and 25 throughout the day and night. My humidity also stays under 50% which is nice. Ordered a PPM meter, more pH calibration solution and some new soil for the next grow after this one. Ordered some "Super soil" mix that apparently should cover the first 2 months of nutes. Fully prepared to make the next grow a good one after the learning experience on this. I managed to source 5 RQS Diesel Autos and 5 RQS Royal Madre Fotos (I guess the guy only had stock of the older seeds as he listed it by that name and not the Mother Gorilla that I wish it was). I also have the random bagseed growing in the tent with this NL Auto still in Veg but it showed sex this week and turned out to be female. I was using it to practice HST and attempted to FIM / Top her so I will see how she grows and maybe finish her out before starting my next grow of the Diesel Autos, probably 2 at a time. Day 59. Noticing a lot of the lower leaves are yellowing more than before. Not sure if this is at a normal rate or because of a deficiency. Bud sizes don't seem to be increasing in size still but I am not expecting them too at this stage. I am hoping the yellowing is a normal process at this age and isn't happening too soon as she doesn't have a lot of them to spare if they start dropping off this quickly! Day 60. Definitely noticing a lot of leaves starting to fade and die. I am not sure if I should be doing something to fix this or if its part of the natural cycle at this point in her life? Buds look like they are putting on some nice frost though and the smell is really strong now. I had got used to it because when I left the house for shopping and came back, I could smell her from downstairs. Need to invest in a filter but for now making sure the door is closed in the room with the tent seems to be working. Day 61. Decided to give her a watering today as she was looking a bit droopy. My PPM meter still hasn't arrived so I am unable to check the runoff at this point but hopefully the soil isn't still too hot for her. Also waiting for the loupe to arrive to check trichs but from my best attempts to zoom in on them, they still look to have a fair ways to go. Day 62. She's still chugging along. Haven't noticed any new issues or changes to her today since watering yesterday. Temps got a bit cold last night and the tent dropped to 18c from its usual 21c at night. Doesn't seem to have bothered her too much though. QB arrived today! Swapped out the noisy hot blurple for this 150W QB. Currently running it on 100W as I am not sure if the shock between the 230W actual draw blurple to 150W QB would stress the girl out too badly. Already have to say the light coming off this thing feels "cleaner" somehow and its a beauty for taking pictures with. In love already and can't wait to get the next one going. I have a bag seed in veg in the same tent as the auto that I was planning on flowering after she is done, I think the QB on this intensity might fry her though? Day 63. She has spent some time under the new QB and hasn't shown any visible signs of stress with the light sitting at 13" and 100W. I bumped the wattage up to 110 this morning and plan to do 10W more a day until at the full 150W. Gave her a watering today until about 10% runoff. Watered at 6.5 and the run off measured in at 6.6 so next watering I will go for a lower pH. Not sure how it's built up as I've been watering around 6 for a while. Will keep a close eye on her again after bumping the wattage and watering her. The bag seed seems to be perfectly happy with the change in lighting as well and hasn't shown any signs of stress yet. Also got my seeds today! Will likely grow one or two together, not sure which yet though and will wait for the bag seed to finish up. Will give her the whole tent for flowering to see what kind of yields it will pull. Anyone got experience with the strains Royal Madre or the Blue Cheese from RQS?
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Esta semana hicimos poda de bajos a podas las puntas y una poda de bajos a todas las ramas , se recupera muy bien de las podas la Jack está semana ya arrancamos de a poco con los fertilizantes de flora , así hacemos el último trasplante a 10 litros para pasar a flora , yo creo q ta esta más que bien para entrar en floración ya , pero quiero hacer el último trasplante antes , vamos a ir viendo como vienen las siguientes semanas
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Todo bien en mi primera experiencia en carpa chica, sin ventilación en invierno, idealmente mantendré un ciclo de 24 horas para evitar hongos en los días húmedos de lluvia.
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| 📅 Week 0 | | 🎪 4ft x 4ft | | 🍃 201 CFM | 11/06: Soaked 6 blocks of rockwool and the hydroton in 5.8 PH water to stabilize before contact with seedlings, 11/07: The germination of the seeds were started directly inside the rockwool that's lightly damp with 5.8 PH | 📅 Week 1 | Days 1 - 7 | 💡 450w 📏48' | | 🌡️️🌞 77 - 86 | | 🌡️️🌑 70 - 77 | 11/09: After 2-3 days of germination 4 seedlings have sprouted and the last 2 have cracked their shells and are making the climb to the light! Were going to let them stretch a little to better fit into their final netpots. 11/10: Plants placed in temporary net pot for more space under dome. Added water + air-stone to increase humidity from under the net pot. 11/11: Added water the the seedling with a dropper at 5.8 PH. Lowered the light to stop the stretching. 11/12: Added 5.8 water to the seedlings/rockwool with a dropper. 11/13: Adjusted Light some more. Added 5.6 PH water to seedlings with a dropper. 11/14: Added 5.6 PH water to rockwool through a dropper. Removed humidity dome for temperature. 11/15: Hydroton for final netpots soaking in 5.8 PH water. Added 5.8 PH water to seedlings. This Diary will be a little bit different. While the comments will include the whole tent and all the tasks done in it, the timelapse and vast majority of the pictures will only be about the focus plant for a better lapse experience. 😎
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D71/F27 - 10/06/23 - Added Nutes and water, EC 1 and pH 5.0 D72/F28 - 11/06/23 - Nothing to report D73/F29 - 12/06/23 - Added Nutes and water, EC 0.8 and pH 5.3 D74/F30 - 13/06/23 - Nothing to report D75/F31 - 14/06/23 - Added Nutes and water, EC 0.9 and pH 5.3 D76/F32 - 15/06/23 - 👉Changed Water. Some signals on the leafes. I think it is because of heat but I0m going to ask to the community. D77/F33 - 16/06/23 - I've asked to the community and is heat stress, so I'm going to change the light hours to 12/24 (4 only red ligh and 8 red-white)
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Im back !! Last week of big bud then Im switching it to the over drive ! These ladies are just swelling daily now its a lovely sight to see they smell awesome and they havent really given me a hard time about the move or anything , they love their new home im excited for future projects in here . A big thanks to everyone who stops in you guys rock !! -Happy Growing! Day#43F Loving their new home , buds fattening up daily and trichomes are starting to cloud up real nice ! Day#44F Swelling up a storm , Cruising for the finish line ! Day#45F PS#1 Leaning now haha she's top heavy :P PS#2 is swelling it up :) . Ripening daily ! Day#46F Will be kicking it into overdrive now , no longer going to be using Big bud for this cycle . 2 weeks left then flush !!! :D :D :D :D
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First off I just want to say for some reason it’s not letting me change the right temperatures on my diaries ! Each time when I put it in they stay at 50. My day air stays 75 degrees an , night degrees is 70 ! Today is day 58 for all these ladies! This week has been really great ! Girls really progressed a lot , especially for one the Forbiddin Runtz, looks like is gonna finish up in a week or 2 ! Other then that they are coming along well! Keep those eyes peeled for next week! Cheers😶‍🌫️💨💨💨💨
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Booommm! Llegó la hora tan esperada Farmers nuestras flores llenas de resina acabandose de formar, la verdad que estas genéticas ayudan mucho al desarollo del cultivo espero que os guste!! Salut y força al canut!!!
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Trying something new this grow. Put this girl under 12/12 on Dec 14 and started flowering nutes on Dec 21. She's already flowering heavily, bud sites all over her!
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🖐️👨‍🌾 ¡Bienvenidos amantes de la Marihuana! Después de unas semanas de descanso de la temporada anterior, comienzo este nuevo viaje con mi bodega de marihuana llena, muchas ganas y la esperanza de conseguir la mejor cosecha de mi historia. Nueva cepa anunciada con extrema potencia, gran producción y un nombre que me trae recuerdos del infierno... "Cielo o infierno, ¿qué importa?" Charles Baudelaire La semilla germinó dos días después de ponerla entre servilletas de papel humedecido y al calor de una manta, ahora lleva 4 días en su pequeña maceta, la pequeña plántula, curiosa, se asoma al mundo donde va a crecer, la luz de una ventana la ayuda de momento a estar activa, en un par de días comenzaré con las luces eléctricas y dos nuevos COB azules de 450nm que me van a ayudar a darle forma y compactar al máximo las plantas hasta que pase a floración. HASTA LA PRÓXIMA... SALUDOS A TODOS! ================================ Info de la cepa Opium de Divine seeds: https://divineseeds.net/opium/ "Varias variedades índicas afganas, reconocidas como las más potentes y resinosas, se cruzaron con una poderosa sativa brasileña..." Divine Seeds - Genética: Afghanistan x Brazil - Sativa / Índica - Tiempo de Floración - 63 días - Rendimiento en interior: 1000 g/m² - THC: 29% - Aromas afrutados y terrosos. ================================
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5/14 - Coming along well. No noticeable changes to the leaves that seemed impacted by the heat. Still working through the pH damage but seem to have a good line on it and doesn't seem to be continuing to affect the buds. The strain with the purple buds (Plant #1) still continues to fatten up and is only keeping the purple color within the bud and not much on the leaves. The other is really getting some fat buds - much fatter than the purple strain. Noticing some slight foxtail on the bud closest to the light, so I might raise the light and dial back the intensity some if need be.
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Could have let her ripe a little longer and let lower buds fatten up more, but I've decided it's time now. Harvested on 09.Nov.2023-Day 70 This little plant produced a lot of nice Business just 70 days. I am very happy with Gorilla Cookies and will definetly grow it again. Thé plant loves LST and its highly recommended to increse thé yield. It felt like flower starts in week 3 but the plant continues to grow until like week 9 or 10..so high yield in short time is not just possible but likely.
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The one plant that has always been under the cobbs is a couple of weeks ahead. They are all fattening up and the smell is great. Humidity in the tent has dropped, this is due to the outside weather changing and running a 6" fan 24/7. I may start the flush on the one plant, will decide in a few days. Cheers