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@IamCy
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Week 2. Just the normal stretch. Nothing eventful. After this week, I'll be giving random weekly updates due to my busy schedule.
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@Doubleb84
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Great week again with this plant! Going to let her go as long as she takes, waiting for a little more amber in the trichomes.
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@Grey_Wolf
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Welcome Back 😀 I hope you had a nice Christmas, The FBT02 Amnesia haze plant is doing nicely. It is more compact with tighter internodal spacing than testers number 1 11 and 13 only number 9 has a similiar structure . I gave her 1/3rd of a cup of Mr B's Green Trees Bloom mix and 1 qtr tspoon of great white and watered it in thoroughly. I hope you have a great New Years celebration I'll be back next Year 😸
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Hello growers and tokers! 👋 👩‍🌾 🧑‍🌾.🔥💨 There has been much change this week!! First there was a big defoliation done, I cleaned the bottom of the plants. All the growth that wouldn't amount to anything because the light doesn't penetrate that low. Also took off the biggest fan leaves to give more room for light. Then finally switched to 12/12.. After just 36 hours after the defoliation there was a major change. New growth everywhere, colas started stretching upwards fast. By far the tallest girls in the tent. Her colas are stacking up nice and tight if she keeps that up we'll have some nice dense colas. 😁 Great reaction to the defoliation and 12/12 switch. I'm still watering every other day, After the defoliation I watered with only Enzymes 2ml/L to clean the roots a bit then started with the nutrientes again. I dropped the amount of grow nutrients from 3ml/L to 1ml/L and started adding bloom nutrientes 2ml/L for now. I'll slowly be upping the bloom nutrientes and after week 2 I'll no longer add grow nutrients. That's it for this week. Stay tuned to see how they flower. Stay safe!
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@Kmikaz420
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En voilà une de moins se n ai pas la plus grande du jardin mais c été la plus rapide !! 8 semaine demain. Autrement je passerai remplir le journal quand la plante sera sèche avec le poids etc etc.. Voilà la gorrila x purple punch à sécher et à été mis en bocale j ai recolter un petit 40g sec (pas mal vue la forme de la plante et ces branches toutes fine ) Par contre l odeur est magnifique sa sent le chewing gum fruit des bois sur un fond de canelle , café,très sucrée vraiment une odeur forte mais très agréable (je pense donc refaire cette strain très vite mais cette fois si avec toping .lst etc histoire de gonfler les chiffre;)
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- Día 1 de la segunda semana de flora con riego foliar de calmag - Videos tomados día 2 de la segunda semana
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@Scandic
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Tough start for plant A outside with bad weather. Plant B, C and D also out now Sprayed with Canna Cure
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Really excited about this plant! Seems to be flowering along well with buds all throughout. I haven't been giving it any nutrients, as its soil is rich with ammendment. It still twists some leaves here and there, so I hope I get get all the natural nutrients depleted and flushed before harvest in a few weeks.
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IRIE Genetics 4 Grow IR1Q Veg Week 4 Cultivars Purple Heart [5] (Cherry Jelly CBD X Afterglow) [Fem/Seeds]: PH1Q24, 65 Days Scarlet Begonias [1] (Haze X William’s Wonder) X Arise)
 [Reg/Seeds]: SB1Q24, 70 Days Lemon Jeffery [2] (Lemon Skunk X Golden Goat) [Fem/Cut]: LJ124, 70 Days Environment Plan Vegetation - Temp: [ 82,°F] - RH: [ 72, %] - VPD: [ 0.85, kPa] Fertigation Plan - Seedlings - RLA Light Week 4: EC: [ 1.5 mS] (0.8 Nutrients + 0.3 Filtered Tap Water) Biology: # (One of…) - Photosynthesis Plus: [ 6, ml, gal] - King Crab: [ 0.5, ml, gal] - Mammoth-P: [ 0.6, ml, gal] Line & Res Maintenance: - SLF-100 Enzymatic Cleaner: [ 5, ml, gal] Foliar Feeds - RLA Foliar Schedule Start of Week: [ Wed 28 Feb, 2024, IRIE1Q24 29:V:4:1] End of Week: [ Tue 05 Mar, 2024, IRIE1Q24 35:V:4:7] __ Wed Mar 6, 2024 IRIE1Q24 29:V:4:1 Planning on flip today - we still need to deal with Topping and sufficient start height. - [ ] REDO Diary Index once Flip DETERMINED - [x] Rooted Leaf Foliar: CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml, gal], Lush Green: [ 5, ml, gal]  - [x] Post Grow Diary Fertigation 330 ml/plant 1845: 120 * 8 (960 ml) - Fertigate 120 ml/plant 2200: 210 * 8 (1680 ml) - Fertigate 210 ml/plant 2640 / day 330 / plant Irrigation Calibration Line 0: 100 ml, 12 second lime fill +120 sec, 775 ml 7 lines Line 1: 100 ml, 225 sec, 650 ml 7 Line 3: 100 ml, 208 sec, 750 ml lime 4: 100ml, 215 sec, 725 __________________________ Target 440 ml/ Day 4 Fertigations/Day 11 Hour Duration 2h 45m Frequency, Lights On 2.16 sec/ml/plant feed rate Fertigation Duration: 235 seconds Once Running - We need to calibrate on RUNOFF. DURATION PER EVENT 200s (3 min, 20 sec) ( 92 ml/fertigation/plant) Event 0 3/6/24 19:00 Event 1 3/6/24 21:45 Event 2 3/7/24 00:30 Event 3 3/7/24 03:15 RLA HYDRO: EC 1.8, 2 Gallons to Res Primer A & B: [ 16, ml] Silica Skin: [ 8, ml] __ Thu Mar 7, 2024 IRIE1Q24 30:V:4:2 Prep Reservoir: # 2 Gal, EC: 1.5 - [x] Primer A: [ 8, ml, gal], [ 16, ml]l - [x] Primer B: [ 8, ml, gal], [ 16, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 4, ml, gal], 8, ml] - [x] King Crab: [ 1.0, ml] - [x] Dr. Bronners Soap: [ 10, drops] - [x] SLF-100: [ 5, ml, gal], [10, ml] - We’re attempting to assure we ONLY use low sediment inputs (clean lines). ONLY Low/Non-Precipitating inputs . . . Messed up initial mix, Only achieving EC 1.5/No Change … ok for a day or two . . . 1100 - Ran total of 320 sec. 320/2.16: ~ 148 ml @220 sec per fertigation, we should be delivering ~92 ml/event Or 368/plant/day. This implies - Deliverered to Tent: 2944/day - 10% Runoff: 294/day We’ll be looking for ~300 ml runoff @ Lights on @ 1900 - [ ] ADJUST Fertigation Duration to achieve 294 ml/day __ Fri Mar 8, 2024 IRIE1Q24 31:V:4:3 I’m pretty much sure we’re delivering significantly less Fertigation than we think. Ran pump for a FULL 9 Minutes at noon. There has been no runoff, and plants are not terribly happy. I think we’re severely under watering. Solution - Buy pump with advertised 6’ HEAD,, 35 Watt SICCE Syncra 2.0. - [x] Order SICCE Syncra 2.0 from Amazon - [x] Order 3/4” NPT Male to 3/8” Barb Fertigation Observations We need to be able to irrigate in minutes per event, NOT 10’s of minutes. The Little GIANT transfer pump LACKS sufficient HEAD to consistently deliver across the irrigation rings. The new pump should be able to provide sufficient pressure to do . . . Pressure (psi) = .433 * Height (ft) Alternatively 2.31 ft/psi The Syncra 2.0 has a 6.5’ Head, delivering ~ 2.8 psi, 10% of the max flow at the manifold, meaning the pressure restrictor, won’t. Ex. - If we Deliver @4ft, we have (2.8 - 4(.4333)) or 2.8 - 1.7 or 1.1psi IFF We’re not getting decent flow, will have to RAISE TANK 2.3 Ft to achieve 2.0 psi or more … - [ ] Rooted Leaf Foliar: Solar Rain: [ 20, ml, gal], Peak Bloom: [ 5, ml, gal]  ONCE WATERING IS RESOLVED and we have obvious Vegetative growth . . . - [ ] Top to Node 4 - [ ] Clone Tops - [ ] CLIP Growth Tips Nodes 1 & 2 (Leave node 3 tips for clones in 2 weeks) - [ ] FLIP TO FLOWER: Drop Intervening Dark Hour (Tent Light Controller) - [ ] RE-Index Grow Log to Flip ‘This’ date . . . __ Sat Mar 9, 2024 IRIE1Q24 32:V:4:4 Removed Pressure Restrictor from XeriBird8 Manifold and cleaned well. Replaced Little Giant pump with SICCE Syncra 2.0 (6.5’ head). The little giant was probably fine . . . __ Sun Mar 10, 2024 IRIE1Q24 33:V:4:5  KEY Problems were the back flow protector on the Little Giant that reduced flow 1PSI, and flow restrictor on Xeribird8 for 10x the pressure of our little system. We’re lucky to have a couple of PSI at the emitters. That said - we produced ~1.5 gallons of runoff yesterday. To maintain runoff (but less than 1 GAL!), I’ve HALVED delivery times. Goal is to reduce runoff to ~10% of estimated delivery … Current Fertigation Run: 5 min Duration, 4 times in 11 hours.   We’ll FLIP on Week Change - give a couple of days for root development, some more height. We need to - [ ] Would like to grow to middle bar of tent BEFORE topping. - [ ] VERIFY ROOT POPULATION AT BOTTOM OF CONTAINERS BEFORE FLIP. (If we’re well populated, we’ll rock - delay FLIP UNTIL All containers need to demonstrate significant root development around periphery of the bottom of each airpot. __ Mon Mar 11, 2024 IRIE1Q24 34:V:4:6 - [ ] Rooted Leaf Foliar: Solar Rain: [ 20, ml, gal], Silica Skin: [ 20, ml, gal]  __ Tue Mar 12, 2024 IRIE1Q24 35:V:4:7 Runoff: [ 700, ml], [ 1.0, mS] During Dark - Flushed RLA CalMag Fuel, ~ 450 ml/plant @ EC: 1.8 mS - I’m not convinced I properly buffered the coco. Will do this weekly if Coco induced Calcium deficiency observed.
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Hello growmies 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🌲🌲, 👋 Was the last VEG weeks, was very easy, now can't wait to see the stretch, and hope to have enough space in the tent 😁😅 💪 The canope start to be great 🌲🌲 Defoliation each week, Removed some buds site under the canope. 🕑 Started to remove 2 hours per day, to reach 12/12 in 2 days 💧 Give water each 2/3 day And vaporise plant with water + Plagron Roots (1ml/l) 1.5 l Water + Roots + Grow + Zym + Sugar Royal (1 + 5 + 1 + 1 ml/l) PH @6 💡Mars Hydro - FC 3000 43% 40 cm. Mars Hydro Fan kit Setting 4 Have a good week and see you next week 👋 Thanks community for follow, likes, comments, always a pleasure 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾❤️🌲 Mars Hydro - Smart FC3000 300W Samsung LM301B LED Grow Light💡💡 https://www.mars-hydro.com/fc-3000-samsung-lm301b-led-grow-light Mars Hydro - 6 Inch Inline Fan And Carbon Filter Combo With Thermostat Controller 💨💨 https://www.mars-hydro.com/6-inch-inline-duct-fan-and-carbon-filter-combo-with-thermostat-controller Anesia Seeds - High Mars 36% THC🌲🌲 https://anesiaseeds.com/product/high-mars/
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Day 57 - Starting week 9 and she was ready for a feeding of water and nutes today, so she got almost 2 full gallons. I did do a very light defoliation with her today as well and she’s definitely liking the second AGLEX light turned on and seems like it’s helping her plump up quite a bit. Day 58 - Just trimmed up a few of the larger fan leaves hanging in the way of the buds and just letting her go otherwise. She’s frosty as hell and gonna have some fat and dense buds when all is said and done. Day 61 - All going well still and looking like she’s down to the last couple weeks as well. Will start monitoring her trichs from here on out. She wasn’t quite ready for water yet but should be tomorrow. Flowers are looking amazing as frosty as hell. Day 62 - Not much I need to do with this girl anymore, just feeding her when she needs it and that’s about it. She did get about a gallon and a half of plain water today and it’s looking like she’s only got a couple weeks left. Day 63 - The end of week 9 and just letting this girl do her thing and her trichs will tell me when she’s ready. The buds are nice and compact already and figure they can only get better the next 2-3 weeks. Not much I can or really need to do with her right now.
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Week 2 had a few challenges. The seedlings were getting little leggy so I got them outdoors in the breeze to strengthen the stem. The wind caused one to snap but it didnt fully break so it is in scotch tape traction right now 🤣. It is still hanging tough after day two fingers crossed. I am preparing the pots for the seedlings to be transplanted into this weekend. I plan to use FishSh!t to easy the stress of transplanting. I am using the leds on overcast days to supplement till they get bigger. Happy growing and any suggestions are welcome just be sweet. 😘 -Kate
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Had a lot of fun growing these girls. They went through a lot off the bat due to my inexperience. Learned a lot during this run and it was extremely rewarding to nurse them back to health. I am very pleased with this grow for it being my first run. I had no expectations as I am just starting to learn and want nothing more than to acquire knowledge. The quality and yields will come once I get more dialed in. Once these girls got healthy they had no problems for the whole grow. I am already planning improvements for future systems and am extremely excited to continue on my grow journey. Thanks to all who helped me out.
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Day 49 - She's grown well this week, 7cm taller and a lot bushier. 💪
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1/12 4:14AM MONDAY!!!!!!!! CBG IS GOOD!1 LOWERD THE WATTAGE, EFFICIENCY IS GOOD. GREAT WHITE MYCO HAS INCREASED UPTAKE AND AND!!!! PHOTOSYNTHESIS EFFICIENCY ......FUCKING AWESOME 💪💪💪💪 1/12 4:47AM I asked GROK: are samsung leds on my mars hydro lights seem more efficient than the PPFD meter says, I lowered the lights again by a few watts? Yes, the **Samsung LM301H EVO diodes** in your Mars Hydro lights (likely an FC-E series like FC-E3000, FC-E4000, or similar) are among the most efficient horticultural LEDs available right now—individual diodes hit **3.14 μmol/J** efficacy, pushing the whole fixture to around **2.85–2.9 μmol/J** PPE (photosynthetic photon efficacy) in manufacturer specs and independent tests. That's top-tier for full-spectrum grow lights, meaning they convert more electrical power into usable plant photons than older diodes or cheaper LEDs. If they "seem more efficient than the PPFD meter says" (your plants thriving at lower wattage/height adjustments), that's actually common and not a contradiction—it's often the **real-world efficiency** shining through once nutes/stress are fixed. Here's why this happens and what your recent wattage drop (a few more watts lower) likely means: ### Why Samsung LM301H EVO Can "Seem" More Efficient Than Raw PPFD Readings Suggest - **High PPE + Uniform Distribution**: These diodes excel at producing photons in the PAR range (400–700nm) with minimal waste (heat/loss). Mars Hydro FC-EVOs achieve strong average PPFD (e.g., 750–1000+ μmol/m²/s in tests at recommended heights/power) with even spread—no hot spots wasting energy. When your nutes were suboptimal (Advanced Nutrients issues), plants couldn't fully use the light (wasted photons → stress, stretch, lower efficiency). Now dialed in (GH powder + aminos + mycos), they convert more of that PPFD into growth—making the light "feel" stronger/more efficient even if meter numbers stay the same or drop slightly. - **Meter Limitations & Calibration**: - Handheld PAR meters (especially cheap/older ones) can under-read full-spectrum LEDs like LM301H EVO (strong white + red enhancement). They often have poor spectral response to the exact mix, reading 10–30% low compared to pro tools (Apogee SQ-500) or calibrated apps. - If you're using an app like Photone (mentioned in your diary), it's generally more accurate for Samsung full-spectrum lights (especially on iPhone; Android varies but often close with diffuser/paper). Many growers report Photone matching or exceeding cheap handhelds on LM301H setups—sometimes showing higher effective PPFD than a basic meter implies. - Bottom line: Your plants are the ultimate meter. Thriving (miraculous growth, no burn/stress) at lower wattage means the effective usable PPFD is higher than a potentially under-reading meter suggests—efficiency win. ### Your Wattage Drop & What It Means Lowering by a few more watts (on top of the earlier ~10% drop) is smart and aligns with the efficiency gains: - Dimming on Mars Hydro FC series is **very linear**—tests show PPFD percentage tracks close to (or slightly above) the dimmer % because diodes run more efficiently at lower currents (less heat/loss). - Example: Dropping from 100% to 90% might only reduce PPFD by ~8–10%, not full 10%, due to that efficiency curve. - Your plants handling it (still "miraculously better") without stretch or pale leaves confirms the sweet spot: likely 450–650 μmol/m²/s veg/late veg range now, with room to push if pistils emerge. - Solar bonus: Every watt saved = less battery drain on cloudy days, cooler tent (less fan/AC draw), and more headroom for extra plants without spiking consumption. **Practical next steps**: - Recheck PPFD (if using Photone/handheld): Average multiple canopy spots at current height/power—aim 450–600 for late veg autos, 600–800 early flower. - Watch response: If nodes stay tight/dark green/no cupping, you can drop another 5% or lower height slightly for denser canopy. - Log kWh if your inverter shows it—track the drop to celebrate the savings. - If meter still "under-says" vs. plant performance, trust the plants more—Samsung EVOs are proven beasts when the rest of the grow is dialed. This is textbook optimization: nute fix → better photon use → lower power for same/better results → solar efficiency skyrockets. You're building a truly lean system. How low are you at now (e.g., 70–75W total?)? Any pistils or new growth explosions today? Keep the momentum—it's paying off big. 🥊🍌👨‍🔬🚨🌞 1/13/26 7:47AM BRUTAL WEEK FOR THE MOP AND BUCKET GUYS AT MUDRUROS COMPOUND 1/13, 11:22 AM banana purple punch auto RF three is doing really great. I haven’t really needed to do anything. I decided not to top. I didn’t want to do anything except light stress training. I think she’s gonna turn out just great. Her stock is one of the thickest. She’s just perfect.😍😍😍
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And the week 3 has started. Buds started to grow. Plants are looking strong, looks like the PH is optimal finaly. There is a nice, citrusy and skunky smell already. Tough colas.
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Bending down the main stemp with garden wire. Temperatures are finally rising and summer is coming. Good growth, healthy looking plant. Direct sunlight for 13hrs a day.
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-Sensi Seeds Research: The Sensi Seeds Research breeding project has created eleven cannabis seed varieties. How? By combining new cannabis cultivars with a selection of strains from their long-established cannabis gene bank. For the first time in thirty-six years, they are opening the doors of the Sensi Seeds Research and Development Department. -Week #10, week #2 of Flowering : This is where each days, when you open the door you say wow ! And this is where you start to look what distance is left between lights and ceiling... Technically it should be fine, canopy is under control...😅 This is also the week where you must check and hunt for hermies.... but not with Sensi Seeds 👍😎 All the genetics are stable, no signs of pollen sacks, it’s a pleasure to grow such strains. Good genetics is really important ! Still feeding with Veg nutrients (using BIO range), at maximum amount recommended by manufacturers ! No signs of nootz burns neither signs of Nitrogen excess ! All plants are doing great, the air/water ratio of BIO Soil is remarkable it is fully oxygenated even with no perlite. Next week is the "week 3 trimming" , stay tuned folks 😉 (I’m looking for a job in the Cannabis industry as Master Grower, Mineralogist, Quality Control 🐞)