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@Prilyfe13
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July 7, 2024 Day 78
This week we switch to Overdrive and stop the Big Bud. It's the last 2 weeks of flower and then a week of flush. Then 2 weeks of drying and then about 3 to 4 weeks of curing. after that, I can smoke it. Lol.
All 4 ladies got a half gallon top feed with just recharge, and the reservoirs refilled with the new nutrients. I was going to water until runoff, but I think it's just a waste at this point. Plus bottom feeding doesn't require runoff. Depending on how they feel tomorrow, I might add the other half gallon to each and get that runoff. Or very close to it.
Sour Diesel A has started picking up the pace with drinking. She is drinking just as much as C and D. Super frosty and starting to really pack on the weight. A couple branches are starting to sway at the slightest touch. Hopefully the heavy buds won't pull the branch down.
Sour Diesel B is looking great! A little bit of foxtailing and larf on the bottoms, but the tops look great! Tons of bud and big buds to boot.
Sour Diesel C is also swaying a bit at the slightest touch. I expect that from her. Her branches are strong but thin and long. Her buds definitely didn't swell up like B and D, but they are solid and covered in trichomes.
Sour Diesel D was the dry one this week. I ended up dumping the whole reservoir from the other day so I could start the new regimen. She was dry and anaerobic for a bit. The half gallon of top feed really helped. It took some time to get it all wet, but in the end, the half gallon seems to be fine.
The environment is still high humidity in the morning and lower when the AC kicks on. Currently it's 81° outside and the temp in the tent is 75°. But with my personal AC on, it drives the humidity way up. Currently it's at 62% in the tent. It'll probably climb even more now that I watered everyone.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 75.6°
RH: 58.0%
VPD: 1.24 kPa
July 8, 2024
Not much going on today. All 4 ladies have their water and feel good.
Sour Diesel A looks great! As usual, frosty and smelly as ever.
Sour Diesel B has slightly canoeing leaves. They are also starting to brighten up. Must be getting close to the end.
Sour Diesel C has drooping leaves. Not sure why. I'll have to research.
Sour Diesel D is looking super good. Lush green leaves. Huge main cola and more frost.
The environment is the same as yesterday. High humidity, but somehow today it's below 60%. Hopefully it will go below 50% this afternoon.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.6°
RH: 57.5%
VPD: 1.21 kPa
July 9, 2024
It's picture day! Not much else going on though. Just a check up on the plants and that's it.
Sour Diesel A looks great! One issue I know I'm going to run into is sagging branches. One of her branches already needed to be pulled back up and tied to a bigger branch. The buds just weight a lot for the branch. Funny though, I've been using silica and that should have strengthened the branches. Not that they are super weak, but they are thin. I'll have to keep an eye on her.
Sour Diesel B is outstanding. Huge solid buds. Tons of frosty frost. I'll probably start checking trichomes next week. It's too early to see anything significant.
Sour Diesel C is a little lighter than the other 3. She also has some seriously droopy leaves and I have no idea why. I don't think it's a lighting issue. Underwatering could also be a thing, but she got top fed 2 days ago as well as the bottom feed system. It's moist, but definitely not as wet as I would have hoped on the bottom. I think I'm going to actually have to water to runoff with her. I don't really know what else to do.
Sour Diesel D is looking good as well. Super fat buds and super hard to boot. And it hasn't even been 3 days of the Overdrive. I can only imagine how hard the buds will be at the end.
The environment is starting to calm down a bit. Unfortunately I have to keep my crap ass AC on and it's bringing in humidity as always. So the humidity in the tent is around 59% to 60%.
The temp was high this morning at 80°. A bit warm for this stage. It should be around 74° to 75°. But it's back to the mark now.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 76.1°
RH: 56.2%
VPD: 1.31 kPa
July 10, 2024
Watered all 4 ladies today. Each got a half gallon full nutrients with Recharge. Only 1 needed to get a reservoir refill.
Sour Diesel A is looking super good. I had to tie another branch up today. The frost on her buds is super insane. I'm loving it. I'm sure there is better frosty plants, but this is awesome.
Sour Diesel B is looking super good. Her leaves are canoeing and starting to point up. A sure sign she's starting to finish up. She also has 1 purple sugar leaf. So it looks like the fade is also starting as well.
Sour Diesel C is looking kind of weird. Her top fan leaves are droopy and the bottoms are fine. But it's only the big top leaves. Strange indeed. If anyone is reading this, any insights? Comment below with what you think it may be.
Sour Diesel D is super frosty as well. Her buds are massive and heavy. It seems like her side branches are starting to get weighed down a little bit. She's not even close to fading, but her leaves are a beautiful lush green. She needed a full reservoir top off today. The rest are about half empty now.
It's super humid today. 79% outside. Her temp is still right where it needs to be, but the humidity is higher than it has been lately. Obviously due to the super humid day.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.4°
RH: 58.7%
VPD: 1.17 kPa
July 11, 2024
It's picture day! Not much going on today.
Sour Diesel A is looking really good with her super frosty buds. She seems to be holding the water from yesterday and also trimming from the reservoir. Looking good.
Sour Diesel B is amazing. Her buds are all dense and bright green like Sour Diesel is supposed to be. She's super frosty, but she is also canoeing. Not sure why. Maybe too much light? I doubt it though. The DLI is around 45 mol/m²/d.
Sour Diesel C needed more water. She was already half the weight she was yesterday after watering. She's also drinking the reservoir. So she got another half gallon top feed today. I even got some runoff. She should be good for the next couple of days. Her buds are super frosty, just like A. Honestly, I think they are the same phenotype. I thought A was more similar to B in the beginning of the grow, but the bud structure and leaves are all the same between A and C. Smaller tight buds. Tons and tons of frost.
Sour Diesel D is looking pretty good. I really wish she had taken off like she should have. I expected a much taller plant without training. It's fine though. The massive cola is making up for it. Maybe it will be a 2 oz cola. Lol.
The environment is still a mess. It's rainy and humid today, but not too warm. The humidity in the tent currently is 66%. Ridiculously high. The temp is around 79 for now. I need to turn my AC back on I think and just deal with the humidity. The temp can't stay over 78° if I want super frosty buds.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 75.6°
RH: 60.2%
VPD: 1.18 kPa
July 12, 2024
Not much going on today. Just the daily picture. Some observation and that's about it. No watering is needed and the reservoirs are all filled with water.
Sour Diesel A is looking great! Her buds are definitely getting super fat and swelling up. A couple tops are making little flowers all around. It makes them look even fatter.
Sour Diesel B is happily starting the fade. Just one leaf for now, but the rest aren't far behind. I'm guessing over the next week, we will get a beautiful fade. Hopefully the buds stay lime green. They are so pretty.
Sour Diesel C is looking good as well. The top leaves are still drooping, but not quite as bad as they were yesterday. I'm guessing it's a mix of underwatering and nutrient deficiency. Which nutrient, I don't know. But the top feed was the full nutrient regimen. So she should be good.
Sour Diesel D is looking super hefty. She has plenty of water and is super a healthy green. No fade though. It's only B that's fading.
A note about the lighting. I'm going to check the DLI. It should be at 45 mol/m²/d. That's the deepest red spectrum I can pull out of my light. I think I now understand the difference in wattage for wavelength. I'll learn more about this for future runs. I think I'm fine, but if I'm right, I may be able to increase the power back up to 80%, but we will see. I do t have room for the light to go up anymore, so I have to be really careful. Unless I decide to put the exhaust fan outside of the tent. Then I'll have about 6 inches of space. That may be the best plan of action if need be. The light is still 22" from the main canopy. Bringing it up to 28" will give me the ability to increase the power and get the lowers lit up as well. The supplemental lighting is or isn't working. I honestly cannot tell. I really wish I had added the bars in again weeks ago. It's too late now. I just don't have the want to do it.
The environment was way off this morning. The temp was at 78° and the humidity at 66%. So I turned my AC on and dropped the temp back down to 76° but the humidity stayed roughly the same. Now the central air kicked on so the humidity should drop fairly quickly for the rest of the day.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 75.4°
RH: 62.7%
VPD: 1.09 kPa
July 13, 2024
Picture Day! And this week's video.
Sour Diesel A looking really good. Super dense buds and tons of frost. Not much else to do. Her reservoir should be empty tomorrow. If not later tonight.
Sour Diesel B is definitely starting to fade. Her leaves are rapidly changing color all over. Not much, but you can absolutely tell she will have a really nice fade in the end.
Sour Diesel C emptied her reservoir pretty quickly and is still holding her weight. What that means is the plant is finally drinking. I added the rest of the half gallon from the other day. The half gallon should line up with the rest of the reservoirs.
Sour Diesel D has this stupidly massive cola for the size of the plant. Her color is still a super lush green. The frost is pretty good, but still not as good as A and C, but she has the largest cola of the bunch. Not as many colas as the rest, but still the biggest.
The environment is still just a mess. Mornings suck. Currently the humidity is at 62% with a near perfect 76°. The humidity will of course drop down in an hour or 2.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 75.4°
RH: 58.9%
VPD: 1.20 kPa
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@TreeFruitsDe
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I took this pictures in the 2th week of flowering.
I only used the fertilizer once in the second week of flowering 3g/L.
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@Solarcradle
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August 10, 2019/Day 64/1 of Week 10: Last week, I watered minimal and had very little runoff. I have been watering every two days at a PH of 6.5.
Day 65: Watered with 3L at a PH of 6.4. Runoff PH 7.01. At 9 PM, light moved to 15" and A/C regulating tent temps to 24.7/76.5F to 25.3C/77.5F.
Day 68: Watered with about 2.5L at a PH of 6.43. Did not measure for runoff. Light still at 15"
Day 69: Moved light to 17" above canopy
End of Week 10 notes: Stop getting hair in my buds. lol Cheers to all the growers that wear hair nets, lab coats and gloves! I'm glad to see that she has very few amber trichome tips. She is mostly clear and starting to go cloudy. I want more time to beef up. Will be interesting to see how fast the trichomes continue to change and when her white pistil growth slows. 😁
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*english version below*
**HydroLab – Blüte Woche 1:
Der Stretch entfesselt & der Teppich lebt**
Willkommen zurück im HydroLab, dem einzigen Ort, an dem Pflanzen schneller wachsen als meine Stromrechnung. Die 12/12-Umstellung liegt nun offiziell sieben Tage zurück – und die Damen haben das Memo verstanden. Der Stretch? Vollgas. Der angekündigte „Kräuterteppich“? Er ist da. Und er rollt sich gerade selbst aus. 🌿🔥
Systemstatus: Wissenschaftlicher Wahnsinn in Zahlen
EC: stabil auf 1.5
Wasser: Vollentsalzt, nur noch 0.05 EC – so sauber, dass es vermutlich als „Destillat Light“ durchgeht
CalMag: jetzt Pflicht! Leitungswasser war nett, aber wir gehen jetzt pro
pH: von 5.8 hochdriftend bis 6.2, dann korrigiere ich
Klima: kalt draußen → warm im Labor dank Luftentfeuchter + 130W IR-Heizung (Nachtschicht-Modus)
Operation „Wurzel-Schutzschild“
Die Netpots haben ein Upgrade bekommen:
Alufolie-Abdeckung!
Nicht hübsch, aber verhindert sicher, dass irgendwo Licht in die Root-Zone kommt.
(Hydrolab-Regel Nr. 18: Wenn’s reflektiert, funktioniert’s. 🤓)
Pflanzenverhalten: Unkontrollierte vertikale Energie
Ich habe in dieser Woche nichts geschnitten und die Mädels einfach machen lassen. Ergebnis:
🔬 Hypothese: „Sie werden etwas wachsen.“
🔬 Ergebnis: Sie sind komplett durchgedreht.
Der Stretch ist massiv, die Tops schießen überall nach oben, die Mitte wird dichter, und die ersten Blütenansätze zeigen sich bereits in voller, flauschiger Pracht. Die Mykos arbeiten im Untergrund weiter wie ein italienischer Straßenbau-Trupp auf Koffein: die Wurzeln sind dick, cremefarben und gesund.
Labor-Kommentar
Manchmal muss ein Wissenschaftler lernen, loszulassen.
Und manchmal heißt das:
„Ich lass sie einfach eine Woche wild wachsen und schaue später, was weg muss.“
Genau diese Methode wenden wir hier an.
Aktuell sieht alles brutal vital, extrem dicht und herrlich chaotisch aus – genau wie ein Sativa-Scrog aussehen muss, bevor der Dompteur eingreift.
Ausblick
Nächste Woche geht’s ans Feintuning im Netz, am Lollipop wird nachjustiert und Bud Blood sollte sein Zauberwerk tun, damit sich das Ganze bald in ein Meer aus weißen Härchen verwandelt.
Bis dahin:
Das HydroLab beobachtet, misst, lacht – und füttert.
🌱⚗️😄
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**HydroLab – Bloom Week 1:
Stretch Protocol Activated**
Welcome back to the HydroLab, where the plants grow faster than my ability to explain what’s going on, and where chaos is considered a valid research method.
The flip to 12/12 was seven days ago — and the ladies took that as a personal challenge.
The stretch?
Immediate and aggressive.
The “herbal carpet” I predicted last week?
Fully deployed.
🌡️ System Diagnostics
EC: holding steady at 1.5
Water: ultra-clean, 0.05 EC from the deionization unit
CalMag: now part of the baseline (unlike with tap water)
pH: adjusted to 5.8, drifting naturally up to 6.2 before correction
Climate: cold nights outside → warm enough inside thanks to a 130W IR heater + dehumidifier tag-team
🛡️ Root Protection Protocol
I covered the pot tops with aluminum foil — not pretty, but absolutely effective at blocking any stray light from entering the root zone.
HydroLab Law #7:
If it looks improvised but works perfectly, it’s not a bug — it’s a feature.
🌱 **Plant Behavior Report:
Unrestricted Vertical Ambition**
This week I didn’t cut anything…
And the plants responded with:
“Okay, we’ll take over now.”
The stretch is in full swing, tops are pushing upward everywhere, and the first flower sites are forming beautifully. The canopy is dense, lively, and wild — exactly what a sativa-leaning scrog looks like right before it becomes a jungle.
Roots?
A fluffy, creamy, active masterpiece.
The mycorrhiza is clearly having the time of its life.
🔬 Researcher’s Note
Sometimes science requires intervention.
Other times… science requires stepping back, folding your arms, and whispering:
“Let’s see what happens if I just don’t touch anything this week.”
This was one of those weeks.
And honestly?
The system handled it better than expected.
🔭 Next Week’s Outlook
canopy refinement begins
lollipopping adjustments
Bud Blood should fully kick in
floral development expected to accelerate
Until then:
The HydroLab observes. The HydroLab measures.
The HydroLab feeds.
And the HydroLab cackles quietly in the corner.
🌿⚗️😄
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@KingSalomonsWeed
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Joa, die Gelato ist super stable. Gebrochener Hauptstamm. Egal. 2 mal, auch egal. Sie ignoriert es einfach. 😍
Sensi Seeds
Good looking girl.
Duftet hervorragend.
Aus dem zelt kommt eun frischer Bananen angehauchter treibhausduft.
Sehr angenehm.
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@Wicked_Stix
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Day 35 Gave her a flush and fresh nutrients. Added a little maxibloom. Switched lights to 12/12. Did some defoliation.
Nutrients per gallon
.5 tsp maxigro
.25 tsp maxibloom
.25 tsp armor si
.5 tsp calimagic
.1 tsp 90/10 humic/fulvic acid
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@Joaka
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ya se comienza a sentir un olor intenso, como se tenia previsto las black jack estan evolucionando sumamente rapido, ya comienzan a explotar en resina.
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@Omisan
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OOOOOH at this time i love all of you, growmie 😍
200gr of pure happiness, never before! 🙌
Buds are compact like rock, shine like diamond...it's unbelivable, looks perfect!
At last, mold take me about 20g of buds 😩
But it is ok, the jar is overfull and i'm so happy XD
Now let's wait for the right taste......for now is greatful! 😜
Thanks to Dutch Passion for this opportunity, i'm really proud!! 🙏
Thanks to all of you growmie, for your support 🙏
to the next adventure!
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@Eldorado_ed
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Another smooth week form how it looks should really remember to do this week to week but busy
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@Ninjabuds
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My nine Week 7 flowers are thriving under the new GrowPro Solutions under-canopy lights. The lights have really brought out some amazing colors in the buds. It's so cool to see how much they've changed in just a day! I'm excited to see how they develop even more in the coming weeks
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@IbeBryBry
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Starring to put on some weight. Dealing with a calcium problem most likely due to me only learning this week I should be buffering my coco with a calmag bath for 8+ hours atleast twice lol live and learn.
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@Lordshiva83
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Olá pessoal, nova semana, Purple Punch está uma verdadeira árvore 🌲 esta semana voltou a surpreender-me cresceu 15cm de altura está com 1,65m e cada vez mais ramificada, as ramas laterais querem ir ao topo como a haste principal, tive que adicionar uns tutores para suportar o peso das ramas, esta semana adicionei growth-c e alga-c, tudo vai muito bem, Fico maravilhado a cada dia que passa. 🤩 🌲🌱🍀 Bons cultivos companheiros
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Day 65. Fungus gnats back. Letting soil dry completely. It works to get get rid of them. Buds are fattening up nice. Was going to do flush this week but think I’m going to feed couple more times. They are responding well. Tricombs are milky. Two more weeks I’m thinking.
OG kush looking good and green. Getting
frosty.
Day 67. Feed all plants. Starting flush in a
Day. OG got bloom nutes.
Day 68. Flushed both purple Lemonade. OG kush has a while to go.
Day 69. Feed OG kush.
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@HowtoBubatz
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The Bruce Banner girls are growing strong and full of energy this week.💪🔥
They’re all at slightly different stages, but overall doing great:
#2 is the most advanced one, she’s already done stretching and started to produce trichomes early in the week.✨
#1 is still the biggest plant in the tent and finished her stretch around mid to late week, also showing the first trichomes by now.🌿
#3 kept stretching until the end of the week and is a bit behind in flower development, but she’s almost as tall as #2 now and catching up nicely.🚀
All three plants look healthy, rich green, and well-balanced, no signs of any issues.
They were watered as usual with RO water + CalMag, and got one feeding of Orgatrex this week.💧
Environment stayed on point:
24.8°C, 55% RH, and PPFD around 900–1000 µmol/m²/s under the Spider Farmer SE5000, controlled by the AC Infinity AI system 🌡️.
The stretch is almost over, trichomes are forming everywhere, and the tent is starting to smell amazing, everything’s moving in the right direction 😎✨
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@JeyGanesha
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La poderosa runtz forbidden sta per arrivare a maturazione.. ancora un paio di settimane più o meno e ci siamo...forse la lascio anche qualche giorno in più per farle creare un po' più di: CBN😜💪👍
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Week 6
2nd week of flowering:
Slowly but surely, the whole thing had taken shape. And in the way I'm usually used to.
"Sow love, reap happiness."
Hello dear plant friends, please forgive me for my time delay in the grow diary. A lot is happening in real life for me right now and I had to get used to it. Unfortunately, one of my beloved cats died suddenly for a reason unknown to me. A long-time friend and companion. And in addition, I am very busy modernizing my grow room, expanding capacities and the current grow also requires a lot of attention, as I am passionate about new crazy training methods. All this distracts me from my grief and the loss of my dear furry friend and helps me a lot to get back on my feet mentally.
Well, I don't want to keep you in suspense any longer, so here's a little preview of what will change and why.... 🤩
But that was only a short fitting and both lamps will of course come in a new generous Homebox 100 Q +
I think the time has now come for me to leave the tried and tested old shell and go new exciting ways. I feel ready for the next challenges in this wonderful field of gardening.
Dear people, be curious about what is to come. I can't wait to share it all with you.
And now back to week 6 and last summer's Grow...
Enjoy! 😊
And again my Biotabs was my secret weapon: the fermented compost tea an outstanding game maker.
I usually start at the end of flowering week 2 and combine it alternately with the enchanting Bio PK - Booster from Biotabs until shortly before the end.
I am firmly convinced that these two components complement each other super nicely.
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@HeartStrong_Garden
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Those first leaves really grew out. This is my first seed popped of the new year! This strain is an Attitude Seedbank and Fast Buds collaboration, it is actually called STRAWBERRY WHIP and wasnt an available strain option
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I found out that we aren’t supposed to give the plants the runoff water oops!! But She is doing great imo .. I’m considering going to a larger pot maybe a 10 gallon!!?
Update I have the 10 gallon pot waiting on promixhp but I’m still not sure if I should transplant at this point!??????????
Well I decided not to transplant into a larger pot so the 3 gallon is going to be her home.
I also watered yesterday with the full amount of nutrients that Emerald Harvest suggest because in doing some research on Purple kush and found out that Purple kush will actually uptake all the recommended dose ages of nutrients
AMAZING and so I gave it a shot! Also I have the Migro 240w at 75% and gradually making my way to 100% before the last two weeks.
So far I’ve learned a lot and had plenty of awesome suggestions and answers from everyone within the growdiaries.com community.
Thank you
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@Salokin
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Hi Growmies,
I topped her towards the end of this week and removed two sets of fan leaves. It opened the plant up very nicely in combination with the light LST I applied earlier in the week. The plant is taking very nicely to the LST and didn’t seem to care about the topping either. I attribute this to the strong root system she already has. For the next week I have fed her additionally to the canna nutes, some plant success orca, for healthier roots and Rezin from greenplanet to prepare her for pre flower.
Here is the code that’ll give you 20% in Zamnesia‘s online store, just input ZAMMIGD2023 at checkout.
Thanks for stepping by and until next week!
