# Cash Express by Zamnesia | Pheno A 🌱💰 ## Germination Week | The Journey Begins Welcome everyone. Before we begin, a small explanation. With the current GrowDiaries photo limitations, I've decided to document each phenotype in its own dedicated diary. Instead of grouping multiple plants together, every phenotype will now receive its own space from seed to harvest. This allows me to continue documenting each run as thoroughly as possible while selecting the best photographs from every stage of development. The objective remains exactly the same as always: To create an honest, educational, and complete record of the grow from seed to harvest, sharing both the successes and the lessons learned along the way. Today, that journey begins with Cash Express Pheno A. --- ## A New Seed, A New Story Every grow starts with a seed. Small. Quiet. Full of possibilities. For this run, we're following Cash Express from Zamnesia Seeds, grown under a 12/12 from seed schedule from the very first day of life. A method that is a little different from what most growers choose, but one that has become part of my own cultivation style over time. Throughout this diary, I'll do my best to explain not only what I'm doing, but also why I'm doing it, sharing observations, experiments, successes, and mistakes as honestly as possible. Cash Express is a cultivar I've been looking forward to documenting. As with every new genetic, part of the excitement comes from not knowing exactly how each phenotype will express itself. Every seed carries its own potential, and every plant tells its own story. --- ## Germination Using the Cannakan System For germination we used the Cannakan system. The concept is simple and practical. The container is divided into separate chambers, allowing multiple cultivars to be germinated simultaneously while remaining properly labeled and organized. Each seed was placed inside using only plain water. Nothing else. No additives. No stimulants. No nutrients. Just water. Within approximately 24 hours healthy taproots had already emerged and the seeds were ready for the next stage. Fast. Clean. Simple. Exactly what we hope to see from healthy, vigorous seeds. --- ## Why Only Water? One question that often comes up during germination is: "Why not feed the seed immediately?" The answer is simple. The seed already contains everything required for its first stage of development. Nature prepared that package long before we arrived. Inside the seed are the energy reserves and nutritional resources needed to establish roots and begin life. At this stage, I prefer to let the seed do what it was designed to do. Water is enough. The goal is not to feed the plant. The goal is simply to wake it up. --- ## First Experience With Coco Starter Plugs This run also marks my first experience using coco starter plugs. The plugs were fully saturated with water and then gently squeezed to remove excess moisture, leaving an ideal balance between water retention and oxygen availability. Once germinated, the seeds were carefully inserted into the plugs and placed inside a humidity dome. The dome remained useful for only a short period. In less than 24 hours the seedlings had already emerged and were ready for the next step. At that point they were transplanted into small containers filled with Plagron Lightmix. --- ## Environment The early environment was intentionally simple. Temperatures remained around 26–27°C. Humidity was maintained between 65–70% using a Spider Farmer humidifier. Rather than keeping seedlings inside extremely humid conditions for extended periods, I personally prefer introducing them relatively early to the environment they will actually experience during growth. The idea is adaptation rather than prolonged protection. Airflow remains extremely gentle at this stage. Just enough movement to keep the air fresh without stressing young seedlings. --- ## Heat Mat Temperatures The propagation mat was running around 40°C. That may sound high at first, but the actual rooting environment remains significantly cooler than the heating source itself. The heat source must operate above the target root-zone temperature to compensate for environmental losses and maintain stable conditions where the roots are developing. The objective is not to expose the seedlings to excessive temperatures. The objective is to provide a warm, stable environment that encourages rapid and healthy germination. --- ## Lighting Lighting during germination is intentionally soft. Young seedlings do not require intense light. The goal is simply to encourage healthy early growth while avoiding unnecessary stress. Once established, these girls will move under the Future Of Grow Black Series 600W full-spectrum LED system where the real journey begins. Discussions about PPFD and light intensity will come later as the plants develop and become capable of utilizing stronger light levels efficiently. For now, healthy establishment remains the priority. --- ## First Observations So far, everything has gone exactly as hoped. Fast germination. Healthy taproots. Strong emergence. Good vigor. Healthy color. And perhaps most importantly: Curiosity. Every cultivar expresses itself differently. Every phenotype has its own personality. And every grow teaches something new. This is only the first chapter. --- ## Looking Ahead Next week we will begin following Cash Express Pheno A through the first stages of growth. We'll discuss: - Early development - Root establishment - Initial structure - Environmental conditions - Watering strategy - Light intensity - And whatever surprises she decides to reveal along the way Because no matter how many grows we complete, every seed still carries a little mystery inside. And honestly? That mystery is part of what keeps us coming back. Huge thanks to Zamnesia Seeds for the genetics, Plagron for the substrate and nutrition, Future Of Grow for the lighting, and everyone following along on this new adventure. Grower's Love everyone. 🌱💚

Day 50 of flower, 20 days till I harvest. Checking the trichomes daily. These nuggs are some of the best I’ve grown so far to date. They’re chunky and frosty as hell. They’re dense and shaped like golf balls. Patiently waiting to give these ladies the chop! Catch yall on the next update ✌️🏾

ROYAL QUEEN CBG AUTO ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS Week #6 Ovetall Week #1 Flower This week she's looking good even after I shocked her I have then cold water being in a hurry that being said she's doing great starting to make some nice looking buds and she looks like a robust plant. Stay Growing!!

Very sticky snd dense nuggets,tons of resin in this autoflowering strains, they are high quality, as you guys can see both wedding cakes auto by original sensible seeds have the exact same resin production, very frosty both, very sticky and big fat main colas with all the buds from the lower plant are also fat, dense and sticky, just a dream come true 💎 very good automatic strain, doesn't even looks like an auto, super sticky and a very pure and strong aroma, she's been fed with only organic dry amendments by guanokalong complete organics and seaweed powder and florganics that's how I prepared her soil. Thank you so much everybody hope you like another diary of frosty cookies 🍪🤤🍭🌸✌️💚❤️

I have missed a week or two since last update due to all sorts of personal problems and not taking videos or photos. The plants have grew a lot as they finally took off and they have been topped and tied down to create a table like canopy almost line mainlining but without taking smaller stems off

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Dia 110 de vida y 2nda para 3ra semana de floración. Han hecho un estiron final llegando a medir casi 3 m y han empezado a florecer se ven muy sanas sigue todo muy bien algun saltamontes sigue motdiendo las hojas nada grave. Se avecina tiempo de tormentas y lluvias esperemos que no pase nada grave , las plantas estan preparadas para soportar lo que sea que venga aunque siempre puede haber algun imprevisto

19/07/20 (Sunday) 7AM - Set 4 seeds to germinate in cups of water (Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Columbia) 7PM - St. Vincent and the Grenadines seed shows taproot 9PM - Trinidad and Tobago seed shows taproot 10PM - Seed from Jamaica shows taproot 11PM - Set the 3 germinated seeds into individual half gallon pots filled with promix. 20/07/20 11AM - SVG seed rises to the soil level 8PM - Jamaican follows suit 11PM - TT also exposes itself 21/07/20 The weather and forecast for the week show scattered showers and the seedlings are showing early signs of stretching so I decide to build a makeshift grow tent to supplement their light cycle while bringing them outside for a minimum of 4 hours every day to acclimate them. I decided on a 75W output LED bulb with a temperature of 6500K and 1055 lumens while using my room fan to simulate wind for healthy stem growth. 22/07/20 The plants show slowed stretch symptoms but still not to the level I want, so I revamp the 'grow tent' with reflective material (crumpled aluminium foil for more reflective surfaces) and upgraded the bulb to a 100W output LED with the same temperature and a higher luminousity of 1350. One cotyledon on the SVG strain was broken but not completely sheared off, but I'll leave it to its own devices. 23/07/20 Columbian seed has yet to germinate so I added another from my backups. 24/07/20 Seedlings have shown normal rates of growth so I think the current grow tent is sufficient. When I took them outside they endured light gusts and rainfall for a half hour during their sun bask. I decided to add foil to the door of the tent to trap more light in. 25/07/20 Tropical Storm Gonzalo may make landfall today and the skies are set up for thunderstorms so I decided to keep the plants in their indoor setup for the full 18hrs of their light cycle. Since both Columbian seeds still show no signs of germination, I decide to go collect another strain. I got my hands on a 21 day old Dominican Republic strain that was grown in a seedling tray and left there; It was fed once with 20-20-20 and calmag. The cotyledons were white, the stem red between the top nodes and yellow the rest of the way down, the leaves a light green, and it was no taller than 2 inches excluding it's 1 inch sq root cube. I immediately transplanted it into my remaining half gallon pot upon returning home, dampened the soil with my spray bottle and left it to sit with the others and finish the light cycle.

They’re not the healthiest looking but they’re definitely way better than they were! Couldn’t wait any longer and needed to flip into flower because I was running out of height space

She was ready to get topped! She looks so healthy and vital with enough internodal spacing - so I decided her 3-week anniversary after germinating is a good moment to take her top off. As a beautiful surprise, she has triple stalks at the fourth node, her new top, which will look super pretty when going into LST camp! Also, her lower stalks are already growing strong and long, giving me the feeling, she'll be a bushy lady.

Hi guys, so were in week 5 now, (week 2 of flower) this girl has got big, she's growing really fast and ive had no issues, until now, slight nutrient burn, but that's my fault. I haven't LST 'D her until now, i havent needed to, she grew like this any way, ive starpped some of the branches down to let more light through the canopy. I'll update in a week. Thanks for reading, feel free to check out my other diaries and leave me a like, maybe even a follow. Stay high stay fly. #420everyday

Buenas a tod@s... Tercera semana de las niñas... Se las ve muy bien, de momento tranki, ya empezamos con los nutrientes y cambiamos una lámpara normalita q no tenía mucha potencia x una de marshydro de 150... Las veo bien, y se pondrán mejor en nada... 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻⚡⚡⚡🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Buenos humos para tod@s... 💨💨 ⚕️😎💎 🇦🇷🤝🏻🇪🇦

One of my smoothest grows yet, plant was a monster got ppms up to 1340 with the nectar. The final product was 10/10 quality. Yield was decent considering I'm using the nectar.

Pineapple Express leaves are all losing color at this point, she’s getting close. Not sure how much longer to let this one go... she’s on day 57. Online recommended harvest date says day 55-65. Trichomes appear cloudy to me already but she’s shooting new white pistils everyday. The bud that was pollinated appears to be the most done. Its sugar leaves are beginning to yellow. The other buds seem a few weeks behind this one, I’m still trying to wait so the seeds fully develop. I don’t want to chop her too soon and not have fully developed seeds. The other buds I am trying tic heck trich’s on. Berry white is chugging along still, it’s still not as far along as the others but appears to be more frosty even though she’s a small plant. Looking forward to seeing how she develops further... I suspect the buds on that plant to be very tight. Thanks for reading and happy growing! 👩‍🌾🏼 🌱

Day 93 - Fattened up good, getting really heavy....posted pic of test bud.... vid of the led uv globe i got on ebay... works awesome.... highly recommend...... 😎 maybe 1 more week.... they smell delicious, not very strong smell.... just normal water in bottom drip tray, dutch master one gold ....next week, flush em and next sunday pull em..... idk.... Day 95 - had a good look at both girls and worked out a harvest plan...... i've started flushing/watering on the smaller one, and sunday (day 100) will be her last. i'll leave the larger one (she's still quiet white) for another week and re evaluate her fate next week. Day 97 - 4 vids .... looks good 😎 getting a 1600x Camera Endoscope USB Digital Microscope from ebay, see if it will help with harvest........ 😎

SEPTEMBER 7 to 13, 2024 Sunrise 07:25, Sunset 20:22 for 12:57 daylight Specimen flowering well, and producing trichomes. Suspect it will be another 4 weeks minimum until they finish, possibly 5. No signs of nutrient deficiencies, only some very mild discolouration at leaf tips indicating some over fertilization. Have undertaken very mild and intermittent defoliation to remove fan leaves that are blocking sunlight, and or when removed improve air flow through the canopy. Greenhouse is very full, making it difficult to find angles for photography that provide perspective of plant size and development. Plants have encroached on walkway through the middle of the greenhouse. Scents from the plants are getting stronger by the day, but not overbearing. Day 134 - Drip watered 2.0L of plain rainwater Day 135 - Top Dressed with Optimize Organics - Bloom (2-7-5) and Worm Castings, which will be the last time soil will be amended; Watered in with 2.5L of Compost Tea as per recipe described above. Day 136 - n/a Day 137 - n/a Day 138 - Soil Pest Defense Spray (Neem Oil and Castile Soap) Day 139 - n/a Day 140 - n/a

2nd Week Report 24/10/19 - 31/10/19 25/10/19 I didn't flushed, but I filled the reservoir with 3l of 10% strength solution. Added to the current solution the same nutrients quantity as the first week (except for "Root Stimulator" and "Enzymes" that the first week were 20% strength and now got back to 10%). Now the reservoir should be filled with a 20% strength solution 29/10/19 - CMXL is 10cm height and it is growing really well along with his roots. - LSD is 6cm height and it is growing a little slower like his roots, but both of them look healty. I think in some days should start growing fast like CMXL Added 2 low frequency (113kHz) Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Discs: - One for the root chamber that should help with root expansion as it nebulize solution and the fog carries nutriments (like a small aeroponics integration) and will help my attempt of cloning. - One will stand in a 20% solution next to the plants to increase Humidity (and maybe feed them a little). I'll try to set them running 24/7 Switched water pump that sprays Rock Wool from 5sec every 30min to 6sec every 60min. Next week I plan to stop using the pump as "Top Feed" if roots will be well developed and probably I will use it as "Recirculation Pump" to keep nutrients in reservoir mixed better 30/10/19 Roots exposed to air inside reservoir got a little yellow after inserting the small fogger, so I will try to keep it 30/30 seconds ON/OFF. I will check next day if it's helpful to existing root o as root propagator for clone trial Topped CMXL and did a little of LST just by bending the main stem to expose the small growing next to fan leaves. The cutting was immediately dipped in a solution made by honey and Root Stimulation (the same I use for reservoir solution as it should contain rooting hormone), hoping it covers the cut like a gel and don't let the oxigen get in the cut until there will be some new growing. After that I put the cutting on the lid without any pot, as you can see in the picture some tape is covering the hole and it holding the topping. I covered it with a small jar to maintain humidity, hope to see some roots next week ;) I plan to fim LSD tomorrow if tonight grows enough 31/10/19 Filled the reservoir with 6L 20% strength solution and after that added 10% nutriment for 36L directly into the tote (like I did last week). Now nutrient solution inside reservoir should be 30% strength and it's ready for the 3rd week Pinched LSD Top with my fingers and applied LST by bending a little the main stem. Hope this FIMming works and returns better yield ;) Cloning trial didn't worked (I was expecting nothing, just a test), the cut part of the topping is already dry. I knew the topping was too short, next time if I try to clone his stem will be at lest 2cm Last Update 31/10/19 Next Update 03/11/19 with the next week See you guys ;)

- Day 70 Checked the trichomes today, there's a lot more cloudy ones, still a lot of clear ones as well though. But definitely getting close to harvest now. DIdn't need to water her today as the pot was still heavy, but I will start to flush tomorrow with just plain pH'd water. Day 71 Just gave 3 liters water today of plain pH'd water. The smell of the plant has become A LOT stronger suddenly.