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Aug 22 - Aug 28 Week 16 (Day 106-Day 112) The Low Down- Plants responded well to the Advanced Nutrients I watered with a couple of days ago. By 'responded well' I just mean that they didn't yellow or adversely react. I'm still watering 2 gallons per day per plant when I water, but I skipped a day since I don't want to get root rot. Twice before I have had the plants get waterlogged at the bottom of the pot (obviously right =-) ), and I didn't know then that it caused the leaves to yellow from the bottom up. I honestly thought I had nutrient burn. That said, I skipped a day on the watering. I applied kelp meal on day 111. I broke my rule and used Monterey B.T. on day 111. Honestly--I felt scared because I can't inspect the plants everyday so I went for the Monterey b.t. to combat the caterpillars. Not sure if I will apply again since we are in flowering. The Plants- The plants look great and smell great. Thank you EQuillibrium Genetics. Everyday they get a little more aromatic. The smell is somewhere between minty/lemony/orangey and some bomb ass weed. Will definitely hit. One day I could've sworn it smelled like that Gary Payton weed, basically kushy, citrusy, and a little sour diesely. On DAY 108 in the morning they smelled like orange fanta. Amendments- I applied kelp meal on DAY 111 (Aug 22). The quality has improved in my plants since I started more actively amending the soil a few years back. Before I just used to add that Alaska fish emulsion directly on the soil once a month. Now I use Kelp Meal from Down-to-Earth and the Bud Candy and Overdrive from Advanced Nutrients. I even used some cha-ching from Fox Farms at the end of last season. I don't start adding anything until at least a month or two into the grow because the soils I use already come amended. I also continue using the soil year after year. I take all the soil at the end of the year and place it on a tarp. Then I add perlite, bone meal, blood meal, kelp meal, molasses, coffee grinds, banana peels, egg shells, and mix it all up. I let that sit for a couple of weeks or longer and then start using it on my potted plants in the garden. If I have enough left over after 2 months I will fill up the fabric pots again and plant clover, thyme, and oregano during the off season.
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Hello everyone week 2 has passed for this Gelato auto by Fast Buds ๐Ÿ˜Ž this plant is doing very well growing at fast pace and with a beautiful green colour on the leaves. wish you all happy growing!
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Day 106 14/10/24 Monday Their colours are really coming through now ๐Ÿคฉ Nearing their end now, possibly another week after this โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ’š Picture and video update ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ’š Day 108 16/10/24 Wednesday Another run through of de-chlorinated tap water and flawless finish all to pH 6.3. Giving 0.3L again daily as there not drinking half as much now. Picture and video update ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ’š Day 110 18/10/24 Friday Divine Seeds Overdose has been Harvested. Check her own diary on my page for full results. I moved the others into my now cleaned down 1.2m x 80cm under 660w hps to finish off. Day 111 19/10/24 Saturday De-chlorinated tap water and flawless finish at pH 6 today.300ml Day 112 20/10/24 Sunday De-chlorinated tap water and flawless finish at pH 6 again 300ml. I have had an extremely busy week. I'll upload videos and pictures tomorrow on a fresh week... Wait and see the colours ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ’š
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All right here we are day 100 39 of flower and as expected the buds are not going to be huge I'm thinking thumb size as I stated a few weeks ago it's still got some grown to do so I'm hoping she bulks up.. she smells great and I'm happy with how the canopy came out however I think from now on I'm going to keep the topping to a minimal once maybe twice tops.. thank you Weedseedsexpress for the opportunity to grow your genetics I'm getting excited as strawberry cough has been a long time coming for me.. this plant is one of two that I planted in the same soil and the other one didn't make it because it was used soil with salt based nutrients I say that to say this little girl has really pulled through some tough times and I didn't help any with what I did to her so overall the genetics I would say are extremely stable strong as she had quite the will to live.. I hope everybody is doing well and so are there ladies God bless and happy growing everyone โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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Not Sure whats going on with leafs...They start out yellow on edges and get worse always seems happen late flower...was thinking maybe lacking cal-mag..It's not a ph issue...Might try to up cal mag ...not 100% sure what it is if anyone has any ideas please leave in comment (would appreciate any input) was also thinking might not be giving it enough potassium..This problem is only mid-late flower they start on edges and then gets worse and leafs get crispy...I skipped last week been busy around house staying locked up haha ..Hopefully everyone stays safe during this crazy time
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Edit: I came home from work after making my weekly log entry yesterday and I could smell my grow from my driveway... so I asked for help. THANK YOU OOZLEFINCH FOR THE HELP.. THIS IS WHY WE ASK FOR HELP... I left a question on here stating that my new canister wasn't working and asked for generic advise. He left an answer that pointed out the fact that my exhaust fan might be set waaaay to high... and it was! It turns out there's a limit to the amount of air that filter fan 'scrub', and my exhaust fan goes way over that limit even on 6 or 7.. I turned it down to 3 and the smell got better immediately. โ˜ฎ๏ธ Still on auto pilot at this point... I'm really close to harvest.. and I'm not even on day 60 ๐Ÿ˜ฒ. I created videos this weeks, they capture the plants in ways that a still picture just won't. My entire house stinks.. my neighbors are looking at my funny, and my wife thinks a family of skunks is hiding in our walls... I've never had this problem.. I even got a brand new carbon air scrubber and its not helping ๐Ÿคฃ Process/ Environment changes since last week: - To help preserve the terpenes I've been trying to lower my temperature, which is hard without an AC unit I'm not plugging in an ac just to grow some plants. I'm at 24- 26 degrees C (75 - 82 F). - I've been lowering my humidity accordingly to keep VPD in a good range - I lowered my lights closer to my plants, turning them up would just add to the heat. - I'm defoliating as much large fan leaves off as possible - My watering pH is at around 6.7 to 6.8.. I will not be flushing these plants - I rotate my plants every day to make sure I'm getting light to hit every node it can This week I'm pulling out the digital scope and doing the first trichome checks for these babies. The cheese auto is going to get the chop by the end of next week.. I hope you like the video I added of it.. it's the easiest plant I've ever grown and she's going to be FIRE. The blackberry auto is giving off a gas/berry smell and is very sticky to the touch. A beautiful triploid... my first and I hope to get many more. The Forbidden Runtz smells just like a zkittles does, it's bang on. Very dense very sticky buds. I almost tossed her during the seedling stage too due to her mutation. I'm glad I reconsidered โ˜ฎ๏ธ Thank you Fastbuds
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Day 64 - I've been patiently waiting for the time to come, and it's finally here! Changed the lights over to 12/12 to send the tent into flower. Current light settings R99 W99 B50 as suggested by California Lightworks. I did a full reservoir change - switching over to bloom nutes. I also added some Si28 and P31 Microbes to the reservoir to test out this new product that I was fortunate enough to receive samples of. I've seen the results of others with crazy booming root growth.... Let's see what happens! Day 65 - I swear, it's like she's been waiting for me to flip the light cycle. I kicked one plant out of the tent so now there's even more room for improved air circulation and light distribution. This plant is a serious beast! Day 67/ Day 3 of Flower - Last massive round of defoliation before I sit back and let her do her thang. โœŒ๏ธ
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Sep 13: still going. Smells nice but the buds are not forming normally. Bad phenotype but apparently not a hermie. Will keep going for another couple weeks at least.
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Por el momento solo estamos aplicando Bases Connosseur Grow. La fotografia de esta semana es la del ejemplar mas alto, cerca de los 18cm, no es un espigamiento; mas bien parece que es un ejemplar "grande" solamente, ademรกs es el ejemplar que mas consume agua. Adjunto video donde se aprecia junto a otra variedad de original sensible.
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Day 56: Well here we are growmies. The beginning of the end with the 1st willing lady to the chop being the Strawberry Cola. She is so close now and any day, she will be taken out and placed into darkness for 48hrs at least. Her trichrome production is crazy amd shebjas to be even more frosty than the gg4 I love. Her colas are a very nice size and density and arw covered in frost the entire length. I will be checking her trichs with a scope later to see where she is at. watch this space !!!. Herz O.g is looking really nice and potent now .Her lower leaves ares beginning to go a really nice red colour which is also reflected in some of the mature looking buds. She is a 10 week strain and I can see hownanother couple of weeks could see her bigger but I will scope her trichs too as she looks very ready despite the data. She smells sonsweet amd has a chocolate smell I can't shake when nice smell her , a little fuit but def some chocolate , might be a snack bar I can't place but choc all the same.lol She isnt the biggest plant in the grow but certainly looks quality at this stage. Monster Mash is living up to her name in overall limb sizes and length but her buds still look a little less full than her rivals. She is at her supposed harvest window now but seeingnthe new pistils beginning to pop out has me thinking she still has a little more to offer. I will check her too and ensure I don't let my hopes ruin her sweet spot for harvest. Overall a great week to watch develop with so many trichs and colours to observe and smell. I think that rhe Strawberry cola will be out by the next update I feel and possibly the Monster mash so until next week growmies , be safe and free. I am excited tonadd that I now have some more exotic ladies in the soil germinating as I type. 4 x Banana Mash auto 3 x Purple Monkey auto let's see what else we can enjoy....
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This is week 3 with the addition of a purple kush auto (middle) I'm amazed at how well they are doing outside ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Well, marking the first week of flower. Lots of pistils, flower has begun. Just wildly hot weather, 33c days, full sun every day, we've had 6mm of rain in 2 months, average rainfall for June / July should be 60mm. As much as I love the weather, climate change / water scarcity worries me. Luckily we have a good clean glacier fed reservoir with strict water restrictions in summer. Made a compost tea in 5g bucket, compost, molasses, kelp, Epsom, some coir, and aerate for 24hrs. Removed some inner nodes not catching up to the cannopy, and some lst clips for the tallest nodes. Cannopy is looking really great and FLAT! Drones the only way I can get up there to see, must be pushing 7ft easy by now. Stalk is insane, biggest i've ever grown, going to need a chainsaw to remove it! Fingers crossed for a dry August / September. Hoping weekly spray of LCPT will keep Botrytis away, last fall we had 98% humidity, not much hope with that!
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Week 10 Update โ€“ Full Throttle with Advanced Nutrients ๐ŸŒฑ Iโ€™m now feeding 100% of the Advanced Nutrients schedule with all components. I noticed a slight calcium deficiency in the AN plants, so Iโ€™ve increased the base nutrients from 75% to 100%. Advanced Nutrients CalMag Xtra remains at 1ml/L, and it has been reliable throughout the grow with 0 EC osmosis water. BioBizz#1 โ€“ BT42 The trichome ripeness is mixedโ€”there are both amber and clear trichomes, so itโ€™s not quite consistent yet. CalMag issues show up occasionally, but nothing thatโ€™s throwing me off balanceโ€”sheโ€™s doing fine! ๐Ÿคž AN#4 โ€“ BT42 Sheโ€™s asking for a bit more calcium here and there but continues to dominate BioBizz#1 in terms of development. EC: 2.5 pH: 6.4 Drain: pH 6.1 (EC not measurable due to organic soil). AN#3 โ€“ BT38 This plant is visually about 2 weeks behind the others. The space between her and the lamp is down to 1-2cmโ€”a disaster, but thereโ€™s nothing I can do at this point. PPFD is off the charts (1200), but sheโ€™s handling it and developing beautiful buds. Big respect to this strainโ€”the stretch was no joke! Humidity is well under control at
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Bulking up quite a bit with these girls and the trichomes level is off the charts with both the mutant and the banana purple punch.. the stretch is over so now it's just putting on the weight.
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So fat banana finally got the chop. Started off well then had an influx of heat around mid flower, not a major problem as I dealt with it, just could have gone smoother. She flew through veg with no problems or complaints whatsoever. She was resilient and would grow her again. She smells so loud, covered in frost.. I have a few more pictures of the chop to upload but will do it in a little while. Such a unique scent from her, definitely tropical and banana peel type of aroma and taste(from test smoke). Been a pleasure to grow and can honestly say its some tasty smoke. Will do a proper smoke report after this batch has dried and then cured. Thanks for tuning in! Will be back -FlavoursUk
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Day 82. Its 81 day from seed touched soil ! If leaves would be healthier, i would run them at least one more week, but it is, what it is. They spent 24 hours in darkness and now its Trim Jail !!! ;))) Harvest Day ! Day 88. Tried bud from each, clearest weed straight from drying rack ! Only 3 feeds makes huge difference to harshness at the beggining. Still Queen is pure Tangie, can it be seed mistake ? ;))) Day 89. Boy i am f@ckingly surprised !!! Heather - I love You, Your team, Your strains !!!! I still don't get how, but numbers are amazing, Thank You very much !!!! Will update this diary as cure goes, but i feel so many nice words were unspoken, felt that FB will change my view about Autos - and they DID !!! Amazing house ! Happy Growing !
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I am still on holiday. My irrigation system seems to work. I can only show you a video from my Blink in the greenhouse, showing 24 hours from Friday to Saturday. Euphora is the cannabis plant in the back; she seems to be well. You can also see Tropical Morage in the front and right in front a giant basilicum hybrid and a Lila Luzi chili plant. Next sunday, I will be back with a more detailed report. Meanwhile, I am testing a few new strains in coffeeshops in Den Haag and Amsterdam :-).
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FERMAKOR BARREL MIX โ€“ BASE IN USE (Testing on the Fantasy Feast girl we pulled out of another diary https://growdiaries.com/diaries/274722-grow-journal-by-yan402 ) (FERMAKOR BASE SYSTEM KOH VERSION diary https://growdiaries.com/diaries/278391-grow-journal-by-yan402) (Urea & Micros on the way โ€” first week running without them) ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’ง 30 L Barrel โ€“ Current Working Mix ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ Step 1 โ€“ Calcium Nitrate (Part A) 7 L warm water (~35โ€“40 ยฐC) โ†’ added 45 g Calcinit, stirred until fully clear. Thatโ€™s the calcium + nitrogen backbone for the feed. Step 2 โ€“ FERMAKOR PK Base (Part B) 15 L water in the main barrel โ†’ added 30 ml FERMAKOR PK Concentrate, mixed well. This forms the main P + K part of the formula. Step 3 โ€“ Combine Solutions Slowly poured the Calcinit mix into the barrel while stirring โ€” no reaction, still crystal clear. That confirms the mix is stable and precipitation-free. ๐ŸŒฟ Step 4 โ€“ FPJ / FFJ Batch Added 30 ml homemade FPJ (fish + veg batch) โ‰ˆ 1 ml/L. Color shifted to a light-amber tone โ€” looks alive and active. ๐Ÿ‹ Step 5 โ€“ Citric Acid Balance Added 1 tsp citric acid after everything was blended to fine-tune pH and help chelate micros later on. ๐Ÿ“ฆ Step 6 โ€“ Top Up & Check Filled to the 30 L mark with plain water โ†’ pH tested with drops, showing yellow-green โ€” roughly 5.8 โ€“ 6.0 range. Nice clean look, stable smell, no residue. ๐Ÿ’ง Current Base Ingredients (Active Mix) Warm Water โ‰ˆ 22 L total Calcinit 45 g โ†’ N + Ca foundation FERMAKOR PK Base 30 ml โ†’ P + K support Citric Acid 1 tsp โ†’ Chelation + pH balance FPJ / Fish Emulsion 30 ml โ†’ Organic enzyme booster Result: clean amber mix, mild and balanced. Iโ€™ll let this version run for a week before adding anything. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€ Observations and changes ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€ 27.10.25 VW27 noticed some min burnt tips so I decreased Calcium Nitrate 45 to โ†’ 40g, decided to add two more elements micros and Epsom salts just to make sure they got everything, Fetrilon Combi 1 (Micros): 0.5 g, Epsom salts: 8 g 28.10.25 VW27 she seems devoid of any deficiencies, seems ready for the flip to 12/12 02.11.25 VW27 girl is looking good so I decided to stop making daily videos and do a standard once a week update. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ ๐ŸŒฟDay to day tasks & actions ๐ŸŒฟ ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒฑ 26.10.25 VW26 -- Fed 3l of #1โ†’ 1l runoff 27.10.25 VW27 -- Fed 3l of #1โ†’ 1l runoff 28.10.25 VW27 -- no feed no water 29.10.25 VW27 -- Fed 5l of #1โ†’ 2l runoff 30.10.25 VW27 -- Fed 5l of #1โ†’ 2l runoff 31.10.25 VW27 -- no feed no water 01.11.25 VW27 -- Fed 5l of #1โ†’ 2l runoff 01.11.25 VW27 -- Fed 5l of #1โ†’ 2l runoff 02.11.25 VW27 -- Fed 5l of #1โ†’ 2l runoff ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’ง Nutrients in 30 L #1 Veg โ€” FERMAKOR ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’ง Calcium Nitrate (Calcinit / Nitcal): 45 โ†’ 40 g = 1.33 g/L โ†’ 207 ppm N + 253 ppm Ca ๐Ÿถ PK Concentrate (FERMAKOR Base): 30 ml = 1.00 ml/L โ†’ balanced 1:1 P:K + light micros (from extract) ๐Ÿ’ง Home-made FFJ/FPJ (Fish + Veg): 30 ml = 1.00 ml/L ๐Ÿถ Epsom Salt (MgSOโ‚„ยท7Hโ‚‚O): 8 g = 0.27 g/L โ†’ 26 ppm Mg + 35 ppm S ๐Ÿ’ง Fetrilon Combi 1 (Micros): 0.5 g = 0.017 g/L โ†’ Fe 0.7 ppm โ€ข Mn 0.7 ppm โ€ข Zn 0.3 ppm โ€ข Cu 0.3 ppm โ€ข B 0.1 ppm โ€ข Mo 0.02 ppm ๐Ÿถ Citric Acid (Chelation & pH Balance): ยฝ tsp (max) = 0.16 tsp/L โ†’ add only after pH check ๐Ÿ’ง Target pH: 5.8 โ€“ 6.0 (drop test yellow-green) ๐Ÿ“ฆ TOTAL: 60 ml / 48.5 g inputs per 30 L = 2.00 ml/L + 1.62 g/L YouTube Link: https://youtube.com/-m8h?si=A7x4Zlr2kj-_ga31
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Cโ€™est une bonne semaine dans lโ€™ensemble. Jโ€™ai commencรฉ le rinรงage jโ€™ai arrosรฉ deux fois ร  lโ€™eau, ph 6. Je suis impatient de pouvoir goรปter cette rรฉcolte. Ps: elle a lโ€™air forte...