Laughing Buddha – Wochenbericht #21 | Blütewoche 6 Blütewoche 6 ist geschafft und trotz der bekannten Blattprobleme entwickelt sich die Laughing Buddha bei den Blüten weiterhin richtig stark. Der Unterschied zur vergangenen Woche wird besonders im Zeitraffer deutlich. Ohne die Dunkelphasen lässt sich die Entwicklung diesmal sehr schön verfolgen: Die einzelnen Buds haben sichtbar an Masse gewonnen, mehrere Blütenstände beginnen immer stärker zusammenzuwachsen und die größeren Colas werden zunehmend kompakt. Gleichzeitig produziert sie weiterhin sehr viele frische, helle Blütenfäden – hier ist also noch lange nicht Schluss. Auch die Harzproduktion macht richtig Spaß. Die Zuckerblätter sind inzwischen stark mit Trichomen überzogen und einige Buds sehen schon jetzt ordentlich „frostig“ aus. ❄️ 🍃 Blattentwicklung Weniger schön bleibt der Zustand des Laubes. Die bereits vorhandene Aufhellung ist weiterhin deutlich sichtbar und an einigen Blättern haben die nekrotischen bzw. rostfarbenen Stellen zugenommen. Nachdem in der vergangenen Woche bereits verschiedene mögliche Ursachen überprüft und die Bedingungen angepasst wurden, möchte ich momentan nicht mit weiteren großen Veränderungen reagieren. Boden-pH und EC waren bei der Kontrolle unauffällig. Gleichzeitig wurden die zuvor sehr hohen Temperaturen bzw. der hohe VPD entschärft und der Abstand bzw. die Lichtbelastung angepasst. Die alten Schäden werden natürlich nicht verschwinden. Entscheidend ist jetzt, ob sich die weitere Verschlechterung verlangsamen bzw. stoppen lässt. Trotz des angeschlagenen Laubes zeigt die sichtbare Entwicklung der Blüten momentan jedenfalls, dass die Pflanze weiterhin ordentlich arbeitet. 💧 Bewässerung Zwischendurch wurde überwiegend Regenwasser verwendet, da kein vorbereitetes Leitungswasser zur Verfügung stand. Künftig werde ich wieder hauptsächlich Leitungswasser verwenden und eventuell einen Teil Regenwasser beimischen, um die hohe Kalkbelastung meines Leitungswassers etwas abzumildern. Nach dem versehentlichen Verschieben eines Bodensensors wurde dieser außerdem wieder korrekt eingesetzt. Dadurch waren die vorherigen Feuchtigkeitswerte teilweise irreführend – nach dem erneuten Einsetzen zeigte der Sensor wieder plausible Werte. 💡 Licht & Technik Diese Woche gab es noch zwei kleine technische Geschichten. 😅 Einmal wurde das Licht morgens manuell eingeschaltet, damit ich vor der Arbeit gießen konnte. Abends habe ich leider zu spät daran gedacht, sodass sie an diesem Tag ungefähr 13 statt 12 Stunden Licht bekommen hat. Ein einmaliger Ausrutscher – danach ging es wieder normal mit 12/12 weiter. Außerdem hatte der Spider-Farmer-Controller seit einiger Zeit seine Netzwerkverbindung verloren. Lokal funktionierte die Steuerung weiterhin, in der App wurden allerdings keine aktuellen Daten mehr übertragen. Ich habe den Controller schließlich auf Werkseinstellungen zurückgesetzt und sämtliche Geräte neu verbunden – seitdem funktioniert wieder alles wie vorgesehen. 👍 🌸 Fazit Blütewoche 6 Die Blattgesundheit bleibt ganz klar der Punkt, den ich in den kommenden Wochen am genauesten beobachten werde. Dafür gibt es nichts schönzureden: Für die noch verbleibende Blütezeit hätte ich natürlich lieber deutlich mehr gesundes, sattgrünes Laub. Auf der anderen Seite steht eine Blütenentwicklung, mit der ich wirklich zufrieden bin. Die Buds haben innerhalb dieser Woche sichtbar zugelegt, die Harzproduktion läuft auf Hochtouren und über die gesamte Fläche stehen inzwischen zahlreiche ordentliche Colas. BW6 war damit eine etwas widersprüchliche Woche: oben werden die Buds immer schöner, darunter macht mir das Laub weiterhin Sorgen. 😅 Jetzt heißt es möglichst stabile Bedingungen halten, genau beobachten und ihr die Ruhe geben, ihre Arbeit zu machen. Auf in Blütewoche 7. 🌿✌️

. 🌱 : 💧 : 4l day 49, 4l day 52 0,2mg/l PK 13-14 💡 : Dli: 40 mol/m²/d 🤔 :

🍑 Passion Fruitz by Zamnesia – Week 9 | The Girl Who Refuses to Hurry Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 At this point, I think we can officially stop pretending that Passion Fruitz is going to hurry up. She's not. 😂🍑 We're now at week 9 from seed, and this girl has been showing signs of flowering for roughly three weeks. Three weeks. And somehow, when I look at her, I get the feeling she's still thinking about whether she really wants to commit to the idea. She's giving us the same message she's been giving us for weeks: “I'm getting there. Relax.” And honestly? I've learned to listen. Because while Passion Fruitz may be incredibly slow compared with the rest of the tent, she's certainly not doing nothing. She's building. She's growing. She's staying beautiful. And she's giving us another fascinating example of just how differently genetics can behave when they're given the same environment. 🐌 The Slowest Girl in the Room If you've been following this phenotype from the beginning, you already know her reputation. Passion Fruitz is slow. Not a little slow. Not slightly behind. We're talking about a plant that seems to have completely rejected the concept of rushing. 😂 The other plants around her have moved further into flowering, while Passion Fruitz continues to take her time. We're now several weeks into seeing those first signs of flower development, and the transition is still remarkably gradual. But here's the important part: She doesn't look unhappy. She doesn't look weak. She doesn't look like she's struggling. She's simply on her own schedule. And that distinction matters. Because this is exactly what makes a phenotype hunt so interesting. 🌱 Slow Doesn't Mean She's Standing Still Although her flowering transition has been painfully slow, the plant itself has continued developing beautifully. She's around 72 cm, with a compact, powerful structure and some absolutely beautiful foliage. And those leaves... Wow. They're big. They're beautifully formed. They're carrying that lush green colour that makes this girl so enjoyable to photograph. When I look at her, I don't see a plant that has stopped growing. I see a plant that has spent a lot of time investing in her structure. Strong branches. A dense framework. Large fan leaves. Healthy new growth. She's been building the machine. She's just taking her time deciding when to turn that machine completely toward flowers. 🍑 Three Weeks of "Almost There" This is probably the funniest part of her story right now. We've watched her start showing signs of flowering. Then we watched her continue showing signs of flowering. And now we're watching her... continue showing signs of flowering. 😂😂😂 At this point I'm starting to wonder whether Passion Fruitz has invented her own flowering stage. Maybe this is Passion Fruitz Extended Pre-Flower. But jokes aside, this is actually a fascinating observation. Under the same overall environmental strategy as the rest of the room, she's expressing a very different developmental rhythm. And that's precisely the kind of thing I wanted this project to reveal. The plants don't read the diary. They don't look at the calendar. They don't care what week everyone else is in. They follow their genetics. And this girl apparently has a very long internal calendar. 🍃 The Green I Love One thing I absolutely don't have any complaints about is her foliage. She continues to look beautiful. The colour is strong. The leaves are large. The structure is healthy. And the new growth continues looking vibrant. This is another reason I'm not interested in trying to force her into somebody else's timeline. If the plant is healthy and continuing to develop, then there is value in simply observing. I don't need to make her flower faster just because the plants beside her are further ahead. The entire point is to see what she wants to do. And Passion Fruitz is making that lesson very easy. 🌿 A Structure Worth Looking At The more I photograph this girl, the more I appreciate her architecture. She's not a giant plant. She's not trying to reach the ceiling. But she's compact, sturdy and beautifully built. The large fan leaves give her an almost tropical appearance, while the branching structure underneath shows just how much development has happened before the flowering phase really got moving. There is something quite satisfying about seeing a plant like this. She's essentially saying: “I may be late, but when I arrive, I'll have something to show you.” And now I'm genuinely curious whether that's exactly what she's planning. 📸 Back to the Studio This week I decided Passion Fruitz deserved another trip to the studio. And I'm glad I did. Sometimes when you're looking at plants inside the tent, surrounded by lights, equipment and twenty-plus other plants, it's easy to overlook the individual beauty of one phenotype. Put her on her own... and suddenly you notice everything. The size of those leaves. The colour. The spacing. The branching. The little details in the new growth. The personality of the plant itself. That's one of the reasons I enjoy photography so much during this project. The camera forces me to slow down. And with Passion Fruitz... apparently we're already very good at slowing down. 😂📸🍑 💡 Same Room. Very Different Story. The 8×8 Adventure continues to prove one thing over and over again: Genetics matter. We're giving these plants the same general environment. The same lighting philosophy. The same irrigation system. The same shared reservoir. The same overall cultivation strategy. Yet Passion Fruitz has chosen a completely different timeline. Some phenotypes race into flowering. Some stretch aggressively. Some build flowers almost immediately. And Passion Fruitz? She takes her time. That's not necessarily a disadvantage. It's simply her story. And we're here to document it rather than rewrite it. 💧 Feeding & Consistency The room continues following the same flowering nutrition strategy: 🌱 Plagron Terra Bloom – 2.2 ml/L 🌱 Power Buds – 1 ml/L 🌱 Green Sensation – 1 ml/L 🌱 Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L ⚗️ Lemon Kick / pH Plus as required The solution remains around EC 2.0 mS/cm, with pH around 6.0. The important thing with a phenotype like Passion Fruitz is resisting the temptation to chase her timeline with unnecessary changes. She's slow. We've established that. 😂 But she's healthy. She's growing. She's developing. So consistency remains the approach. Give her the same foundation. Watch what she does with it. And let the genetics speak. 🌡️ Environment The room remains stable: 🌡️ Day temperature: 29°C 🌙 Night temperature: 25°C 💧 Relative humidity: 60% ⚗️ pH: 6.0 ⚡ EC/TDS: approximately 2.0 mS/cm 💦 Solution temperature: 25°C 🌱 Substrate temperature: 26°C 💨 CO₂: 636 ppm 💧 Watering: approximately 1.3 L/plant/24h ? Pot size: 15 L 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 Nothing dramatic has changed. And that consistency gives us an even better opportunity to observe just how differently this phenotype behaves. 💡 Lighting the Slow Girl The lighting strategy continues to be particularly interesting with Passion Fruitz. The overhead lighting provides the main source, while the additional lighting deeper in the canopy helps us observe what happens beyond the top layer. Her structure gives us plenty of foliage to work with, and as flowering continues to develop, I'm curious to see how those sites respond throughout the plant. Again, there is no rush. We're simply watching. And documenting. And waiting. Patiently. Very patiently. 😂🍑 🔍 What I'm Watching Now At this point, my biggest question is incredibly simple: How long is Passion Fruitz actually going to take? We're entering week 9 from seed. We've been watching flowering signs for around three weeks. And she's still moving at her own wonderfully frustrating pace. But here's the thing... I'm no longer annoyed by it. I'm fascinated. Because eventually, she will have to reveal where this story is going. Will she suddenly accelerate? Will the flower sites begin developing more rapidly? Will she remain the slowest girl in the room all the way through? I honestly don't know. And that's exactly why I'm enjoying her. 🍑 Beauty Doesn't Have a Schedule Sometimes we get so focused on timelines that we forget to look at the plant itself. Passion Fruitz may be behind the others in flowering development. But look at her. She's beautiful. Beautiful colour. Beautiful leaves. Beautiful structure. Healthy growth. And a phenotype that has already given us a completely different story from almost everything else in the room. She's not late. She's just writing a different calendar. And I'm perfectly happy to keep turning the pages. 🔮 Looking Ahead So what happens next? Honestly... we wait. 😂 I want to see whether this slow transition finally begins accelerating. I want to see the flowering sites become more defined. I want to see whether her impressive structure translates into equally impressive flower development once she finally decides to commit. And most importantly, I want to continue documenting her exactly as she is. No forcing. No unnecessary intervention. No trying to make Passion Fruitz become another phenotype. She's Passion Fruitz. And apparently, Passion Fruitz takes her sweet time. 💚 The Girl Who Makes Us Wait There are plants in this project that make you excited because they're explosive. There are plants that impress you because they're enormous. There are plants that surprise you with their colours or aromas. And then there's this girl. She makes you wait. And wait. And wait. 😂🍑 But every time I look at her, I find another detail worth appreciating. The leaves. The structure. The colour. The development. The potential. And that little question sitting in the back of my mind: “What happens when this girl finally decides it's time?” That's what I'm waiting for. 🙏 Thank You Another week. Another chapter. And another reminder that plants don't care about our schedules. Passion Fruitz continues to be the slowest girl in the room, and at this point, I think she's earned the title permanently. 😂🍑 But slow doesn't mean uninteresting. Quite the opposite. She's giving us one of the most unique stories in the entire 8×8 Adventure. A huge thank you to: 💚 GrowDiaries — for providing the platform where we can document these journeys, learn from one another and share the results. 🍑 Zamnesia — for the Passion Fruitz genetics that gave us this wonderfully patient phenotype. 🌱 Plagron — for the nutrition supporting the garden throughout the cycle. 💡 Future of Grow LED — for providing the lighting powering the room. 🌡️ TrolMaster — for helping maintain a stable environment. ✨ LumiFlora — for the additional lighting helping us explore development deeper into the canopy. And of course, thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. Whether you're here every week, dropping a comment, asking questions, sharing your own experience, or simply watching quietly... thank you. This project wouldn't be the same without you. Passion Fruitz... Week 9 from seed. Still slow. Still beautiful. Still green. Still building. Still taking her time. And still making us wonder: “Girl... when are you actually going to flower?” 😂🍑 But that's okay. We're not going anywhere. We'll wait. Because maybe the slowest girl in the room has simply been saving her story for later. And when she finally decides to tell it... I want to be there with the camera ready. 📸🍑💚 Growers Love, my friends, and happy growing! 🌱💚

12/11 - Watered with just the FloraBloom. 1 tsp/gal. 12/12 - Just Peeked in. 12/13 - Looking nice and frosty! 12/14 - Nothing 12/15 - Gave them just pHed water. 12/16 - Out of Town 12/17 -Out of Town

Some defoliation & nutrient solution change Really liking the bushiness of these plants. Probably have to flower an extra week to account for some of the stress right around the switch to flower 🤷‍♂️🏽 Seems a little behind for end week 4 imo🤔 What do you think?🌿

Tag 23: sieht supi aus . Tag 24: die spitzen sind etwas gelb , scheint das ich doch zuviel Urgesteinsmehl genommen hab . Tag 25: + Dünger + + 2.0 Flaschenwasser + + + Rhizotonic + + + Terra Vega + + + Cannazym + + + BioEnhancer + final PH 6.1 Tag 27: Luftfeuchte ist so bei 68% und Temp so bei 24°C . Auf das der Topf durchwurzelt wird . Wachstum ist gut . Wird aber noch besser , die Pflanze hat sich an den Dünger gewöhnt .

Start of week 7. I think I will just feed water this week. I have lots of nutes still in the soil and leaves. They wont get much water this week maybe 1 or 2 flushes. Next week I wanted to experiment with light deprivation, as well as crank my A/C as high as possible. May even split one of the stems to see if it makes a difference. 12/12/18 Everything looking good. No problems, the ladies as super frosty and the smell is intense. Impatience is starting to kick it. So tempted to take a tester bud. But that's a waste.

Awesome harvest and very happy with the outcome. Starting another journal next week. Will be even more detailed and I won't miss any weeks. I uploaded some video of my drying room.

I enjoyed the harvest

Firrst week of flower has gone well switched bulbs to 12 12. nice heads starting to pop up during the end of week 2

Male!!! He is going in the trash. I had him already to Mainline

Introduced nutrients at quarter strength. Growth responded nicely.

Welcome to Ultimate Auto Grow by PoshGrow! 🍀 Week #10 2020 November 2nd. - 9th. General Info: When planted: 2020 September 1st. Week: 10 Days: 63 - 70 Last Update Day: 2020 November 9th. Plants: 4 x OG Kush Auto 3 x Amnesia Auto 5 xAlaskan Purple Auto 2 x Blueberry Auto 1 x Northern Lights Auto Total: 15 girls. NOTICE: Check week 1 for full equipment list! UPDATE: I got 8 ltr. Or 2 gallon Spear&Jackson Pressure Sprayer to help me with watering. Comment: Hey guys! This whole week I watering with only ph corrected water to flush them and get rid of all deficiency/excess of nuts. And seems its helping. After this flush, Ill continue with nuts for last stage of flowering, I think for a week, then flushing again before harvest. Separate nuts schedule and dosage for NL girl, also wont be using on plants thats close to harvest. OG will be ready to harvest at the end of the week for sure so Ill post harvest week😉 Amnesia and Blueberry strains needs few more days, Ill check trichomes daily with digital microscope. Northern Lights is still in pre flowering stage, so I think Ill finish her with my next grow. Going to be a long run 😆 Alaskan Purple will be ready in week 13 or 14 I guess. Stay tuned and happy growing! ✌️

Short video on her progress. Preflowers started so time to add worm castings and banana FPJ

I would be lying if I knew how far her flower phase come, this couple weeks been absence only gave me results, and left me with a catalogue nightmare, but thank goodness my previous posts are dated, so it gives a rough idea, but genes differ within strains, some strain grow vigorously at certain stages, and I think this baby hit her phase. She will be my best tree when it comes bud quantity, when it comes to potency, I will have settle with what I encounter and except the outcome.

Week 9 ! ! The last week ! ! Trichomes continue to turning brown but still no signs of senescence... To hot maybe. I Will flush her two times more. Stay tune ! !

Smooth trim, last of the first wave of autos this summer - yields are very low but the bud looks great :)

First week of veg, after two weeks of seedling growth. Light schedule: 24 hrs Nutrients: Nitrogen (bokashi), small quantities of potassium and phosphorus in marine algae. First transplant into: 2 lt and 1.5 lt pots