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Please Like and/or Follow the Diary..... May all your grows be plentiful and trouble free.... UPDATE: Switched out my UnitFarm UFS3000 for my "NEW" UnitFarm UF4000 v2 Upgrade version, 400 Watts, check out the unboxing/setup video.... she has her legs under her now and should kick into high gear soon,,, stay tuned
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Training This week was the start of the LST and, with that, a continuous gentle defoliation to ensure that the new shoots are getting a lot of direct light. Leaves (especially sun sails) growing over new shoots are either pressed down or, if necessary, removed. When LSTing, I always focus on gently bending the branches in the desired direction every day, without disregarding the natural structure of the plant. Once they reach a length of about 5 cm, I start to secure them with training stakes(*1). This way, the risk of damage (as well as overall stress for the plant) is kept to a minimum. Setup The lamp is now at max. intensity and min. distance (35 cm) at around 650 - 700 PPFD. (*1) I built the training stakes myself to match my needs (enough length, natural material, no sharp edges, slightly downward facing angle). Pests + Living Soil + Environment The combination of nematodes and sand seemed to work immediately, because the number of Sciaridae quickly dropped to about 2 - 3 adult flies per day. Still, on day 40 (8 days after adding the sand) I removed it again, because: - it was rather intended to support the nematodes (fewer new larvae), - the Sciaridae had fallen to a level that seemed acceptable, - it would keep the soil too anaerobic and moist in the long term. The decision also had a positive effect on the RH(*2) (approx. 10% increase). (*2) Relative humidity fluctuated slightly from day to day, but generally remained around 50%. Although removing the sand (at the end) of this week increased the RH, I only evaluated this ‘new average' RH from the following week onwards. Environment + Plants The stabilization of the environmental conditions and the increase in light, have allowed the plants to grow intensively this week. In the beginning, the relative humidity was still a little lower than I would like, but acceptable since the plants were still quite small and didn't need to be watered as often (large amount of substrate with corresponding buffering effect to keep the plants healthy. Plants During the seedling phase, I observed slight deficiency symptoms that at first glance looked like a nutrient problem (potassium, calcium, ...?). Since I cannot control the nutrient content as precisely as I could with a hydroponic system e.g., and the damage was manageable and occurred during a phase in which I also stressed the plants by allowing them to become too dry, I simply ignored it... with success. Since the system has been back in balance, there have been no further incidents of this kind. *Gorilla Z Auto was 20 cm tall, Mimosa Cake Auto 12 cm. (Pre-)Flower I have also been able to observe pre-flowering, which is consistent with my other observations. [Autoflowering genetics in particular do most of their growing during this phase, which lasts just under two weeks, roughly starting from week 3 - 5.]
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Found a fungusgnat inside my babyroom today😤 so i got myself a flyninja trap and a fresh batch of nematodes to eredicate those little bastards before it gets a infestation. Maybe gonna put some diotomaceous on top of the soil to be sure nothing survives before first transplant in 2 weeks
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Still only just watering 200mls every second day, she's got a got nice purple stem, looks like it picked up some of the black dominas colours.
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Was trying to play around with a new feed schedule for the upcoming weeks but threw my EC outta wack figured I’d see what happens at 2.2 EC as I should be tapering down soon. Started to notice some over feeding symptoms but I might be tripping. Still trying to dial in this Autopot it could also be that I’m using doctor zymes as an IPM and I have to spray the coco on top causing the nutrient build up to go down towards the roots? Idk but either way we will still chug along we are 3 weeks away from chopping down anyway so let’s go!!!!
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Dane, We all should help one another. Human beings are like that. We should live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another, share the Joint. And mother earth is rich and can provide for everyone. We can Grow enough Happiness, In this paradise, there is room for everyone. We only exist to bring joy into the world and The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Grow High and Give the world A smile. At the end we own nothing more then all our memories, lets make them amazing for everyone, nothing to loose only everything to win. A last kiss goodby, a second one, softer and long as a sign, that you are woth it. That Everyone worth who loved and give. Enought Hippie Talk, now have a nice day and an even better grow, thx for watching by. (20 remove second part and clean stone, most of the roots are dead now and only there for optics few will grow big and hopefully hold the stone, in 2-3 weeks i try to remove soil unter it and try to let root hold all "flying" we will seee (22 so flexible i coudnt resist to do some lst
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👋. После последнего посещения прошло 13 дней. Шли дожди, и возможности их проверить не было, только сегодня я смог туда поехать. Я был приятно удивлён 😊. Кустики после топпинга заметно подросли,. До дожей я их побрызгал с пульверизатора водой с удобрениями, обильно полил, а днем пошёл дождь ☔ . 👍☺️.Я их не поливал, там много воды,.Видео тоже есть.
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Just another photo dump lol This girl is proving to be a slow finish for me. Going on to week 16 now and I’ve decided to give her the flush as her trichs are all starting to go amber. I felt I’ve traded enough potency for yield now and I don’t think she’s really racking on much more weight. This might be the last update until after harvest. Up until it’s time to trim and jar. Wish me luck folks. I’m thinking I’ll be close to a half pound of this fatty 😍😂
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This grow is going to be testing my coco based auto watering setup. The plants will eventually be going into 2.5 gallon airpots which I cut to be very tall and narrow which I hope will give great performance for this grow style. Nutrient solution will be pumped from a 5 gallon bucket to halo-style drip emitters 4 times a day for 5-10 second intervals. I am going to try to use inline flow control knobs to dial in the watering and allow for slight runoff every fertigation. For lighting I am using my HLG 100 watt lights, one per plant. I am a big fan of these quantum boards, they have given great performance I. The past! Thanks for reading! 🌱👍 May 13 day 1: the Blackberry breached after germinating in a rapid rooter for 2 days. I am impressed with how quickly this seed popped! It had a stuck seed that was gently removed, and will be falling off the rest of the way shortly. May 16 day 3: Seedlings planted with their rapid rooters into coco filled seedling bags, and given first nutrients. They are remaining under humidity dome. I have also started running the drip emitters to test them and dial in the amount of runoff. It is also continuing to buffer the coco so the medium will be well prepared for my seedlings when the time comes. Day 4: the seedlings are doing well so far, so I will keep them domed for a few more inches of growth. Then I will switch to a humidifier to maintain acceptable RH.
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They are huge. I think I will start doing defoliation 2 times per week. PH 5,5 - 5,7 EC 2,50 - 2,75 See you next week guys!
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Hard buds with a lot of resin, very intense smell, sweet, fruity, as promised the plant produces a lot of resin, a lot, even in some fan leaves, I will dry them and put the result soon.
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"Week 5 Update: My ladies are TURNING UP! My 5-week-old cannabis plants are exploding with growth! The Demonic Genetics Booming in Coverage is living up to its name - the canopy is full and lush. Fastbuds420 is also crushing it, just as I predicted. We're entering the home stretch and I'm hyped to see what week 6 brings! Stay tuned for the next update
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A little pale for my liking, possibly because I start with a weak nutrient solution (EC well below 1 mS/cm) but she's coming along steadily. She got a full tank of nutrient solution this week, where previously I'd been dunking the rockwool in a weak bath of Ionic Grow.
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The plants look much better. I put too much nuts On first week so I had to rest all of them -70%. In my case the Calcium was blocking the entry of potassium so I decided just put 0.5ml/2l. The smaller plants are in week 2 but I noticed 2 of them growing really fast, they’re almost like the others 4 plants who are one week older! Almost all f them will be transplanted at the end of this week
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20/02/2025 Week 4 While i have been figuring out these ratios; i feel i have wasted nearly 2months. Never mind though; comparison is the thief of joy. It is what it is; getting my panties in a twist and worked up isnt worth the agro. No speed run this time round. Never mind. 21/02/202"4 Lights Off Freaky Pablo l growing very slow! 21/02/2025 Lights On! Deffolled Fractual Geometry mixed in a bit of Factual Attomimy; makes it all fit together like a Factory Alignment on to me. PARDON? exactly nobody says anything 🙄 😒 21/02/202"4 Midday! 3-4days I'll transplant to 10l pots then 20l for flower 🌼 To be quite frank; the proper vegging starts now! Teresa Palmer 22/02/2025 Lights On! Deffolled "The Teresa Palmer Experiments" 2:22 maybe? Another film called "The Identity" both actresses star in it. AKA - Freaky P 🤪 reinvigorated and reimaged. Will be splashing her with some Magic MarkerxZZTOP pollen towards the end of her flower 🌼" - shame in real life shes a keeper! 😜 Why call her Teresa Palmer? Because i wanna nail her lol jokes aside 🤣 'It's her second name Palmer'? "When I'm smoking Palm trees I feel a calm breeze Every time my palm leaves ^Get it? Like the blonde b!tch!" -Em I can't remember what film but there is a film with "Teresa Palmer" or was it that girl of "Heroes" the blonde cheerleader 🤔 i can't remember for they look kinda identical. "Hayden Panettiere" thats her. Weird but wonderful DNA floating about Hollywood. They all look similar. DNA repeats in my eyes. Anyways she's called the "The Teresa Palmer Experiment" Because she had "Magic Maker White Stains on her jeans from breeding i assume. Long story short - Hollywood DNA Experiments. Let's add in some Mutant Genetics to stir the pot! I wanna' palm her and mark her lol MarkerxZZTOP 23/02/2025 Lights Off! Defolled and a little LST Lil VT to show the Roots progression! "Sprayed walls with h202 6% inside of tent and turned on the humidifier outside ofWW1 the tent with 10ml of 3% to 8L" Also did a Lite spray of hyaluronic acid mixed in the water should help with faster exorbitant The Cuttings 12%HP! Sprayed on Cuttings walls "no direct contact" i made sure I wasn't baked this time round 😉 no HP burn marks on my hands 😀 because I wear gloves now! I know it's know i am a genuine genius. Not this has all been done before. Nothing new under the sun my buddies! "I have a stupid obsession with Teresa Palmer at this moment in time" - aye behave i know what you are thinking@ jackfrost 24/02/2025 Lights On Shapron! Lights Off! High stress training or Twisted and disabled for 5 days to recover she'll need. 25/02/2025 Light On! Camera action 🎬 👌 Midday deffolled! Now I let them all be to grow up! Switching to 10L buckets tomorrow Light Increased to 420watts! 35dli 26/02/2025 Midday The last of the training. Time to let then veg it out and relax! Lights OuT!!! Removed all old growth and left just the stems. Covered them all with domes and sprayed inside with h202 3% and sprayed them with 0.5% hyaluronic acid in distilled water 💧 Lights will come back on full power! 630watts; will follow this Shedule for 3/5days! New growth! TF will need to be equivalent with more domes as she's opens up. "I said to my therapist 2yrs ago jokingly; that' I'll have all my problem's sorted when the planets align!: Don't you just hate it' when you are really in a 'TV Show' and it cuts off for a break right at the end just before the ending credits; to comeback after the break to run the credits then run another break! I love beeing pour runny honey 🍯 just to save money! Meaning: I don't really subscribe to scription because they always get you at the start with 3months free trial and you can cancel anytime. Every 3yrs Amazon's gives you 3months free trail for 'Prime' Well Amazon' ain't my problem it's the deaf PlutoTV I put on for background noise and I really get into the True Crime' shows. Jesus Christ lad! Whom ARE you arguing with! I just re-read and it says I qoate " :Don't you just hate it' when you are really in a 'TV Show'" haha When you are really in a TV Show what like Trueman 👍 no no like your life! We get to watch all this back apparently......aannnnnd I am really into your wife! 😉 haha "Dude you could of just edited that! I could of! Butter i didn't cook the cookies in the oven but in the air cooker! Talk about "taking the crunch too far" it's all this pressure 😫 and me treating my mental illnesses! Yeah illnesses! We are all f'ing ill! "Time for a 5day break!" - have a kitkat 😍 See what i did there! Time for a short reses To "the slabb" website to order boozy chocolates 🍫 "Order out of chaos always happens it's the drfine laW!" What's these "Teresa Palmer Experiments" supposed to be proving? 'Atm..Nothing absolutely 💯 nothing' but soon the answers will come and it'll all slot into place once I figure this out to how far i can push the plants. The answers in finding the most efficient feed/money for the fastest growth. Plus it's all a bit of fun in it! We're all professionals "who's to say" 😉 God's plants are Our Zzplant? the government stance to protect the youngsters rants. I danced before I could crawl. Lol
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LSD × Zamnesia — Week 6 From Seed (Week 2 of Flower / Early Pre-Flower) Quick recap for anyone just joining We’re at Week 6 from seed, which we’re counting as Week 2 of flower. Plants were grown 12/12 from seed, with only leaf tucking and very light bending, no topping, no hard training, no defoliation so far. The goal with this run is maximum natural expression of the genetics, not shape enforcement. This week marks the transition into pre-flower: stretch is active, structure is being decided, and the plants are still very much setting their architecture. ⸻ Room & Environmental Conditions (Stabilized This Week) After some fluctuations earlier, conditions are now much more stable, and the plants are clearly responding well. • Temperature: ~27.5 °C • Humidity: ~65% • CO₂: ~900 ppm • PPFD: ~600–850 • Smaller plants: ~600–700 • Taller plants: up to ~800–850 • Plants are managing light by growing into the photons naturally • Nutrients: • Switched from Plagron Terra Grow → Terra Bloom • Following the Plagron feeding schedule • This was the only change made • Watering: • pH: 6.5 • EC: 2.4 • Root / Reservoir Temperature: • ~17 °C (a bit on the cold side, acknowledged) • Plants are adapting well and showing no negative response so far ⸻ Plant Observations — LSD × Zamnesia Honestly… these girls look outstanding. Even though LSD is often described as a more indica-leaning hybrid, these plants are expressing a strong sativa-style structure: • Tall, upright growth • Dominant central main stem • Side branches present, but clearly secondary • Very uniform behavior across all plants → strong genetic consistency Each plant is showing roughly 12–14 nodes, with: • Lower branches well developed • Side branches about half the size of the main stem • No signs that side branches want to overtake the main cola This is important: 👉 this is not a training issue and not a phenotype split All seeds are behaving the same way, which tells us this is genetic expression, not grower influence. ⸻ Training & Defoliation — Why We’re Doing Nothing There has been: • ❌ No topping • ❌ No hard training • ❌ No defoliation Only: • ✔️ Leaf tucking • ✔️ Very light bending when needed Why? Because at this stage, we want to: • Let the plants decide their final structure • Observe whether this genetic wants: • One dominant main cola • With several secondary colas supported by under-canopy lighting This run is about listening, not forcing. And with under-canopy lights active, even those secondary branches are getting meaningful light, which should pay off later. ⸻ Where We Are Right Now • Plants are still in pre-flower • Stretch is ongoing • Bud sites are forming, but structure is not finished • Each plant is moving at its own rhythm, which is exactly what we want to see This week is about stability, not intervention. ⸻ What to Expect Next Week (Week 3 Flower) Here’s what’s likely coming: • Stretch will continue, possibly peak • Clearer confirmation of: • Dominant main cola behavior • Final spacing between nodes • Pre-flowers will become more defined • Still no rush to defoliate unless airflow becomes an issue • Feeding stays consistent—no chasing, no stacking products Next week is about watching, not reacting. ⸻ Final Thoughts This marks a clean, confident Week 6 / Week 2 Flower checkpoint. Environment is stable, nutrition is dialed, and the plants are clearly happy expressing themselves. 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You won’t want to miss it.GrowDiaries Journal: https://growdiaries.com/grower/dogdoctorofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dogdoctorofficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dogdoctorofficial ⸻ Explore the Gear that Powers My Grow If you’re curious about the tech I’m using, check out these links: 🔆 Lighting & Environmental Control • Future of Grow — Advanced LED lighting technology https://www.futureofgrow.com/ DISCOUNT CODE: DOG20 • Lumiflora — Under-canopy LED lighting https://lumiflorade.com/ • TrollMaster — Environmental controllers and automation gear (past collaboration) ⸻ Genetics • Zamnesia Seeds — Genetics used in this project https://www.zamnesia.com/ ⸻ 🌱 Soil, Substrates, Boosters & Root Support • Plagron — Substrates, bio mixes, and supportive products https://plagron.com/en/ ⸻ 🎒 Storage, Curing & Preservation • Grove Bags — Curing and storage solutions https://grovebags.com/ ⸻ 📸 Photography Equipment & Tools (Not sponsors, but part of my creative toolkit) • Sony A6700 • Sony full-frame macro lens + few more • Stacking photography workflow - learning • iPhone (for behind-the-scenes shots) We’ve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you won’t want to miss the next steps, let’s push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together! As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Let’s celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together. With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine. 💚 Growers love to all 💚 📸 P.S. – The Eye Behind the Lens All photos in this diary (for now — except for the ones showing the camera, which I took with an iPhone) are taken with a Sony A6700 paired with a Sony full-frame macro lens and a few more. Photography is part of the story — it’s how we share the fine textures, the glow, and the quiet details that words can’t always capture. I’ve also started experimenting with photo stacking — a technique where multiple images, each taken at a slightly different focus point, are layered together to create one perfectly sharp image from front to back. It’s not digital enhancement or AI; it’s pure photography — a way to reveal the plant’s beauty in microscopic depth, from trichome to petal. You’ll even see a few shots of "ghost me" capturing the shots — camera, lens, setup — because every grow deserves not just to be cultivated, but documented like art. FOR DISCOUNT CODES AND MORE JUST FOLLOW THE LINK https://website.beacons.ai/dogdoctorofficial NEW DISCORD - Official Server Invite Link : https://discord.gg/ksjAkA5T74
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Been another smooth week. A few of the plants are starting to show signs that they are moving towards the finish line. Seeing some swelling, pistils starting to brown, and some beautiful purples coming out in some of the buds. Been debating on giving them a dose of dry koolbloom, but I will probably just keep them running on the maxibloom until flush since they look pretty happy. This blackcherry punch is just impressive. I love her purple buds, decent size colas, and dank skunky aroma. She has swelled up a lot the past week. I'm thinking she might be the first to ripen. Will probably move her to the front of the room sometime this coming week so I can start watching her trichomes.