Welcome to the Week 9 update for the Sweet Seeds Cream Mandarine XL Auto’s. This was an eventful week of the grow as I finally gave up on the first two plants suffering with the majority of the powdery mildew. Instead of wiping a single spot off of a leaf it had progressed to wiping multiple spots off of the majority of leaves. It was becoming super time consuming just trying to keep up with not further contaminating the tent. So after fighting the good fight but realizing it was now a losing battle- I decided to harvest the two smallest plants. They were pulled from the tent right at the end of Week 9 and placed in my garage for 3-5 days before they were actually chopped and trimmed in Week 10. My garage is not heated and the temperatures have been around 0-5 degrees celsius so both plants had some time to “chill out" before harvest. Not only did they reek stronger than ever but also seemed to produce additional resin after being exposed to the cold for a few days. I chose not to weigh the wet trimmed bud as it hasn’t amounted to much but after drying for 7-10 days it’s working out to be approximately 1 mason jar of nuggets per plant. I will provide final weights and better pictures of the bud in my final harvest update. Nothing much has changed for the remaining two plants except for drinking a little less water and the humidity has slowly been decreasing as Canada moves into winter. Until next time- stay safe, happy and high! 🇨🇦

Not good news here. Shes a stubby. Still in the garden, but not for long

This was a wild ride. Gave way to many nutrients and I realised this way too late, when lock-ups already started to happen. The buds still look very potent, I just think they had way more in em size/potency wise if the nutrients would've been on point. Not growing auto flowers indoor anymore, but I'll deffo be growing this one outdoors this year! The smell is out of this world, #1 smells like tropical fruit juice, #2 more of a candy-sweetness but definitely tropical. Can't wait for ya'll to grow this one!

💜 Purple CousKush Auto by Zamnesia | Pheno B | Week 12 🌸 The Beautiful Girl Hidden in the Jungle — And Next Week, She Gets Her Spotlight Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And... I have a confession to make. 😂 This week, we didn't manage to take proper photographs of Purple CousKush Pheno B. Not because she's not beautiful. Quite the opposite. She's beautiful. She's growing amazingly. She's sitting there in the middle of the jungle, doing exactly what she needs to do... and somehow, during a very busy week, I simply didn't give her the camera time she deserves. 😂💜 And honestly? I'm not happy about that. Because this girl deserves better than a quick look while I'm running around the room. She deserves to be stopped. Observed. Photographed. Stacked. Zoomed in on. And properly exposed for what she really is. So... next week? I'm making time. I'm going to dedicate some proper attention to this girl. Some beautiful macro photography. Some photo stacking. Some serious close-ups. Because I already know there's a lot going on underneath all that foliage. And I want to show her properly. But even without the photographs this week... she's doing amazing. She's alive. She's growing. She's developing. She's sitting there in the jungle and doing her thing. And honestly? That's enough for this week. 💜🌸❄️ So let's give this beautiful girl the spotlight anyway. Because she deserves it. ──────────────────────── 🌿 THE GIRL HIDING IN THE JUNGLE ──────────────────────── Purple CousKush Pheno B is still in there. 😂 Somewhere. Among all the branches. Among all the flowers. Among all the other girls. She's there. And she's doing her thing. The room has become a proper jungle at this point. Twelve different plants. Twelve different personalities. Different structures. Different flower formations. Different rhythms. And somewhere inside all of that... Purple CousKush Pheno B is quietly getting on with her business. She's not asking for attention. She's not demanding that I move everything around just to see her. She's simply growing. Developing. Filling out. And becoming more impressive. Which makes the fact that I didn't photograph her this week even more annoying. 😂💜 Because I know what I'm missing. ──────────────────────── 📸 NEXT WEEK, WE FIX THIS ──────────────────────── I'm making a promise to this girl. Next week... I'm going to give her the time she deserves. Not just a few quick photographs. Not just: "Okay, let's grab a couple of shots before moving on." No. We're going to stop. We're going to look. We're going to find the flowers. We're going to get the camera in there. And we're going to do some proper macro photography. 📸🔬💜 And yes... I'm probably going to stack some photographs too. Because I already know this girl has the kind of flower structure that deserves to be seen up close. The frost. The density. The little details. The structures hiding inside the flowers. The pistils. The trichomes. All those tiny things that disappear when you're looking at the plant from across the room. Next week... we expose her. 😂💜📸 Properly. ──────────────────────── 🌸 SHE'S STILL BUILDING ──────────────────────── Even without this week's photography session, one thing is very clear: She's still moving. She's still growing. She's still developing. And she's still looking beautiful. The flowers continue to become more substantial. The overall plant continues evolving. And she's maintaining that beautiful dense character we've been following. She's not suddenly changing into something completely different. She's simply becoming more of herself. And I think that's one of the things I like most about this phenotype. She has a very recognizable personality. Dense. Frosty. Compact enough to be manageable. But with flowers that give her a much bigger presence than the plant itself would suggest. She's one of those girls where the more you look... the more you see. And next week we're going to look properly. ──────────────────────── ❄️ THE FROST IS STILL THERE — I KNOW IT ──────────────────────── I may not have the macro photographs this week... but believe me... I know what's hiding in there. 😂❄️💜 This girl has been getting seriously frosty. And nothing about this week's observations makes me think she's suddenly stopped. Quite the opposite. She's continuing to develop. Continuing to mature. Continuing to build. And I'm really curious to see what those flowers are going to look like under the macro lens next week. Because this is exactly the kind of plant where a normal photograph tells you one story... and a stacked macro photograph tells you another. From across the room: "Beautiful flowering plant." From close range: "Oh..." 😂📸❄️ And then the stack: "Jesus..." 😂💜 That's what I'm looking forward to. ──────────────────────── 🌿 THE ROOM IS ALIVE ──────────────────────── This week has been busy. Very busy. And that's probably the simplest explanation for why she missed her photography session. The room has been alive. Everything is moving. Everything is developing. The girls are changing. Flowers are progressing. The jungle is getting deeper. And when you're managing an entire room of individual plants, sometimes one girl doesn't get the camera time she deserves. But that doesn't mean she's being forgotten. Far from it. She's right there. Growing amazingly. Doing her thing. And I know exactly what's waiting for me next week. A proper visit. A proper inspection. And a proper photographic session. 😂💜📸 ──────────────────────── 💜 SAME ROOM. SAME PHOTONS. SAME GIRL. ──────────────────────── The lighting environment remains the same upgraded setup we've been running through this part of the adventure. The Future of Grow Black Series LEDs continue providing the main overhead lighting. The two additional Black Series 600W fixtures remain part of the room's upgraded lighting ecosystem. After adding the extra fixtures, we reduced their output to approximately 59% from the plug rather than simply running everything at maximum. We're working around: ☀️ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy with intensity naturally changing according to plant height and position. And Purple CousKush Pheno B? She's right there underneath those photons. Same artificial sun. Same room. Same general environment. Same lighting strategy. Different plant. Different expression. And she's clearly using the opportunity. She's growing. She's flowering. She's developing. And she's doing it beautifully. ──────────────────────── ⚗️ THE ROOM CONTINUES MOVING ──────────────────────── The nutritional strategy continues progressing with the rest of the room as we move deeper into the later stages. At this point, I'm not trying to force anything. We're not trying to make the plants rush. We're not trying to create artificial timelines. We're watching them. Observing them. And allowing the room to progress naturally. Purple CousKush Pheno B is still looking like she has plenty to show us. And that's what I'm interested in. Not a calendar. Not an expectation. The plant. Her flowers. Her development. Her story. That's what matters. ──────────────────────── ✂️ THERE'S STILL NOT MUCH TO DO ──────────────────────── And honestly... that's another reason this week felt so strange. There wasn't much physical work to do with her. 😂 She's established. She's flowering. She's developing. She's sitting there looking beautiful. So I'm not going to invent jobs just because I feel like I should be doing something. No. At this stage, we're mostly observing. The major structural work is behind us. The plant has its shape. The flowers have their positions. And now we're watching what happens when we simply allow her to continue. Sometimes growing is about doing. Sometimes growing is about not doing. And right now? I'm perfectly happy letting this girl work. ──────────────────────── 🌸 SHE'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT JUNGLE, DOING HER THING ──────────────────────── This sentence probably sums up the entire week. 😂💜 She's in there. Somewhere. Doing her thing. And I love that. There is something incredibly satisfying about looking at a busy room and knowing that every plant is carrying on with its own little story. Some are faster. Some are slower. Some are bigger. Some are smaller. Some are louder. Some are quieter. And Purple CousKush Pheno B? She's one of those girls that quietly gets on with it... until you actually stop and look. Then you realize: "Wait a second... this girl is looking really damn good." 😂💜🌸 ──────────────────────── 🔬 THE PHENOTYPE STORY CONTINUES ──────────────────────── Her sister has already been giving us a very different story. And that's another reason I want to photograph this girl properly next week. Because the contrast between phenotypes is exactly what makes the 8×8 Adventure so interesting. Same general genetics. Same room. Same grower. Same lighting environment. Same nutritional strategy. And yet... two very different expressions. That's not something I want to gloss over. That's the experiment. That's the reason we're documenting individual plants. And Purple CousKush Pheno B deserves to have her own visual record. Not just a mention. Not just a quick photograph. A proper look. And next week... she's getting it. ──────────────────────── 📸 I OWE HER A PROPER MACRO SESSION ──────────────────────── I genuinely feel like I owe her one. 😂💜 Next week, I'm going to dedicate some time specifically to this girl. No rushing. No: "Okay, five more plants to photograph." No. Just her. Her flowers. Her frost. Her structure. Her details. And hopefully... some beautiful stacked macro images. Because if you've followed this diary, you already know how much I love getting close to these flowers. And Purple CousKush Pheno B has been giving us enough visual detail that I know there's something special waiting inside that jungle. So... camera ready. Tripod ready. Macro lens ready. Focus stacking ready. 😂📸🔬 Next week... we go hunting. ──────────────────────── 💜 SHE DESERVES TO BE SEEN ──────────────────────── That's really the heart of this week's update. She deserves to be seen. Not because she needs attention. Not because she's demanding it. But because she's beautiful. She's been developing beautifully. She's been building those dense flowers. She's been getting increasingly frosty. And she's continued moving forward while the rest of the room has been doing exactly the same. She's earned her place in this adventure. And she deserves her own moment. So even though the photographs are missing this week... the spotlight isn't. 💜👑 It's still hers. ──────────────────────── 🌡️ WEEK 12 — THE ROOM KEEPS MOVING ──────────────────────── The general room environment continues along the same path: 🌸 Flowering: Week 12 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 💡 Future of Grow Black Series LEDs: upgraded setup 💡 Approx. power after adjustment: ~59% from the plug ☀️ Upper-canopy PPFD: ~1,500 🌡️ Day temperature: ~26.5°C 🌙 Night temperature: ~26°C 💧 Relative humidity: ~61% ⚗️ pH: ~6.02 ⚡ EC: ~2.14 mS/cm 🌡️ Solution temperature: ~25°C 🌱 Substrate temperature: ~25°C 🌬️ CO₂: ~693 ppm 🌱 Pot size: 15 L 💦 Irrigation: ~1.45 L per plant / 24h Same room. Same ecosystem. Same lighting evolution. Same general nutritional progression. And one beautiful Purple CousKush phenotype quietly continuing her journey. ──────────────────────── 🌿 SOMETIMES THE BEST UPDATE IS A QUIET ONE ──────────────────────── Not every week needs a dramatic event. Sometimes the most important thing you can write is: She's alive. She's healthy-looking. She's developing. She's beautiful. Nothing went wrong. And we're moving forward. 😂💜 That's this week. There wasn't some massive intervention. There wasn't some huge change. There wasn't some dramatic event. There was simply... growth. And honestly? That's exactly what I want. The room is alive. The plants are alive. The flowers are developing. The experiment continues. That's a good week. ──────────────────────── 🔭 NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE FUN ──────────────────────── Now... next week? That's going to be fun. 😂📸💜 Because I'm making time for her. I want to see her properly. I want to get the camera inside that jungle. I want to find the best flowers. I want to get close. Really close. And I want to see what those flowers look like when we stop looking at them as part of a plant... and start looking at them as their own little worlds. So I'm already curious. How much frost will we see? How dense have those flowers become? How much has the structure changed? What little details have I been missing? And most importantly... what is this girl going to show us when we finally give her the attention she deserves? We'll find out. ──────────────────────── ✨ FINAL THOUGHTS — LET HER SHINE ──────────────────────── Week 12. Purple CousKush Pheno B. No proper photographs this week. And yes... I feel guilty about it. 😂💜 But she's doing amazing. She's in the jungle. She's growing. She's developing. She's alive. She's beautiful. She's still writing her story. And next week? I'm going to stop. I'm going to dedicate some time to her. I'm going to photograph her properly. I'm going to stack some macros. And I'm going to expose this beautiful girl for what she really is. Because she deserves it. 💜🌸❄️📸 Until then... she's doing exactly what she needs to do. No drama. No unnecessary intervention. No forcing anything. Just growth. Just development. Just another week of this beautiful girl doing her thing. And honestly? That's enough. The room is alive. The jungle is alive. Purple CousKush Pheno B is alive. And she's looking beautiful. So let's give her the spotlight anyway. Let's appreciate the girl hiding somewhere in that jungle. Let's appreciate the flowers we know are there. Let's appreciate the frost we know is waiting for the camera. And let's get ready... because next week... I'm coming for those macros. 😂📸💜 ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU ──────────────────────── A huge thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document the 8×8 Adventure and follow these individual phenotypes week after week. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Purple CousKush genetics and for giving us the opportunity to discover these two very different expressions. 💜🌸 Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of the adventure. 🌱 Thank you to Future of Grow for the Black Series lighting and for supplying the additional fixtures that have expanded the lighting capability of this room. 💡🙏 Thank you to LumiFlora for helping illuminate the deeper parts of the canopy. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping keep the environment stable behind the scenes. And of course... thank you to everyone following along. Every comment. Every question. Every observation. Every photograph. Every person who takes the time to follow these girls through their journey. It genuinely means a lot. And Purple CousKush Pheno B? This week you didn't get your photographs. But you definitely got your report. 😂💜 And next week... I promise... we're going to give you the camera time you deserve. We're going to stop. We're going to look. We're going to get those macro shots. We're going to stack them. And we're going to let everyone see exactly what this beautiful girl has been hiding inside that jungle. Until then... keep growing, beautiful girl. Keep doing your thing. Keep building those flowers. Keep shining. Because even without this week's photographs... you've absolutely earned your spotlight. 💜🌸❄️📸✨ Growers Love, my friends, and happy growing! 🌱💚💜

Grow nutrients have been weaned sour entirely and on full strength bloom nutrients. The plant is a little dense on the left side, but responding well to the AGLEX light and Remo Nutrients. Buds are really packing on the weight, and building lots of trichomes, though mostly all clear heads at this point

This girl is looking Amazing! I am so excited to see what this plant produces. Does anyone have any tips on what I should do with this plant as far as should I defoliate or "lollipop" it? I've never gone this far before in a grow of photoperiod!?

Buongiorno Amici della canapa🔝💚 Da domenica 26 maggio, Le condizioni atmosferiche sono nettamente migliorate... quindi noi della CampaCavallo cavallo abbiamo deciso di trasferire outdoor la ragazza. Purtroppo sono bastate poche ore e l'abbiamo ritrovata attaccata da un po' di parassiti golosi. Il giorno seguente siamo subito andati a recuperare cinque belle larve di coccinella! Dobbiamo dire, come si vede in video, che hanno trovato subito pane per i loro denti !! 🐞💪🏻🐞

Start of week 5

🐵🎀 GORILLA GIRL XL AUTO 🎀🐵 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 📆 01/12 free day 📆 02/12 Nothing interesting today. 📆 03/12 0.4 of water at the correct ph and growtek for the usual ones. We are almost there 📆 04/12 What a delicious smell. They should call it "Sweet Seeds Delicious" 😂 It is shortly, the leaves begin to turn yellow faster, I will wait for them to drain properly before cutting. I assume 9 days still maximum. Very yeah 📆 05/12 Still settling in, no photos today, low battery and laziness don't get along very well 📆 06/12 ....... 📆 07/12 ....... 📆 08/12 I extend this week by one day, but now we are very close to cutting, a few more days and zac zac! Today one of them was dressed for Christmas, but there will be updates in due course. Super yeah !!! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 📜👀 A look at the details of what I'm growing 👀📜 🐵🎀Gorilla girl xl auto🎀🐵 by 🌱🍭 Sweet Seeds 🍭🌱 📋 Details 📋 ⚧ Gender ▪️ Auto-Feminised ➰ Genes ▪️ 40% Indica / 60% Sativa 🎄 Genetics ▪️ Gorilla Girl x Sweet Gelato Auto 🚜Harvest ▪️ 450 - 550 g/m² 🌷Flowering ▪️ 63 - 70 days ✨THC ▪️ 25% ✅CBD ▪️ 0,1% 🏡Room Type ▪️ Indoor 🌄Room Type ▪️ Outdoor 🕋Room Type ▪️ N/D 🎂Release Year ▪️ 2020 _____________________________________________________________________________________ 👀📷🥇 Follow the best photos on instagram 🥇📷👀 https://www.instagram.com/dreamit420/ 🔻🔻🔻Leave a comment with your opinions if you pass by here🔻🔻🔻 🤟🤗💚Thanks and Enjoy growth 💚🤗🤟

This week has been fun still no problems with the grow no deficiencies this has been a easy grow like always for me.i need to do a defoliation on the plants today sometime

Day 21 of Flowering The ladies are doing great and have finished stretching. Today, they will be defoliated and lollipopped. As always, they are getting compost tea.

🌿 Grow-Tagebuch – Woche 4: Struktur, Selektion & Stabilisierung 📅 Zeitraum: KW 44 - 04.10.25-11.10.25 Phase: Mittlere Vegetation 📍 Setup: Indoor-Growtent mit LED-Beleuchtung, reflektierenden Wänden, aktiver Luftzirkulation, 20+ beschriftete Töpfe 🔍 Wochenüberblick Wuchsverhalten: Die Pflanzen zeigen nun deutlich differenzierte Phänotypen. Einige Strains entwickeln kräftige Haupttriebe und eine kompakte Blattstruktur. Andere zeigen eine leichte Streckung – hier wurde die Lichtdistanz angepasst. Pflege & Klima: Temperatur: konstant bei 23–24 °C Luftfeuchtigkeit: gesenkt auf ~50 % zur Vorbereitung auf Vorblüte Lichtintensität: leicht erhöht auf ~400 PPFD Luftzirkulation: Ventilator läuft 24/7, leichte Rotation der Pflanzen zur Gleichverteilung Nährstoffmanagement: Vegi-Dünger wurde auf EC ~1.2 erhöht. CalMag wird weiterhin punktuell eingesetzt. Keine Anzeichen von Nährstoffmangel oder Überdüngung – Blätter sind sattgrün, keine Verfärbungen oder Kräuselungen. 📚 Lernimpuls der Woche „Jetzt beginnt die Architektur der Pflanze – wer formt, gewinnt.“ Die vierte Woche ist ideal für Low Stress Training (LST), Topping oder leichtes Defoliieren. Ziel ist es, die Energieverteilung zu optimieren und Licht gleichmäßig auf alle Triebe zu bringen. Tipp: Beim Topping immer auf die dritte bis fünfte Internodie achten – dort ist die Pflanze stabil genug und reagiert mit kräftigem Seitentrieb.

🔥 Kannabia Grow Update 🔥 The plants are insane! 💪 Big shoutout to Kannabia, these girls are absolute beasts! 🐾 RS11 🌈 I cut a small sample from one plant, dried it for 4 days and… boom! 💥 The flavor and strength — wow. Mic drop on this one, Kannabia! 🎤🔥 Can’t wait to see it 100% finished — this one’s on a serious level! 😎 Cherry Dream 🍒 One out of the six, the one under the perfect light, has completely filled out! The others might not reach full potential after my soil mix mistake 😅 But the smell? Wow, just wow. Such a unique terp profile! 💨 Monkey Grease 🐒 Almost ready for harvest! In about 10 days we’ll probably be chopping. ✂️ Can’t wait — this strain has been stable and strong from start to finish! 🔥 Apples and Bananas 🍏🍌 The closer we get to harvest, the better they look! ❤️ Sticky, frosty, and smelling delicious! Amnesi-K Lemon 🍋 Steady and strong, pushing through beautifully — heading straight for glory! ☀️ Let’s gooo Kannabia! 💚

📆 Week 15, 12-18 August 2024 12-18 Aug - Observed and let the plant grow. 13 Aug - Turned lights down to 50% power. 📑 It’s been another week and no signs of slowing down. Pablo continues to grow! Her sativa genetics are really showing. I’ve turned the light power down to 50% hoping this will help to mature the plant. It is looking like another good week of flower will be appropriate here. Lets see just how big she can get. 🍶 14 Aug nutrient solution changed 🍽️ 14 Aug feeding schedule updated 💧 Using reverse osmosis water with EC/TDS at 0 🐉 Nutrient Solution EC 1.0 at 74 degree F 🔆 Light power at 50%, DLI 35 canopy coverage at 12hrs 😤 Using PYPABL, Air Pump, 400GPH That is it for this week. Thanks for the look, read and stopping by.

Update June 16th 3 liters fed with another week of fertilizer schedule skipped because why. the fuck. not! I know the can handle it. They’re battle rappers! Still found 4 new bugs on them yellow cards. Guess those are survived larvae from previous mating. But still no invasion. Update June 14th SFW - Second Flower Week. Fungus gnats seem to be defeated. First set of cards caught 5-7 bugs, second set is clean so far. Fingers double-u’d that’s the end of it. Samy handled the watering pause much better than Takti and had no drooping at all. Dynamite Diesel continues to be a much easier and more enjoyable strain to train. Not nearly as bushy, which makes handling and shaping a lot more straightforward.

Day 43 12/08/24 Monday Feed today, it was warm again so they drank the whole 300ml each so I have topped up another 150ml to see run off to prevent salt build up. Thriving 😍✌️💚 Day 45 14/08/24 Tuesday Water today using de-chlorinated tap water pH 6. With Plagron PK13-14 and power buds. Noticing the stretch stop, and now packing out there bud sites 💪💚 Day 48 17/08/24 Saturday Another watering today using de-chlorinated tap water pH 6 only. Picture and video update ✌️ 💚

I'm expecting one more week to chop. Most of the trichomes are cloudy. Fan leaves are yellowing already and I'm gonna be using Flawless Finish for this final week. It will be a clean smoke for sure. My feeding schedule was all over the place on this grow, lesson learned for the Royal Creamatic that I'm growing.

October 27 2026 She was repotted into a 1 gallon pot for now, and is currently sharing a tent with Strawberry Lights until another tent is free. Her structure is exactly what I would expect from an Afghani, thick protective fan leaves to help with cold mountain air and biting wind. I'm in no rush to push her into flower yet, and I will wait until she has the tent to herself before repotting to a large grow bag.