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Start of week 15 5/20/25 Fed with a gallon of nutrients 5/22/25

Flower Week Four! Buds are developing nicely. Both girls have sets of 9 on leaves towards the top!

Week 8 This week i ´ve been defoliating the cookies and stopped to give them nuts after some signs of stress on leaves, they are curling up and get burn out on their tips, this is most visible on pot 1 who´s appearing to be a sativa pheno! On the other hand Pot 2 who appears to be more indica pheno are showing more resistance to nuts! I Just been feeding them with ph water and have increase the distance for the ligths, I dont relate the burns on my leaves from that but with the temperatures on outside changing so drastic and the entire grow been heated and sealed (in order to save some money on energy) i only opened the windows to refresh the air two or tree times this week for a couple of hours generaly at 12 oclock to dont have my temps changing from 22 degres to 8 degres 😱, not the best conditions and not my easiest grow but what can i say? You can look them an judge... to me they are fucking Hero´s... They became thirsty, suffered from insufficient air flow, suffered slight burns for 24 hours of continuous light from the seed until now and still suffered from excessive fertilization but the ladies didn't fall off their high heels 🙌

🌱 Sour Diesel — Week 8 (Flower Week 3) — Strategic Reset Week ⸻ 🔁 Quick Recap — Where We Are • Genetics: Sour Diesel • Timeline: Week 8 from seed • Flowering: Week 3 • Height: ~60–70 cm (compact structure) • Room Temp: 28°C • RH: 65% • Feed EC: 2.9 • pH: 6.5 (kept above 6.0 intentionally) • Lighting: LED • Action this week: Strategic defoliation This plant is not tall — she’s compact, dense, and structurally tight. Which means airflow and internal light penetration become critical early. And that’s exactly why this week mattered. ⸻ 🍃 The Defoliation — Not Aesthetic. Architectural. This was not cosmetic trimming. It was: • Removing large fan leaves blocking interior bud sites • Cleaning inner congestion • Opening airflow channels • Resetting light distribution across the canopy • Helping the entire room environment (not just this plant) The room needed air — this plant was advanced enough to handle stress. That’s key. Week 3 of flower is the transition window: • Stretch is slowing • Bud sites are set • Energy shifts toward stacking At this stage, a strategic defoliation: • Improves transpiration efficiency • Reduces microclimate humidity pockets • Prevents internal leaf-to-leaf condensation • Encourages bud site activation below the top canopy This was structural architecture. Not haircut vanity. ⸻ 🌡️ 28°C in Flower — “Too Hot?” Let’s Go Deep. People panic when they hear 28°C in flower. But here’s where most growers confuse: 🔥 HPS vs LED Heat Behavior Under HPS: • Radiant heat warms leaf surfaces directly • Leaf temperature often equals or exceeds room temp • 28°C air under HPS can mean 30–32°C leaf temp • That pushes VPD dangerously high Under LED: • Less infrared radiation • Leaf surface temp is typically 1–3°C LOWER than room temp • So at 28°C room temp, leaf temp might be 25–26°C And VPD calculations depend on leaf temperature, not air temperature. ⸻ 🌿 What Is Leaf VPD? VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit) measures the difference between: • Moisture inside the leaf • Moisture in the surrounding air But if you calculate VPD using only room temp, you’re missing the real transpiration dynamics. With: • 28°C air • ~25–26°C leaf surface (LED) • 65% RH Leaf VPD sits in a very workable mid-flower zone. Not extreme. Not stress-inducing. Not shutdown territory. We’re driving metabolism, not cooking terpenes. ⸻ 💧 Why 65% RH Isn’t Dangerous Here Context matters: • Good airflow • Opened canopy • Compact but cleaned structure • Early-mid flower (Week 3, not Week 7) At this stage: • Pistils are forming • Bud density is still moderate • Transpiration is active High humidity becomes dangerous when: • Bud mass is dense • Internal airflow is poor • Late flower resin traps moisture We’re not there yet. And we just improved airflow with defoliation. ⸻ ⚡ EC 2.9 — Aggressive but Intentional That EC is strong. But: • Plant is compact, not oversized • Sour Diesel can eat • pH 6.5 keeps availability wide (Ca, Mg, P balance) The key will be: • Watching leaf tips • Monitoring runoff behavior • Watching for clawing or salt stress Right now, if she’s praying and stacking, she’s handling it. ⸻ 🔍 What To Expect Next Week (Flower Week 4) After defoliation: You may see: • Slight pause (24–72 hours) • Increased vertical bud push • Better lower-site activation • More defined pistil clustering • Stronger apical dominance response If recovery is clean: • Buds begin early stacking phase • Internodes tighten • Resin production initiates at bract level If stress appears: • Slight leaf droop • Tip burn acceleration • Reduced upward leaf angle But based on structure and timing — this looks calculated, not reactive. ⸻ 🧠 Why This Week Matters Long-Term This week determines: • Airflow pattern for late flower • Mold resistance later • Bud density uniformity • Final trim efficiency • Light-to-bud conversion efficiency This wasn’t about now. 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21 den květu proběhla defoliace. Dělal sem ji hned po rozsvícení. Někde sem se dočetl ze se ma dělat hned z rána. Aby mohly zaschnout rány přes den. No a teď už jen voda, fermentované čaje a kochání se jak rostou. Tak snad to nějak nedojebu. Growu zdar

She needed more nitro again but she has a beautiful even color now and I'm ready for all of these bud sites to start building up 🤤. I'm excited for her to relax and flower

Well. I started a 3 week flush yesterday. Ill be changing the water weekly. Ive always been a 2 week kind of flusher. But after i tried a 3 week on suggestion from another grower... I won't be going back now. Which means we have 20 days left of growth and purification.

Pheno 1 der Gigant riecht sehr säuerlich fruchtig und hat eine ganz andere Knospenstruktur. Vom Geruch her ist Pheno 1 von den beiden mein favorit...guckt auf meine harvest woche da sind neue Bilder drinne after two weeks curing pheno 2 😉🌿✂️

Its clear at this point that Big Lemon is root bound bc i did not transfer her into 7gal w/One Shot. So, this week she is recovering from a calcium deficiency because my (now former) hydro store completely lagged on my 5 gal of Herc. Damn you , ZenHydro!!!! Hence, lots of sacrificed and cooked leaves, but of course the buds are fine 😎.

So week 7 is over. Great grow i guess, T ransaction period for Photos and Autos are growing well . 12/12 lighting . Experiments with nutrient , flushing every second feed . 1000 ipower superhps bulb , results are , i like them . Deforation daily Girls: 1. White widow - PhotoPeriodic in transaction stage. 2. Moby Dick # 1 "Fat" - PhotoPeriodic in traansaction stage 3. MOby Dick #2 "Slim" - Photoperiodic intransaction Stage 4. Auto Tutankamon #1 - Autoflowering - flowering week 2 5. Auto Tutankamon #2 - Autoflowering - flowering week 2 6. Skunk Auto Original "Joker" - Transaction Stage - muntant. P.S - Moby Dick -s are in different pots - #1 Fat- 15 liter #2 Slim - 10 liter GH koolBloom & Floracilious plus be delivered in one week max. so will see a difference as well. ANy comments are welocme. saty safe. good luck to all comunity

We are officially in full bloom. The have been enjoying 6-7 hours of sun light per day for about 4 days now, then brought back in under the cobs. The girls are all exploding with growth and stacking what I expect to be huge buds.

Cream Caramel Sweet start for the Cream Caramel. 🍬💚 Cream Caramel hat sich erstmal ordentlich nach oben geschoben und einen langen, teilweise rötlich/violetten Stiel entwickelt. Oben sieht die Sache dafür schon richtig schön aus: Keimblätter geöffnet, erstes echtes Blattpaar vorhanden und neuer Austrieb in der Mitte. Die zusätzliche Stiellänge stört mich nicht – beim Umtopfen verschwinden davon sowieso ein paar Zentimeter unter der Erde. 😏

Vamooos familia, y es que nuestras gorillas girl de sweet seeds son increíbles, tienen un grosor de 7mm en el tallo a mitades, brutal, y eso que las tenemos en 5,5litros. Ph controlado en 6,5 tenemos humedad y temperatura dentro de los parámetros, pronto empezaremos aportar overdrive ya que es una cepa la cual sacaremos el máximo partido a las flores. Me a flipado mucho el crecimiento en si de esta sativa, tienen pocas hojas y son bastante grandes en comparación al resto.

Harvested 2 branches of each girl because the weed from the last grow is over :( hahah Full harvest in 1 seek :)

Week 8 Last couple of days to go, she's been getting only water for a few days now and I also pulled the lamp up a bit. She's starting to tilt under the weight of the buds so I tied a couple to make sure they don't snap/bend. Looking and smelling amazing, super sticky tho it doesn't too look . I'll be taking a closer look at the trichomes over the next few days. Can't wait😁