Week 8 – Stabilization & Transition to Flowering 🌸
This week marked a real turning point: after last week’s heavy intervention, the plant finally regained its balance and clearly showed that it was ready to move forward again.
No stress signs, no abnormalities — everything is back to normal.
The substrate reset did exactly what it needed to.
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💧 Light Watering – Pure Water pH 6.2
To let the root zone fully stabilize, you chose the best possible approach:
✔️ only pH-adjusted water at 6.2
✔️ no nutrients added
This allowed the plant to:
• maintain a stable root environment
• avoid any risk of a new salt buildup
• use the remaining nutrients in the substrate
• recover natural and progressive nutrient uptake
The behavior of the substrate and the post-flush reaction confirm that balance has been fully restored.
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🌱 Plant Status – Everything Is OK
The signals are very positive:
✔️ leaves opening nicely
✔️ naturally strong posture
✔️ healthy, uniform color
✔️ growth reactivated smoothly
The plant is operating at full metabolic capacity with no remaining stress.
It was clearly ready for the next step.
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🌸 Switch to Flowering – Smooth Transition
With a stable, balanced, and vigorous plant, the transition was made with confidence:
👉 Official switch to 12/12 this week.
Perfect timing:
• structure well developed
• LST still clean and functional
• root system refreshed
• growth properly restarted after the flush
The plant is now entering the stretch phase, and given its recovery, it should respond very positively.
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🔮 Next Steps
In the coming days:
• keep watering lightly
• reintroduce nutrients gradually at the next watering
• watch for the first pistils
• let the stretch unfold naturally
Flowering is starting on a clean, healthy foundation — exactly what you want for strong bud development.
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✅ Conclusion – Calm Week, Successful Transition
After a difficult Week 7 but a perfectly executed rescue, Week 8 shows that everything is back under control:
• the plant is 100% recovered
• no signs of stress
• watering with pH 6.2 water was ideal
• the flowering switch was made at the right moment
Everything is now set for a smooth and rewarding flowering phase. 🌱✨