Week 16 Journal Update: Northern Lights Autoflower Sisters * Setup and Environment: Both Charlotte and Michaela are resting comfortably in their 10-gallon fabric bags, elevated off the deck surface on sturdy PVC risers. * Charlotte's Growth Style & Harvest Timeline: Growing as a distinct, tall vertical Christmas tree tower without a SCROG net or topping, Charlotte has reached peak maturity. With her trichomes showing heavy cloudiness alongside a strong mix of amber heads and ripening, complex aromas filling the air, she is scheduled to be harvested by Friday. * Michaela's Growth Style & Harvest Timeline: Featuring a low-profile, naturally structured form without topping or a SCROG net, Michaela is trailing slightly behind her sister in finishing up. Her trichomes are predominantly milky-white with developing amber, and her distinct ripening scent is continuing to build. She is slated to be harvested roughly two weeks after Charlotte. Update 7.31.26: DIY drying chamber. 36 gun safe box, 3" exhaust fan, vent holes in the bottom, bamboo drying rack and a service door

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420 Fastbuds Week 3 Gorilla Cookies Auto What up what up grow fam. This week has been fun as I decided to do a major defoliation taking off all fan leafs. I find it doesn't hurt the plant and it let's the lower branch receive more light. I will probably add a little calmag to my next feeding as I see a few rust spots on a couple leafs. All in all Happy Growing.

This girl is doing what she wants spreading out and loving the space I made for her with the 10 gallon pot. There are pistils popping everywhere on her pre flower I guess I have to start flowering her for the next week.

I didn't take photos nor videos this week so I uploaded a vid from the new round, I have 2 cutting just growing healthy and some new seeds. You can check them on my new diary. The girls in cuestion are really good and finishing their lives, check the next week for mor photos

She is doing amazing, already can see she will become a purple girl.

🌱 Folder 09 | Candy Rain Auto Week 1 – Finding Her Rhythm Welcome to the first chapter of Candy Rain Auto in the 8×8 Adventure. Unlike many of her neighbors, Candy Rain didn’t have the easiest start. She entered the room a few days later than the rest of the project, immediately placing herself at a slight disadvantage on paper. But plants don’t read calendars, and every phenotype writes its own story. The purpose of the 8×8 Adventure has always been exactly this: documenting every individual plant honestly, allowing each genetic to express itself naturally under identical conditions. There are no races here. Every plant is given the same opportunity to demonstrate what it is capable of. Already during this first week, Candy Rain is proving that patience is often rewarded. While initially producing only simple juvenile leaves, she quickly transitioned into healthy three-finger leaves, with each new set arriving larger, wider and noticeably more vigorous than the last. The journey has only just begun. ⸻ 🌿 Grow Environment The entire room remains carefully controlled to provide every cultivar with the same stable environment. Environmental Conditions * 🌡️ Day Temperature: 27°C * 🌙 Night Temperature: 25°C * 💧 Relative Humidity: 55% * 🌱 Substrate Temperature: 21°C * 💦 Nutrient Solution Temperature: 20°C * ⚡ EC: 1.3 * pH: 6.0 * 💨 CO₂: 666 ppm * 💡 Light Cycle: 12 / 12 From Seed * ? Pot Size: 15 Litres Because Candy Rain emerged slightly later than the rest of the room, irrigation has been adjusted specifically to her needs. Rather than following the volume given to the larger plants, watering remains concentrated around the young root zone, encouraging the roots to actively search through the substrate while avoiding unnecessary saturation. ⸻ 🌿 Nutrition Candy Rain is receiving exactly the same Plagron Terra program as the rest of the garden, simply scaled appropriately for her stage of development. Feeding Schedule * Terra Grow — 1.8 ml/L * Power Roots — 1 ml/L * Pure Zym — 1 ml/L * Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L * pH Plus — adjusted when necessary * Lemon Kick — adjusted when necessary The objective during these first weeks isn’t rapid top growth—it’s establishing a healthy root system capable of supporting explosive development once flowering begins. A strong foundation always pays dividends later. ⸻ 🌱 Plant Development Watching this week’s progression has been incredibly satisfying. The earliest photographs show a delicate young seedling still carrying its juvenile characteristics. By the end of the week, however, the transformation is obvious. The stem has thickened considerably. Leaf spacing has become more symmetrical. The newest growth appears increasingly vigorous. Most encouraging of all is the transition into beautifully formed three-finger leaves, signalling that the plant has fully entered active vegetative development. Each new node displays noticeably more energy than the previous one, suggesting that the initial establishment period is already behind her. Despite being the smallest plant in the room, she doesn’t appear weak. Quite the opposite—she appears determined. ⸻ 📸 Behind This Week’s Photos Sometimes the smallest plants create the most rewarding photographs. The early overhead images capture a tiny seedling standing almost alone within a large container, emphasizing just how much potential still lies beneath the surface. As the week progresses, every photograph tells a different story. The side profiles reveal a stem becoming stronger each day, while the overhead shots beautifully document the increasing symmetry of the canopy. One of my favorite moments is seeing those first fully developed three-finger leaves spreading confidently across the frame. They’re small, but perfectly formed, and they represent the moment where Candy Rain truly begins her journey. Macro photography reminds us that growth doesn’t always happen dramatically. Sometimes the biggest victories are measured in millimetres. ⸻ 🌿 Looking Forward Next week should be particularly exciting. With the root system now becoming established, I expect noticeably faster vertical growth, larger fan leaves and shorter intervals between new nodes. The gap separating Candy Rain from the rest of the room should gradually begin to shrink. Autos often surprise us with sudden bursts of development once they settle into their final containers, and there are already signs that she may be preparing for exactly that. Her story isn’t about catching up. It’s about revealing what she’s capable of. ⸻ 💚 Thank You As always, thank you to every single person following this adventure. Whether you’ve been here since day one or you’ve only just discovered this diary, your encouragement, feedback and conversations are what make documenting every week so rewarding. This project isn’t simply about growing plants—it’s about learning together, sharing experiences and celebrating every stage of the journey. A huge thank you to GrowDiaries for providing a platform where growers from all over the world can learn from one another and document their passion. My sincere thanks also go to Plagron for providing the Terra nutrient line that is powering this entire 8×8 Adventure. Their products continue to deliver consistency, simplicity and reliability throughout every stage of growth. Finally, thank you to the incredible breeders whose genetics make projects like this possible. Every seed carries its own personality, and watching those differences unfold under identical conditions is one of the most fascinating parts of this journey. And of course… Growers Love and, Thank you for taking the time to follow along. One week at a time. One photograph at a time. One plant at a time. The 8×8 Adventure is only just getting started. 🌱💚

What up Fam, these ladies are progressing nice. I'll be giving them a defoliation this week as I know the preflower stretch is coming soon. A few are looking a little ruff but all in all I think they'll bounce back just fine. All in all Happy Growing

Today I spread eggshells and baking soda on the surface of the floor. I watered until wastewater came out and then immediately measured the pH. #1 drain ph 6.5 #2 drain ph 7 for both looking so sick, the pistils extremely large and resinous🤩 (Day 58) The baking powder probably didn't do them any good.But they look very good and are covered in trichomes.Even the stems where the buds begin are covered with trichomes. (Day 60) Watered 2500ml water and removed some dying leaves.(Day 62)

Chopped the first GG plant will update after it drys and I trim it. The cheese plant that isn't LST probably has another week or so maybe less. The rest have a few weeks slowly making more room in the tent. Only giving water for the rest of the time maybe some cal-mag to help the plants that at burnt (NL, both cheese).

Day 71, 26th of November 2020: Beautiful isn't she? Purple colour appears.... so nice! The other Kaini the normal does not show any sign of purple colour unfortunately. Not much to report. The leaves started getting lighter hopefully they ain't gonna just die so quick. Fertilization is the same like before with exactly the same ratio and mixture above. The lamp is on 11.15 min and off 12.45 min. Last week was 15 min longer light cycle.... So every week 15 min shorter light cycle until the 5th week. So far -45 min. It switches on at 6 am and off at 17.15 pm.

Día 30 (01/07) Riego con 250 ml H20 pH 6,5. Se muestran sedientas 6 días después del topping, las nuevas ramas se están formando rápidamente! Día 31 (02/07) Se muestran saludables y potentes! Día 32 (03/07) Riego con 500 ml H20 pH 6,5 Día 33 (04/07) Las plantas están creciendo muy rápido! Me planteo hacer supercropping o LST en algunas de ellas... Día 34 (05/07) Se muestran sedientas. Las macetas se le empiezan a quedar pequeñas Riego con 250 ml de H20 pH 6,5 Día 35 (06/07) Training session! Aplico LST a todas y supercropping a la OnionOG mutante con 4 colas por nodo Riego con 500 ml H20 pH 6,5 Día 36 (07/07) Riego con 500 ml de Té Vegetativo de Lurpe Solutions Aplico foliarmente Kelp hidrolizado a 0.25 ml/l Ajustes de LST. Están respondiendo estupendamente al entrenamiento! 😍💥 💦Nutrients by Lurpe Solutions - www.lurpenaturalsolutions.com 🌱Substrate PRO-MIX HP BACILLUS + MYCORRHIZAE - www.pthorticulture.com/en/products/pro-mix-hp-biostimulant-plus-mycorrhizae

For this second week of flowering im doing more lst on the 🍉Zkittlez getting the right shape for the plant. I’m also increasing their nutrient uptake as they are in full flower mode and hoping to get phat buds, aswell I brought the trellis down to start tucking any colas that reach above it. As for next week I’m gonna set up the carbon filter to reduce the aroma these girls are gonna put out and that’s it.

Beginning 3rd week of flowering

Die Stretchphase ist in vollem Gange! Erste Blütenansätze sind deutlich sichtbar. Alles läuft stabil – kein Mangel, keine Schädlinge. Netz wurde leicht nachjustiert, um das Blätterdach gleichmäßig zu halten.

First of the 3 done. The other 2 are not ready and I'm hoping they can get though the next couple of weeks of cold

just add more nutrients

TWO WEEKS TO 1st HARVEST TARGET ~9 weeks Day 85 F25 AM 38% 75f - flushed each plant with 3 gallons ph 6.3 water - runoff showed average of 5.9ph - waited 4 hours then I split 2 gallons of molasses water ph6.5 (1TBL/gal Unsulphured molasses, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) - PM 44% 75f Day 87 F26 AM 38% 75f - no water - moved lights 1 inch closer (12 inches) - PM 38% 73f Day 88 52 F27 AM 36% 73f - no water - checked several buds on multiple levels and I am not seeing more than a couple amber trichomes (under 5%) and I am seeing many new clear trichomes (10-20%) brown pistils are the majority now, but there is a lot of new growth popping out on some tips - PM 38% 75f Day 89 53 F28 AM 39% 75f - watered all with 3 gallons ph 6.5 water to soak crystals - 6 hours later, I flushed another 5 gallons of ph 6.0 water (3tsp/gal Bembe, 1.5tsp/gal Sweet Berry, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) thru the PH plants - runoff ph on all plants was right at 6.0-6.1ph PERFECT - PM 39% 75f Day 90 54 F29 AM 40% 75f - no water - PM 39% 75f Day 91 55 F30 AM 36% 75f - watered all with 5 gallons ph6.3 water (1.5tsp/gal Bembe, 1.5tsp/gal Sweet Berry, 1/4tsp/gal Cha-Ching) - gave Triplnt another 16 oz of ph 6.3 water (1TBL/Big Bloom 1tsp Grow Big, 1tsp Tiger Bloom, 1tsp Boomerang, 1/2 tsp Microbe Brew, 1/2tsp Kelp Me Kelp You, 1/4tsp/gal Beastie Bloomz per gallon) - PM 41% 75f Day 92 56 F31 AM 38% 75f - no water - clipped a sparse tester branch off PH1 with 10% amber trichomes, trimmed and hung to dry - PH1: 41% 80f - PM 35% 75f

Monday. Nothing to report. Tuesday. Ripening nicely

D61 - The beginning of the fifth week of flower. Most trichomes are cloudy, but there are still some clear, and I'm seeing a few amber. I guess it will take another week, maybe two, until she is done. D66 - Seeing less clear trichomes. She should be ready to harvest within the next week, I think. D67 - The end of another week, and we're getting close to chop day.