šæ Nectar Drip ā Week 6 Report
EarlyāMid Vegetative Development (12/12 from Seed)
Zamnesia Seeds x TICAL ā Pack #268
Timing clarification (as always):
This is logged as Week 6 on GrowDiaries, while in real plant development we are closer to Week 5 of vegetative growth.
The offset comes from an early, photo-heavy germination phase. Weāll continue clarifying this weekly for consistency.
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š± Growth Overview ā Divergence & Character
This week, the Nectar Drip really began to separate into personalities. Same genetics, same room, same feeding ā but very different expressions depending on training intensity and structure guidance.
Weāre now clearly working with multiple plant strategies inside the same tent.
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āļø Training Breakdown ā Plant by Plant
šæ Plant A ā Leaf Work & Gentle Guidance
This plant is trained using leaf bending and leaf tucking only.
⢠Large fan leaves are tucked under neighboring leaves
⢠Growth tips are exposed naturally
⢠No clamps or hard bending
Response:
Absolutely thriving. Sheās growing tall, wide, and fast, now reaching roughly 8ā9 nodes, with beautiful branching and strong vertical momentum. This is a great example of how far simple leaf management can take a healthy plant.
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šæ Plant B ā Aggressive Opening with Plastic Clamps
This plant started similarly to Plant A, but quickly outpaced the rest in size.
This week, we:
⢠Introduced plastic clamps
⢠Opened her aggressively
⢠Focused on redistributing energy from top dominance to lower branches
Response:
Outstanding. She accepted the harder intervention without stress, opened up beautifully, and continues to push growth across the canopy. Her size advantage is now being converted into structure, not just height.
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šæ Plant C ā The Heavy LST Experiment
This is the plant weāve been focusing on since last week ā the smallest of the group, but the one receiving the most intensive training.
⢠Strong horizontal bending
⢠Continuous opening of leaves
⢠Structural redirection from early on
Response:
Sheās thickening, branching, and responding incredibly well. While she is still behind in height (which is expected), sheās building a dense, intentional structure. This plant is also the most delayed in showing pre-flower signs, which is completely normal under 12/12 from seed when subjected to stronger training.
She may never be the tallest ā but she is quickly becoming one of the most interesting.
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šø Pre-Flower Signals
Some plants are now showing early pre-flower signs. Nothing dramatic yet, but the transition is clearly approaching.
As expected:
⢠The most heavily trained plant is the most delayed
⢠The more upright plants are moving faster
This confirms that structure and stress management play a significant role in timing under a 12/12-from-seed regimen.
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š”ļø Environment ā Weather-Driven Adjustments
This week brought real-world challenges.
Outside conditions:
⢠~5 °C
⢠92% relative humidity
Inside the tent:
⢠Temperature: ~21.8 °C
⢠Relative Humidity: ~58%
Despite cooler and more humid ambient conditions, the plants are showing no complaints whatsoever. This range is manageable, and the canopy looks relaxed and happy.
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š” Lighting ā Letting Plants Decide
We are now running approximately 700ā850 PPFD, depending on plant height and canopy position. Smaller plants receive less, taller ones naturally receive more.
This is intentional.
The plants are:
⢠growing into the light
⢠dictating their own intensity
⢠transitioning naturally toward flowering
Iām not pushing ā Iām responding.
This run is about listening, especially under 12/12 from seed.
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š¬ļø Airflow ā Vortex Method
Airflow is dialed in using a vortex-style circulation:
⢠Fresh air enters from below
⢠Warm air exits higher up
⢠Side fans encourage circular movement
⢠Central fans gently disrupt stagnation without collapsing the vortex
This creates:
⢠even temperature distribution
⢠stable humidity
⢠strong gas exchange
⢠minimal microclimates
Air is moving around the plants, not blasting them ā exactly what we want at this stage.
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Nutrition ā Adjustment for Water Quality & LEDs
š§ Water Source
We are now using a mix of:
⢠rainwater
⢠dehumidifier-collected water
Starting EC is extremely low (~0.2), so supplementation became necessary.
CalMag Introduction
We introduced Plagron CalMag Pro at 1 ml/L as a preventive measure, especially important under high-intensity LED lighting, where calcium and magnesium demand increases.
Current Hand-Watering Parameters (Nectar Drip Plants)
⢠EC: ~2.29
⢠pH: ~6.0
⢠Water Temperature: ~22.8 °C
š° Reservoir / Autopot Clarification
The tent contains six plants total, not all Nectar Drip.
⢠Autopot reservoir currently runs Terra Grow + CalMag only
⢠Organic inputs are excluded from the reservoir (not compatible)
⢠Reservoir EC: ~1.43
⢠Reservoir pH: ~5.9
Autopot plants are occasionally top-fed by hand to receive the full recipe. For future runs, the feeding strategy will be simplified and better aligned with autopot systems.
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Special Guest ā Mr. Baggy Joins the Team
This week we were joined by Mr. Baggy, a fluffy inspector and proud GrowDiaries āDiary of the Monthā prize winner.
Heāll be making more appearances from now on ā every good grow needs an official supervisor.
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š® What to Expect / What Not to Expect
Expect:
⢠more pronounced pre-flower expression
⢠increasing structural differences
⢠trained plants staying shorter and wider
⢠untrained plants stretching sooner
Donāt Expect:
⢠uniform behavior
⢠identical flowering times
⢠forced transitions
This run is about letting plants speak.
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š¤ Gratitude
Huge thanks to:
⢠Zamnesia Seeds
⢠TICAL
⢠Plagron
⢠Future of Grow
⢠Lumiflora
And to the entire GrowDiaries community ā supporters, critics, silent readers, and longtime friends.
Everything shared here reflects my personal experience, philosophy, lessons, and mistakes. The goal is learning ā together.
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š Week 6 Summary
⢠Training is defining structure
⢠Plants are choosing their own rhythm
⢠Light intensity is earned, not forced
⢠Environment is stable despite harsh outside conditions
⢠The 12/12-from-seed experiment continues to teach
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A lot of learning.
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š Lighting & Environmental Control
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Genetics
⢠Zamnesia Seeds ā Genetics used in this project
https://www.zamnesia.com/
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š± Soil, Substrates, Boosters & Root Support
⢠Plagron ā Substrates, bio mixes, and supportive products
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⢠Sony full-frame macro lens + few more
⢠Stacking photography workflow - learning
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Weāve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you wonāt want to miss the next steps, letās push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together!
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šø P.S. ā The Eye Behind the Lens
All photos in this diary (for now ā 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 ā itās how we share the fine textures, the glow, and the quiet details that words canāt always capture.
Iāve also started experimenting with photo stacking ā 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.
Itās not digital enhancement or AI; itās pure photography ā a way to reveal the plantās beauty in microscopic depth, from trichome to petal.
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