Week 21: Flower Week 4 – Hesi Goodies, 7000-BTU Chiller & Frosty Tops! 🌸❄️ Week 21 is officially in full swing, and we have entered the glorious territory of Flower Week 4! The stretch phase is officially history, meaning the girls have stopped reaching for the stars and are now putting 100% of their willpower into one glorious job: building fat, sticky buds. The view inside the flower tent is pure eye candy—a lush, deep green canopy soaking up every photon from the LED panels while the tops keep bulking up by the day. Feeding Time: The Hesi Magic Cocktail 💧 To fuel this explosion of green goodness, we switched up the menu according to the official Hesi Schedule for Flower Week 4. The plants are thirsty, and they are getting top-tier nutrition! * Feeding Schedule & Volume: Twice a week, a fresh batch of 20 liters of nutrient solution gets whipped up and distributed evenly across all 6 pots (roughly 3.3 liters per lucky plant each round). * The Week 4 Brew (per 20L water): * Hesi Bloom Complex: 100 ml (50 ml / 10 L) – The foundational fuel. * Hesi Phosphorus Plus: 25 ml (12.5 ml / 10 L) – Unlocking the PK boost starting right now! * Hesi Boost: 40 ml (20 ml / 10 L) – Flower accelerator engaged. * Hesi PowerZyme: 40 ml (20 ml / 10 L) – Keeping the root zone pristine. * Hesi SuperVit: 4–5 drops (1 drop per 4.5 L) – Pure vitality in a bottle. * pH Target: Dialed in with a dash of phosphoric acid to sit at a sweet, stable 6.5. Root uptake is running in overdrive! Bud Check & Tent Vibe 🌿✨ * Chunky Flowers: Every main stem is flexing tight, dense flower formations overflowing with fresh, bright white pistils. * Let It Snow! ❄️ The trichome factory is officially open for business. A sparkling layer of sticky resin is spreading rapidly across the sugar leaves and calyxes. * Squeaky Clean Legs (Lollipopping): The lower third of the canopy is completely stripped down. No waste-of-time popcorn buds down below—just smooth airflow through the root zone and zero trapped humidity! * Level Canopy: Thanks to training, all the main colas are sitting flush at the exact same height, right in the LED sweet spot. Tech Upgrade & Climate Control 🌡️❄️ * 7000-BTU AC Beast On Duty: With the canopy transpiring like crazy, the new 7000-BTU air conditioner was drafted in to keep the microclimate strictly under control. * Climate Stats: Temps swung between a comfy ~21°C and a warm 30°C peak. Relative humidity stayed locked in between 55% and 82%. * Wind Power: Clip fans are blasting right over the canopy level to keep air moving and ensure humidity pockets don't even think about settling in those bulking buds. The stage is set for some serious density and trichome action over the coming weeks! Let’s grow! 🚀

Is 10oz good? How did you do?

WEEK 8 (04/18/2021 - 04/24/2021) Day 59: 04/18/2021 Defoliated some growth from each plant before I installed my custom-built SCRoG net made of: pvc piping, drywall screws, and jute twine for the netting. It’s slightly smaller than the tent, 41”x41” with a second level for another net. It fits perfectly, leaving plenty of room to work around the edges and move the fan around if needed. Immediately after defoliation and installing the net, I watered using ½ strength Botanicare Hydroguard. Watering was different. I used a battery-powered liquid transfer pump to help water the plants a little faster and more efficiently. Also helps to reach the plants I can’t access as easily in the corner. I am unable to test/collect any of the runoff at the moment since installing the net, which wouldn’t be an issue by itself, but my saucers are just barely large enough to fit the base of the 5 gallon pots into. I have no way of sticking a pH pen or TDS meter in the runoff. They simply won't fit between the pot and the saucer. This is extremely unfortunate, as I am now unable to monitor the ppm of the soil with each watering. Will have to pick up some larger saucers soon or think of another solution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 61: 04/20/2021 ‘Tis the season to be medicated. Happy Holidaze! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 62: 04/21/2021 Upping the amount of water going into the pots this watering. Previously I was doing 1 gallon of water per 5 gallon pot. I’m increasing the amount of water to 1.5 gallons. Hopefully that will produce enough runoff for taking measurements. It’s going to be a painfully difficult task to take readings but I really need to know what the condition of the soil is right now. Will not be using any nutrients this time considering the runoff was kind of high when I fed on 4/10. This seems a little risky though since it has been 11 days since a nutrient feed, but I’d rather not burn the plants by blindly adding nutrients. Will return. Hopefully with measurements. (some amount of time later) Tap water: 245ppm, 6.1 pH (9 gallons) pH Down: 30ml JB#1 - 2730ppm, 7.0 pH JB#2 - 2290ppm, (pH pen died again on this plant) AP#1 - 2380ppm, 6.9 pH AP#2 - 3610ppm (seems extremely high), 7.0 pH GC#1 - 2320ppm, 6.9 pH GC#2 - 2340ppm, 7.1 pH I don’t know what was up with the measurements on the AP#2. The saucers the pots are sitting in are a little small so I think the ppm might have been reading high because the bottom of the fabric pot was sitting in the runoff. Maybe I’m just saying that to reassure myself. Either way, the 3000+ ppm seemed very off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 66: 04/24/2021 Defoliation + weaving/securing branches through SCRoG. I'm not 100% sure that the SCRoG was the most optimal technique of choice given the very limited space within the grow tent. Also, I almost feel like I installed the screen a little late. Maybe not? Either way, I have read about them and the potential of increased yields, which got me excited enough to build one to try out for myself. I was aware going into it that there would be some difficulties using a SCRoG. I can no longer move my pots around is the main thing. Not being able to move the pots around has increased the difficulty factor of watering/feeding. I now have to access 3 different sides of the tent to get all 6 plants. I've clipped all the ties holding the branches down from previous LST sessions. There was just no way I was going to spend hours weaving in and out of all the ties trying to water each plant while also dealing with the difficulties of a SCRoG obstructing the work space. That would also wreck my poor back. From here, things are going to get real exciting. Tomorrow (04/25) I am rescheduling the light cycle to 12/12 to initiate flowering. Another 60-70 days to go, growing buds and packing on trichomes. With that said, I'm excited to have made it through my very first full vegetative cycle. I've definitely made my fair share of mistakes, as expected, but as long as I keep learning from them future harvest will only continue to increase in quality and yield. Thank you for stopping by and checking out the diary this week! All your kind words and encouragement are fuel. Until next time! 🙏

Hello growers, finally we have the harvest day. At the same time I have it after drying. Unfortunately I don't know exactly how many grams of dry matter I had because I did it for less than 3 days and I didn't have that much time and especially the conditions. Approximately what I weighed continuously, there were about 300-400 grams and I am satisfied with the first grow. During the entire growing process I had no problems and I am very happy about that. See you at the next grow.💪

Hi everyone, brothers and sisters of Weed! The beautiful glazed wedding cakes are strengthening quite well, their sprouts are beginning to escape from the net and their leaves do not show any kind of growth problem .... we continue like this!

I am happy how this grow went , didn’t come across no issues at all it was a pretty smooth run , it took all nutrients like a champ , never had any over watering problems or nothing The water I use is 6.4 PH from Lidl and haven’t occurred no problems across my grows I don’t even have a PH or TdS tester 🤭 Overall this was a joy to grow very strong sour citrusy apple smell , looking forward to trying it so hope the dry and cure goes well as the rain hasn’t helped the humidity Temps around 19-22c Humidity 50-67 I’m trying to control it as much as possible also with a oscillation fan blowing air around the room

16.02 First day of the fourth week of flower. Defoliated a little bit again. This time around I’m picking smaller amounts of leaves every day in comparison to one major defoliation on one day. Also I ve added pk booster at 100 ppm.( 0.2 ec) will gradually raise it over the next weeks. Lowering the base nutrients. I think they finally stopped the stretch and they are barely fitting in the tent. I ve added some swirski ulti mite . Predatory mites as prophylactic measure for thrips. I’ve noticed some tiny damage on a couple of leaves. And a couple of larvae.

Cuttings were stripped from their mothers 120+ Autos are healthy and doing their thing, albeit slowly 2 lights on, 2 more till Im happy. Looking forward to the next few weeks:) Everyone stay safe and grow big

Das sieht nach einer sehr erfolgreichen Woche aus! Die Damen haben den Licht-Push auf 80 % nicht nur weggesteckt, sondern nutzen ihn voll aus. Man sieht jetzt richtig, wie die Blüten anschwellen und die Harzproduktion (Trichome) explodiert. Hier ist mein Eindruck von den neuesten Bildern: 1. Die Farbentwicklung (TC & AA) Die Tropicana Cookies und die Apricot Auto sehen fantastisch aus. Besonders die TC zeigt jetzt eine tiefviolette/dunkle Färbung, die einen extremen Kontrast zu den hellen, harzigen Blüten bildet. Das ist oft ein Zeichen dafür, dass die Pflanze viel Phosphor umsetzt und die Lichtintensität perfekt verarbeitet. 2. Status der Cherry Cola (CC) Die CC wirkt auf den Übersichtsbildern deutlich vitaler als noch vor ein paar Tagen. Sie ist immer noch die "dunkelgrüne" im Bunde, aber die Blätter stehen gut im Saft und wirken nicht mehr so überladen. Dass du sie nur mit Wasser gegossen hast, war die absolut richtige Entscheidung. Sie nutzt jetzt ihre Reserven, um die Blüten aufzubauen. 3. Trichome & Frost Auf den Nahaufnahmen erkennt man, dass der "Zucker" jetzt bis weit in die großen Blätter hineinzieht. Das ist ein super Zeichen für die Qualität. Die weißen Härchen (Pistillen) stehen noch stramm und frisch nach oben – das bedeutet, die Buds sind gerade in ihrer massivsten Wachstumsphase. 4. Das Unterholz Dein Lollipop-Schnitt hält das Klima im Zelt perfekt. Es ist untenrum "clean" und luftig, was bei der jetzigen dichten Canopy oben lebenswichtig ist, um die Luftfeuchtigkeit direkt an den Buds im Griff zu behalten. Vorschlag für Sonntag: Da wir heute Freitag haben und die Pflanzen bei 80 % Licht so richtig durstig sein dürften, hier der Plan für das nächste Gießen (Sonntag): * Tropicana Cookies (TC) & Apricot Auto (AA): Ich würde jetzt den PK 13/14 Turbo zünden. Eine Dosis von 0,5 ml bis 0,75 ml pro Liter wäre jetzt ideal, um das "Anschwellen" der Blütenkelche zu befeuern. * Cherry Cola (CC): Bleib bei ihr nochmal bei Wasser. Sie hat immer noch eine sehr tiefe, dunkle Farbe. Sobald die ersten Spitzen der großen Fächerblätter ganz leicht heller werden, wissen wir, dass sie ihre Reserven aufgebraucht hat – aber aktuell hat sie noch genug "Sprit" im Tank. * CalMag: Da die Lampe auf 80 % ballert, brauchen sie weiterhin Magnesium. Gib bei allen drei eine Standarddosis CalMag (nach deinem Schema) dazu, um Rostflecken auf dem Neuwuchs zu vermeiden.

Nice roots coming through. She's healthy and coming along steadily.

The plants seem pretty strong and resilient, have a interesting smell. The buds are very different from a plant to another in shape and trycome production. I had to cut them early because of the high heat, but the majority of the trycomes were milky.

Girl Scout Cookies are doing great! Buds are starting to stack up trichome development is on point. Found a little weirdo bud on the lower branch. Looks like we got a polyploid mutation, very excited to see how this one turns out. More defoliation this past week since they were getting too bushy. Moving forward, slight adjustment on nutrients and letting her do her thing.

• New release Cali Crasher by Doctor's Choice • Kali Mist x Ak47 x Colombian Gold • Satvia (mostly) • THC high • Yield 400 - 600gs indoors Nutrients • GreenBuzzNutrients (DISCOUNT CODE • GD42025) %25 I use the whole product range and this stuff is a game changer. I've not had one bad grow with this company and it hasn't let me down once. Terps and taste are through the roof. No need for run off in coco only during flush week. Hands down the best nutrients on the market YOU GORGEOUS GROWERS CAN NOW GET A WHOPPING %25 OFF ALL PRODUCTS USING THE NEW CODE ABOVE. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 LIGHT/TENT • Mars Hydro FC-E6500 5x5 tent Last week of nutrients done. I can't drag this out at my clone is under alot of stress with light being on full power. Clean Fruits ready 👍🏻💚 As soon as I've got sometime to myself I will get back to all your messages. Sweet for the love GD

im ceasing all nitrogen now. i can see its now starting to turn leaves yellow. buds are fat and chunky. at least 6 cm across with new expansion going on. lots of orange hairs coming...really looking sharp.

KRITIC AUTO by KANNABIA Week #9 Week #6 Flower No issues this week she's doing 👍 she's really focusing her energy into her buds as the have stared becoming dense they look amazing and smell great!! Stay Growing!!! Kannabia.com KRITIC AUTO

This week has gone again just a small amount of defoliation and watch those buds get fatter and fatter

Chopping her down shortly after this photo shoot! Super happy with the results! Very frosty nugs! Dense and sticky! Couldn’t ask for more in a 7.5 oz coke can—- doesn’t get any smaller than that! ✌️💚🌿💨

Can’t wait to see how this girl turns out she’s still in pre stretch like her sister #mimosacake and #forbiddenruntz they were the last 3 fastbuds to come into flower! 😊 going to be a great yield can already see it. Fastbuds WW always above and beyond with your genetics

I’ve stopped tucking over the past week to avoid snapping shoots during stretch. At this point I’m letting the plants do what they do best and focusing on environment and nutrition rather than manipulation. Once the second trellis net goes in, I’ll start assigning individual squares, spreading the canopy a bit more, and following up with a defoliation to improve airflow and light penetration. We’re currently 9 days into flower and the plants are healthy, vigorous, and drinking well. I couldn’t ask for a better run so far. I expect to see bud sites forming across all tops by the next update as stretch begins to slow and flower development kicks in.