Its been a busy week in Fat Zappa's Garden, hence another late update. I am no longer concerned about the gold patches on the plants, there has been a little more since the past update, particularly around the edges of some of the leaves but not much at all and it certainly doesn't appear to be anything serious so my fears have eased much in that regard. The three older ladies in this grow are coming to the end of day 32 as I type this update, and have grown into fairly big plants over the past week or so. Despite having low stress training applied every two or three days they now stand around a foot tall. Not quite as tall as their Fastbuds label mate, the Wedding Cheesecake I am growing in Canna Coco and the same dry amendments, which stands an inch taller than these three sisters, but then she is nine days younger. These three girls are certainly more fuller plants though, and the past few days have seen the white hairs begin to appear, particularly on the bud sites, which have also began to turn light green, and the stem on one of these girls begin to turn more 'vine like' in texture. Remaining on a schedule of about 2.5 litres of dechlorinated, aerated water of PH 6.4, day 28 also saw the garden revitalised by their usual tipple being replaced for an aerated compost tea of 2 cups of Worm Castings, 2 tablespoons of Alfalfa Meal, 2 tablespoons of Kelp Meal, and 1 tablespoon of Bat Guano in a cheese cloth bag, and placed in a UK 5 Gallon bucket with 2 tablespoons of Molasses mixed into the dechlorinated water I had aerated for 24 hours, and then brewed it for about 26 hours. It may just have been a well timed coincidence, but I do feel like the plants have shown a spurt of growth since receiving it, particularly the runt of these Mrs Banners, who received her first session of low stress training on day 30. Prior to this spurt of growth I was not going to perform any LST on her cos she just seemed way to small but has really filled out in the past week, although remains a very short specimen compared to her sisters, and the Wedding Cheesecakes who are 2 days younger than her. I am starting to think something may have gone awry when I mixed my soil up, as the two pots which I struggled to germinate the initial seeds in, one which failed completely, have not seemed to thrive as much as the other four plants. When I mixed the initial mix into the 5 Gallon pots I did it in two batches, yet filled the all the pots a scoop at a time along a row so it does seem strange. I think next time I will mixed the medium with the dry amendments and castings a pot at a time to gain more control and see if things improve. Also, in preparation for feeding the compost tea I did have a trim around the bottom of the larger plants as watering has become more difficult with all my wires and tucked leaves etc, which I immediately regretted, but actually, like I say, the plants seemed to have had a boost over the past few days so I am happy no harm has been done. The lights are now running at the full 450w and set to around 25 inches from the top of the canopy. I have also increased the airflow through the intake fan, the canopy fans are both on high, my two 40 watt fans are now running on medium, and my AC Infinity T6 turned up to three on the OFF setting. My heater and humidifier remain on full on the environment has remained stable despite the ramping up of the light to full blast. Lastly, day 32 began with a top dressing for all these plants, with the larger ladies showing signs of pre-flower. They got heaped portions of 1/2 cup of Worm Castings, 1/3 cup Dr Forest Organics 284 Bloom, and a table spoon of Dr Forest Organics Veg dry amendments which I mixed in as best I could with all my LST wires etc, and then watered at PH level 6.4. I'd like to mix the PH up a little more between 6.2 and 6.8 but it always seems to come out 6.4. I will endeavour to update the pages for the two Wedding Cheesecakes as soon as time allows. Thanks for following my grow, and I hope yours are going well too

Esta semana ha llovido mucho(desde el lunes hasta el jueves) y la maceta se siente pesada, espero que pronto salga el sol y no aparezcan hongos, He regado apenas con tricodermas como para combatir futuros hongos. Por calendario le faltan 2 semanas...

Going so well! Gave her a heavy feed a few days ago and she loved it! Defoliated last night. Long overdue. Now more light and air getting through. The smell is literally like garbage. Hope that's a good thing. Can't wait for next week! Cheers!

Hi liebe Community and Welcome Back! 💚🌱 nach der ersten Blütenwoche beginnt die Pflanze damit die ersten Stugmen zu zeigen. Sie hat nochmal etwas an Höhe dazu gewonnen. Außerdem habe ich die unteren Triebe etwas gesäubert und nochmal etwas Blattwerk raus genommen. Ihre verästelungen sind schön abstehend, so dass die Triebe eine gute abspreitzung erlangen um gut in der Beleuchtung zu bleiben. Die Lichtwerte sind im Blütezelt schon auf ein Maximum hochgefahren, da dort ja auch die anderen Pflanzen stehen. Daher bekommt die Pflanze von Anfang an, die volle Lichtstärke ab. Ihr Wuchsverhalten ist bis jetzt sehr Indica orientiert. Die Umgebungsgegebenheiten sind aktuell gut: ————— 🌞 Temp: 26 🌚 Temp: 18°C bis 19°C 💨 RH: 54% VPD: 1,10 kPa 💡ppfd: 830 mpm ————— Viele Grüße 👋

Had a slow growth due to my veg tent had very low humidity but they starting to bounce back to life

Potted then up to 4ltr pots ready for flowering ✌️ switched to 12/12 on day 35

Just another week of 24/0 veg in their new 4in pots. They've hit the stride past clone stage I'd say and are shooting up. They are ready for a leaf stripping and training about now. They're about out of room in the clone spot. They can hit the lights in there though cause they are just 10w shop lights and don't seem to do anything bad, even being right on the bulbs. So 3 rows of strains going vertical in the pics, like Bruce is the three pots on the left, Orange Blossom Middle, and Krishna on the right. Then horizontally three feed lines, so one of each strain is getting each mix. 3 part AN in the front row. Lucas method 1:2 GH micro:bloom in the middle row. Then GH maxibloom only in the back row. Not sure I am seeing any difference yet but they did just get a transplant and are probably doing fine with the leftovers in the coco for now. We'll start to see more of a dif soon in the bigger lights in the Veg space. Or we won't see a difference and everybody is getting maxibloom only, all the time!

December 15, day 1, seedling healthy with taproot growing 1.5 inches out of rapid rooter. Transplanted to seedling container. Under 25w Sansi LED untill it is ready for veg lighting. 5 gallon final container prepped with buffered coco/perlite. December 18, day 4. Seedling has had some issues with transpiration, probably due to not enough flushing of the coco. The result is damage to the tips/necrosis of the first true leaves. I flushed the medium and the seedling seems to be recovering. It is sending out more roots and growing at a steady pace. I also moved the seedling into its final pot. This feels a little premature, but it was over growing it's humidity dome. In the final pot it can be covered by clear plastic to maintain humidity. December 19, day 5, new growth is healthy which I am happy about. I will cross my fingers that my quick adjustments fixed the transpiration issues. I am hoping to get it huge and have it trained across the whole 2x4 tent, and it needs to avoid getting stunted for that to happen. 💪🌱 December 20, day 6, I had a bit of a scare when I accidentally knocked my humidity meter and it fell right onto the seedling! The poor thing was knocked right over. It seems to be fine, just leaning a little bit over which will hopefully correct itself in the next few days. December 21, day 7, healthy growing 🌱👍

Welcome Back!💚 Nach der siebten Blütewoche, bilden sich die Blütenköpfe immer noch weiter aus. Die Blütenbildung entwickelt sich prächtig und es wirkt, als hätte man überall wundervolle Inseln mit richtig schönen Buds. Die Blätter im oberen Bereich fangen an sich langsam rötliche bis lilafarben zu verfärben. Diese Woche gab es nochmals einen PK Komposttee zum Boostern. Das Aroma wird immer intensiver. Insgesamt hat die Pflanze ein sehr großes und breitgefächertes Wuchsbild und ist insgesamt ziemlich groß. Die Umgebungsgegebenheiten sind aufgrund des Temperaturabsturzes etwas unregelmäßig aber immer im Rahmen. ————— 🌞 Temp: 22°C 🌚 Temp: 19°C bis 20°C 💨 RH: 46% VPD: 1,21 kPa👍 😎 PPFD: 830 mqm ————— Grüne Grüße 💚

The beautiful girl has started growing right now. I haven't fertilized her yet. I've done some topping and removed the small leaves, She's feeling great 💚

Lots of cannibalizing from lower leaves. Had a light leak and it was still a bit in veg and wanted nitrogen and took it where it could, since I had already switched to bloom fertilizers.

Welcome to week 11 of my grow diary. The plant has clearly enjoyed the weather this week. The branches have become so strong that half of the metal hooks have been pulled out of the soil. As the plant is now so overgrown, I think I will have to defoliate again in the next few weeks to minimise the risk of mould in the coming weeks of flowering. Unfortunately there is no picture from Friday this week as I wasn't at home and only came back late on Saturday evening. See you next week ✌️

I’ll update with better photos and weight for people who want to know Thanks for having a look 👌

--- **Semaine 4 : Quatrième Semaine de Floraison (11-17 mars 2026)** ### Contexte et Objectifs de la Semaine On entre pleinement dans la **phase bulk** (gonflement massif des buds). Transition douce du steering génératif vers steering végétatif : runoff légèrement plus élevé, dry back réduit (15-20 % VWC), irrigations un peu plus fréquentes et VWC plus stable. **Pourquoi ce changement ?** Le steering génératif des semaines 1-3 a forcé le stretch final et initié la densité des buds via un stress hydrique contrôlé. En phase bulk, le steering végétatif maximise l’absorption des nutriments, l’expansion cellulaire et le volume des fleurs sans limiter la prise de poids. GrowOps IA confirme cette transition (alertes VWC + VPD). **Petit cours éducatif : Nouvelles feuilles et petites têtes qui poussent sur les fan leaves** Ce que tu observes (« feuilles qui poussent sur les feuilles » + petites têtes sur fan leaves) est un phénomène de croissance très vigoureuse, parfois appelé « leaf-on-leaf growth » ou expression locale de foxtailing sur le feuillage. Au lieu de se concentrer uniquement sur les buds, la plante, boostée par le steering végétatif + Sugar Royal + PK 13-14 + Green Sensation + enzymes, produit de nouvelles petites feuilles (et parfois de minuscules structures florales) directement sur les grandes fan leaves existantes. C’est **positif** ici : signe d’énergie abondante, bonne uptake et santé excellente. La génétique Sticky Broccoli (indica-dominante mais vigoureuse) peut exprimer cela en bulk quand les conditions sont optimales. Contrairement au foxtailing stressé (trop de chaleur/lumière), celui-ci reste modéré et accompagne un bon gonflement des buds. On laisse généralement évoluer (ça augmente la photosynthèse locale), mais on surveille pour éviter un excès qui pourrait diluer l’énergie des fleurs principales. ### Observations des Plantes - **Jour 43-45 (11-13 mars) :** La plus belle plante passe de 1m20 à **1m40** haut × 60 cm large (l’autre ~95×50 cm). Apparition de nouvelles petites feuilles et structures sur les fan leaves, en plus du gonflement visible des buds. Pistils blancs abondants, résine précoce brillante. - **Jour 46-47 (14-15 mars) :** Croissance bulk forte (+4-6 cm/jour). Canopée dense, clones enracinés 70 % (prêts au repiquage). Ajout Sugar Royal + PK 13-14 : réponse explosive (vigueur accrue). - **Jour 48-49 (16-17 mars) :** Plantes en pleine forme, zéro pest, zéro signe de stress, carence ou excès. Vert profond, santé excellente. Steering végétatif visible : buds plus charnus et densification en cours. ### Paramètres Environnementaux (Analyse TrolMaster + GrowOps) Graphs très stables (14-15 mars). CO₂ enrichment actif (900 ppm jour / 500 nuit). - **Température (°C) :** Moyenne Jour 23.4 °C | Nuit 20.4 °C | Max Jour 25.5 °C | Min Jour 19.6 °C - **Humidité (%) :** Moyenne Jour 64.27 % | Nuit 60.37 % | Max Jour 70 % | Min Jour 60.6 % - **PPFD :** Moyenne Jour 756.9 (max 837) - **DLI :** ≈ 32.7 mol/m²/jour (optimal bulk) - **VPD :** Moyenne Jour 1.03 kPa (stable et idéal) - **EC tank :** 2.5-3.5 mS/cm | pH 5.9-6.0 | Runoff EC ~2.0-2.5 / pH ~5.7 - **Soupe :** NPK de base + CalMag + Silice + Enzymes Plagron + Green Sensation + **Sugar Royal** + **PK 13-14**. Eau à 20 °C. - Irrigation : Transition végétatif, dry back 15-20 %, VWC plus stable. ### Problèmes et Ajustements Aucun problème. Plantes saines, GrowOps IA optimise sans intervention. Ajustements : Intégration Sugar Royal + PK 13-14 + monitoring de la nouvelle croissance sur fan leaves. ### Plans pour la Semaine 5 - Légère défoliation (retrait branches basses inutiles). - Maintenir steering végétatif + ajustement PK si besoin. - Évaluer clones + nouvelles photos buds. - Surveiller l’évolution sur les fan leaves (rester modéré). Ce journal sera mis à jour hebdomadairement. #GrowLegendary #Zamnesia #Plagron #EternityGrowCup2 --- Je suis désolée pour la qualité des photos, je ne peux malheureusement pas déplacer les plantes pour les isolé et faire de jolis photos, elles sont sous 2 trellis de tuteurage donc impossible a déplacer

D60. I'm back again after being out of town for six days. The tent was packed when I opened it! The girls had stretched more, and a couple of leaves were even touching the lights and had gotten burnt. They are now 125 cm tall. That's five times the height they were when I flipped to flower. Five times!!! I have never had a strain stretch this much, and I hope they are done now since there's no more room in the tent. I removed the fan and carbon filer and placed them outside the tent. It looks a bit stupid and is far from stealthy, but what to do? I moved up the lights as far as possible, but I will probably switch the lights with the one I have in my autotent. That light has a much lower profile, so raising it even further is possible. Should that not be enough, I will have to cut off some tops, but I hope it doesn't come to that. The first girl already has dark purple flowers, while the second looks more green with some purple. ------------------------------ D61. I opened the tent today, only to find that the second girl had stretched another 2 cm overnight! This is getting ridiculous, and I hope they stop soon. I super-cropped the tallest top, hoping it would slow down the stretch. A few hours later, she had already recovered. These genetics are nuts! In other news, my girlfriend found spider mites on her papaya plants that are in the same room as my tents. We immediately removed the plants from the room, and I started to scout my plants for an infestation. The good news is that I didn't find any spider mites. However, the bad news is that I found thrips on the lower leaves of the second girl. Ugh! I had thrips last grow season, and I guess some survived. The thrips were only on the lower part of the plant, so I defoliated the girls by removing a bunch of leaves and tiny branches down low and immediately threw them out of the apartment. Thrips don't like it humid, and since the buds are still tiny, I don't need to worry about botrytis yet, so I cranked up the humidity into the high 70s to low 80s. Finally, I ordered a bunch of lacewing larvae that will get here next week. They should eat the thrips and any spider mites that I might not have been able to find. ------------------------------ D63. The girls have slowed their stretch, BUT they are still stretching somewhat. I freaked out when I opened the tent today and saw they were taller, so I attacked them immediately and super-cropped the highest tops. I will switch out the lights next week, gaining me another few centimeters, which I hope will be enough. The VPD in the tent is way off, but I'm more interested in figuring out the light and getting rid of the thrips. Finally, I watered each girl with 2.5 liters of water L pH 6.1, with 10 ml humic acid and 5 ml Fermented Fruit Juice I made a few months ago. ------------------------------