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🌱 Week 4 - Black Diamond Auto - Plant A
8×8 Adventure | Learning What Nature Wants to Teach
Another week has passed inside the 8×8 Adventure, and every day reinforces why this project is so exciting.
Unlike traditional autoflower grows, every plant in this room was germinated directly under a 12/12 light schedule. There was never a long vegetative period waiting before flowering. Instead, each plant has had to build its entire structure while already living under flowering conditions.
It is a technique that fascinates me because it reveals just how different every individual phenotype can be.
Some decide to begin flowering almost immediately.
Others invest precious time building roots and branches before finally committing to reproduction.
That is exactly why every plant receives its own diary.
This week belongs to Black Diamond Auto - Plant A.
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🌿 A Completely Different Personality
While several sisters have already started showing obvious flowering characteristics, this lady had other plans.
Instead of rushing toward bloom, she kept investing energy into building herself.
The result is becoming obvious.
She is developing into one of the strongest structural plants inside the room.
Long internodes.
Strong branches.
Excellent vigor.
Beautiful symmetry.
She almost seems to be saying,
“I’m not in a hurry… I’m building something worth waiting for.”
Sometimes the slow starters end up becoming the biggest surprises.
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🌱 Why Growing Under 12/12 Is So Interesting
One thing I always enjoy explaining is why this project exists in the first place.
Most growers veg their plants for several weeks before switching lights to 12/12.
Here, the challenge is completely different.
The plants experience flowering light from the day they emerge.
That means every single day matters.
Every root developed…
Every leaf produced…
Every branch formed…
…is competing against the plant’s internal biological clock.
Watching each phenotype decide how it responds to that pressure is one of the most educational parts of this entire adventure.
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🌿 Gentle Training Instead of Force
This week continued with very gentle Low Stress Training.
Rather than forcing dramatic bends or aggressive shaping, I’m simply helping light reach every future flowering site.
Leaf tucking.
Soft branch positioning.
Small adjustments every day.
Sometimes even gently bending large fan leaves out of the way instead of removing them.
At this stage every healthy leaf is still acting like a solar panel, producing energy for everything that comes next.
The goal isn’t to force the plant into a shape.
The goal is to guide her while allowing genetics to express themselves naturally.
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💧 A New Chapter Begins: AutoPot Time
One of the biggest milestones this week is that Plant A has officially graduated into the AutoPot system.
This is something I’ve been looking forward to throughout the entire grow.
For anyone unfamiliar with AutoPots, they are a completely passive self-watering system.
There are no pumps.
No timers.
No electricity controlling irrigation.
Instead, everything revolves around one incredibly clever little device called the AquaValve.
The AquaValve constantly monitors the water level inside the tray beneath the pot.
As the plant drinks, the tray empties.
Only then does the AquaValve automatically open, allowing fresh nutrient solution to refill the tray before closing again.
This creates a natural wet-and-dry rhythm while giving the roots constant access to perfectly oxygenated nutrient solution whenever they need it.
The plant decides when to drink.
Not me.
It’s a beautiful example of letting nature control the schedule.
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🔬 Why This Is Such A Fun Experiment
Even more interesting…
Plant A won’t be alone for long.
The current plan is to compare her performance against another Black Diamond that may remain outside the AutoPot system.
Same genetics.
Same room.
Same environment.
Different irrigation method.
It’s still early, so I won’t draw any conclusions yet, but this comparison could become one of the most educational parts of this entire project.
Sometimes the best lessons come from simply letting the plants answer the questions for us.
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🌡️ Environment
The room continues running very consistently.
Environment
• 🌡️ Day Temperature: 33°C
• 🌙 Night Temperature: 25°C
• 💧 Relative Humidity: 63%
• ⚡ EC: 1.35
• pH: 6.1
• 💨 CO₂: 639 ppm
• 💦 Solution Temperature: 26°C
Even with the warmer daytime temperatures, the plants continue showing healthy metabolism and vigorous growth.
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🍽️ Feeding This Week
Current nutrient program:
• Terra Grow — 1.8 ml/L
• Power Roots — 1 ml/L
• Pure Zym — 1 ml/L
• Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L
The feeding remains intentionally balanced.
No need to chase high EC values while the plant is still investing heavily into structural growth.
Healthy roots first.
Strong stems second.
Flowers will come naturally.
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🌱 Looking Ahead
By the end of the week, she’s finally beginning to show the first signs that flowering is approaching.
Nothing explosive yet.
Just those subtle little changes every grower loves spotting:
slightly tighter node spacing…
new vertical growth…
the first hints that she’s preparing to transition.
Considering the structure she’s already built, I have a feeling she could become one of the larger plants in this room.
Only time will tell.
And that’s half the fun.
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💚 Final Thoughts
One of my favourite things about this hobby is that every plant writes its own story.
We provide the environment.
The nutrition.
The light.
The care.
But ultimately, genetics decide how the story unfolds.
Plant A is teaching patience.
She’s showing that not every plant needs to sprint into flower to become something special.
Sometimes building a strong foundation is the smartest strategy of all.
I’m excited to see what she becomes over the next few weeks.
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🙏 Thank You
As always, thank you to everyone following this journey.
To GrowDiaries for giving growers around the world a place to document and learn together.
To Plagron for providing the nutrition that keeps these ladies thriving.
To FOG LEDs for delivering the photons that fuel every new leaf.
To Zamnesia and the talented breeders behind these wonderful genetics.
To every grower who leaves a comment, shares advice, asks questions, celebrates the victories, or learns from the mistakes.
To the silent readers following along from around the world.
To the supporters.
To the critics.
To the old friends.
To the new ones joining every week.
Thank you for being part of this adventure.
Growers Love and see you all next week.
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Hi all the happy people here in GrowDiaries.
This is my second cultivation ever and it will be fun to try a bigger space than my closet grows
First, I'm just going to say I'm done with the construction of my new growroom.
I put some pictures on the construction here in week one.
The room is 2.14 meters by 1.7 meters and has a ceiling height of 2 meters.
It provides a floor area of 3.6 square meters.
I use a 54 Watt Lightwawe T5 for germination and 2 Pcs 400 Watt HPS lamps.
I have a channel fan that replaces the room air about 40 times an hour to get a comfortable theme in the room, the air enters a fresh air intake from the outside.
The air is purified through a carbon filter to then leave the room to the rest of the basement.
Then I use that heat to heat the rest of the basement.
I will use 8 pcs 15 liter Autopots to grow with and a 100 liter water tank that supplies the pots of water and nutrition.
I will grow completely organically in soil and will watercure my buds to get the best possible medicine for me.
But there are no cultivation rooms to be displayed here, so I continue with what is most important.
Today I have put my seeds in my moisture dome and hope the seeds have germinated within a few days.
I am very excited to see how the new growroom will work and how this CBD Fast Eddy plant from Royal queen seeds will turn out.
CBD Fast Eddy Automatic is combining Cheese x Juanita la Lagrimosa x Ruderalis, Fast Eddy is a rapid growing, flavourful, and CBD-rich auto strain that goes from seed to harvest in 8-9 weeks, produce generous yields, and induce a clear, mellow, and most importantly, functional high.
THC: 9%
CBD: High
Yield Indoor : 400 - 450 gr/m2
Yield Outdoor: 80 - 130 gr/plant
Height Indoor: 60 - 100 cm
Height Outdoor: 80 - 120 cm
Flowering: 6 - 7 weeks
Harvest month: 8-9 weeks after sprouting
Genetic Background: Cheese x Juanita la Lagrimosa x Ruderalis
Type: Sa 50% In 40% Ru 10%
Effect: Clear, Painrelief
Climate: Mild
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Update 2017-08-15. Both seeds have germinated and planted in small pots inside the humidity dome.
I'm so glad it worked so well and now it's just hoping they'll start growing and become 2 big healthy girls :)
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Update 2017-08-16. I have mixed my own soil today. Its 40% sieved peat harrow H2-H4 0-30 mm, 45% sieved peat harrow H4-H6 0-30 mm. 5% sand and 10% of compost soil. And i use 15% of perlite and mix it all together.
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Update 2017-08-20. These girls are much slower to germinate and to start growing than the other 6 girls I started at the same time.
One of the germinated seeds split in half, so I had to take a new seed and germinate it. It took 2 days.
It was just a smal taproots after germination with this strain as opposed to my Fastbuds cbd.
But I hope everything goes well from now and that they live up to their name, Fast Eddy.
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Update 2017-08-21. New pics.
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2017-08-22. Nr1 dident make it and died. Started germinate a new seed to get another Nr1.
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2017-08-27. Nr 1 is in a small pot in humidity dome and i hope shes going to break the surface soon. Nr 2 is slow but doing fine.
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2017-08-28. Nr2 is transplanted in 15 liter autopot.
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2017-08-29. New movie of the girls Nr2. Its no water for 3 days now so the roots develop more and match the plant above the soil. The temp controlled fan is awesome, its easy to set what temp you like to have in the room. Right now its 28 celcius. And humidity is 56%.
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2017-08-29.
Hello to you who read my diary, I just want to say that I am pleased that you have chosen to check in with me and in my diary.
I just want to say that I do this for myself and for a steady flow of my medicine.
Everything you read and see in my diary is 100% honest and I will never distort or beautify anything here.
I document my crops so that I can learn from my mistakes and also to look back at those different crops.
I try to update with pictures every day and with text if something special has happened in the garden.
This is my strainhunt for the best medicine and the beginning of my journey with cannabis and the cultivation of it.
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2017-08-30. Cleaned the room this morning, just vacuuming and cleaning with chlorine solution. Im testing the fan to control temp and humidity, it works great.
Added a movie. Everything is looking great right now.
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2017-08-31. 3 New pics.
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2017-09-01. New pics and a video of the grow room from today.
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RQS . STRESS KILLER AUTO CONCLUSION BEFORE HARVEST.
Harvest time is here, choose to do a final post with how the girl looks after the final flush, so enjoy.
If you are looking for a super resistant strain and easy to grow functional medical strain this is the one.
She was given tap water, and used flawless finish for 6 hours then flush again, 2-3 times in this two weeks, expecting top shelf from her.
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@Dillon1550
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Hey guys and gals
Lots of growing!!! Lots of training.
Looks like the northern lights might be a go, witch is exciting.
Another week of bending and probably some more topping. Until next week!!
Happy growing
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Respect for all of you, brother farmers! masters and beginners! thank you again for gathering on the pages of my diaries! we carry out our work with dedication and live on ambition! Come on guys!🙌👽🙌
WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU
OUR 3 YEARS OF AGRICULTURE ON THE PLATFORM.
GREETINGS TO THE FRIENDS OF @GROWDIARIES WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE!
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@ChitownCannaChica
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Topped the plant—- I have a seed popping out of the soil! Not sure what that could be…
Just water so far, but I have to water so much more frequent!
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AMS White widow
Amsterdam marijuana seeds white widow
25th October 2021
BOOM 👊 👊 She is really in full flower mode now 😍 💪
She is looking really great and I am impressed with her early flowering vigor 👌
I fed her the guano last week and have been just feeding her water up until today , but will supplement
with some Fish hydroslate and molasses as a boost for those roots and fabulous flowers 👊
Cheers for stopping by 👍
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cortar o no cortar estas dos ! la parte alta ya casi estan en un 5% los tricomas ambar
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Not too much on the scale but the terps and the intensity of the smoke is great. Two very distinct phenos that makes it so much interesting to understand the differences between.
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Day 22:
Hey everyone!
Update on the second grow: the plants are looking very healthy and seem to be growing much faster than the first batch. 🌿 I feel like we've already done a lot better with these plants compared to the first grow.
What do you all think? Any thoughts or suggestions?
Day 26 (Second Grow):
Hey everyone!
Exciting news: the plants in our second grow have names now too! 🌿 This will make it easier to identify and keep track of each one, especially if they get moved around. It should also help you all follow along more easily with the pictures we post.
We've built a SCROG (Screen of Green) net for the plants in both grows. For those who don’t know, a SCROG net helps to train the plants to grow horizontally, which maximizes light exposure to all parts of the plant and promotes more even growth. We're using it to ensure all plants get plenty of light and develop a uniform canopy.
Additionally, we've placed a hygrometer among the plants to measure the humidity between the leaves. We've noticed that the humidity sometimes exceeds 70% in those areas.
We're considering whether we need more fans, an intake ventilation system, or if a dehumidifier would be a better option. We're leaning towards adding more fans to improve air circulation, but we'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to watch both grows progress!
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She is truckin right along. I love this stage of flower when little buddlets are all over her. If the genetics of fast buds are all like this, I may have found a new autoflower place, I do want to try some memphosto genetics though. I'm always hearing and seeing those big plants they throw out. Not many picture's this week got busy and had to play catch up.
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Vamos familia quinta semana de floración de estás Punch Pie de RoyalQueenSeeds .
Que ganas tengo de ver el progreso de esta variedad, las plantas están sanas, se ven con buen color.
La cantidad de agua cada 48h entre riegos, nutrientes de la gama Agrobeta.
Esperaremos que no me suba mucho la temperatura , por el momento se mantiene entre 26-27 así que lujo.
Esta vez me pasé un pelín con los productos pero echaré agua destilada y en unos días apañamos.
Estas próximas semanas veremos cómo avanzan y progresan estas flores.
Mars hydro:
Code discount: EL420
https://www.mars-hydro.com/
Agrobeta:
https://www.agrobeta.com/agrobetatiendaonline/36-abonos-canamo
Hasta aquí todo, Buenos humos 💨💨.
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Hello my friends 🌲👨🌾,
This week was good, the last week✂️✂️!
I've just given 1 time water Sunday, only 2.5l clear water PH@6.
I've removed lot of dead leaves dpend the week, she had a well senesence, almost all leaves was yellow, Taste should be nice, fruity flower smeel, and so frosted ❄️❄️❄️.
I'll publish the full harvest in few minutes.
Thanks to all for supporting spend this grow 👨🌾👩🌾👊❤️❤️,
Thanks to Mars Hydro for the TS1000 and Royal Queen Seeds for seeds ❤️❤️
https://www.mars-hydro.com/ts-1000-led-grow-light
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/autoflowering-cannabis-seeds/537-mimosa-automatic.html
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03/18/24. Entering week 4 wow. Times flying. Nothing really interesting to update on. #2 is driving me crazy. It seems like she’s always getting upset about something. When I think I figured her out.. she’s like nah, here’s some other strange leaf issues. The other 2 seem perfectly fine. Im thinking now maybe from me cutting back on food before because she seemed over fed-now she’s too hungry. Her leaves seem a bit pale in certain areas now with tiny reddish coloring on edges. Aside from that it seems like she’s still doing her flower thing. All 3 seem frosty and the leaves are sticky and smelly lol. Going to feed #2 a bit heavier than the others for now.
Forgot on post earlier to say- Light at 18 above at 75%
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This was a effortless week 🐱👌 all plants (except 1runt) were topped and given their first feeding..new growth has already developed on most.. A few plants are distinct from all the others, there's only 2 different strains but it looks like way more at the moment. We're expecting a bunch of vegetative growth this week, will update..thank for dropping by growmies and happy harvests ❤️
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@ApothecAries
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1 Week since planting the seeds into soil! very healthy little seedlings! I think for this run. Will be running two 3 gallon pots next week or two. We do have the spider farmer SE3000 coming sometime which will give us all the power we need for flowering a full tent 8).Girls have a radio playing country of all eras all day long and when I’m around they get a dose of classic metal hope they are jamming out 🤘
Next week most likely homing into their 3 gal homes. Will be giving a shot of Microbes and Molasses. Coating root system with Dynomyco mycorrhiza!
