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🍬 Candy Rain Auto by Zamnesia | Week 1 Flower
🍬 The Little Engine That Could
Every grow has one plant that reminds us why patience is such an important part of this hobby.
Candy Rain continues to be that plant.
As the only survivor from this folder, she has quietly fought her way through a slower start while the rest of the room raced ahead. Losing her sister early in the project was entirely my mistake, but that's part of growing too. Every mistake teaches something valuable, and Candy Rain has become a wonderful reminder that healthy plants don't all follow the same timetable.
This week officially marks her first week of flowering.
While most of the room is already well established in bloom, Candy Rain has finally reached that exciting milestone, proving once again that genetics decide the pace—not us.
This diary continues documenting how autoflowers perform under a true 12/12 From Seed schedule from germination. Supported by the complete Plagron feeding program, illuminated by the Future of Grow Black Series LED, complemented by the new Lumiflora under-canopy lighting, and thriving inside the Zamnesia-sponsored 8×8 Adventure, Candy Rain continues writing her own unique story.
And honestly...
She's beginning to surprise me.
🌱 Week 1 Flower – Finally Joining the Party
Only one week has passed since the transition began, yet the difference is already easy to see.
Standing at approximately 90 cm tall, she has enjoyed a healthy stretch during the past seven days, gaining over 20 cm while beginning to shift her energy fully toward flower production. She may still be one of the smaller plants in the room, but she's clearly making up for lost time.
Fresh white pistils now cover every growing tip, and the first real flower clusters are beginning to form across the canopy. Each day the bud sites become a little more defined, slowly transforming from simple nodes into the foundation of future colas.
The transition has been smooth, healthy, and exactly what I was hoping to see.
Sometimes all a plant needs is a little extra time.
🌿 Plant Development
Candy Rain has continued developing naturally with very little intervention.
Low Stress Training carried out earlier in her life has left her with an open structure, while simple leaf tucking continues exposing future flowering sites without removing valuable fan leaves.
There has still been no need for defoliation.
The canopy remains airy, branch spacing is excellent, and airflow throughout the plant couldn't be much better. New growth continues emerging vibrant and healthy, while the leaves display a beautiful deep green colour that tells me she's completely comfortable with her current environment.
Looking closely at the flowers, the first little crowns of white pistils are now appearing everywhere.
They're still tiny.
But every large cola starts exactly like this.
💧 Feeding Program
Now officially in flower, Candy Rain has fully joined the flowering nutrition program alongside the rest of the room.
Current feeding includes:
• Plagron Terra Bloom
• Plagron Power Buds
• Plagron Sugar Royal
• Plagron Pure Zym
• Plagron Green Sensation
The transition has been effortless.
Her foliage remains beautifully balanced with no signs of deficiencies, excesses, or stress, and she's responding exactly how I'd hoped after making the move onto the flowering schedule.
The roots remain healthy, water uptake is increasing, and the overall plant simply looks happy.
Sometimes the plants tell you everything without saying a word.
🌡️ Environment
Environmental conditions remain stable throughout the flowering room:
Day temperature: 29°C
Night temperature: 25°C
Relative humidity: 60%
Solution temperature: 21°C
Root zone temperature: 21°C
CO₂: 639 ppm
The consistency inside the room continues allowing every plant to focus entirely on growth rather than recovery.
Healthy roots, stable temperatures, balanced humidity, and reliable irrigation remain one of the biggest reasons this project continues progressing so smoothly.
💡 Welcoming Lumiflora
This week also sees Candy Rain benefiting from the new Lumiflora under-canopy lighting system.
While the Future of Grow Black Series LED continues providing exceptional light from above, the additional Lumiflora bars are designed to deliver extra intensity beneath the canopy, reaching lower flowering sites that naturally receive less light.
It's still far too early to draw conclusions, but I'm genuinely excited to document how this additional lighting influences lower bud development, flower density, and overall canopy uniformity over the coming weeks.
As always, I'll let the plants tell the story rather than making assumptions before harvest.
🌸 Phenotype Thoughts
One thing Candy Rain has already reminded me is that size doesn't always predict quality.
She may not be the tallest or the fastest plant in the room, but healthy structure, vigorous growth, beautiful leaf colour, and balanced development are often far more important than chasing height alone.
Some of the most memorable harvests I've ever grown came from plants that never looked like the biggest stars during flowering.
Will Candy Rain surprise me?
I honestly don't know.
And that's exactly what makes growing so enjoyable.
Every plant writes its own ending.
🔭 Looking Ahead
Over the next week I'm expecting the flowering stretch to continue before gradually slowing as more energy shifts toward building flowers.
The small clusters of pistils should begin stacking into more defined bud sites, resin production may start making its first appearance, and it'll be fascinating to see whether Candy Rain continues closing the gap between herself and the rest of the room.
Whatever happens, I'll continue giving her exactly what she's asked for from the very beginning:
Time.
🙏 Final Thoughts
Candy Rain has become a wonderful reminder that growing isn't about comparing plants.
It's about understanding them.
Some explode out of the soil from day one.
Others quietly take their time before showing what they're capable of.
She's still writing her story, and I'm more than happy to let her write it at her own pace.
A huge thank you once again to Zamnesia for providing these fantastic genetics, to Plagron for their consistently reliable nutrient line, to Future of Grow for the incredible Black Series lighting, and to Lumiflora for joining this project with their under-canopy lighting system. I'm genuinely excited to see what the combination of top and lower canopy lighting can achieve throughout the rest of flowering.
Finally, thank you to the incredible GrowDiaries community for following this 8×8 Adventure week after week. Your support, advice, encouragement, and passion for growing make documenting every stage of these plants an absolute pleasure.
Until next week...
Growers love and happy growing! 🌱💚
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FBT2403 has sprouted, and is doing well. She is getting acclimated, and should start making progress soon. I think my tds is way too high. I will likely dilute it out some. It is way higher then I expected. Everything is looking good beside that. Thank you Fast Buds. Agrogardens, and Medic Grow. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱🌱🌱
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I actually enjoyed this grow cycle and will be popping more Elev8 genetics I have some more strains that is put up in the freezer . Next up will be Star Punch think it Starfighter crossed with Purple Punch .
Magic Cherries smoke smoothly and aromas Magic Melon and the taste terps Cherry lightweight. Satisfied ✊🏾💯
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Spiderfarmer humidifier got my 2x4 dialed in almost immediately. If it performs this well over time I'd recommend it greatly. Had some trouble with light burn because I briefly cranked up my light and uv at the same time lol. I stopped that. Thinking about flowering soon. If anyone sees this, what do you think?
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Nun ist es bald geschafft und ein holpriger Grow geht der Ernte entgegen.
In 3 Tagen plane ich die Ernte.
Glücklicherweise waren die letzten Wochen für die Mädels nicht mehr so stressig, um so mehr für mich 😜
Die Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit aufrecht zu erhalten war nicht immer leicht.
Ich habe viel Zeit mit basteln verbracht 😎
Es hat sich gelohnt!
Mittlerweile sind die Blätter schon recht hell und haben sich stark zusammengezogen.
Die Trichome sehen milchig bis leicht bräunlich aus.
Sie richen appetitlich 😋 wie ein Gewürz
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First week of flowering was interesting, started scrOG training looks like I’m exposing the plant to grow more cola’s crossing my fingers on this. The aroma of the plant is starting to get stronger.
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6th week of flowering, now noticing 1/2 hairs or hanged up and very very aromatic.
2 Oct - looking great.
3 Oct - installed insulated ducting
4 Oct - watered 2L/each, 3ml per 5L of P & K & bud burst. Feeding less past couple times as looked over fed.
5 Oct - gf now looking after them as away 3 weeks
7 Oct - watered.
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@Basementganja
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The final Week, before harvest! She has some massive towering buds!
2.5 gallons of water is lasting this plant 5-6 days before drying out, and ready for more.. She was harvested instead of being watered!
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Tweaking the feed every watering, increasing the big bud and dropping the voodoo slowly
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Utopia Haze is a rare heavily sativa dominant hybrid (90% sativa/10% indica) strain created through back crossing Brazilian Sativa strains. This tasty little bud took home 1st Place for Best Sativa in the 2008 High Times’ Cannabis Cup and for good reason – with its potent 18-22% average THC level and long lasting cerebral effects, Utopia Haze is one powerhouse smoke. The Utopia Haze high comes on soon after you finish your first toke, hitting you with a strong cerebral lift that infuses you with a sense of hazy relaxation.
Type: Feminised/Photoperiod
Cultivation: Indoor/Outdoor
Flowering Time (days): 70-75
Indoor Yield (g): Up to 650
Feminised Outdoor Harvest Month: October
Feminised Outdoor Harvest Month Week: 3rd-4th week
Aroma: Citrus, Woody, Pungent, Mint
Effect: Cerebral Lift, Hazy Relaxation, Sleepy
Welcome Everyone to the Final Entry of my Utopia Haze Grow !
There is so much to discuss ! I have been extremely busy as of late trying to get this Harvest together, but i am happy to have it here for you now !
I Seriously under estimated the amount of time, help from others, and my own necessary skills to pull this off.. and i still kind of screwed it up lol !
But its worth noting i have never actually done this before and trying to document it during....was extremely hard.
It is next to impossible to work an iPhone with rubber gloves on !
First I want to discuss everything step by step so before you jump straight into the comments on how the end product is so small in "quantity"
Rest assured i am happy with its"quality"...and thats all that matters to me because Life is a journey not a destination! and i have learned so much from this grow that I couldn't be any happy even if i messed some things up :)
But at the very least I hope you read through this entry in its entirety with an open mind and focus more on the process, rather than just the outcome!
I ran out of Ice & i was only able to wash three times..(normally I've heard you should go sometimes 5-6 washes)
Preparation is Key & things will be much better next round :)
Photos 1-22
These are pretty self explanatory but for those of you just tuning in now.. this is what happens to a very happy plant when you don't have the necessary tools to monitor key components of growing cannabis.. Ph, as well as EC levels play a very key role in the outcome of your grow lol that being said I was just able to save this plant by purchasing both tools but that doesn't mean the plant didn't suffer because of the prior events.. This was a Huge reason behind me choosing to turn this harvest into what i would consider
"Solventless Hash Rosin" from "Ice water extracted Bubble hash".
Pictures 23
The idea here is the process of using "fresh Frozen Cannabis" this has been discussed many a time online on such sites as instagram and here on grow diaries as well.. I personally have Never tried the process so i decided to try it out and make a judgement for myself..
Video 24
The Cannabis has now been in the freezer for 72 hours making it very well frozen.. as you can tell i struggled getting it all into the 25u Screen Wash Bag. One thing of note i would do differently is i will de-stem my next batch as i also believe this played a part in the amount of plant matter that escaped through the sieves.
Photo/Video's 25-28
The idea here is "ice water Seiving" & especially with the bags that I am using here that are only have screen material on the bottom portion of the bag it is very important to have spaces in-between the screens to allow the water to pass directly through the screens into the bottom bucket with the least amount of resistance.. because the hash is so extremely temperature dependant if it gets warm on the side of the bag.. it will stick there and not make it to the bottom to become use able product..
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You do not need to use as much Ice as i used here lol... the idea is to keep everything very cold..i certainly achieved that but at the sacrifice of using so much that i ended up grinding product and producing "contaminants" but in the end they are just plant matter that i would be smoking when i rolled up my joint either way so.. I'm not super disappointed..
But it should be noted that what you want to achieve here is a Layering effect where you have the wash bag between two small layers of ice while the "water current" washes the Trichomes away allowing them to be separated by the screens setup below :)
Before Starting the machine you should allow some time (i.e.;10-12minutes pre soak to allow the product to become saturated) before the first cycle.
By video 32 I have just ran out of ice lol..
Video 33-34
Here I have a tip for you.. to separate the screens that you sieve through.. cut 5 gallon buckets to stretch them across nice and tight.. it'll make scooping your Bubble that much easier ! i learned this from the many "Frenchy" videos I have watched :)
Picture 35
Here in lays the problem for most people.. drying your hash without loosing vast amounts of "Terpenes" whilst also stay ever vigilant against mold !
Thanks to all those videos I've watched on youtube.. id like to think this was one of my most successful parts of this process..
Things to Note; Terpenes start to seriously evaporate at temperatures 68F or 20C
you need to stay as cold as possible whilst bringing the Relative Humidity in the space down into the 40-30% to stay away from that nasty mold !
I used my cold storage room in the basement.. with a dehumidifier running to keep the space at 45% RH & staying at a constant 15c.
All while spreading the hash as thin as possible across parchment paper, on top of the white screens with a fan moving air across both sides of the paper.
Pictures 36-38
These are some macros i took in the middle of my drying session I fell in love with the colour.
Yes i know the black spots are plant material but they will get caught when i bag the hash & squish the oil out.
Thing to Note; at this stage it is important to ensure you 'micro plane" the hash down as fine as you can whilst staying weary of the temperature... any "chunks" will hold pockets of moisture.. that lead to potential problems..ie; mold ...
Picture/Video 39-41
Successfully planed bubble hash ready to be bagged and Squished !
Picture 42
Ive decided to follow Pedro.. from Pedros Grow Room and double bag to be on the safe side so i don't have any blow outs.
So thats One 25u bag inside one 160u bag ! :)
Pictures 43
This is almost 3 grams of the bubble hash from above, already melting in the bag.. this is where i ran into trouble again lol things started getting to warm in the house and i was only able to get one of the three squish's i did on video :( things started getting sticky.
Picture 44
This is basically just a photo of the equipment I'm using; 3x5 LowTemp Cage in the frame I built myself, with a 20Ton bottle jack.
Something to note here is this is an older Lowtemp model with only a single heating zone which is which i have it closed here heating Both sides of the press :)
As well as the importance of having adequate pressure on your plates.. my rig is very overkill for the size of hash bags..lol
Video 45
Here is the lovely press video.. its didn't quite work the way i wanted either lol my directional folding wasn't quite tight enough for a big "drip" :)
&the Press was set to 65°c
Photo's 46-50 are pretty self explanatory :) I had a blow out.. but still managed to pull an 80% return from the hash once squished...& yes it tasted amazing :)
Was it worth it in the end... that could be debated.. for some..i understand..its not your thing, but for those of us that are interested in making our own concentrates.. free from Solvents...
I wouldn't make it any other way :)
If even ONE of you reading this diary finds it helpful to reference for ANYTHING.....even if its "what not to do" ill consider it a success !
Thanks again for tagging along on this garden adventure.. its been one heck of a journey !
Much Love from B.C. Canada,
Until Next time,
Cariboo
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8 weeks finished 😵
Flushing next week and then it's harvest time !!! 😜
👉 8 plants ; all clones of a selection of plants from RQS feminized seeds
👍 Cookies Gelato #1
👍 2 x Cookies Gelato #2 (from the same motherplant)
👍 Cookies Gelato #3
👍 Wedding Gelato #1
👍 Wedding Gelato #2
👍 Wedding Gelato #3
👍 Sweet ZZ #1
2 x 600 watt HPS👉
8x Autopot fabric pots 18.9 liter
1x 200 liter watertank
Dimlux controller
50/50 recycled Plagron lightmix / perlite
Biovin, RQS Easy Boost
GenOneELeven nuts & wellness products 😜
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Eccoci di nuovo qui!!!
Super eccitato per questa nuova collab con Kannabia Seed Company, team davvero al top, che mi ha dato l’opportunità di testare questa nuova genetica e di condividere i progressi con tutti voi!!!
Ma che colori ha?!
Sono rimasto colpito da lei fin da subito e mi sono ritrovato tra le mani la migliore genetica del cultivo, seconda solo per sapore, odore e strato di resina devastanti, colori incredibili e una fattanza micidiale..
RESA ECCEZIONALE PER VASI DA 11L... SUPER CONSIGLIATA A TUTTI!!!
Davvero senza parole complimenti TEAM!!
Grazie a tutti per il supporto ❤️🍀🔥
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02/23 - Week 3 Veg - Did some light defoliation on her inverted leaves mainly in the middle of the plant - She has definitely blown out some, will have to apply some LST on upper canopy sometime this week - Nute/Clean water feeds have become more frequent alternating once every 2 days.
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Checkout my Instagram @smallbudz to see the Small budget grow setup for indoor use, low watt, low heat, low noise, step by step.
04/01/2020 - Did the last defoliation, removed about 1/4 of plant material.
06/01/2020 - Fed her 1.5l of 6.5PH water with 0,3ml Cal Mag (Atami) 0,25ml of Grow, 0,6ml of Bloom and 0,5ml Max, and 1ml of each: Heaven, Alga-mic and Vera, noticed some run off, I use about 1/3 of the nutrient dosage on the chart, to achieve about 200/300PPM (500 scale).
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Today is day 72 from seed!! This week went real well , 2 of the Forbiddin Runtz have been getting flushed an the rest will also start flush through this next week, I can’t believe the smell of this combo strain,, super fruity smelling an all are super sticky!! Stay tuned for next week yall !
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They were showing signs of Ca and Mg deficiencies and I increased my CalMg additive at 350ppm before I add my base nutrients. They seem to love it.
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Vonku pekne peče, tropické teploty 33+°C, už len čistá voda, pár dní a bude kosa
