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๐ Black Diamond Auto by Zamnesia โ Pheno A
Week 11 | When Every Cola Looks Like a Main Cola ๐๐๐ฅ
Welcome back to another chapter of the 8ร8 Adventure! ๐ฑ๐
Okay...
I think Black Diamond Pheno A has officially reached the point where I don't even know which cola I'm supposed to call the main one anymore.
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Because honestly...
LOOK AT HER.
Everywhere I look, there's another beautiful flower.
Another tall, developed cola.
Another structure that looks like it could have been the main top.
And another reason to stop in front of this girl and just stare for a moment.
She's big.
She's beautiful.
She's impressive.
She's making herself noticed.
And she's doing it without needing any special treatment compared with the rest of the room.
Same room.
Same environment.
Same lighting upgrades.
Same nutrition adjustments.
Same 12/12 schedule.
And yet...
Black Diamond Pheno A has decided to interpret all of that in her own spectacular way.
And I absolutely love it.
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๐ EVERY COLA LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN COLA
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This is probably the easiest way for me to describe what I'm seeing this week.
Every cola looks like a main cola.
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Normally, when you look at a plant, your eyes naturally find the dominant top.
You see the main structure.
Then you look around at the side branches.
With this girl?
I'm having trouble deciding which one deserves the title.
Because one catches my eye...
Then another.
Then another.
And suddenly I'm standing there thinking:
"Wait a minute..."
"Isn't THAT supposed to be the main cola?"
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She's built such a beautiful distribution of flowering structures that the entire canopy is becoming a collection of major players.
And I love that.
She's not relying on one star.
She's created a whole team of them.
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๐ฟ SHE STILL MAKES HERSELF NOTICED
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Some plants quietly sit in the room.
You walk past them.
You appreciate them.
Then you continue.
Black Diamond?
No.
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She makes herself noticed.
Every single time.
She's one of those plants where your eyes naturally go toward her.
Part of it is the size.
Part of it is the structure.
Part of it is the amount of flowering she's carrying.
And part of it is simply...
she has presence.
She's big.
She's substantial.
She's developed.
And now that the flowers are becoming increasingly dominant throughout the structure, her personality is becoming even stronger.
She's not asking for attention.
She's simply impossible to ignore.
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๐ธ THE FLOWERS ARE TAKING OVER THE CONVERSATION
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Earlier in the run, we talked a lot about structure.
Then we talked about flower formation.
Then resin.
Then colour.
Then weight.
Now?
The flowers are basically taking over the entire conversation.
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They're everywhere.
And they're becoming increasingly substantial.
The beautiful thing about this phenotype is how consistently she has built throughout her structure.
She didn't create one impressive top and leave everything else behind.
She's built a whole network of flowering sites.
And now those sites are developing into substantial colas.
Which brings us back to the problem...
How exactly do I choose the main cola?
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I don't think I can.
So let's just call them all main colas.
Problem solved.
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๐ฅ A CANOPY FULL OF MAIN COLAS
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There is something incredibly satisfying about seeing this kind of development.
You look across the plant...
and instead of seeing one obvious dominant flower surrounded by smaller ones...
you see a whole collection of developed flowering structures.
That's what catches my eye with Black Diamond right now.
The canopy has depth.
The flowers have presence.
The branches have purpose.
And the whole plant looks like it's putting every part of that structure to work.
She's not wasting much space.
She's filling it.
And she's doing it beautifully.
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๐ก SAME ROOM. SAME UPGRADES. HER OWN EXPRESSION.
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And once again, this is where the 8ร8 Adventure gets really interesting.
We're not changing the rules for Black Diamond.
She's sharing the same room as everybody else.
The same overall environmental strategy.
The same irrigation system.
The same nutritional program.
The same 12/12 lighting schedule.
And now...
the same upgraded lighting setup.
We've added the two additional Future of Grow Black Series 600W fixtures.
After seeing the initial PPFD was higher than we wanted, we've brought the fixtures down to around:
๐ก ~59% power from the plug
with approximately:
โ๏ธ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy
and naturally less depending on canopy height and position.
Black Diamond is receiving those photons just like the rest of the room.
But look at what she's doing with them.
She's building.
She's stacking.
She's developing.
She's turning those photons into an entire army of main-cola-looking structures.
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โ๏ธ MORE PHOTONS. MORE POSSIBILITY.
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I really like what the lighting upgrade has brought to the room.
Not because we're trying to force the plants to do something.
Quite the opposite.
It's about having the capability.
We're not running the fixtures flat out just because we can.
We're controlling the output.
We're finding the level that makes sense for the room.
And then we let the plants respond.
Black Diamond is certainly responding.
She's looking strong.
She's looking substantial.
And she's continuing to develop beautifully.
The artificial sun is there.
The photons are there.
The plant decides what to do with them.
And this girl has apparently decided:
"Flowers."
Lots of them.
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๐ฑ LET THE PLANT DO THE WORK
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This is something I keep appreciating more and more as the run progresses.
At this stage...
we don't need to be constantly interfering.
The framework is established.
The plant knows what it's doing.
The flowers are developing.
And our job becomes much more about observation than intervention.
Keep the environment stable.
Keep the irrigation consistent.
Keep the nutrition appropriate.
Keep the air moving.
Keep the lights where they need to be.
And watch.
That's it.
Black Diamond doesn't need us to tell her how to grow.
She's already made that decision.
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She's just doing what she does.
And she's doing it beautifully.
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๐ฟ BIG, BEAUTIFUL & COMPLETELY HERSELF
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At around 169 cm, Black Diamond Pheno A remains one of the substantial girls in this room.
She's big.
But again...
her height isn't what impresses me most anymore.
It's what she's doing with that height.
The structure.
The branches.
The flower distribution.
The number of developed colas.
The way the entire plant seems to have become a flowering machine.
That's what makes her special.
She's not tall just for the sake of being tall.
She's using that architecture.
And she's filling it.
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โ๏ธ THE FROST IS STILL THERE
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And of course...
we can't talk about Black Diamond without talking about the frost.
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The resin-covered surfaces continue to give her that beautiful crystalline appearance.
Get closer...
and the story changes again.
The flowers aren't just flowers.
They're texture.
They're resin.
They're pistils.
They're tiny details.
They're little landscapes.
And when the light catches everything correctly...
she really does shine.
Which is probably why the name Black Diamond continues to feel so appropriate.
She has that combination of darkness, colour, structure and sparkle that makes her incredibly photogenic.
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๐จ COLOUR + GREEN + FROST
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Another thing I really appreciate is the combination of colours we're seeing.
The green foliage.
The developing flower colours.
The bright pistils.
The white frost.
All of it coming together across such a large plant.
It creates a really beautiful contrast.
And because she has so many flowering structures, there isn't just one place where you see it.
It's happening throughout the plant.
Everywhere.
Another cola.
Another angle.
Another little section that catches the eye.
This girl is basically giving the camera a full-time job.
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๐ธ THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S PROBLEM
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Black Diamond is becoming one of those plants where taking photographs becomes a problem.
Not because she's difficult to photograph.
Because there are too many good things to photograph.
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You take the wide shot.
"Okay, beautiful."
Then you move closer.
"Oh, that's a nice cola."
Then you see another one.
"Wait, this one is even better."
Then another.
And another.
And suddenly...
you've been standing there for half an hour.
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That's the fun of this stage.
The plant has so much going on that every perspective tells a slightly different story.
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๐ THE BLACK DIAMOND PERSONALITY
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By now, I think we know who this girl is.
She's not shy.
She's not trying to hide.
She's not trying to be the smallest girl in the room.
She's substantial.
She's demanding.
She's productive.
She's beautiful.
And she's very comfortable taking up space.
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She's one of those phenotypes that makes you stop and think:
"Okay..."
"I see you."
And then you walk away...
only to turn around and look again.
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โ๏ธ NUTRITION โ THE ROOM MOVES TOGETHER
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Just like the rest of the room, we've made the flowering nutrition adjustment.
๐ฑ Plagron Terra Bloom โ 2.3 ml/L
๐ฑ Power Buds โ 1 ml/L
๐ฑ Green Sensation โ 1 ml/L
๐ฑ Sugar Royal โ 1 ml/L
โ๏ธ pH adjustment as required
Current solution parameters are around:
โ๏ธ pH โ ~6.02
โก EC โ ~2.14 mS/cm
Again...
nothing special just for Black Diamond.
Same general nutritional strategy.
Same room.
Same philosophy.
And she's responding beautifully.
Which is exactly what we want to see.
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๐ก๏ธ WEEK 11 ENVIRONMENT
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The room continues around:
๐ก๏ธ Day temperature: ~26.5ยฐC
๐ Night temperature: ~26ยฐC
๐ง RH: ~61%
โ๏ธ pH: ~6.02
โก EC: ~2.14 mS/cm
๐ฆ Nutrient solution: ~25ยฐC
๐ฑ Substrate temperature: ~25ยฐC
๐จ COโ: ~693 ppm
๐ก Light schedule: 12/12
? Pot size: 15 L
๐ง Irrigation: ~1.45 L/plant/24h
Same environment.
Same ecosystem.
Same room.
And Black Diamond continues to show us her own interpretation of it.
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๐ธ WHEN EVERY COLA LOOKS IMPORTANT
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This is probably what I'll remember most about this week.
Every cola looks important.
There's no obvious:
"Okay, THIS is the main one."
Because so many of them have developed enough structure to demand attention.
They're all standing there like:
"Pick me."
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And I'm like:
"I can't."
So...
you're all main colas.
Everybody wins.
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SAME GENETIC ROOM, DIFFERENT STORIES
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This is also another beautiful reminder of what this whole project is about.
We have so many different cultivars and phenotypes sharing the same ecosystem.
Some are smaller.
Some are taller.
Some are faster.
Some are slower.
Some are extremely compact.
Some stretch.
Some become incredibly frosty.
Some build huge individual flowers.
And Black Diamond?
She's building a whole army of colas.
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That's the part I love.
We provide the environment.
Genetics provide the personality.
And then we watch the story unfold.
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๐ WHAT AM I WATCHING NOW?
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At this point, I'm not looking for something to fix.
I'm looking at development.
๐ธ How much more will these colas build?
โ๏ธ How much more resin will develop?
๐ How much more weight will those structures carry?
๐ฟ How will the foliage continue to evolve?
๐ธ How many more photographs am I going to take?
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The questions are becoming more about watching the plant mature than trying to change anything.
And that's a really enjoyable place to be.
She's healthy.
She's beautiful.
She's developing.
So...
let her work.
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๐ SHE DESERVES THE SPOTLIGHT
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Sometimes a plant earns the spotlight because something unusual happens.
Sometimes because she has a special colour.
Sometimes because she suddenly explodes with flowers.
And sometimes...
she simply keeps being amazing.
That's Black Diamond Pheno A this week.
She's not necessarily doing something completely different from last week.
She's simply continuing to be excellent.
And sometimes...
that's more than enough.
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๐ญ FINAL THOUGHTS โ STILL SHINING
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Week 11.
Black Diamond Auto Pheno A.
And honestly...
what can I say?
She's still beautiful.
She's still big.
She's still making herself noticed.
She's still developing.
She's still covered in beautiful flowers.
She's still carrying more and more structure.
And now...
I'm looking at a plant where practically every cola looks like it could be the main cola.
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I absolutely love it.
She's doing exactly what she wants.
We're doing exactly what we need to do.
The room is stable.
The lighting has been upgraded.
The nutrition has been adjusted.
The photons are flying.
And she's doing the rest.
That's the beauty of this stage.
We don't need to force the story.
We just need to document it.
And Black Diamond is giving us a hell of a story.
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๐ THANK YOU
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Another week.
Another chapter.
Another beautiful girl showing us exactly why the 8ร8 Adventure has been so much fun.
A huge thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the platform to document these journeys, share experiences and learn together.
Thank you to Zamnesia for the Black Diamond genetics and for giving us this incredible phenotype to follow.
Thank you to Plagron for the nutrition supporting the garden.
A huge thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and giving us the opportunity to explore what this expanded lighting setup can do. ๐ก๐
Thank you to LumiFlora for helping illuminate those deeper areas of the canopy.
Thank you to TrolMaster for helping keep the environment stable behind the scenes.
And, of course...
thank you to everyone following the 8ร8 Adventure.
Every comment.
Every question.
Every message.
Every person stopping by to see what these girls are doing.
It genuinely means a lot. ๐
And Black Diamond?
This week...
you absolutely deserve the spotlight.
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You're big.
You're beautiful.
You're frosty.
You're stacking.
You're developing.
You're filling your structure with flowers.
And somehow...
you've reached the point where every cola looks like a main cola.
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So let's not overthink it.
Let's let her shine.
Let's let her keep building.
Let's keep the photons flying.
Let's keep watching.
And let's see what this beautiful girl decides to show us next.
Because one thing is certain...
Black Diamond Pheno A is not interested in being a background character.
She's making herself noticed.
And honestly?
I'm very happy to give her the spotlight.
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Growers Love, my friends, and happy growing! ๐๐ฑ
See you next week in the 8ร8 jungle...
where the crowns are temporary,
the genetics keep surprising us,
and apparently...
every cola on Black Diamond wants to be the main cola. ๐๐๐๐ธ
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Just growing through the net now, slight defoliation only when needed, cleaned out some low hanging leaves underneath and a few hopeless bud sites under the canopy. I feel like I could probably defoliate a bit more but not gonna push my first plant, just doing as much tucking as I can to help out. Its adding an inch plus everyday of height now and I am not sure how tall she is going to stretch, Im running out of room above the lights so from here on nearly every inch of stretch will be closing that gap. 18โ now will be keeping a close eye and hopefully will not have to dim my lights. Currently running 200w @ 100% veg tuned.
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Blรผtewoche 8 โ King Juice kurz vorm groรen Finale
Zeitraum: 10. Juli bis 17. Juli
Blรผtetag: 49 bis 56
Blรผtewoche 8 ist durch und langsam wird's ernst. Die King Juice steuert ganz klar auf die Zielgerade zu. Ich hab diese Woche nicht viel verรคndert. Ganz entspannt gegossen. Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit kontrolliert. Der Wert lag zwischen 50 und 64 %, also alles im grรผnen Bereich.
Einmal hab ich leicht entlaubt, damit die Luft besser zwischen den Buds zirkulieren kann. Zusรคtzlich hab ich noch einen Mini-Luftentfeuchter in die Box gestellt. Nicht das die Luftfeuchtigkeit doch nochmal hรถher wird als gewรผnscht. Gegen Ende der Woche gabโs dann nochmal eine ordentliche Ladung Wasser, insgesamt 8 Liter und auch die Wรผrmchen haben was zu knabbern bekommen.
Die Buds reifen weiter aus, und unter dem Mikroskop sieht man schon was. Einzelne Trichome verfรคrben sich von klar zu milchig und zum Teil schon leicht bernsteinfarben. Es ist noch dezent, aber der Prozess ist ganz klar im Gange. Ich schรคtze, eine Woche braucht sie noch, um richtig fertig zu werden.
Wenn alles so weiterlรคuft, wird nรคchsten Donnerstag geerntet. Ich werde das natรผrlich noch ein paar Tage weiter beobachten und mich dann endgรผltig entscheiden aber mein Gefรผhl sagt, nรคchste Woche ist es so weit.
Die Buds sind der Wahnsinn, richtig schรถn fett, kompakt, steinhart und voll mit Harz. Sie glitzern, kleben wie Sau und verstrรถmen einen unfassbar fruchtig-sรผรen Duft ๐
Und was auch cool ist, ein paar Blรคtter haben sich leicht ins Lilane verfรคrbt, nicht ganz so stark wie bei ihrer Mutter, aber da geht vielleicht in der letzten Woche noch was. Mal sehen, bin gespannt.
Ich kann mich ehrlich gesagt kaum sattsehen. Es ist einfach jedes Mal wieder ein Genuss, die Box aufzumachen und diese Pracht zu bestaunen. Ich bin super happy mit der Entwicklung und freu mich riesig auf die letzte Woche ๐
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Last vegetation week.
Last week Iโve traveled through three days, but they didnโt feel nothing bad, good.
They are healthy, but on northern lights one, some leaves have brown points.
I think that this may be magnesium loss, cause I was storing water and it was pretty neutral (pH around 7).
Not storing water anymore, and now I am preparing her food daily.
Should this dangerous? Letโs see.
Daiquiri Limes ones have no brow points and are touching and escaping from the scrog every day. Just putting down of the scrog the big leaves.
Update:
Day 33: itโs possoble to see pistols on both Sativas. Are they starting to bloom?
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Fantastik
we have finally arrived at the harvest: thanks to fust bud, for the good and strong seeds, the plants grew in 80/85 days, each plant has buds, hard, full of resin, the smell is very strong, the shape of the plant is of the classic type. a huge bud in the center, and all other slightly smaller branches. I grew up with 24/24 light, I didn't want to practice any form of stress, I just let nature take its course.
2/05/2023
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after 2 weeks and a few days, i can say that this plant is the bomb! its power is immense it relaxes you and when it serves it makes you creative a nice 10/10 to genetics
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End of Week 7
CO2 is definitely increasing growth rates but also changes the game with controlling your environment now that it has to be sealed in order to not waste CO2 unnecessarily. You change one thing and it adds many other variables to keep everything in check. I am learning everyday and that's why I grow.
The trellis net is doing its job and the canopy is looking nice and even.
I also added a soil top-up and top dress of some BioBloom and Mycorhizae so it can start breaking down before I flip to flower next week (Slow release dry organic amendments). And the ladies are using up nutrients in the soil much faster because of the added CO2 (another variable to take into consideration - faster growth = faster nutrient consumption)
In detail:
-Carefully removed trellis netting
-Ammended each plant individually with my soil mixture and nutrients
-Placed them back in the tent
-Reinstalled trellis netting and trained the ladies to shape
Pest Report:
Thrips VS Ladybugs...
I decided to fight fire with fire - I purchased Swirski-Mites from Koppert (They are beneficial insects that feed on the eggs and larvae of thrips and other unwanted pests). As for the adult thrips - I got very lucky and found about 10 Ladybugs in my garden and decided to introduce them into my grow room as they will feed on adult thrips and any other unwanted pests.
I did not spray any insecticide this week and it really seems like the ladies are happy with my new method of bio-warfare and are wilting less and less often
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420 Fastbuds
FBT2301 Week 7
What up Grow Fam. Week 7 update for these two amazing looking plants. Both are growing great with no big signs of issues. Color on them is a beautiful green with a sweet smell starting to poke through. The taller of the two seem to have gone a different route being tall with some gaps between nodes as the smaller one has stacked nice a tight. All in all Happy Growing
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@Cultivandomedicinanatural
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En esta semana ya cortamos algunas de las pequeรฑas que tenemos fotografiadas arriba. Ahora subirรฉ sus cosechas y el resto de las pequeรฑas empezamos a regarlas sรณlo con agua, pure zym y Sugar royal de nuestros amigos de Plagron para que den el รบltimo estrujรณn y pasarlas por peluquerรญa. Es una autรฉntica pasada los resultados de estas preciosidades ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Semana del 19 al 25 de abril
La semana pasada aplicamos el insecticida Tec Fort y fenomenal, no vimos ningรบn otro insecto, ni daรฑos en las hojas. Por prevenciรณn hoy, 19 de abril, lo volvimos a aplicar (1ml por litro de agua).
Voy a parar con la poda y en una o dos semanas volverรฉ a podar las hojas bajo la malla o aquellas muy grandes que hacen sombra a los cogollos. Tampoco quiero estresar tanto la planta.
Creo que las plantas van bastante bien y que he mejorado desde la primera vez. Soy muy nueva en esto, pero creo que voy bien. Dentro de unas semanas comenzarรฉ a usar el microscopio para ver que tal van.
Espero obtener cogollos gordos๐ de momento huele muy afrutada.
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@WuTangVibez
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Damn ! I am so Happy with this Strain. She's growing perfect and keeps Packing up Day by Day. She is Producing many Trichoms and the Buds are forming pretty nice. I hope you enjoy my First run. I have absolutly nothing to complain about this Genetics or at least this Phenotype. It's growing Awesome from start till Now and I had not a single sign of Deficency or an Actuall problem with Her. Even if the Environment wasn't perfect at all. So Huge Thanks to all the Supporters and to Fastbuds for the Nice "Apple Strudel Auto" !
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I had to harvest by layers due to height of the plant, so the harvest took time from day 88 to day 115, but the outcome was for sure worth it.
This was may first indoor grow and presumably last for some time, but I took some great notes nevertheless. :)
I would like to thank fast buds for providing me with this great genetics. I will for sure try some next next when the opportunity rises.
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Flipping the light to 12/12 start to see some stretching.
They looking good but the canopy is not actually well leveled.
Lets wait for them to completely stretch
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1/20/2023- So much to do pre grow and over the next 16 days, absolute first order of business is that I have to take down my current Grow---TIMBER-- Then I have a list of things I have to get done in order to be ready to start this grow 1 Feb.
With that said
T - 2 days until start 48 hour Flush
T - 2 days until Start 48 hours of Light
T - 4 days until TIMBER!!!
Items that need to be done before 1 Feb 2023
1. I need to clean the tent out
2. I need to clean the equipment- Proper Sanitization between grows in Hydro is a must!!!
3. I need to get the hole in the ceiling above my tent repaired- For my last grow I had a deep sink installed in my grow room, to make Hydroponics a little bit easier and have a water source in the same room. The seals on the pipes they were installing broke and leaked through the ceiling causing some damage all the way across my grow room, I was already weeks into my grow and couldn't risk them working above my tent and it would have been very awkward positon for them to be working in as well, so have to get this done quickly between chop and germination.
4. I have to install my new light- I was using a Vivosun 4000 and for this grow I am switching up to a Spider-farmer SF 7000.
1/20/23- For this upcoming grow I am working with M/F photo seeds so I ordered 4 Sex determination kits. I recieved my my 4 Sex determination testing kits from Rimrock Analytics today. I will be using these to test my plants at week 2 of Veg so that when/if I take clones I know I am taking them off females. As well as I don't want to accidently pollinate my tent during this grow I am looking for big beautiful buds not seeded buds. :-)
1/24/2023- Harvest of current grow- Started at 2:00pm and finshed wet trim and firt batch into the freeze dryer.
1/25/2023- Next batch into the freeze dryer and cleaning all my equipment for this Grow.
T-1 Day until the workers are supposed to be here to fix the hole in the Grow Room.
T-3 days until I instll my new Gorilla Grow Tent and my New Light Spider Farmer SE-7000 for this grow.
T-7 Days until Start of Germination
1/26/2023- Harvest is done ran through the Freeze dryer and dry tim completed.
1/27/2023- Grow Room repairs completed. Hole is gone Letting the paint dry before I install the new tent.
T-2 days until Install the New Gorilla Grow tent and the new Light
T-3 days until I put the hydro equipment in the new tent
T-5 days until Germination
1/29/2023- Day 0- Final Pre Germination activities
Germination Start T-3 days
The paint on the ceiling was dry and it was time to finish prepping for Germination. I got the following items knocked off my list.
New 4X4 Gorilla Grow Tent is up and ready
New Spider Farmer SE-7000 Light is installed- Thanks Moony Grows for the suggestion and for the Code that got me some money off and free shipping (Moonygrows)!! I turned the lights all the way up to max and set the timer to 18/6 0600-0000. I will keep an eye on the temperature and humidity without my plants and see how hot it gets with the new light.
I put my Hydro system back together and put in 40 gallons of water into it, time to monitor for leaks the next few days.
I Setup my cloning machine for Germination Days 3-11
1/30/2023
let me break down the situation, ROOM in the TENT.. Enough said.. No really I tried putting my exhaust system up in the new tent with my new light, The light is so big corner to corner that it really didn't give me enough room for the lights be be raised, with the exahust hanging the buckets my plants are Starting in are 2 and 1/2 feet off the ground, great for plenty of room for roots but not so great for upwards space for the plant to grow. In a 6' 11 tent with the exauhst in side and hanging that only gave me a little over 4 feet of grow room to play with. My last grow if you saw my diary, anyone could tell I was struggling to keep the buds off the lights. No good, Since space was such an issue I was running my carbon filter inside on the ground but It really needed to be up sucking the heat out not shooting the cool out. With that setup I was sucking air through the filter and pushing it out the tent at a bottom exhaust hole cold out. Wasn't doing me any good for my heat. I was hitting temps of up to 85 degrees. I bought a portable AC unit and have been running it in the grow room to try and keep temps below 85 and I have had to lower the power on my lights during grow also not ideal.. With that said a friend of mine MoonyGrows (Check out his diary) took the time to look at my issue send me a picture of my grow tent setup with detailed instructions on how to suck the air out from the top but putting my filter and fan on top of my tent so no room issue and I am sucking the air out from the top where the heat is instead of pushing the air out from the bottom where the cool is... THANK YOU MoonyGrows For taking the time to help me get this straightened out.. Now I have room and I have the exhausts working right and now my temps with everything at 100% are topping out at 80 this dropped the temp by 5 + degrees at 100% max.
T-2 days until Start of Germination
Prepped my seed tray with humidity dome
Prepped my Rapid Rooter plugs. I Used RO water, and I added a few drops of Hydrogen peroxide to Oxygenate the water. I then PH balanced between 5.7-6.0 the same that they will be getting in the Cloning Machine and when they get to thier final grow pod. I perfere the 5.8x range and I hit 5.84 for these rapid rooters. If you want to see a complete video on the process HowWeedGrow has an amzing video that shows step by step how to do it and explains it better than I ever could including how to plant the seeds. Which I will cover when I get to that step on Wed. https://www.howweedgrow.com/how-germinate-weed-seeds-cannabis-rapid-rooters/
1/31/2023
T-1 day until Germination Start
All set and ready have my Rapid Rooter plugs ready to go have my seeds out.. Have my seed tray warming up tonight. Tomorrow morning right into the Rapid Rooter then strait into the tray. I will spray the dome to start the humidity in there.
2/1/2023
Germination Day!!
Let the games begin!
0600am Put the seeds into the Root Riots. And then put the seeded Root Riots into their first home the Seed tray. I have them under the light 24/7. Sprayed the dome
7:30pm Sprayed the Dome to keep humidity going on the dome.
2/2/2023
Day 1 of Germination
Sprayed the Dome in the morning
Sprayed the Dome in the evening
2/3/2023
Day 2 of Germination
Roots are starting to come out the bottom of the root riot plugs and the heads are slowly popping out of Number 4 just below the surface.
Afternoon- Number 4 has popped up
Evening- Number 3 has popped up as well. Happy Dance!!
2/4/2023
Day 3 - Germination
Surprise Surprise Surprise- all 4 have now poked their heads up.. Happy day!! 100% Germination succeeded.
Now major milestone to track is how many are female and how many are male.
I will take look at the roots this afternoon/evening and see if they have enough root to go into the cloning machine for the next 7 days before they go into their Hydro Pods.
Day 3 - Germination - Evening..
Roots looked good and they were tall enough to make it into the cloning machine.
Now that they are all in the cloning machine I have switched the lighting to veg state 18 on 6 off.
2/5/2023
Day 4 - Germination - Morning
All the Ladies (fingers crossed) looking great stretching nicely and look nice and green, Photo synthesis underway....
UPDATE!! After a very interesting POD cast on FSTS by Dr. Bruce Bugsbee from Utah University, I have shifted my lighting to 24 hours on through seedling and then I am going to shift to 20 hours on the rest of Veg.
2/6/2023
Day 5 - Germination
While Checking on my conditions inside the new tent last night, I found that the Humidity was down to 39 Percent. I added an AquaOasis Cool Mist Humidifier, the reason I selected this humidifier is that I needed one that could be turned on and off utilizing my Inkbird Humidity Controller IHC200 that I have my Pro Breeze Dehumidifier currently running with.
Root structures are starting to get there about 1/4 of an inch.
2/7/2023
Day 6 - Germination
Everything seems on track more roots poking out of each today. They are each getting a little taller as well.
Checked in the evening and number 3 was drooping the Root riot plug on the bottome was dry and the roots were not in the water yet. I raised the water just enough that the longest root that was sticking out is now hitting the water.
2/8/2023
Day 7 - Germination
Everything looked good while checking in on them this morning number 3 is now full up and no droop again.
2/9/2023
Day 8 - Germination
T-2 days until Plant into Forever Pods and we start week 1 of Veg .. :-)
Surprising thing to me is that number 1 and 2 were later in popping then 3 and 4 but the roots are growing longer in 1 and 2.
2/10/2023
Day 9 - Germination
Number 1 and Number 2 are definitely ready for transplant today.. Based on how they were yesterday and where they are today I am hoping by tomorrow 3 and 4 are ready. Today they look to me where 1 and 2 did yesterday.. I really hope 3 and 4 catch up by tomorrow since..
T-1 day until transplant to new/ final home for grow.
Need the roots long enough to have some clay down in the basket to keep the root riot out of the water and only roots in the water..
2/11/2023
Day 10 - Germination
Today they got placed in thier forever Home, 7 days from Sprout and 7 days until Week 1 Start.
PPM- 180 this is water out of the Tap
Temp Water: 70.7
Temp Tent: 77
Humidity: 40% I have a humidifier going 24/7 to try and bring this up.. I also have Humidity Domes on each plant.
2/12/2023
Day 11 - Germination
Sprayed the domes, all are looking good.. Nothing much to do at this phase but Keep monitoring the PH level in the system and making sure they have a comfortable home.
T-6 days until Week 1 start
2/13/2023
Day 12 - Germination
Sprayed the domes, They were looking a little yellow today so I moved the light down to assist. Nothing much to do at this phase but Keep monitoring the PH level in the system and making sure they have a comfortable home.
T-5 days until Week 1 start
2/14/2023
Day 13 - Germination
Sprayed the domes, They were looking a little Florissant yellow today, with what looks like slight burn on the tips, I talked with a fellow grower and we agreed that It was probably that I was drowning them, Yes you can drown you plants even in Hydro, but only early on.. :-) It usually happens with the water being too high, which soaks not only the roots but the medium (root Riot plug in this case). I lowered the water from touching the bottom of the pot to about 1" away. This will probably take 3-4 days to resolve. I will continue my daily monitoring.
T-4 days until Week 1 start
2/15/2023
Day 14 - Germination
Sprayed the domes, continue my daily monitoring they look a little darker green instead of lime green now that I lowered the water levels in the system, so I think that I might have resolved the issue but it will take a few days for recovery to happen.
T-3 days until Week 1 start
2/16/2023
Day 15 - Germination
I looked in on them this morning, 3 and 4 look like they are doing well and recovering nicely. Number 1 not so much it has brown spots on the leaves, this very well can still be a side effect of the overwatering but I decide to go ahead and add Nutes earlier than I was planning just incase. I was going to wait until Saturday but I think intervention is necessary now especially after drowning them early on.
I added 1/2 what I am planning on adding for week 1 start. I also think I am going to adjust my chart to add 1/2 2 days after plant from now on. I don't think it would hurt it to have some Nutes to pull from.
.25ml/Gal Calmag = 12.5ml
1ml/gal GH FloraMicro= 50ml
1ml/gal GH FloraGro = 50ml
1ml/gal GH FloraBloom = 50ml
T-2 days until Week 1 start = I will drain the system and start it over on Saturday with Week 1 Nutes.
2/17/2023
Day 16- Germination
I didn't even want to post today after looking in on them this morning, 3 of the 4 are now showing signs of dronwing.. Brown spots on the leaves, the water levels were still too high.. I drained about another inch out of the tanks.. Will see how quick they recover.. I start week 1 tomorrow and will have to ensure my water levels are at least 1" away from the basket on this round.
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Welcome to Flower Week 5 of Divine Seeds Divine Rapier
I'm excited to share my grow journey with you from my
Sensi Seeds Project . It's going to be an incredible ride, full of learning, growing, and connecting with fellow growers from all around the world!
For this Project , Iโve chosen the Feminized Photo Strain Divine Rapier:
Hereโs what Iโm working with:
โข ๐ฑ Tent: 120x60x80
โข ๐งโ๐พ Breeder Company: Divine Seeds
โข ๐งStrain Info : 29%
โข โณ Flowering Time: 6-7weeks
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A new week begins.๐
Somehow I missed the moment to put down the lady with LST during the last week. Now the trunk has become so firm that I no longer dare to do so.
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This is a strain that is very easy to grow and resistant, after the fourth week it sticks a lug, and does not need a lot of vitamins, it grew with only 13 and 12 hours of light and went through cloudy days and a lot of humidity
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This is probably the final week of the full tent shots, these were taken a few days ago and at this point there is only 8 plants that have not yet been harvested. I learned a lot this run, tried some new shit, grew out my own crosses, dialed things in by getting rid of the light leaks and adding the heater so it was a success. The new lights out performed my expectation and the leaf strip might become a staple in my garden. The leaf strip made me nervous I wasn't sure how it would turn out but all of my buds are noticeably larger, the lowers are filled out and as dense as the tops and it saved space, water and nutrients. The lights could have contriuted to the larger buds but the other things made it well worth it. I have been vegging out the next run for a while trying to keep them from growing too much in 1/2 gal bags so there should be some interesting plants there stay tuned.
* My 2 MC1 X;s have been harvested and are in the dry tent now, one came out pretty ugly but smells unbelievablely strong of citrus. The black leafed one is a looker but doesn't have the yield factor. I thought I took cuts of these but turns out I did not so these 2 will be one and done, maybe down the road I will dip back into them but going forward I will be hitting any cuts that stand out to me with my reversed MC2 pollen and maybe give some away. But that won't be for a while.
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oh our nature :) 3 weeks ago there was a huge flood in this place which took away 4 girls :( this time it seems like a drought and high temperature 30-35ยฐ, but I believe everything will be fine :) the girl looks good,.
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06.11.2025 Last week was really busy for me, but it was not because of this beautiful couple of Agent Orange. The male moved to the window and is developing very nice. She, the female Agent, stayed in the tent and went on with her stretch. I took off many leaves and am trying to keep her inner circle exposed to the light. So happy to watch them grow ๐ธ
09.11.2025 Oh, she is sooo beautiful and yellow (!) flowers are appearing. I'm flashed by her stunning beauty, observing these little yellow spots showing in the centers of her flowers. This is such an surprising effect, that you wouldn't believe it if not seeing it with your own eyes. Impressive! ๐
