ππΈ Pink Rosay Auto by Zamnesia | Pheno A | Week 14 πβοΈ
Our Queen Has Come Down β Dense, Frosty & Absolutely Beautiful! πππΏ
Welcome back to another chapter of the 8Γ8 Adventure! π±π
Well, my friendsβ¦
Our Queen has officially come down.
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And honestly?
Look at this girl!
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We've spent weeks following Pink Rosay, watching her develop, admiring her structure, enjoying her aroma, and taking what feels like a million photographs of her.
And I think I've made my feelings about this plant pretty clear by now.
I LOVE THIS GIRL.
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She's beautiful.
She's compact.
She's incredibly dense.
She's frosty.
She's got personality.
And every time I take her into the studio, I find another reason to appreciate her.
But now, the growing chapter is over.
Pink Rosay Auto Pheno A has been harvested, and we've moved into the next stage of her journey.
This time, instead of breaking her down immediately, I decided to keep the entire plant together.
She's not an enormous plant, so fitting her whole into the drying tent was straightforward. We have her hanging upside down, drying in the same place and under the same general conditions as the other harvested girls.
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And before anyone asksβ¦
No, this isn't the final report!
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We'll return with her trimming, the final dry weight, the smoke review, the flavours, the effects, and everything else we can honestly share once those stages are complete.
For now, let's celebrate our Queen and document her final day as a living plant in the 8Γ8 Adventure.
Because this girl deserves her own spotlight.
And what a beautiful way to begin her harvest chapter!
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π’ FIRST THINGS FIRST β WHY IS HARVEST DAY IN A FLOWERING WEEK?
Before we get carried away admiring our Queen, let's address something that some of you might notice.
We're documenting harvest day under a flowering-week update.
And yesβ¦
I know how that looks!
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But there's a reason.
GrowDiaries has restrictions on the number of photographs we can include in each update. When we're documenting individual plants, especially at harvest, we can quickly run out of space.
We have the final photographs inside the tent.
We have the studio session.
We have portraits of the plant, close-ups of individual flowers, and plenty of details worth documenting.
And that's before we even begin the trimming, drying, weighing, and smoke-review chapters!
Trying to squeeze everything into one update would mean leaving out photographs and details that deserve to be included.
So, just as we've done with the other girls, we're using this flowering-week report to document the final day in the tent and the harvest itself.
The next report will move into the harvest stage, where we'll cover the next part of Pink Rosay's journey.
This is an individual diary, and I want every plant to have her own complete story.
Some people may understand the reasoning immediately. Others may wonder why the update is categorised this way.
That's why we're explaining it.
We're working within the platform's limitations while trying to preserve as much of the journey as possible.
Thank you for understanding, everyone! ππ±
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π OUR QUEEN β THE FINAL DAY IN THE TENT
Pink Rosay Auto Pheno A.
Our Compact Princess.
Our Queen.
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From the beginning, this girl has had a special place in my heart.
I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again.
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Not every plant needs to become the tallest girl in the room or compete for the biggest final number on the scales.
Some plants simply have that something.
The structure.
The flowers.
The personality.
The way they catch your eye every time you walk into the room.
And Pink Rosay has been doing exactly that.
She's compact, but don't mistake that for a lack of substance.
Her flowers are beautifully dense, with a frosty appearance that makes her stand out when you look closely.
She's got the kind of structure that makes you want to stop what you're doing, take another look, and grab the camera.
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And that's precisely what we did.
Before taking her down, we made sure to document her final appearance in the tent.
Because once she's harvested, that particular moment is gone.
The branches will move.
The plant will change.
The drying process will begin.
So I wanted to keep a record of the Queen exactly as she was on her final day.
One last look at the plant that has given us so much enjoyment throughout this journey.
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πΈ ONE LAST WALK TO THE STUDIO
Of course, we couldn't harvest Pink Rosay without giving her a proper studio session!
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Did you really expect anything else?
This girl and the camera have developed quite a relationship.
Every time I take her into the studio, I end up wanting another angle, another close-up, another photograph, and another opportunity to appreciate her details.
And harvest day was no exception.
We took her out for a final photographic session and captured a collection of images that will become part of her diary.
Portraits.
Different angles.
Close-ups.
Flower details.
And those beautiful frosty structures that have made her such a pleasure to photograph.
The studio gives us a different perspective from the grow room.
Inside the tent, we see the whole environment and how the plant fits into the canopy.
In the studio, we can give the individual plant all the attention.
No competing for the spotlight.
No neighbouring branches getting in the way.
Just Pink Rosay.
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And honestly?
She deserves every second of it.
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π DENSE, FROSTY & BEAUTIFUL
Let's talk about the flowers.
Because, my friendsβ¦
WOW.
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One of the things that really stands out about Pink Rosay is how dense and substantial her flowers look.
She's compact, but the flowers have a presence of their own.
And then there's the frost.
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The resinous appearance adds another layer of beauty to the flower structure, and it's something I particularly enjoy capturing with the camera.
From a distance, you see a beautiful plant.
Move closer, and you start noticing the individual shapes and textures.
Get closer still, and the flowers become little landscapes of their own.
That's what makes macro photography and photo stacking so enjoyable for me.
There's always another detail to discover.
Another angle to explore.
Another photograph that shows something a little differently.
And Pink Rosay has given us plenty of reasons to keep looking.
She's not simply beautiful from one particular angle.
She's a beautiful subject to explore.
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πΈ THE COMPACT PRINCESS HAS EARNED HER CROWN
I've called her my Compact Princess throughout this journey.
And now, I think she's officially been promoted.
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Ladies and gentlemenβ¦
Our Queen!
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She's not trying to be the biggest plant in the room.
She's not trying to compete with the taller girls.
She's simply being herself.
Compact.
Dense.
Frosty.
Beautiful.
And full of personality.
I think that's something worth appreciating.
We can easily become obsessed with plant height, branch count, and final dry weight.
Those measurements have their place, of course.
But they don't tell the whole story.
A plant can be memorable because of her structure.
Because of her aroma.
Because of the way she develops.
Because of the pleasure she brings to the growing experience.
Or simply because every time you look at her, you think:
"Damn, girl⦠you're beautiful."
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That's been my experience with Pink Rosay.
And today, as we take her down, I'm not just thinking about the harvest.
I'm also thinking about how much I've enjoyed growing and documenting her.
That's part of the reward, too.
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πΈ A FINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
One of the things I appreciate most about keeping individual diaries is being able to look back.
Week after week, we have photographs documenting the journey.
We can see how the plant started.
We can follow her development.
We can compare earlier structures with what we see at harvest.
And we can preserve those little details that might otherwise be forgotten once the plant has been taken down.
That's why I take so many photographs.
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Sometimes I probably take more than I need.
But I'd rather have the photographs and be able to choose from them later than wish I'd taken another shot.
And Pink Rosay has been a perfect example of why I enjoy this approach.
She's been a pleasure to photograph throughout her journey, and this final studio session gives us one more opportunity to celebrate her.
The next time we see her in the diary, the focus will be different.
We'll be looking at the post-harvest process.
But these photographs preserve the Queen as she looked at the end of her flowering journey.
And I think that's worth doing properly.
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βοΈ HARVEST DAY β THIS TIME, WE KEEP HER WHOLE
Now, here's where Pink Rosay's story takes a slightly different direction.
Rather than immediately breaking her down into individual branches, I decided to hang the entire plant upside down.
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She's a compact girl, which made this a practical option for the space available in our drying tent.
So after her final photographs, we harvested her and moved her into the drying area.
The whole plant is now hanging upside down.
One plant.
One structure.
One new chapter.
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We've used other approaches with different plants during this adventure, and that's part of what makes documenting individual diaries interesting.
Not every plant has the same size, structure, or practical requirements.
And sometimes, the approach we choose for one girl will be different from what we choose for another.
For Pink Rosay, keeping her whole was the decision we made for this harvest.
We'll now let the drying process progress and document the next stage when she's ready.
I'm not going to pretend that we already know exactly how long she'll take.
We'll follow the actual drying process rather than decide the finish date in advance.
Because the calendar doesn't get the final word.
The plant does.
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π¬οΈ THE DRYING ROOM β SAME PLACE, SAME GENERAL CONDITIONS
Pink Rosay is now hanging in the same drying area as the other harvested plants, under the same general environmental conditions.
We're keeping the drying environment around the conditions we've been using for the other girls.
π‘οΈ Temperature: around 20Β°C
π§ Relative humidity: beginning around 45%, then increasing into the 60% range as part of our drying-room approach.
π¬οΈ Drying location: the same dedicated space used for the other harvested plants.
These are the general conditions we're working with, not a guarantee of a particular drying duration.
The time required can vary depending on the plant, the structure, the density of the flowers, and how the material responds as it dries.
And Pink Rosay has some beautifully dense flowers, so we're going to let the process tell us when she's ready for the next stage.
We won't rush her simply because another plant finished sooner.
We won't assume that every plant needs exactly the same amount of time.
We'll observe, assess, and document.
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β³ HOW LONG WILL SHE TAKE TO DRY?
That's the question, isn't it?
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And honestlyβ¦
I don't have a precise answer yet.
Our drying periods with previous plants have generally fallen somewhere between one and two weeks, depending on the plant and the conditions.
But that isn't a deadline, and I'm not going to assign Pink Rosay a finish date before we've seen how she progresses.
She's hanging as a whole plant, and her flowers are dense.
So we'll monitor her rather than make promises about the calendar.
When she's ready for the next stage, we'll document that.
When it's time for trimming, we'll bring out the scissors.
When it's time to weigh her, we'll record the result.
And when it's time for the smoke review, we'll share our experience.
One stage at a time.
That's how we keep the report honest.
No invented drying duration.
No premature final weight.
No smoke review before we've reached that point.
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The Queen has started drying.
Now we give her the time she needs, and we'll meet her again in the next chapter.
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π SAME QUEEN, DIFFERENT CHAPTER
There's something I love about this transition.
Until now, we've mostly been documenting Pink Rosay as a growing plant.
We've talked about her development, her structure, her flowers, and the enjoyment she's brought to the grow room.
Now the focus changes.
The tent chapter is over.
The drying chapter has begun.
And after that, we'll move into trimming and the rest of the post-harvest journey.
Each stage deserves its own attention.
It's also why we're keeping this update separate from the next one.
Today, we're celebrating harvest day.
Next time, we'll document what happens after the drying stage and share the details that belong in that report.
I want you to be able to follow the journey without having to guess what happened between one photograph and the next.
That's the whole point of keeping these diaries.
The story continues, even when the plant is no longer standing in the tent.
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π± THE 8Γ8 ADVENTURE β ANOTHER GIRL COMPLETES HER JOURNEY
One by one, our girls are reaching the end of their time in the grow room.
And every harvest gives us another opportunity to look back at the differences between the plants we've grown together.
Different sizes.
Different structures.
Different flowering patterns.
Different personalities.
And different harvest stories.
Pink Rosay has been one of those plants that made me appreciate the experience beyond the final numbers.
I've enjoyed growing her.
I've enjoyed watching her develop.
I've enjoyed photographing her.
And now I'm enjoying documenting her transition into the next stage.
The remaining plants continue their own journeys, while Pink Rosay begins hers in the drying tent.
That's the 8Γ8 Adventure.
Not every plant follows the same timeline.
Not every plant gives us the same experience.
And not every plant needs to tell the same story.
Our Queen has finished her flowering chapter.
Now we'll see what the next one brings.
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π PRESENT DOGDOCTOR VS. FUTURE DOGDOCTOR
Let's be honestβ¦
Present DogDoctor has done enough for today.
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We took the final tent photographs.
We moved the Queen into the studio.
We took a bunch of pictures.
We admired the flowers.
We harvested her.
We hung her whole in the drying tent.
And nowβ¦
we wait.
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Future DogDoctor can deal with trimming.
Future DogDoctor can deal with the final weight.
Future DogDoctor can prepare the smoke review.
And Future DogDoctor can tell you what the next stage looks and feels like once we get there.
Present DogDoctor?
He's happy.
He's looking at the photographs.
He's appreciating the Queen.
And he's pleased that another chapter of the 8Γ8 Adventure has been documented.
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Priorities, my friends.
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π WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Here's what we'll be documenting in the upcoming report:
π¬οΈ The drying progress and the transition to the next stage.
βοΈ The trimming session.
βοΈ The final dry weight, once we have it.
π The aroma and flavour impressions when we can assess them properly.
π¨ The smoke review and our personal experience.
π And, of course, our final thoughts on Pink Rosay Auto Pheno A.
We'll share the results when those stages are complete.
For now, she's hanging whole, upside down, in the drying area.
Her flowers are beautiful.
Her growing journey has come to an end.
And the next part of her story is already underway.
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π FINAL THOUGHTS β OUR QUEEN HAS EARNED HER CROWN
Week 14.
Pink Rosay Auto by Zamnesia.
Pheno A.
Harvest day.
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And what a beautiful girl she has been.
She's compact.
She's dense.
She's frosty.
She's beautiful.
And she's been an absolute pleasure to grow and photograph.
Today, we said goodbye to her time in the tent.
We took her final photographs.
We gave her the studio session she deserved.
And then we harvested her, keeping the entire plant together and hanging her upside down in the drying area.
She's now drying alongside the other girls, in the same space and under the same general environmental conditions.
But her story isn't finished.
Not even close.
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We still have the trimming.
We still have the final weight.
We still have the smoke review.
And we still have the opportunity to look back at the whole journey and share our conclusions.
Those details belong in the next report, once we have them.
For now, I simply want to celebrate the plant that brought us here.
I've said it so many times that I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record.
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But I genuinely love this girl.
Not just for what she might weigh.
Not just for what the flowers look like.
But for the whole experience of growing her.
She made me want to take more photographs.
She made me want to spend more time in the studio.
She made me appreciate the little details.
And she reminded me that growing is about more than chasing the biggest number on a scale.
Sometimes, you grow a plant that simply makes you happy.
And Pink Rosay has done exactly that.
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So let's give our Queen the spotlight one more time for this chapter.
Let's celebrate her beautiful flowers.
Let's appreciate the frost.
Let's remember the journey.
And let's give her the time she needs as she moves through the drying stage.
The scissors can wait.
The scales can wait.
The smoke review can wait.
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For now, our Queen is resting.
And when she's ready, we'll be back to tell the next part of her story.
Thank you, Pink Rosay.
It's been an honor.
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π THANK YOU
As always, a huge thank you to everyone following the 8Γ8 Adventure! ππ±
Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document these individual journeys and share the experience with growers around the world.
Thank you to Zamnesia for the Pink Rosay genetics and for giving us the opportunity to grow and document this beautiful girl.
Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of the adventure.
A massive thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and allowing us to explore the expanded lighting setup. π‘βοΈπΏ
Thank you to Lumiflora for helping illuminate the deeper areas of the canopy.
Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the environment behind the scenes.
And, of course, thank you to everyone who follows these diaries, leaves comments, asks questions, shares experiences, and enjoys the journey with us.
Every comment.
Every question.
Every message.
Every person who takes the time to stop by and see what these girls are doing.
It genuinely means a lot. π
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We also have community discount codes, competitions where members can win prizes, giveaways, and other activities along the way.
But above all, we have a community that feels like family.
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You don't need to be an expert to join.
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You don't need to know every technical term.
You can ask questions, share your own journey, join the conversations, or simply hang out and listen.
Everyone is welcome.
There's no need to prove yourself or compete with anyone. We're here to share experiences, help each other learn, and enjoy the journey together.
So come and join us if that sounds like your kind of place.
We'd love to have you with us!
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πΈ SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Pink Rosay Auto Pheno A.
Our Compact Princess.
Our Queen.
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Her time in the tent is over.
Her studio session is complete.
She's now hanging whole, upside down, in the drying area.
And the next chapter is waiting.
We'll return with the trimming, the final weight, the smoke review, and everything else that belongs in her harvest report.
Until then, we'll let her dry, keep documenting the journey, and enjoy the photographs from the plant that made us smile so many times along the way.
Growers Love, my friends. ππ±
See you next week in the 8Γ8 jungleβ¦
where the photons keep flying for the girls still growing, the harvested ladies begin their next chapters, and our Compact Princess reminds us that a plant doesn't have to be the biggest to earn a crown.
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Pink Rosayβ¦
you've earned your crown.
Keep shining, Queen. π