The Grow Awards 2026 🏆 
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@fromseedtobecoming
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What a journey it has been from seed!
I made a lot of mistakes in the first few weeks of this growing journey. I feel like I had a mini-crash after finishing the first year of grad school, and although I am growing cannabis as part of my research project, I haven't been the greatest at paying attention to it. This is not an excuse. It has actually been a learning opportunity. I realized that my body needs proper schedules to function and grow, just like a plant.
The problems with the plant have really been my own problems. Let's just say that a plant may be the reflection of the grower. First, the light cycles were wrong and inconsistent. I thought that I could manually control the light schedule for the plants and be alright. However, I was wrong. My sleep schedule has been very inconsistent for the past few months. Mainly because we are living through a pandemic, and secondly because I am a graduate student 😂. How naive was it of me to think that a plant could follow my own rhythms? I guess it highlights my 'plant blindness.'
Second, the light intensity was low and PH levels high.
In the last five days, I have learned that plants are living organisms (I knew this, but my plant blindness is quick to dismiss it, I need to stop fighting these "plant voices" (signals)) that require a proper environment to grow, similar to humans. Of course, a plant is not human, but it is alive and living. It needs water, a regular schedule (light (active) /darkness (rest), oxygen, nutrients, and an overall good environment to grow.
Concern about the size of my plant at five weeks, I decided to conduct a few experiments at home.
Here are my notes:
Friday, July 23, 2021, I took the plant out of the tent at 6:00 AM and placed it in front of my backyard window that faces the Eastside, perfect for sunrise. On that day, I had a few errands to run, and when I arrived home, it was 2:30 PM. The sun was now hitting the West side of my house, and I had to move the plant in front of my bedroom window.
At around 7:00 PM, I went to look at the plant and noticed that its leaves were looking plumpy. So, I decided to take a timelapse to see what I would be able to record.
During "magic hour" (sunset), I recorded and witnessed the plant moving with the rhythms of the sun. Plant, like humans, function at their best when they are synchronized with their circadian rhythm. The pandemic has definitely disoriented us to the point that it has disrupted all of our schedules. To this day, I feel tired from everything we have all been through; how could I possibly think that a plant would thrive with such a messed-up schedule?
The time lapse made me realize that the plant needs some structure to thrive, and so do I. So, as much as I like to think that I can be disciplined and follow a plant's schedule, I cannot. So, I went to the store and bought the Globe Suite smart plug to automate and schedule the light cycle to 12hrs of light and 6 hours of darkness.
Saturday, July 24, 2021, the plant woke up to the set schedule of the lights.
I checked on the plant first thing in the morning, around 9:30 AM. The leaves look much greener and thicker than they did the day before.
Sunday, July 25, 2021.
I was away overnight and did not arrive home until 2 PM. The plant looks twice the size it was on Friday! Today, I will water the plant. I got a PH test kit and realized that the way that I measured the PH level, the first few weeks was wrong 🤦♀️🏽. I measured the PH correctly, to 5.9, and added some Reefertilizer grow nutrients to the water. I watered from the top, distributing the water evenly around the stem.
My partner pointed to me that the lights seemed dim for the stage of the plant's life. So I had my lights set at 100 watts running at 20 % 😅. I realized that I had not increased the light intensity since the first few weeks of vegetation 🤦♀️🏽. So I increased the intensity to 100 watts running at 60%.
Monday, July 26, 2021.
First check-in 7:00 AM: The plant looks like it loves all of the new changes that I have made! It is finally growing 🤗
The sun is out, but it is not as intense as it should be because tiny particles of smoke are present in our air due to the wildfires, and they create a filter that makes the human eye see the sun blood red. It is quite apocalyptic.
Regardless, I decided to take the plant out from the tent and record a time-lapse. It is fascinating how much movement plants have despite showing no noticeable signs of movement (to the human eye).
Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
It has been five days since I have made big changes to the plant's schedule and environment. The plant is finally showing good signs of growth, and its leaves colours have changed to a deep green. I am not watering the plant today, but I am spritzing it with water.
I decided to take another time-lapse of the plant, but this time inside the tent. As I was setting up the tripod for my camera, I accidentally increased the humidifier 🤦♀️🏽. Luckily, I noticed within a reasonable timeframe and reduced the humidity and made the environment better.
I increased the light intensity to 100 watts at 100%.
The plant will stay in the tent all day today because it is raining ☔️.
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@DarkVarein
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Good strain, perfect for sleep time. Taste like berries and tropical fruits
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@Momgrowsthechronic
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Welcome to Week 6 of the Fast Buds Lemon Pie Auto grow! These plants seem constantly hungry so I’ve increased the fertilizer again to 3.75 mls per gallon with every feeding. So I water every fourth day- 3 litres per plant which equals 0.75 of a litre per plant per day. But when I water, I air bubble my jugs using a fish pump to dechlorinate my water while adding some bonus oxygen. I use three 1 gallon milk jugs to hold my water and when I feed- I only add fertilizer to two of the three jugs. I use the plain, PH’d water first and then continue with the fertilized water adding up to a 25/75 ratio of plain water to fertilized water with every feeding. So far so good as these hungry ladies seem to be thriving and tolerating the increase nicely. Defoliating as needed. Thanks for stoppin by… 🤓
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@LSchnabel
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This plant was amazing from start to finish.
I will update a final comment soon as well as final weigh and a review of the smoke once sent out to a group of testers.
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@StonedandSteady
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Happy Easter Everyone!!! Everything is Great and Growing Up Extraordinarily Nice and Divinely Outstanding!
#PabloEscobar and #Opium *Fem* #SalamiLegF3P's1&2 and #FireAlienRomulan Trained Out and Looking Super Tight, it was a Breeze and Super Easy to using those Pipecleaners to Train them with #TheGrowBags from Broski #www.as420.ca
#PabloEscobar *Fem* breed by #DivineSeeds #DivineSeedsSquad #DivineSeedsBreedingCompany Topped and Looks Spectacularly Gorgeous!!!
Origin:Canada/Columbia
Type:Indica/Sativa
Flowering:71 Days
THC:>25%
Harvest:700 g/m2
Height:180-200 cm
She's Awesomely Trained, Topped and Strengthening out while spreading her Wings to fill her 10 gallon Grow Bag from Broski #www.as420.ca in 8 Weeks of Veg!
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Type:Indica/Sativa
Flowering:63 Days
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Harvest:1000 g/m2
Height:150-205 cm
Getting Trained out into her 7th Week of Veg and Looking Mighty Fine!!! She's getting Humongous and Hearty in her 10 gallon!!!
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Romberry: Indica Dominant Hybrid70% Indica / 30% Sativa
THC: 19% - 21%
Romberry is a rare indica dominant hybrid strain (70% indica/30% sativa) created through crossing the classic Romulan X Blueberry strains!
GarlicBreath: Indica Dominant Hybrid70% Indica / 30% Sativa
THC: 16% - 18%
Garlic Breath is a super rare indica dominant hybrid strain created through crossing the powerful Hogsbreath X Chemdog D BX2 strains!
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@TheSurfBud
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Flowers are shaping up nice and phat.
Very sweet smells, leaves are fading out.
Always following High Powered Organics Gro-dirt Gro-Guide
@highpoweredorganics or
www.highpoweredorganics.com for more info
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@Leonweed10
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En esta semana los clones pasan al indoor,y se nota lo favorable que es la luz en ellos!
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@Chubbs
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420 Fastbuds
FBT2304 Week 3
Merry Christmas Grow fam. Week 3 for these beautiful plants. I upped the feeding to 1000ml every other day and so far seem to be handling it fine. Will do a mild defoliation this coming week removing the lower leafs at soil level. All in all Happy Growing
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@Teamdirtbag2
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Lollipop lollipop, oh lollipop lollipop...lollipop.
So I have worked my ass off ... again... I have lollipoped every branch.... I know week 4 /5 wtf .... I know stupid... but it is to combat the PM.... I'm fucking trying everything..... thank God I harvested that Critical Kush because I'm smoking it roughly dried.... and that really helps me forget about how I fucked this bitch up. But honestly she smells wonderful. So it's just colas. She I almost hollow on the inside... I got more at the top but .... I might be done... the K excess continues.... I have flushed probably 200+ gallons over 2 weeks time.. and she doesn't respond.... I believe the roots in the pot are different from the roots that have entered the ground underneath. Leading to my problem. 4 weeks left max .... I want to harvest early.....
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@AsNoriu
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Day 29. Best from all but very sensitive to nitrogen, pot is still full and as she takes over all of it , she constantly have few overdose issues. Very responsive to leaf tucking , stem twisting, forms nice canopy, will be biggest producer no doubts in this run. Will try to bend main stem with some LST in few days.
Mars TS1000 - Light is solid and does job. For last week output is on max . Still rotate a lot, but am happy with development. I miss more good wind inside, but i live in shared house ;)))))))))))) even really silent air system is still loud on desired speeds ...
Hope next week ill send her to flower. Will top up with Worm Castings and Mycorrhizae during training in few days, when girls will be watered next time. Rhythm is good, every 3 days pots are light. 1.5 liters to each went straight in after photo shoot.
Day 31. Applied BioBizz Leaf Coat when lights went off. Loads of training was made today too.
Day 33. Now girls are trained daily. Top shoot twisting, leaf tucking, rotation around axis , changing positions inside of tent and so on. Always wash hands before any training, it is a must.
Still havent made mind, scrog or lst ... Think tomorrow will be watering day and i have to decide which way to go , i am fliping them at next watering 100%, otherwise again rush to harvest before late spring holidays ...
Happy Growing !!!
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@Ganjagrandaddy
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Day 63: This week has seen the bud stacks building up nicely. They look a far way off a finish still in general but that's ok by me for their overall yield potential. All 3 have been doing good and I dont doubt without any training, would have been impossible to fit in the room without a drop in plant count. They are putting out a beautiful aroma now and it seems I have another very fruity smelling beauty strain to harvest.
#1 Has kept her growth consistent throughout and been the best producer until now She has a lot of bud sotes to get busy stacking on so hopefully a few weeks will see her balloon.
#2 Has become the behemoth of the grow now with her pushing her way through foliage like a British Missionary. She needs some space now and will be very happy to get it following the 1st harvest of blackberry.
#3 Has done well to keep her development active among the thicket she was in. Trimming out the undersides of these ladies has given great airflow so I dont have to worry too much about mould and too much Rh. She will also get more space soon.
Feeds are going well and they Love the MC/shogun combo it seems. Let's hope we have a great harvest to show how amazing these Fast Buds strains are.
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@Neo09
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Since 18.6.➡️12/12
⚠️I love thoose clones, the
are really fit and strong⚠️
Bluebery pancake's became ADVANCED NUTRIENTS - Sensi Bloom, BigBud, Budcandy and Nirvana
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@Santica_Garden
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Alien OG looking amazing, my best grow by far but I still could have done so much better, but it's a part of improving, learning as I'm growing 😅. Really excited to try this out, 2 of the ladies I will start flushing on their next feed. 👍🏾
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@SelfCultivationGrower
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I top dressed with a hand of worm castings per pot and noticed first pre-flowers on the Epsilon F1. Super green and healthy girls and slowly a delicious fruity smell is sticking on my hands after touching the leaves.
