It was a fun week, started introducing Ripen, and the frost is stacking up! Next week I will start flushing and let them get bigger. Now it gets easier, water only.

🌱 Godfather OG (Zamnesia) | Pheno A | Week 4 The adventure continues… Every week this project reminds me why I love growing from seed. Even when plants share the same room, the same nutrients, the same lighting and exactly the same environment, each phenotype writes its own story. That’s exactly what this diary is about. This is Godfather OG – Pheno A from Zamnesia, grown as part of my 8×8 Adventure, where twelve different genetics are all being cultivated using the 12/12 from seed method. The goal isn’t to chase massive vegetative plants, but to discover each cultivar’s natural expression while keeping everything under identical conditions. Week 4 has been all about building structure. The roots are now well established, the branches are strengthening, and the plant is beginning to reveal the architecture that will support the coming stretch. Every day she becomes a little easier to read, and so far she’s telling a very promising story. ⸻ 🌿 Plant Development This phenotype has developed into a beautiful, compact plant with excellent vigor. The overall colour is rich and healthy, while the newest growth shows that vibrant lime-green tone typical of fast, actively dividing tissue. One thing that immediately catches my attention is how symmetrical she is becoming. The internodal spacing remains tight, producing a dense canopy filled with potential flowering sites. The stem is noticeably thick and sturdy, which is always something I like to see before entering the real flowering stretch. Strong foundations usually lead to strong harvests. Large fan leaves are doing an incredible job powering photosynthesis while shading portions of the canopy that aren’t yet ready for full exposure. Overall, she looks calm, healthy and completely comfortable in her environment. ⸻ 🌱 Low Stress Training & Leaf Tucking Training this week remained focused on Low Stress Training (LST). Instead of removing leaves, I’m continuing to gently reposition branches and tuck larger fan leaves underneath developing shoots. This simple technique allows more light to reach secondary growth without sacrificing valuable solar panels. The beauty of leaf tucking is that nothing is permanently removed. The plant keeps all of its energy-producing leaves while the lower branches receive enough light to begin competing for canopy space. Every day the branches become a little more flexible and easier to position. As they continue to harden, they’ll naturally hold their new shape, creating a wider and more even canopy. It’s a slow process, but one that consistently pays off later in flower. ⸻ 💧 Feeding Program The nutrition remains simple and consistent. Current feeding: • Terra Grow — 1.8 ml/L • Power Roots — 1 ml/L • Pure Zym — 1 ml/L • Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L Solution adjustments: * pH: 6.1 * EC: 1.35 mS/cm Nothing dramatic has changed because there simply isn’t any need to fix something that is already working. The plant is responding beautifully, producing vigorous new growth without any signs of nutrient excess or deficiency. The root zone appears very healthy, allowing the canopy to expand steadily every day. ⸻ 🌡️ Environment The room continues to perform exceptionally well despite the warm weather. Environmental conditions • Day temperature: 33°C • Night temperature: 25°C • Relative humidity: 63% • CO₂: 639 ppm • Solution temperature: 26°C • Substrate temperature: 21°C While daytime temperatures are certainly on the higher side, maintaining stable humidity, good airflow and constant irrigation allows the plants to continue growing without showing signs of heat stress. Healthy roots make an enormous difference during warmer periods, and so far this room is handling those conditions remarkably well. ⸻ 👀 Looking Ahead Over the next week I expect to continue guiding the canopy through gentle LST while allowing the secondary branches to catch up with the main leaders. If she continues developing at this pace, she should enter the flowering stretch with an even canopy, excellent branch distribution and plenty of future bud sites already exposed to light. For now, patience remains the best training technique. ⸻ 🚀 The 12/12 From Seed Adventure Growing directly under a 12/12 light schedule from seed continues to be one of the most fascinating experiments I’ve ever undertaken. Every phenotype responds differently. Some stretch early, others remain compact, while others completely surprise me halfway through the cycle. That’s exactly why I enjoy documenting every single plant individually. Watching each phenotype express its unique personality under identical conditions teaches me far more than simply chasing yield. Every week brings another lesson, and every diary becomes another chapter in that learning process. ⸻ 🙏 Thank You A huge thank you to everyone following this journey, whether you’ve been here since day one or you’ve just discovered the diary. Thank you to those who leave kind comments, ask thoughtful questions, share knowledge, and even to the critics who encourage me to keep improving. Every interaction helps make this community stronger. A special thank you goes to GrowDiaries for providing a platform where growers from around the world can document, compare and learn from one another. And of course, endless gratitude to the incredible companies helping make this project possible: 🌱 Zamnesia — for the amazing Godfather OG genetics. 💜 Plagron — for providing the nutrition that keeps this garden thriving. 💡 Future of Grow — for delivering the light that powers every day of growth. Finally, thank you for taking the time to follow this 8×8 adventure. I hope these weekly updates inspire you to keep growing, keep learning, and most importantly, enjoy every step of the journey. Until next week… Growers Love and Happy growing! 🌱💚

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MY FIRST GROWBOX MY FIRST SEED MY FIRST GERMINATION MY FIRST CULTIVATED PLANT MY FIRST COLLECTION WHAT A SATISFACTION ... REWARDING AS FEW THINGS IN LIFE .... I MADE IT !!! AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRYING I DON'T HIDE YOU HAVING PUT SOME FLOWER ON THE LED GRID .... BLEAAA A STRONG FLAVOR OF GRASS AND SOIL .... I WAS A LITTLE IMPATIENT I ADMIT IT .... BUT DO NOT IMAGINE HOW MUCH IT IS ... IT HAS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO FACE ALL THE DEFENSE GROWTH BY EATING MY NAILS ... I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED THE ENTIRE BLOOMING PROCESS AND I WAS UNKNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE EVERY TIME AND THEREFORE FOR THE WHOLE TIME I WOULD ASK YOU FROM A PAIR OF LEAVES TO BECOME LARGE AND JUICY GEMS ...... SPECTACULAR ... MAGNIFICENT ... I REMEMBER HOW LONG IT WAS WAS TO PURCHASE GRASS HERE AND IT DID NOT BE UNDEFEATED IMMEDIATELY IN THIS MAGNIFICENT EXPERIENCE ... MY GRASS IS MY GRASS AND THIS I UNDERSTAND IT NOW I HAD FANTASTIC SUPPORT FROM ALL OF YOU THANK YOU ONE BY ONE FOR YOUR VERY PRICE TIPS ... I CUT THE PLANTS AFTER THE TWO WEEKS FLUSH AND I HANGED THEM WITH ALL THE STEM I PERFORMED A DRY TRIMM AFTER FIFTEEN DAYS OF DRYING AFTER TAKING CARE OF MY GRASS I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT PASTA IS MADE OF WAUUUUU I HAS A LITTLE HASH ... BUT NOT HAVING GOOD FILTERS IT HAS NOT COME VERY PURE WITH THE REST OF THE WASTE I AM TRYING TO EXTRACT OIL WITH PURE ALCOHOL ... ONCE I EXTRACT I WILL MIX IT WITH A TEN GRAMS OF FLOWER MAKING IT A SPLENDID SMOKE GREETINGS TO ALL MY FRIENDS OF GROWERE VERY HAPPY AND ABUNDANT COLLECTED TO ALL OF YOU

Day 84 - June 25 June 25 - 09.30AM Trichomes still not ready at 50/50 milky to cloudy. Soil is still moist. Will water either late this evening or tomorrow morning. I suspect this will be the second or last watering before chop. June 25 - 09.00PM Removed a dead leaf - I want to remove some of the dying leaves on the colas, as underside of plant has a beautiful purple hue to the leaves. June 26 - 08.45AM Trichomes are starting to turn milky, with 60/40 milky to cloudy ratio. Will water this evening as pot is getting lighter + soil isn't as moist. June 26 - 01.20PM Purple is here. I think it's time to chop tomorrow as I'm seeing more ambers. I'm noticing some bright green growth which I hope isn't the start of nanners. June 26 - 01.20PM Watered 3L. Chop tomorrow. June 27 - 00.00AM CHOPPED (Day 86). . June 27 - 00.00AM Inspected detached calyx with strange (I suspect pistil) growth. Many amber trichomes found. Strange, given colas I inspected were all cloudy with no amber, but this calyx (located at centre of plant) had plenty of amber trichomes. Perhaps this is due to recieving a higher than expected DLI at hotspot of light. . June 27 - 00.00AM Underside of Buds are underdeveloped in comparison - easily due to light blockage. I aimed not to defoliate as she entered flower, but perhaps with better LST and leaf tucking I could've produced more even yield. . June 27 - 00.00AM Trimmed Fan leaves and mostly necrotic foliage - want to avoid bud-rot at all costs, but I may have over-defoliated. . June 27 - 00.00AM Drying hanging upside down with oscilating fan above (2/10) and one beneath driving air toward a wall of the tent. There's also an extraction fan at the top of the tent. . June 27 - 00.00AM Humidity 60-62% & Temperature 64-66F. . June 27 - 02.45PM Temperature is rising in the tent to 69F, inside a sealed bathroom room. Sealed Bathroom offers no light leakage, but I might need to open the door and allow light + cool air in. . June 27 - 03.45PM Moved tent out of bathroom to get cooler air. Tent temperature was just under 70F. I've likely lost some flavour over a few hours - but now that it's in a cooler environment (with slight light leakage) - things should improve. . June 27 - 03.45PM Temperature & Humidity are 66F and 60% respectively. . June 27 - 04.00PM (16 hours since chop) . June 27 - 04.05PM Added portable cooling unit to intake, this should drop temperature by a degree or two hopefully. Ensured Fans weren't directly in path of buds. . June 27 - 04.30PM Humidity is 66%, I've increased oscilating fan speed to 5/10 to combat this. . June 27 - 08.50PM Humidity is 60%. Temperature is 66F . July 1 - 09.00PM Branches still bend - not snap. Will trim and start cure process tomorrow. Leaves shrivelled up. . July 2 - 10.00AM Rough Trim, and placed into cure jars. 58% RH and 60% RH Probably should have harvested last night. Will maintain RH in jars via burping. Roughly 2oz (56g) of bud harvested.

Got the screen in this week and managed to weave the plant into it somewhat Switched to flowering this week and can already see it starting to stretch Cant wait to start seeing some buds

I decided to do a two stage harvest because this plant is very dense there's alot of under growth that hasn't fully matured yet so I've taken off all the top buds first to allow for the under growth to mature a bit more before harvesting. POWER PLANT is a excellent anytime of day smoke the high is outstanding I love to wake 'n' bake with this strain, this is a high yielding plant with pungent and dense buds that have a powerful high.

🍒 Ernte der Critical Cherry an Blütetag 64. Die Trichome sind zu etwa 20% bernsteinfarben. Die Pflanze verströmt einen süßen Geruch, der mich an das alte bubblegum erinnert. Riecht auf jeden Fall sehr lecker. Die Erntemenge ist definitiv überdurchschnittlich. Aufgrund der wirklich sehr fetten Blüten hatte ich erst Angst vor Schimmel, aber ich konnte beim ernten zum Glück keinen entdecken. Werde diesen Breeder auf jeden Fall im Hinterkopf behalten und habe auch noch Samen ihrer Mimosa x Kush Mints hier, die bei einem der kommenden Grows zum Einsatz kommen werden, wenn sie auch beim Konsum Qualität zeigt.

Good day, everyone! the Royal Gorilla auto -is the ARoma champion. The smell is so Fruity, fresh, sweet I can't stop check it again and again. the plant is compact about 35 cm. The branches all around covered with the flowers , so should be a good end result. I will do one more week and then I will clean the plant.

So at the start of week 3 I began to LST CM#3 to just experiment basically and topped CM#2 I believe. Again, just to experiment. This is my first grow and I was stunned with the reactions to both! The new growth after topping was about 1/4” in about 12hrs.. Crazy to me and the lst is proving to expose these bud sites and encourage amazing growth QUICK!! I’ll continue to train daily. One of the videos show the topped CM just yesterday. In 4 days, it’s grown soo much! Also, a video mentions the gender reveal but since then, all 4 have officially revealed themselves as female at the 22 day mark.

day 50 going well i think but i got one leaf dying is that normal? Day 53 need help I don't know what's going on

Posting this as I’m on the last few days of the 3rd week from germination Great progress, a lot of roots for such a short period but not too much plant growth, will start watering daily instead of watering every 2-3 days Topped the girls today (Day 18 from germ) and starting to do mainline on all the Bubba kush.

26.03.2024 Continue into week 4 Update firmware on TrolMaster Tent-X (3.6) Replace all filters, remove and clean drain buckets and tubing. Mix new batch with 56ml AN connoisseur AB + 4.5g Big Bud Powder + 7.5ml Silica - total 30l @ 1.34EC. NPK Ratio is 1-2-3 , Cal/Mg ratio is 4-1.5 Target EC for this week is 1.2 start and end week with 1.3. Checking plants will determine timing of strength Donne one pass off long misting (3min) with diluted solution @ 0.84@C Set Day/Night misting cycle @ 60s ON time Finally have time for managing canopy, pull down taller branches and position all tops to fit under screen without touching. Try ro spread them evenly across the net, top per square of net Defoliating all girls, remove all fan leaves and prune lots of smaller branches from middle. Lot of foliage is removed! After stripping humidity drop significantly (41%) , need to install humidifier again to keep RH @ 50-52% Set dehumidifier thermostat to work @ 50% RH. Reduced light intensity for this day, let girls recover from stress PAR map 1150max/650min PPFD, VPD -1.2-1.3, DRH 50-54%, NRH 45-49%, NT-20-21c, DT-24/25.5c, Leaf temperature 22-23c, Light distance 45-55cm, CO2 700+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo @ 65-75% - 45-55cm distance 60s ON time 20min OFF time @ Day Time 60s Off time 30min OFF time @ Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.90-, EC -1.32, Temp-20-21 27-28.03.2024 All girl looking great after defoliation,) Clean benches and floor in box Replace all filters Set dehumidifier thermostat to work @ 47% during night times, 50% @ day. Humidifier is also connected and set @ 49% Day and 45% @ night, if needed Inkbird humidity controller stop executing's automation for day/night settings. Start manually to change day/night values for now Next several days, until weekend, temperatures outside will be high , 29c max. Hope it will not raise temperature in box to much. Light is set on TrolMaster Tent-X controller to dimmed at 28c AC Infinity fans are set to AUTO mode with height temp set at 26c and high RH set at 54% Top up tank with 25ml AN connoisseur AB + 4.5g Big Bud Powder + 7.5ml Silica - total 75l @ 1.34EC PAR map 1180max/680min PPFD, VPD -1.2-1.3, DRH 50-52%, NRH 45-48%, NT-21-22c, DT-24/25.5c, Leaf temperature 22-23c, Light distance 45-55cm, CO2 700+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo @ 80% - 45-55cm distance 60s ON time 20min OFF time @ Day Time 60s Off time 30min OFF time @ Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.90-, EC -1.26, Temp-21-22 29-30.03.2024 Refilled the tanks with 20l of fresh mixture. 25ml AN connoisseur A+B + 3g Big Bud Powder + 7.5ml Silica - total 20l @ 1.21EC Refilling is done in two passes, one time before light up, and second time early in morning, two hours before night time. This give additional nutrient cooling without running water chillier. Refill solution is @ 18c Checking EC and PH 2-3 times a day. The electroconductivity values are around 1.24EC. I maintain the strength until it drops or rises. For now, I’ve caught the perfect strength, the liquid is almost static with very small oscillations in electroconductivity and PH. Replaced all filters in the system, replaced on washing… Every other day is enough, during daily cleaning there is no dirt on the filters. The girls are handling the environment well, leaves are raised as they should be, they seem like very happy plants. Formation and enlargement of flowers can be noticed with the naked eye. The wave of warm weather continues all this week. Expected temperatures for the next seven days range from 25-29c. Need to pay attention to that Raise light 10cm, top of canopy now is around 50-55cm PAR map 1180max/650min PPFD, VPD -1.2-1.3, DRH 50-52%, NRH 45-48%, NT-21-22c, DT-24/25.5c, Leaf temperature 22-23c, Light distance 50-55cm, CO2 700+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo @ 80% - 50-55cm distance 60s ON time 20min OFF time @ Day Time 60s Off time 30min OFF time @ Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.95-, EC -1.24, Temp-21-22 31.03.2024 Girls totally recovered from defoliation. Almost all gig leaves grow again on all girls. Tropicana Cookies have most apparent bud development, in size as well Purple Lemonade is going to be a biggest in height in this grow . They already around 85+cm with SCROG branches. Tropical condition continue. Temperatures going from 26-29c, night temperatures still colder and stay around 16c Outside temperatures affected water temp in nutrient tank, will se if i need for a water chiller or i will cool with adding cooler nutrient solution. Lower wattage on light , set Diablo @ 75% Replaced all filters in the system, replaced on washing… Refilled the tanks with 15l of fresh mixture. 25ml AN connoisseur A+B + 3g Big Bud Powder + 7.5ml Silica - total 15l @ 1.21EC PAR map 1180max/680min PPFD, VPD -1.2-1.3, DRH 48-52%, NRH 42-48%, NT-22c, DT-25/25.5c, Leaf temperature 22-23c, Light distance 50-55cm, CO2 700+ppm HLG Scorpion Diablo @ 80% - 50-55cm distance 60s ON time 20min OFF time @ Day Time 60s Off time 30min OFF time @ Night Time NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.95-, EC -1.21, Temp-22-24 01 04.2024 Outdoor Climate: It’s hotter outside. I’ve set the Diablo at 73% to maintain temperatures in the box within the 25-26°C range. Humidity: After defoliation, the humidity is low, which is great! The dehumidifier hardly worked this week. Misting Routine: I start the day with a 3-minute misting session; this will be the routine for now. Nutrient Solution Temperature: I’m keeping the nutrient solution temperature between 20-23°C. I refill the tank twice a day to cool down the solution. Light Parameters: PAR Map: Maximum PPFD is 1080, minimum PPFD is 650. VPD: Ranges from -1.2 to -1.3. Daytime Temperature (DT): 25-26°C. Nighttime Temperature (NT): 22°C. Leaf Temperature: 22-23°C. Light Distance: 50-55 cm from the plants. CO2 Levels: 700+ ppm. HLG Scorpion Diablo: Set at 73%, positioned at a 50-55 cm distance. Lighting Schedule: Daytime: ON for 60 seconds, followed by 20 minutes OFF. Nighttime: OFF for 60 seconds, followed by 30 minutes OFF. Nutrient Tank (NT): pH: Maintained between 5.9 and 6.1. EC: 1.18. Temperature: 20-23°C. Week 4 off Flowering in Summary 120 litter off RO water, 210ml+210ml AN connoisseur A+B, 18g Big Bud Powder, 45ml Growth Technology Liquid Silica 70kW electricity in total for light, Pumps and AC Infinity Fans. 63kW for Light + 2kW Dehumidification + AC Infinity ventilation Week start @ 1.31EC, nutrient strength., keep strength @ 1.24 till the end of the week Girls look superb all time, Wedding Cheesecake have two pheno, realy like buds on one girl Tropicana Cookies fill bud sites this week a lot, Purple Lemonade is going to be talles from all three stains. Nice bud formation also. PH was stabile and move from 5.90 min to 6.2 max. Light distance for this week - 50-55cm from tallest top , PPFD levels around 1100 in center, trough whole week. Lowest reading 680 @ corner Temperature are from 23c at start off day to 26c max at some points. AC Infinity T6 extracting fan program in AUTO to kick in @ 26c Night temps around 21-23c, dehumidifier work less this week. Outside humidity is low this week Water temperatures in middle off week start to rise, reffiling solution is cooled to bring temp back from 23-24 to 20c Defoliate girls on first day off ths week, pruning off smaler branches, lots off foliage is removed After defoliation humidity drop inmediately in box. Need to bring back humidifier for couple of days. RH was low trough whole week Day RH is moved from 45% to 50% max, at night times drop to 40-45% Next week outside temperatures continue above average for this time of the year. Continue in next week, starting probably with one more light defoliation, bigger fan leaves only

Keine Komplikationen, alle Pflanzen sehen gesund aus und entwickeln sich gut. Der Lichtzyklus wurde über 6 Tage hinweg schrittweise reduziert, jeden Tag eine Stunde weniger Licht. Heute ist der erste Tag mit 12/12 Licht-Dunkel-Zyklus und damit der offizielle Start der Blütephase. Erste Anzeichen der Blüte sind sichtbar, Internodienabstand nimmt zu, das Wachstum verlagert sich in die Höhe. Keine Mangelerscheinungen oder Stressanzeichen. In den kommenden Tagen wird das Stretching genau beobachtet. Ab nächster Woche beginnt das Monitoring der Vorblüten.

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So space is now at a premium!! The bed has been given a feed this week and some more selective defoliation Thanks for stopping by 👍

I never know what to put here. Maybe thanks to the 2 people that look at my diaries?

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