Dear Me, I had a Growers Nightmare, An Equipment failure around 21th of Jan,24. My 3X3 Mars Hydro Kit is IMPORTED from United States. it comes with a pretty powerful grow light FC-E3000. But Unfortunately it broke only after 1 weeks of usage. The Rotating knob stopped responding to dimming function. The push button only turns lights OFF/ON. And without having the ability to control the Light intensity I was left with nothing but 100% light, 400+ PPFD and 25+ degree Temp in my Grow Tent. Hence I Disconnected the Two of the Centre Light bars and Increased the Height to maximum at about 1.3 Feet from plants. This at times was showing between 230-300 PPFD but it now it's back at showing 400 here and there. At the very least the tent temperature is 23-24. I Contacted Mars Hydro notified that I'm in different Country and that I'm helpless and I can't basically send you the Unit for a replacement since I'd killing my plants at that point so please either 1) sell me a new controller stand alone unit to my country. I'll pay upfront. or 2) send me new unit and I'll send back as soon as fresh unit arrives and I swap the malfunction unit. I'll bear shipping cost upfront for both ways. But it's been like 3-4 days no conclusion we're still figuring out and yet to get to any conclusion. Hence I ended up placing order for a AC infinity 6 inch exhaust fan which comes with AC infinity 69 Pro controller( a separate unit that can connect to Mars hydro Grow Lights using RJ45 Cable Type B Connecter). It's cool how just one thing can add a whole Semi-Automation to Grow Tent Environment. Not gonna lie I did thought at this point that I had in fact made my tent buying decision in a jiffy without looking at all the other options. I hope Mars Hydro Fixes it provided that I had invested my faith in them with my money at around 1200 usd( Tent cost about 600 USD + about 600 in Shipping and import fee). Prepared Cal-Mag Buffered Coco-Perlite Mix for Coming week. Plants are already on a Light Feed Schedule with a 3 Part series by General Hydroponics. 1st Week Nutrients Diet Per Gal Water 2ml CalMag 1 ml micro 1 ml Grow 0.5 ml Bloom Ph-6.1 TDS - 277 UPDATE : 4 February : - I learned First week starts "After" the Cotyledons when first true leaves show up. Which means I've been actually in my first week only. Putting an end to my anxiety over my current plant sizes. Also, Mars Hydro replied with a humble gesture and decided to replace the dimmer at no Additional cost, They told me I could keep the faulty unit which means I don't need to spend money on returning it. and they're directly shipping to my country without any extra fee (a cherry on top). I'm yet to get the tracking but it should arrive at the very least sometime before I hit the Flowering. My first week plants look somewhat healthy despite a little light stress in the early stage. Although the Plants heights not been upto the desirable min. so far which is mostly because light was throwing too much ppfd in the early stages. Stay Tuned as i complete the week 2 on 10th of feb for these Baby Auto's.

- Big Bud + Overdrive

Strains: Barney’s Farm Lemon OG Auto & Seedsman Gorilla Candy Auto The stretch has now kicked in fully and both plants are showing excellent health with strong, even growth. Internodal spacing remains tight and consistent across both genetics, which is helping light penetration deep into the canopy. They’re each drinking around 1L per day, and today they were treated to a Biosys tea to give the soil life an extra boost. Nutrients remain the standard Ecothrive Soil Food Grow/Bloom + Charge + Biosys cycle, no adjustments needed so far. Environmental conditions are dialled in nicely at VPD 0.8, with temps 75–80°F and RH ~75%. Both strains are thriving in this environment and settling into the early-mid flowering stage with no visible stress.

Día 34 resuelto el problema. Con riegos personalizados muy laboriosos he corregido ligeras carencias de algunas plantas. Aún con la diferencia de aprox. una semana entre más o menos mitad y mitad de ellas ya entran todas en floración y será mas sencillo. Estos últimos días han sido un poco caóticos. Ya se veía alguna diferencia de fenotipo pero esto es demasiado. Como vereis dn las fotos no hay dos iguales. Desde luego pars cultivo extensivo no va nada bien. Estan en diferentes fases y el ajuste de abonos no es fácil. Sobretodo sin tener parámetros. Pero bueno voy al día intentando tratatarlas personalizadamente pero lleva mucho mas tiempo habiendo 23. Aun así, seguiremos adelante e iremos superando adversidades, así se aprende también. Como la mayoría de las plantas exteriores marcan carencia de N, le voy a echar otra semana de CalMag foliar para no tener que añadir grower ek esta fase ya.

Bushy little mama. Removed the tobacco plants as they were taking over the tent. She is on her lonesome now so she can make full use of the space available. Looking like she needs some defoliation pretty soon. 3/10 Gave her a radical defoliation. Took away about 85% of all the larger fan leaves and some lower canopy growth. I want all the plants energy to go into flowering and developing large kolas. Don't expect the auto clone to get much bigger, so won't be potting up, but she may produce a decent kola.

🗓️ 7° WEEK FLO // DAY 43-49 (from switch) // DAY 120-126 (from dry seed) ⚡- Light: 30 cm / 250 watt; ⌛- Schedule: 12/12; 🌡️- 22° C - 65% RH average; 📑- PH 6 - EC 2.3; 🌱- During this week the difference between the two phenotypes became even more evident, despite the environmental and nutritional conditions being the same. Pheno #1 is continuing to swell its buds and it's starting to slowly fade. Pheno #2, on the other hand, is getting darker and darker and its buds are not as big as the other one; 🌸- According to the trichomes stage they still need 2 weeks. 🆕- On week 15 I got the TrolMaster TCS-1 by @TrolMaster_Europe and I started to track my grow box data. I will add these info once I harvest!

Wir drücken die Daumen und Feuern Sie an Sobald dann alle ihre Köpfchen aus der Erde raus gesteckt haben, kommen sie erst mal ins Gewächshaus in der Hoffnung, dass das das Ganze noch ein wenig beschleunigt. Oder ankurbelt….

No food until I figure out what this leaf curl is. A couple of weeks left I'm thinking so flush week after. Flushed this week as I thought the curl was salt however still happening :(

Runtz Punch is growing strong. She has reached maturity and is ready to flower. She will need some hst at some point for sure. Probably switch to flowering in a week. Thank you Spider Farmer, Athena, and Herbies Seeds. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱🌱🌱 Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. ❄️🌱🍻 Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g

As she continues to stretch into the holidays and new year I am looking forward to growing this monster outdoor in 2025 probably in a 10 gallon pot.

This week the ladys growed so fcking good, have some biggs on the back, and some pretty on the middle, all of the autos are flowering, and the Special Kush are on LST hardcore mode(not so much XP), so for this week its just that, stay tuned for more gg, i'm putting some timelapse thats going on work, thanks.

Week 12, Day 83 from seed and 3rd day of flower.....The 5 day of this week officially marked the start of the flowering season!! So I flushed both of these bad boys with ph'd water for two days and then today I switched them to 12/12. I gave them their first dose of bloom nutrients and then lollipoped them as you can see, pixs . Grateful no issues to report for the past 3 weeks have been trouble-free!! I'm going to leave the MH bulb in for an additional 2 weeks to prevent any stretching before switching to the HPS. But so far they are still loving their environment. I'm also in the process of keeping clones of fat banana and hulkberry while i try this new strain of Peanut Butter Tree.

It came into my head last night a migjt have been under feeding them by mixing enough feed for 10 litres of water instead of the 20 i meant to account for i will give them a full dose on the same feed as last week 4ml per 10 litre and 1ml of pk for the 1st feed tnis week and see how they look 🤯

Week 7 here we go They starting to show some colors as they are getting frostier and frostier 😇 tricomes still all very young and clear but getting there 🤫😈 Day 46 update : selective defoliation, they needed more air and light going around. It smells like candy’s store mixed with pine trees and the minty fruit salad that as all that exotic and exquisite aroma in it I’m loving this round and loving all the new learning that came with it 🙏❤️😈🤫🤓😇 As for the geek department 🤓 I’m currently: - VPD - 1.03 kPa -PPFD - 725.38 umol/s/m2 -DLI - 28.71 Loving this LED Tec 😍 Girls: 1-BlueBerry 2-Alaskan Purple 3-Poyote Gorilla 4-Hindu Kush 5-Whitw Mango 6-Super Glue 7-Badazz Cookies 8-S.A.D. tent -8x8 / 2.4x2.4 but i'm only using 1/2 so 4x4 / 1.2x1.2 Led - Lumatek 465w Compact Pro at 75% All i Grow is medicine for myself, Stay safe, stay tuned and B Happy Peace out D

Ci siamo

Not much work was needed this week — the Strawberry Gorilla continues to develop beautifully on her own. The buds are stacking very nicely along the branches and are steadily gaining both size and density. Trichome production is also progressing well, giving the flowers an increasingly frosty appearance. I’m starting to see some slight signs of heat-induced foxtailing on a few tops, but nothing dramatic or concerning at this point. Overall, the plant still looks very healthy and productive. For now, there’s not much left to do besides keeping an eye on her and letting those buds continue to bulk up.

Creciendo fuerte!

And we are done! Both plants have now been chopped after 48hours darkness. Now currently drying. I will post some close up harvest shots once bud is dry :)

C99 – Week 1: The Sativa Rocket Launches! 🍍🚀 Welcome to the solo-run in the mini-tent! While the high-end sponsor strains are taking over the big setup, this report is all about a legendary, fast-flowering classic: C99 (Cinderella 99) by Female Seeds! Running in my 40x40 cm tent, this project is designed to test how much punch, flavor, and efficiency you can pull out of a compact, single-plant Sativa setup under targeted lighting. The Setup for this Run: Tent: 40x40 cm (Solo-Tent) Lighting: Viparspectra XS1500 Pro (tuned to an efficient sweet spot) Medium: Coco-Perlite (50/50) Goal: A tightly trained, highly optimized single-plant setup focusing on structure, massive headbud development, and those iconic sweet pineapple terps. Current Status (Week 1): The seed is officially soaking in its pH-adjusted water bath, getting ready to crack. Once the taproot shows, it’ll move into its starter medium to kick off the journey in the small lab. Excited to run this absolute Sativa masterpiece alongside the big tent. Let's see how fast this rocket takes off! 🍍✨

This is the day i chopped its around at Day 105. the middle one and the right one was perfect. The left one was so slow i dont even know what happened with her in flower. I was thinking about giving her more time but at that point i wanted them off. Pistiles were still a lot white and not brown but whatever i took them off this day :) i think we can be happy with the results. I try to actually not give nutrients within the last week. I know flushing is not necessary for organics which i dont, but i dont think they need nutrients for the last week. My opinion!