I stripped the leaves on this plant. Idk why I just did it. But it's a good week for her

Just perfect harvest thanks to Platinium for their great fertilizer and to barney's farm for this strain that I recommend a just incredible taste🤤🤤🙏

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🌸 Pink Rosay Auto by Zamnesia | Pheno B | Week 11 💗 The Little Dwarf Keeps Smiling — Small, Beautiful & Completely Herself Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And our little Pink Rosay Pheno B... 😂💗 She's still little. Very little. But you know what? Every single week, she manages to put a smile on my face. And this week is no different. Actually... I'm starting to think that one of the best decisions I made in this entire adventure was simply... not giving up on her. Because look at her now. She's growing. She's developing. She's building flowers. She's getting prettier. She's getting frostier. And she's doing it all while remaining this ridiculously cute little plant tucked away among some absolute monsters. 😂💗 She's small. She's beautiful. She's charming. And she's completely, unapologetically herself. So yes... let's give this little lady the spotlight she deserves. 🌸✨ ──────────────────────── 🌱 The 8×8 Adventure — Same Room, Different Stories For anyone discovering this diary for the first time, welcome to the 8×8 Adventure. The idea behind this project is simple: Take different genetics and phenotypes... put them into essentially the same environment... and then step back and watch what they naturally become. Same room. Same 12/12 lighting schedule. Same general environmental strategy. Same irrigation philosophy. Same nutritional program. Same lighting ecosystem. Same grower. Different genetics. Different phenotypes. Different structures. Different personalities. And Pink Rosay Pheno B? She's one of the most extreme examples of individuality in the entire room. While some of her neighbours are enormous... she decided: "63 cm is enough." 😂 And honestly? I'm glad she did. Because if every plant looked the same, this experiment wouldn't be nearly as interesting. ──────────────────────── 💗 I'm So Glad I Didn't Give Up on Her I have to say this again. I'm genuinely happy I didn't give up on this little girl. Because early on, it would have been very easy to look at her and think: "She's tiny." And leave it at that. But that's exactly why we do experiments like this. We don't know the final story at the beginning. We have to let the plant tell us. And Pink Rosay B has been slowly telling us: "I'm small. So what? Watch me." 😂💗 And I am watching. Every week. She's still developing. Still changing. Still putting on flower. Still becoming more interesting. And that's incredibly satisfying to see. There is something special about watching a plant that could easily have been overlooked become something you genuinely care about. That's exactly what happened with her. ──────────────────────── 🌸 The Little Dwarf Keeps Growing She's not suddenly going to become a giant. And I don't want her to. Her compact size is part of her story. It's part of what makes this phenotype interesting. But being small doesn't mean she's standing still. Far from it. She's continuing to develop within that tiny framework. The flowers are progressing. The structure is becoming more defined. The density continues to build. And the whole plant is slowly becoming more complete. She's growing... just on her own terms. At her own pace. In her own little world. And honestly? I love watching it. Because sometimes slow, steady development is just as fascinating as watching a plant explode through the room. ──────────────────────── 😊 She Keeps Putting a Smile on My Face This might actually be my favourite thing about her. She makes me smile. 😂💗 Every time I look at her, I get that little feeling of: "Look at you!" She's not intimidating. She's not overwhelming. She's not demanding. She's just... cute. A tiny flowering plant surrounded by much larger personalities. And somehow she has managed to carve out her own little identity in the room. She's the little one. The dwarf. The compact girl. The one who doesn't need much space. The one who doesn't make my life difficult. And now... the one I'm genuinely excited to see finishing. That's quite a transformation from where we started. ──────────────────────── ❄️ Small Plant — Serious Frost And let's not forget what happens when we stop looking at her size... and start looking at her flowers. Because that's where things get really interesting. The frost continues to develop. The flowers are becoming more substantial. The structure is getting more defined. And when the light catches the resin... she absolutely shines. ❄️✨ This is one of those plants where scale can be misleading. From across the room: "Aw, she's tiny." Get closer: "Wait..." Closer again: "Ohhhhhh." 😂💗❄️ That's Pink Rosay B. She doesn't need a huge frame to give us something beautiful to look at. She simply packs her story into a much smaller package. ──────────────────────── 🌸 Beautiful in Her Own Little Way I think I've finally stopped comparing her to the larger plants. And that's important. Because when you compare a 63 cm plant to a giant standing beside her, she's always going to look small. Of course she is. But that's not the right comparison anymore. Now I look at her and ask: "What is Pink Rosay B doing?" And the answer is: She's growing. She's flowering. She's developing. She's frosting up. She's becoming more beautiful. And she's doing all of that exactly as her genetics seem to want to. That's what matters. She's not supposed to be her sister. She's not supposed to be one of the giants. She's Pink Rosay Pheno B. And that's enough. ──────────────────────── 💡 Still Eating Photons The room continues evolving around her, but the overall strategy remains the same. The Future of Grow Black Series LEDs continue providing the main overhead lighting, with the additional fixtures now part of the upgraded lighting setup. After adding the two additional Black Series 600W fixtures, we reduced the output to approximately 59% from the plug after seeing that the initial intensity was higher than we wanted. We're now working around: ☀️ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy with intensity naturally changing according to plant height and position. And this little lady? She's still doing her part. Taking the available photons... and turning them into growth. Leaves. Flowers. Resin. Density. Development. Just on a miniature scale. 😂💗 I honestly love that. It's another beautiful example of how genetics can take the same environmental opportunity and turn it into something completely different. ──────────────────────── 🌱 Same Nutrition. Same Opportunity. The nutrition has also continued evolving with the rest of the room. Terra Bloom has been increased to: 🌸 Plagron Terra Bloom — 2.3 ml/L Alongside: 🌱 Plagron Power Buds — 1 ml/L ✨ Plagron Green Sensation — 1 ml/L 🍯 Plagron Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L ⚗️ pH adjustment as required Current solution strength: ⚡ EC: ~2.14 mS/cm And again... no special treatment. No secret formula just for the little dwarf. 😂 She gets the same general opportunity as everyone else. Same nutrition. Same lighting strategy. Same room. Same environmental evolution. And then... she decides what to do with it. That's the experiment. ──────────────────────── ✂️ Still No Reason to Interfere And just like her sister, Pink Rosay B doesn't give me many reasons to interfere. The major work has already been done. Her structure is established. The flowering sites are visible. The plant is healthy-looking. The flowers are developing. So why start messing around with her? Exactly. There is no reason. Healthy leaves are still doing their job. The flowers are developing naturally. The plant is progressing. So we're simply allowing her to continue. Sometimes the grower's job is to do something. Sometimes the grower's job is to know when not to do something. Right now? I'm very happy doing less. 😂💗 Let the little lady grow. ──────────────────────── 🌸 Small Doesn't Mean Small Story This is probably the biggest lesson Pink Rosay B has given me. A plant doesn't have to dominate a tent to be interesting. She doesn't need to be two metres tall. She doesn't need a huge canopy. She doesn't need massive branches reaching in every direction. She doesn't need to be the biggest producer. She just needs to express herself. And she's doing that beautifully. Her story is about compactness. About individuality. About watching a tiny phenotype continue to develop while surrounded by giants. And maybe that's why I enjoy her so much. She reminds me that growing isn't always about chasing the biggest possible plant. Sometimes it's about discovering the unexpected. ──────────────────────── 📸 The Tiny Girl Still Loves the Camera And once again... she remains incredibly easy to photograph. 😂📸 That's another thing I genuinely appreciate about this phenotype. I can get around her. I can see her structure. I can reach her flowers. I can move her if necessary. And I can get the camera exactly where I want it. Then macro photography completely changes the scale. Suddenly... the little dwarf isn't little anymore. She's a landscape. A forest of tiny structures. Calyxes. Pistils. Sugar leaves. Resin. Textures. Details. And that's one of the reasons I love macro photography so much. It reminds us that size is relative. The plant might be tiny in the 8×8... but inside the frame? She's enormous. 💗❄️📸 ──────────────────────── 🌡️ Week 11 Conditions The environment continues along with the rest of the room: 🌸 Flowering: Week 11 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 💡 Future of Grow Black Series LEDs: upgraded setup 💡 Approx. power after adjustment: ~59% from the plug ☀️ Upper-canopy PPFD: ~1,500 🌡️ Day temperature: ~26.5°C 🌙 Night temperature: ~26°C 💧 Relative humidity: ~61% ⚗️ pH: ~6.02 ⚡ EC: ~2.14 mS/cm 🌡️ Solution temperature: ~25°C 🌱 Substrate temperature: ~25°C 🌬️ CO₂: ~693 ppm 🌱 Pot size: 15 L 💦 Irrigation: ~1.45 L per plant / 24h Same room. Same evolution. Same lighting upgrades. Same nutritional updates. Same general strategy. Different expression. And Pink Rosay B continues doing what Pink Rosay B does best. Being Pink Rosay B. 😂💗 ──────────────────────── 🔬 Genetics Keep Writing Their Own Stories This is where the 8×8 Adventure becomes really fascinating. You can control many things. You can provide the same environment. You can provide the same lighting. You can provide the same nutrition. You can keep the irrigation philosophy consistent. But you cannot tell every phenotype how to behave. They interpret the opportunity differently. And Pink Rosay B is a perfect example. Her sister is compact too, but this girl takes compactness to another level. She's tiny. She's dense. She's developing beautifully. And she's doing it without becoming a headache. That's her genetic expression. And I'm very happy we gave her the opportunity to show it. ──────────────────────── 💗 My Little Survivor There's something almost sentimental about her now. 😂 Because I remember looking at this little plant earlier in the adventure and thinking: "Are you really going to do anything?" And now? I'm standing there smiling at her. "Look at you!" 😂💗 She's become one of those plants that you develop a relationship with. Not because she's the biggest. Not because she's the most impressive from a distance. But because you've watched her journey. You've watched her slowly become herself. And you've watched the little plant that could have been dismissed become a little plant you genuinely don't want to lose. I'm really glad she stayed. ──────────────────────── 🔭 Looking Ahead And now... I'm curious to see where she takes us from here. She's still developing. Still building. Still getting prettier. Still putting on frost. Still making me smile. And that's enough for me. I'm not looking for her to suddenly become something she's not. I'm not expecting a giant transformation. I simply want to see the final version of this tiny little Pink Rosay phenotype. How will the flowers continue to develop? How much more will she mature? How will the resin evolve? What will the final structure look like? And eventually... what will she be like when her story is complete? We'll find out. One week at a time. One photograph at a time. One observation at a time. ──────────────────────── ✨ Final Thoughts — Let the Little Lady Shine Week 11. And our little dwarf is still here. Still growing. Still developing. Still beautiful. Still tiny. 😂💗 And somehow... she keeps becoming more lovable. I am genuinely so happy I didn't give up on her. Because now I get to watch this little cutie pie continue developing right in front of me. She's small. But she's beautiful. She's compact. But she's full of character. She's not demanding. She's not difficult. She's not trying to take over the room. She's simply doing her thing. And she's doing it beautifully. There are giants in this tent. Absolute monsters. Plants that make you wonder how you're ever going to move them without requiring a forklift. 😂🌳 And then there's Pink Rosay B. Just sitting there... quietly growing. Quietly flowering. Quietly getting frostier. Quietly making me smile. 💗 And maybe that's why she has become so special to me. She doesn't need to shout. She doesn't need to be the biggest. She doesn't need to prove anything. She just needs to be herself. And she is. So let's give her the spotlight. Let's celebrate the little one. Let's celebrate the phenotype that could have been overlooked... but wasn't. Because now we get to see what happens when you simply give a tiny plant the opportunity to show you what she can do. And Pink Rosay B? She's showing us beautifully. Small frame. Beautiful flowers. Increasing frost. Growing every week. And an absolutely enormous personality for such a tiny girl. 😂💗🌸❄️ I'm glad you stayed, little lady. Keep growing. Keep smiling. Keep becoming more beautiful. And most importantly... keep being exactly who you are. Because that's what makes you special. 💗✨ ──────────────────────── 🙏 Thank You A huge thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document the 8×8 Adventure and follow these very different phenotypes week after week. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Pink Rosay genetics and for giving us the opportunity to discover little characters like this one. 🌸💗 Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of the journey. 🌱 Thank you to Future of Grow for the Black Series lighting and for supplying the additional fixtures we're now testing in this adventure. 💡🙏 Thank you to Lumiflora for adding the under-canopy lighting dimension. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping maintain the environment behind the scenes. And of course... thank you to everyone following along. Every comment. Every question. Every observation. Every photograph. Every week. It all becomes part of this adventure. And Pink Rosay Pheno B has certainly given us a story worth following. She may be the smallest girl in the room. But she has absolutely earned her place here. And I'm so damn glad we gave her the chance. 💗🌸❄️✨ So here's to the little dwarf. The tiny survivor. The cutie pie. The plant that keeps growing... and keeps putting a smile on my face. Let's keep watching. Let's keep learning. And let's let this beautiful little lady finish her story in her own way. Give her the spotlight. She deserves it. Growers Love & Happy Growing! 🌱💚💗

Big s/o to @42fastbuds the genetics are solid 😎😎

Another week has gone by and uh, they are starting to catch their groove. I'm gonna give them probably another. Week or two, and then flip them... I want to get them done early so I can have variety... I'd rather have four different strains that are 2oz each versus a half pound of 1 strain .. i'm blessed to have the beans to do it , thanks to good friends and sponsors .. with that being said thank you too @Grow4releaf for this bean and for my next grow, which is gonna be the banana daddy auto by ethos that I might start today.. Hope everyone is doing well Happy Easter God bless and happy growing 🙏

This week I’m letting them stretch through the trellis, I gave them a light defoliation in between the videos of day 11 and day 12 #RecycledSystem #PeyoteCookies #Cinderella99 #BlueGelato41 #GorillaZkittlez #BarneysFarm #HerbiesSeeds #FreeSeeds #GrowTent #MeizhiLED #Meizhi300 #CustomLED #UkGrown #TheUKGrowsToo #CannabisCommunity 🇬🇧

Dense hard chunky buds.Love it,overall very impressed with this strain.Grow was good with no issues.

12/12/24 Short Facts: Watered: 1 x 2.4L, 1 x 2.5L, 1 x 2.5L — Total: 7.4L VPD @ 1.4 Light @ 70% (~700 to 950 PPFD) Stopped watering with fertilizers, only water, CalMag and Silicia Force --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’ve stopped watering with fertilizer because I’m planning to harvest her in the coming days. You can already see that she’s slowly dying. I hope she’ll put all her remaining energy into her flowers in these final days. I’m going to dry her, but only because there’s a new method I want to try. You can now place the harvested buds into a special plastic bag immediately after harvest. These bags are designed to let water out while preserving the terpenes almost completely intact. One of the German grow shops selling these bags tested different samples in a lab, and the results seem to support their claims. If it works, great! If not and the harvest ends up molding, I don’t mind. 98% of the harvest will already have to be trashed due to the legal limit.

Hello everyone 😎 Week 5 of flower for the strawberry banana auto from Fast Buds 🍓🍌 She grew fast with beautiful green color,for the nutrient 4ml/L terra bloom & 1ml/L power buds next week i will introduce Green sensation at very low doses from Plagron ✔️ Mars hydro SP-6500 70% Have a nice day 😋

4/23/24 Discoloration in top buds is worrying me so I chopped the last plant. Per RQS this may be a week or two early but I am seeing a lot of milky trichomes. Would rather pull it now then end up with bud rot or something. Lower buds look excellent. Will follow up and wrap up this grow in about a week after drying and some curing. 4/27/24 Final weights : Rachie 18 g Lily 18 g Lucy - EDIT 6.24.25 - Will never use RQS again. I switched to Barney's and I will never look back. I had a seed from the RQS pack go auto in the middle of my grow and threw everything out of whack. When I asked the rep what he thought the issue was in my comment section, he said something to the effect of "PM me and I'll take care of it. When I PM'd him he basically told me to not put RQS on blast and just call the 1-800 number. Like bro, you can't even tell me what you think might have happened? Do seeds sometimes do this on their own? Was there a mix up? A "sorry for your inconvenience" bro? Nothing just hey, don't be commenting at me about it just call the number. Barney's customer service has been out of this world. Of course it's a better product as well. No issues so far and everything is exactly what was on the package.

Whats is wrong with my plants? I don't know If you know please advise

The plants are looking really healthy. I’m still getting used to my new lights. I think I didn’t push enough light in week 2 of flower I’m ramping up the light intensity now. I had to whip out my par meter I was keeping the light to far off the plants. This light has to be closer to the plants than my mini sun. I’m lurking this light a lot I just need to get used to it

Started lsting both purple punches

Today was the big day, at exactly 3 weeks old, she got topped. She looks healthy and vital, with good growth, so I figured it's the perfect time. Now she gets a bit of recovery time after the high stress, before we begin the LST.

01/09/2022 Finally time to flower, and all girls went into flower room at lights out.The males will be next week, don't want to put them in to early so I will carefully check every day and separate before they open their flowers. I'm guessing week 3-4 I Will select two branches on each female to selectively pollinate. 01/11/2022 Blue Matter #5 (update #5 culled male) repotted with lemon og seed Will continue in her own evolving diary. My hope is to eventually graft different cuts for a multiple variety mom plant, I can have 6 total plants And would be nice to be able to maintain only one mom.

Harvest day is coming - Today or tomorrow, it is still 32° today but from tomorrow, T° are going down significaloly and 40/50mm rain is expected - Perfect timing :) 138 days - 11/12 weeks of flowering (as she's an auto gene from the Gorilla Cookies Auto) - 95% milky.

Es ist schon ein ganzes Weilchen her aber ich erfreue mich immer wieder an diesen blühprächtigen Pflanzen😍

Thank you to all that have helped me along this journey. All of the answers, tips, comments, likes, and other diaries have been so very motivating to me. I originally started this diary only for my own reference but I'm so pleased to have learned that others have found it helpful or interesting, for whatever reason. If you're curious about equipment see the germination page and if you have questions feel free to drop me a line. So, without further ado: Jan 19 Day 105 Harvest day! 🎉🎉 Not really knowing how to tackle the situation, I started by cutting all of the fan leaves I was able to reach. Then, I cut each branch working from the perimeter inward - which due to the way she grew, was essentially the same as working from the bottom branches of the meristem to the top. Each branch was cut, cleaned, and handled individually before moving on to the next. Decided to wet-trim most of the branches, leaving 4 fairly untouched (only fan leaves were removed). Will be interested to see the differences, if any. They're all drying/hanging near the grow tent ~45%RH, 72F (22C). It isn't completely dark though, as some light is escaping the tent into the closet where they are hanging. I'm hoping this isn't terrible but I'll be keeping my eye on them. The process took the better part of an evening but I was cautiously learning, taking breaks, and generally being fairly slow. I'm sure I'll be faster and more confident next time. Jan 27 Day 113 Drying is complete, I think. Branches were hung and dried for 8 days in a consistent 68F (20C) 40% RH. They were determined to be dried after hearing a snap when bending (not breaking) large stems and buds felt dry to touch. Sugar leaves bordering on crispy while buds still had some give / fluffiness. The flowers from previously manicured branches were relatively easily plucked. However, the dry trimming process for the unmanicured branches proved to be a bit of a pain. They have been placed in a pyrex container to cure. I'm hoping flavors and aromas that are currently lacking will develop in time. 🤞 --- Stats --- Veg time: ~45 days. Flowering time: ~60 days. Height ~18in., ~46cm. Main Bud Length: ~9in., 23cm. Harvested 16 Hangable branches and a few extra medium/small buds. Bud Wet Weight, with stems: 242g, ~8.5oz. Larf/Popcorn Sugar-leaf Wet Weight (not counted above): 18g, ~0.6oz. Leaf/Waste Wet Weight: 38g, ~1.3oz. Drying time: 8 days. Dried Weight with Stems: 70g, ~2oz. Trimmed and Dried Total Bud Weight: 50g, ~1.75oz. --- Thoughts in hindsight --- Firstly, I can't believe I haven't tried growing sooner. So rewarding in so many ways! My initial hope was to harvest an oz., so I am obviously quite happy we could surpass that mark by a good margin. This is a testament to the plant more than me of course, as I was completely inexperienced and was purposefully as hands-off as I could be comfortable with throughout her growth. I can only imagine things will improve with time. Paper-towel germination seems to be prone to more stress for myself and arguably the seedling as well. Floating in 1% H2O2 solution seems to be ideal for me. I made bad soil choices. This mixture seemed to be too dense, leading to some watering/strangulation issues mid-growth. My 2nd grow consisting of mostly coco coir seems healthier and seems easier to maintain proper hydration. Coco might also be reusable while this soil definitely seems spent now. I didn't respect pH at first and initial testing was eye-opening. That said, after simply testing water and fertilizer readings a few times, I gradually felt more comfortable with guestimating during most feedings, only testing sporadically later in her life cycle. This seemed to be fine and was a bit of a relief after early testing proved tedious every feed. I've been happy with Better-Gro orchid fertilizer. This is of course contrary to most advice, which I admit is probably for good reason. That said though, I didn't notice any major toxicities or deficiencies during her grow. So, these products seem to have worked for me and are so much more affordable than cannabis-specific fertilizers. I was quite weary about not having cal-mag, but this never seemed to be an issue in this particular case. However, I'll be keeping a similar eye on my 2nd grow in coco, which I understand may need it. Training and pruning is important. This plant was quite bushy and wild likely resulting in quite a bit of unnecessary larf/popcorn. Not to mention the additional time needed to trim when harvesting. Also regarding training, pipe cleaners can leave noticeable cuts in the stem they hold. Thickly coated flexible garden wire would likely be ideal. I need to get a loupe or magnifying attachment for the phone. Digital zoom with shaky hands is not great for checking trichomes and my 3x magnifying glass just doesn't cut it. I cannot speak toward potency or yield without more experience, but simply for the sake of a greener hue, I think I could've harvested her a week earlier. Because I left a few branches untended during dry, I was able to experience both the wet and dry trimming processes. Unless keeping leaves for extra humidity during drying, I seem to prefer wet trimming as the still supple leaves were easier to remove with less bud handling. I'll add more thoughts if/when they come. Thank you again for stopping by! 👋