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🌸 Week 6 Flower – Gelonade Diaries
The Gelonade girls continue their elegant dance into flower, both Pheno #1 and Pheno #2 shining in their own unique way. Their structures remain remarkably similar, tall, strong, and full of energy, while each holds onto her own personality, expressed in leaf form and flower shape.
This week we noticed a few small spots on the leaves. Nothing dramatic, nothing to sound alarms about, but enough to remind us that plants, like people, sometimes whisper when they need something. It could be calcium, it could be another minor imbalance, but the key is observation. We’ll keep a close eye, watching for patterns, listening to what the girls want to tell us, and adjusting gently if needed.
🌱 Quick Recap (For Those Just Joining)
From the start, this run has been about detail and care.
• Germination was clean and quick, the girls leaping from seed into life.
• Veg was marked by strong branching, healthy leaves, and the unforgettable funky unicorn foliage of Pheno #2.
• Transplanting into super soil and fabric pots gave them the room to spread their roots and breathe.
• The shift into flower was smooth, guided by careful lighting, steady feeding, and a balance of Aptus and Plagron nutrients.
• Weeks 4 and 5 saw sativa-like stretch, white hairs bursting across every cola, and canopy lights filling every corner with photons.
Now here we are in Week 6: the garden maturing, the flowers stacking, the personality of the genetics truly revealing itself.
💧 Feeding & Balance
The recipe continues to revolve around Aptus Regulator, CalMag Boost, Top Booster, and Plagron’s Power Buds, Sugar Royal, and Green Sensation, with Aptus All-In-One Liquid helping tie the orchestra together. We’re keeping EC balanced, always mindful that the soil already provides a strong foundation.
💡 What’s Happening & What’s Next
This week is all about observation. Flowers are swelling, resin begins to sparkle in early traces, and aromas start to hint at what’s to come.
What to expect: denser buds, richer pistil coloration, and a canopy that will soon demand defoliation for airflow.
What not to expect: miracles overnight. This is the stage of patience, where the magic brews quietly within each calyx.
💚 Closing Thought
The Gelonades remind us that growth is rarely flawless. A spot on a leaf is not a failure, but a message. Perfection isn’t the goal, balance is. And balance is exactly what these girls are showing us week after week.
May the flowers swell with grace,
may the leaves whisper their truths,
and may the grower’s patience
be rewarded in full bloom.
PS: Understanding Foxtailing
One of the girls, our Pheno #2, is starting to show signs of foxtailing. For those new to the term, foxtailing refers to when buds grow in elongated, irregular patterns instead of stacking neatly into the dense, conical shape we often expect. The result is a flower that looks “spiky” or “funky,” almost as though the plant is growing multiple little towers from a single cola.
Why does this happen? There are two main sides to the story:
• Genetic Foxtailing: Some strains naturally express this trait, especially sativa-leaning hybrids. In this case, foxtailing is simply part of the plant’s personality, often leading to extra surface area for resin glands, which can even mean more trichomes and aromas.
• Environmental Foxtailing: Stress factors can also trigger it — high heat, intense light (too much PPFD), or shifts in feeding can encourage buds to keep stacking in odd ways rather than finishing their round formation.
In our case, the temperatures have sometimes pushed higher than ideal, and the lights are running strong, so those factors might play a role. But genetics also carry a heavy influence, and Gelonade — being sativa-leaning, can naturally lean toward these elongated flower expressions.
Is foxtailing a problem? Not at all. While it can look unusual compared to the “textbook” cola shape, it doesn’t reduce quality. In fact, it can increase flower mass and surface resin coverage, giving us more material and potentially more complex aesthetics. Some growers even treasure it as a unique expression of their plant’s individuality.
So while Pheno #2 may look a little funky, we see it as a gift, more fruit, more character, more story to tell. This is the garden’s way of reminding us that beauty doesn’t always fit a mold, and that variation is part of the magic of growing.
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We’ve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you won’t want to miss the next steps, let’s push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together!
As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Let’s celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together.
With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine.
💚 Growers love to all 💚
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Hello growers, finally we have the harvest day. At the same time I have it after drying. Unfortunately I don't know exactly how many grams of dry matter I had because I did it for less than 3 days and I didn't have that much time and especially the conditions. Approximately what I weighed continuously, there were about 300-400 grams and I am satisfied with the first grow. During the entire growing process I had no problems and I am very happy about that. See you at the next grow.💪
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Flowering has beyond started, looks beautiful and healthy, smells fantastic lol. Hope these continue to bring me happiness. Just put the netting in, she is budding i believe hopefully i get some juicy nugs out of this
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Week 10
Gorilla Cookies Auto (Fast Buds)
Keep getting fatter
Week 10....5 week of flowering (73 days)
It has 64 centimeters
16L
This Week - Defoliation-
Godzilla Cookies (Herbies)
Keep getting fatter
Week 9 Week 3 week of flowering (63 days)
It has 71 centimeters
15L
This Week - Defoliation
Gorilla Glue Auto (Herbies)
It has 25 centimeters
6 Week...1 Week of flowering (38 days)
This Week - LST - Defoliation
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Dans l'ordre:
1) Afghan Peach x Blue Monkey
2) Gelato Cake
3) Fast Critical Poison
4) Tropical Fuel
5) Hindu Kush
6) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra)
7) Blueberry
8) Herz OG
9) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra)
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@FAST_BUDS,
Hi all the happy people here in GrowDiaries.
This is my second cultivation ever and it will be fun to try a bigger space than my closet grow.
First, I'm just going to say I'm done with the construction of my new growroom.
I put some pictures on the construction here in week one.
The room is 2.14 meters by 1.7 meters and has a ceiling height of 2 meters.
It provides a floor area of 3.6 square meters.
I use a 54 Watt Lightwawe T5 for germination and 2 Pcs 400 Watt HPS lamps.
I have a channel fan that replaces the room air about 40 times an hour to get a comfortable environment in the room, the air enters a fresh air intake from the outside.
The air is purified through a carbon filter to then leave the room to the rest of the basement.
Then I use that heat to heat the rest of the basement.
I will use 8 pcs 15 liter Autopots to grow with and a 100 liter water tank that supplies the pots of water and nutrition.
I will grow completely organically in soil and will watercure my buds to get the best possible medicine for me.
But there are no cultivation rooms to be displayed here, so I continue with what is most important.
Today I have put my seeds in my moisture dome and hope the seeds have germinated within a few days.
I am very excited to see how the new growroom will work and how this new secret CBD plant from @FAST_BUDS, will turn out.
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Update 2017-08-15. Both seeds have germinated and planted in small pots inside the humidity dome.
I'm so glad it worked so well and now it's just hoping they'll start growing and become 2 big healthy girls :)
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Update 2017-08-16. I have mixed my own soil today. Its 40% sieved peat harrow H2-H4 0-30 mm, 45% sieved peat harrow H4-H6 0-30 mm. 5% sand and 10% of compost soil. And i use 15% of perlite and mix it all together.
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2017-08-21 The 2 sisters are doing great, Nr2 is a bit after Nr1 . Some new pics.
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2017-08-23. Transplanted from humidity dome and the small germinating pots to 15 liter autopots.
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2017-08-27. The girls have settled in to there new home of the 15 liters autopot after a little transplant chock. Now the real week 1 starts for me and the girls. 4 new pics.
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2017-08-29. New movie of the girls. Its no water for 3 days now so the roots develop more and match the plant above the soil. The temp controlled fan is awesome, its easy to set what temp you like to have in the room. Right now its 28 celcius. And humidity is 56%.
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2017-08-29.
Hello to you who read my diary, I just want to say that I am pleased that you have chosen to check in with me and in my diary.
I just want to say that I do this for myself and for a steady flow of my medicine.
Everything you read and see in my diary is 100% honest and I will never distort or beautify anything here.
I document my crops so that I can learn from my mistakes and also to look back at those different crops.
I try to update with pictures every day and with text if something special has happened in the garden.
This is my strainhunt for the best medicine and the beginning of my journey with cannabis and the cultivation of it.
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2017-08-30. Cleaned the room this morning, just vacuuming and cleaning with chlorine solution. Im testing the fan to control temp and humidity, it works great.
Added some pics with measurements and a movie. Everything is looking great right now.
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2017-08-31. New video of the girls.
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2017-09-01. New pics and videos. Gave each of the girls with 2 ml Alg-A-Mic, 4ml Bio-Grow, 4ml Bio-Heaven and 10 ml Formulex mixed in 2 liters of water.
I hope they like it :)
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2017-09-02. New pics and the girls liked the water and nutrients yesterday.
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2017-09-03. Video of the girls this morning.
Kl 16.00. Did some defoliation on the girls. Videos added.
KL. 23.00. New video.
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High GD community,
Week 8,
Sweet Thai doing fine, but trips got to her 2, like all other plants, and now its waiting for the predatory bugs to arrive and do their thing.
I think the best way ist to wait for the bugs to arrive, get them at work for minimum 2 says and only at that time, ill switch to 13/11. If everything comes on time, maybe thursday, but friday should be the goal.
Ive ordered 100 bugs, needing 5 to 10 at each plant, so it will just fit the needs. When the trips invasion is defeated, the bugs need pollen to survive, so the small flowers in the plantmix is a plus for that.
That will be it for this week boys and girls,
Thanks for reading and passing by,
Grow safe buds and feel free to check out my other ladies doing fine,
🙏🌿🌿🌿🙏
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Removed adjustable rope hangers from light. Stretch should be winding down.
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@nausicaahime
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everything changed on week 4
grow tent and cob led came to show how a good light is important.
from now til last 2 weeks, only indoor growing
goodbye CFL's, you worked well.
+ LST and ferts (2ml + 0.25)
Defoliation started
Removed branches from 1st node
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Last watered on dec 10;
I eased up on the LST angle on the Larry OG. She’s looking a lot better than a couple of weeks ago. Although growth has been stunted substantially, I’ll try to nurse her back to the best of my abilities;
We’ll see if the coffee grounds cause nitrogen toxicity, or if it pays off;
The bud sites on the Mandarin Cookies have grown at least an 1 1/2in in the last week and seem to be doing well, There’s some very faint tip yellowing on the new growth so I think I’ll water with some plain ph’ed tap water and perhaps some molasses;
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J'ai divisée la 90x60x140 en 3 parties (et donc 3 Diaries) :
1️⃣
🏠 60x60x140
☀️ FC-E 4800
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1x Black Bomb / Philosopher Seed
2x Amnesia Lemon / PEV Seeds
1x Blueberry / PEV Seeds
1x Blueberry / 00 Seeds
1x Wappa / Paradise Seed
1x Dark Phoenix / Green House Seed
1x Quick Sherbet / Exotic Seeds
1x Mango Cream / Exotic Seeds
1x Banana Frosting / Sensi Seed
1x Hindu Kush / Sensi Seed
1x Fast Mix / Sweet Seed
📎 https://growdiaries.com/diaries/122084-grow-journal-by-soosan
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🏠 30x60x90
☀️ TS1000
🍁 4x Fast Mix - Sweet Seed
📎https://growdiaries.com/diaries/124052-grow-journal-by-soosan
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🏠 30x60x50
☀️TS1000
🍁 4x Quick Sherbet
📎 https://growdiaries.com/diaries/122080-grow-journal-by-soosan
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Happy evening to all of you
Brothers and sisters farmers
We are starting with the washing away all the nutrients absorbed until today ....
Very expansive plant and with an extreme production of trichomas .... from afar looks white
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Completely cut off cal mag and nutes. Just using ph’d water to burn off the remaining stuff in the soil
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No nutrients this week. Just added some top soil of living soil to help with growth and get the essential nutrients as a seedling. But so far good Growth, I just hope it’s a female 🤞🏾
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Day22 both early flowering with healthy with big eater (1000ml per day) . accident broke big branch on strain#2 . Now I push nutrients to 600ppm on same nutrient ratio
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I saw some white dots and I was worried there was some kind of infestation. The grow area wasn't really isolated from the rest of the house so I think it was just dirt but I wanted to be safe so I sprayed then with insecticidal soap and rinsed them off in the tub.
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Merry Christmas y’all!
Week 4 is behind
Topped both Mimosa and Cookies, they took it like champs! They exploded immediately with side grow. Such a pleasure to watch them strive.
Increased EC from under 1 to 1.5 and they are super happy with it. Probably will climb to 2 to see how they like it.
Getting closer to preflower would completely flush till runout is even with water poured in and would start adding flowering boosters.
Starting to like coco for the full control and immediate reaction to my actions and the chance to fix my screwups.
A bit of a hustle to water every day tho :)
Best wishes to you and your close ones!
Peace.
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Week 17 (19-5 to 25-5)
19-5
Temps: 19.8 to 25.3 degrees
Humidity: 45% to 57%
Watering #1: 1000 ml. EC: 1.6
Lamp strength set from 70% to 75%
20-5
Temps: 20.1 to 25.4 degrees
Humidity: 46% to 55%
Watering: Both 1000 ml. EC: 0.5
21-5
Temps: 19.9 to 24.3 degrees
Humidity: 45% to 56%
22-5
Temps: 18.2 to 23.9 degrees
Humidity: 43% to 52%
Watering: Both 1000 ml. EC: 0.5
23-5
Temps: 18.2 to 23.9 degrees
Humidity: 47% to 56%
Watering: Both 1000 ml. EC: 1.6
24-5
Temps: 18.7 to 25.4 degrees
Humidity: 50% to 54%
Watering #1: 1000 ml. EC: 0.5
25-5
Temps: 19.4 to 25.8 degrees
Humidity: 50% to 61%
Watering #2: 1000 ml. EC: 0.5
