Temp coming down and humidity rising. Starting to get a balance

Hey everyone 👋 Here's this week's update: Matcha is still small and I believe she'll stay like this but at the time she's doing better compared to last week, so that's a win. I wonder, did I do something wrong? Was it the lack of CalMag or maybe the heat? Maybe I got a weird phenotype? (I doubt this) or what else could've happened to her? The truth is there are tons of different things that could've caused this and I wish I could know what could've caused this (I'll be making a grow question regarding this). Pistachio on the other hand is doing well, she's huge compared to her sister and she grew a looooot this week! Some leaves are slightly dark and some tips are a bit too bright as well but there's no signs of burn so I assume she might be on her the limit! Personally I suppose the mycorrhizas might be the ones at fault in here. They make feeding more efficient so probably the "normal" dosage might be a bit too much for them... and for that reason alone I decided to lower the amount of Green Grow that I was using, hopefully that will help. 🙏 I also decided to give 10 weeks of vegetation to these plants. Hopefully Matcha will grow a little more during this time (she's still at 20cm) but at this moment I expect nothing from her, I'll just allow her to surprise me haha. 👻 Thanks for reading! See you all in the next update! 😃

Hi, topman! Its 4 day of bloom, and 10-11 day from 12/12 change. Today we are add 25-30% to all of nutrients, manual 1-2-1-2. In this week we are going to loading SCROG, and reload drip system! See you to next time, and thank you for your times.

Let’s Go Day day 61 from seed !!! This week went real well! As you can see all these girls are starting to stack very well! Everything is pretty much the same, we have switched to fully bloom an these ladies are just Looking super healthy , we are getting a nice smell of grapes on these Ogreberrys ! Bruce Banner is packing crystals like a Mofo too an super stanky , all very happy about this run ! Still got a nice few more weeks of bloom to go let’s watch em stack ! Lets grow lil ladies let’s grow !! Hope you all enjoy an have an amazing productive day ! Peace love an positive vibes to all you Growmies out there Cheers 😶‍🌫️💨💨💨💨💨🤙🏻 If there’s any questions please just ask I’ll be glad to help !!

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🌿 Frosted Guava Auto by Zamnesia | Pheno A | Week 13 🦄✨ The Foxtailing Little Freak Keeps Doing Her Thing 🦄🌸🔥 Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 Well... Guess what? 😂 She's still doing her thing. And honestly... that's exactly what I want to be able to say. She's evolving. She's developing. She's building. She's continuing to show us her personality. And we're providing. That's pretty much the whole story right now. 😂🦄🌿 I know... I know... We said almost exactly the same thing last week. 😂 And probably the week before. But here's the funny thing about this stage of the grow: If we're repeating ourselves because nothing needs fixing... THAT'S A GOOD THING. 😂💚 Because at this point, when something suddenly gives us a reason to do something... it's usually because something needs attention. And I would much rather be standing in front of this beautiful girl saying: "Yep. Everything looks good." than: "Oh shit... what happened?" 😂😂😂 So thank God... there's not much to do. We maintain. We observe. We provide. We photograph. We admire. And we let this beautiful little foxtailing freak continue writing her own story. 🦄🌸💚 So this week... the spotlight belongs to Frosted Guava Pheno A once again. Let's make this girl shine. ──────────────────────── 🦄 WEEK 13 – THE UNICORN KEEPS MOVING Frosted Guava Pheno A continues doing exactly what she wants. And honestly? I wouldn't want it any other way. She's still developing. Still evolving. Still building. Still becoming more substantial. Still giving us those beautiful, unusual flowering structures that earned her the little unicorn nickname in the first place. 🦄🌸 She's not suddenly changing into another plant. She's simply becoming more of herself. And I really like that. Every week we're seeing another little step in the same direction. More development. More flower. More structure. More density. More of that unmistakable Frosted Guava personality. And I'm standing there thinking: "Yep... there she is." 😂🦄 ──────────────────────── 🌸 THE FLOWERS ARE STILL DOING THE TALKING At this point, the flowers really are the main characters. The plant has already done most of the major structural work. The framework is there. The branches are there. The flowering sites are there. And now... the flowers are taking over the story. 🌸🌸🌸 They're continuing to develop. They're continuing to stack. They're continuing to gain presence. And some of those structures are becoming increasingly interesting because of the way they're forming. This girl doesn't seem particularly interested in doing things conventionally. 😂 And I love that about her. She's a little weird. She's a little wild. She's a little different. She's a beautiful foxtailing freak. And that's part of her charm. 🦄🔥🌿 ──────────────────────── 🦄 BEAUTIFUL FOXTailing FREAK Let's talk about it. Because at this point... there's no hiding it. 😂 She's foxtailing. And she's doing it beautifully. 🦄🌸 Now, some growers will look at foxtailing and immediately think: "Something is wrong." And sometimes there can certainly be reasons for unusual flower development that deserve attention. But with this girl... this has become part of her expression. It's part of what makes her Frosted Guava Pheno A. She's got these unusual, elongated little flowering structures that keep developing and creating more layers of flower. And visually? I think they're fantastic. 😂🦄🌸 She's a freak. A beautiful freak. And I'm absolutely okay with that. ──────────────────────── 🌸 MORE FOXTails, MORE CHARACTER The more she develops... the more obvious that characteristic becomes. And honestly? It makes photographing her even more interesting. Because you don't just have one uniform flower structure. You have these little extensions. These unusual shapes. These little towers and layers. And every one seems to have its own personality. It's almost like she's refusing to make the same flower twice. 😂 "One cola?" "No thanks." "Normal structure?" "Absolutely not." "Let's make it weird." 😂🦄🌸 That's Frosted Guava Pheno A. And I wouldn't change that. ──────────────────────── 🌿 AND SHE'S STILL GROWING The important thing is that she's not simply sitting there looking pretty. She's still developing. She's still moving. She's still evolving. And that's really what we're watching now. Not some dramatic transformation. Not some sudden change. Just continued progress. Week after week. Little by little. Flower by flower. Structure by structure. And honestly... that's enough. 🌿💚 Sometimes we get so focused on wanting something dramatic to happen that we forget how beautiful normal progress can be. A healthy plant continuing to develop is already a pretty fucking good result. 😂🌸 So I'll take it. ──────────────────────── 👀 THE GROWER'S JOB RIGHT NOW: DON'T SCREW IT UP 😂 I think that's probably the simplest way to describe my role right now. Don't screw it up. 😂🌿 The big work has already been done. The structure is there. The flowers are there. The room is running. The lighting is established. The plants are developing. So now? Maintenance. Observation. Support. And responding when something actually needs a response. That's it. And honestly... I'm perfectly happy with that. Because at this stage, I don't want to invent work just so I can say I did something. Sometimes the best grow report is: "Nothing happened." 😂 Because nothing happened... and everything stayed good. That's a win. ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK GOD WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO Seriously. 😂 At this stage, when something suddenly tells you: "Hey, you need to do something." It's usually not because the plant is having a fantastic day. 😂 So when I walk into the room and see Frosted Guava happily doing her thing... I don't need a project. I don't need another intervention. I don't need to invent some new mission. I just look at her and think: "Good." 😂💚 Keep doing that. I'll keep doing this. And we'll meet somewhere in the middle. That's the relationship right now. She grows. I provide. She asks. I respond. She shines. I take photographs. 😂📸 Beautifully simple. ──────────────────────── ☀️ SAME ROOM – SAME PHOTONS – SAME UNICORN And of course... we continue with the same philosophy that has been at the heart of the entire 8×8 Adventure. Same room. Same general environment. Same 12/12 schedule. Same lighting ecosystem. Same irrigation philosophy. Same nutritional foundation. And yet... look at this girl. 🦄🌿 She's doing something completely her own. That's the part I never get tired of. The room gives all these plants a shared stage. But genetics decide what happens on that stage. Some plants stretch. Some stay compact. Some build massive flowers. Some build unusual structures. Some move quickly. Some move slowly. Some become incredibly frosty. And this girl? She decided: "Let's make some beautiful fucking foxtails." 😂🦄🌸 Okay, girl. You win. ──────────────────────── 💡 THE ARTIFICIAL SUN KEEPS SHINING The expanded Future of Grow lighting setup remains part of the room. Those additional Black Series 600W fixtures gave us considerably more lighting capability, and we're continuing to use that capability in a controlled way rather than simply running everything at maximum. Approximately: 💡 ~59% power from the plug with around: ☀️ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy with natural variation depending on plant height and position. And Frosted Guava continues to receive those photons just like everyone else. What she does with them... that's her business. 😂🦄☀️ Apparently her business is: BUILD FLOWERS. MORE FLOWERS. AND THEN MAKE THEM WEIRD. 😂🌸🌸🌸 I'm okay with that. ──────────────────────── 🌿 MORE CAPABILITY – LESS INTERFERENCE That's something I really appreciate about this stage. The room has the capability. The plants have the environment. And now we don't need to constantly interfere. We can simply watch. The lighting is doing its job. The environment is doing its job. The irrigation is doing its job. The nutrition is doing its job. And the genetics are doing their job. That's the beauty of a properly established run. You don't need to touch everything just because you can. Sometimes... you just let the system run. And Frosted Guava is showing us that she's perfectly happy with that arrangement. ──────────────────────── ⚗️ NUTRITION – LETTING THE RUN PROGRESS The nutritional programme continues its gradual transition as the room moves further through the flowering cycle. We're not trying to force anything. We're not trying to reinvent the nutrition every week. We're simply allowing the plants to progress through the stage they're already in and providing what they need. For Frosted Guava, that means consistency. Observation. And adjustment only when actually necessary. Because again... if nothing needs changing... that's a beautiful thing. 😂🌿 The goal isn't to constantly do something. The goal is to keep the plant happy while she does the growing. ──────────────────────── 🌡️ WEEK 13 – ROOM CONDITIONS The room continues broadly around: 🌡️ Day temperature: ~26.5°C 🌙 Night temperature: ~26°C 💧 RH: ~61% 🌱 Substrate temperature: ~25°C 💦 Nutrient solution: ~25°C ⚗️ pH: ~6.02 ⚡ EC: ~2.14 mS/cm 💨 CO₂: ~693 ppm 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 Same room. Same general environment. Same lighting upgrades. Same overall approach. And one very different plant expression. 🦄🌿💚 That's the 8×8 Adventure. ──────────────────────── 📸 THE CAMERA HAS A LOT TO WORK WITH I really enjoy photographing this girl. Because she's one of those plants where the closer you look... the more you find. From a distance: "Beautiful plant." Closer: "Beautiful flowers." Closer still: "Oh shit..." 😂📸🦄 There's the foxtailing. There's the frost. There's the pistils. There's the texture. There's the unusual flower development. There's the little details that make her completely recognizable. And this is exactly why I love documenting these plants every week. You don't just get the final image. You get the evolution. ──────────────────────── 🦄 SHE'S STILL THE LITTLE UNICORN I think the nickname has officially stuck. 😂 Little Unicorn. Not because she's little. Not because she's delicate. But because there's something different about the way she expresses herself. She's unusual. She's interesting. She's beautiful. And she's doing things her own way. 🦄🌸 The more we follow her... the more appropriate the name becomes. And honestly? I'm very curious to see what she looks like when she finally decides she's finished. Because she's certainly not done showing us her personality yet. ──────────────────────── 🍇 FOXTails TODAY – TRIMMING LATER And yes... I'm already thinking ahead. 😂✂️ Eventually, all of this beautiful foxtailing will become part of the harvest story. And when that time comes, we'll deal with the trimming. Foxtailing can make trimming a little more interesting because of those irregular structures. But that's a future problem. 😂 Right now? She's still growing. Still developing. Still doing her thing. And I'm not going to start worrying about the scissors while the plant is still writing the flowering chapter. When the time comes... we'll deal with it. And as always, nothing needs to be wasted. The parts that don't end up as beautifully manicured flower can still have their own future uses. But that's harvest talk. And we're not there yet. Right now... we grow. 🦄🌿🌸 ──────────────────────── 😂 FUTURE DOGDOCTOR'S PROBLEM I think that's becoming a theme in this grow. 😂 "Future DogDoctor can deal with that." Harvest? Future DogDoctor. Trimming? Future DogDoctor. Drying? Future DogDoctor. Curing? Definitely Future DogDoctor. 😂😂😂 Present DogDoctor? He's busy taking photographs of a beautiful foxtailing unicorn. 📸🦄 Priorities. ──────────────────────── 🌸 NOTHING TO DO IS SOMETIMES EVERYTHING TO DO I know this sounds contradictory... but it's something I've learned throughout this adventure. Sometimes keeping your hands off the plant is actually an important part of the job. You observe. You inspect. You maintain. You keep things consistent. And if everything is working... you don't manufacture a problem. That's where we're at with Frosted Guava. She's doing well. She's developing. She's flowering. She's showing her character. So I'm happy to simply let her continue. No unnecessary interference. No unnecessary drama. Just: "Keep going, girl." 😂💚🦄 ──────────────────────── 🔥 SHE'S STILL MOVING And that's the important part. She's not stuck. She's not standing still. She's still evolving. She's still developing. She's still gaining presence. She's still producing those unusual flowering structures. And she's still making me curious. That's what I want. Curiosity. Because I don't know exactly what she'll look like when she's finished. And I don't need to. That's part of the fun. The plant gets to surprise us. ──────────────────────── 🔍 WHAT I'M WATCHING NOW At this stage, I'm watching: 🌸 Continued flower development. 🦄 The progression of her foxtailing structures. ❄️ Continued resin development. 🌿 Overall plant maturity. 💚 The beautiful green colour and how it evolves. 📸 The weekly photographic progression. 👀 And simply how much more this little unicorn wants to show us. That's it. No grand plans. No unnecessary missions. Just observation. And appreciation. ──────────────────────── 🔮 WHAT COMES NEXT? Honestly? We'll see. 😂 That's the fun part. She might keep building. She might keep foxtailing. She might slow down. She might surprise us again. And whatever happens... we'll document it. That's the whole point. I'm not going to predict the ending. I'm not going to force a timeline. I'm not going to decide her story for her. She's still writing it. And right now... it's a beautiful story. 🦄🌸💚 ──────────────────────── 💭 FINAL THOUGHTS – LET THE UNICORN DO HER THING Week 13. Frosted Guava Auto Pheno A. 🦄🌿🌸 And honestly... what a beautiful little freak. 😂❤️ She's still evolving. Still developing. Still stacking. Still showing us those unusual foxtailing flowers. Still getting more interesting. And we're still doing... not much. 😂 And that's exactly how I like it. Because when a plant reaches this stage and you don't have a list of problems to solve... that's a fantastic thing. We're simply maintaining. We're watching. We're providing. We're supporting. And we're letting her shine. She doesn't need me to tell her what to do. She already knows. She doesn't need me constantly changing things. She already has her rhythm. She doesn't need me forcing the ending. She's still writing it. So... let her. 🦄🌸💚 Let the little unicorn keep moving. Let the flowers keep developing. Let the foxtails keep doing their weird and wonderful thing. Let the frost keep shining. Let the plant keep surprising us. And when the time eventually comes... we'll deal with the next chapter. But for now? I'm happy. She's happy. The room is happy. And nobody is asking for unnecessary work. 😂😂😂 That's a pretty fucking good week. So let's give Frosted Guava Pheno A the spotlight she deserves. Let's make her shine. Let's appreciate the beautiful foxtailing freak that she is. Let's enjoy every flower. Every little structure. Every sparkle. Every strange little extension. Every beautiful detail. Because this girl is giving us one hell of a show. 🦄🌸✨🔥 Keep doing your thing, little unicorn. I'll keep providing. You keep growing. And we'll see where this beautiful journey takes us. ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU As always, thank you so much to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. 💚🌱 Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the space to document these individual journeys and share the experience with growers around the world. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Frosted Guava genetics and for giving us this beautiful little unicorn to follow. Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of the adventure. A huge thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and giving us the opportunity to explore this expanded lighting setup. 💡☀️🌿 Thank you to LumiFlora for helping illuminate the deeper areas of the canopy. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping keep the environment stable behind the scenes. And of course... thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. Every comment. Every question. Every message. Every person stopping by to see what these girls are doing. It genuinely means a lot. 💚 And Frosted Guava? You're still doing exactly what you want. 😂🦄 You're evolving. You're developing. You're stacking. You're foxtailing. You're shining. And I'm simply here... providing what you ask for, watching what you do, and trying not to get in your way. That's the relationship. The plant does the work. The grower listens. And when nothing needs to be done... we celebrate that nothing needs to be done. 😂🌿 So let's keep watching. Let's keep documenting. Let's keep enjoying the show. And let's let this beautiful foxtailing unicorn continue writing her own story. 🦄🌸💚✨ The scissors can wait. Future DogDoctor can worry about trimming. 😂✂️ For now... we grow. We observe. We maintain. And we let her shine. Growers Love, my friends. 💚🌱 See you next week in the 8×8 jungle... where the photons keep flying, the flowers keep developing, the unicorn keeps foxtailing, and the grower is happily doing absolutely nothing... because absolutely nothing needs doing. 😂🦄🌿🌸 Let her shine. 💚

03MAY - woke up to a melted fan. Did a quick fix and hooked my intake fan to it, until I am able to replace that fan. Seems to be working for the time being. Updated pics to follow throughout the week. 04MAY - did a little bit of defoliation, think I did good, still debating on doing more, but I'll wait until she recovers from this one. 05MAY - Woke up late and didn't have time to check water this morning, so they are a little dehydrated, watered them, but other than that seem to be doing ok.

nice strain with a rich terpene profile! sweet, gelato like, hard hitting smoke! sadly my phenos had no banana taste but still very nice

The nighttime VPD does not need to mirror the daytime VPD. Daytime VPD dictates the pull of water and nutrients, while nighttime VPD acts mostly as a prevention tool. A high nighttime VPD increases the risk of the leaf temperature dropping below the dew point, which can trigger bud rot and powdery mildew. Switched down to 12's hours of light mid-week, changed spectrum, increased light intensity from 840umol up to 1150umol at current height. Overnight from 800ppm to 1500ppm, morning compensation point (microorganisms) 46-47 days from germination, she fills the canopy herself, once the apical dominance is broken. Measuring a plant's overnight CO2 emissions provides an accurate estimate of its dark respiration rate. Because photosynthesis stops in the dark, you are isolating the respiration process, which allows you to gauge how much stored energy (glucose) the plant has consumed and estimate the scale of oxidative phosphorylation. Oxidative phosphorylation is the final stage of respiration that generates the bulk of the plant's ATP (90%) and relies directly on the oxidation of these respiratory substrates NADH and FADH2 along with the consumption of oxygen. From a thermodynamic standpoint. Growth is an energy-capturing process, and the rate of that growth is bound by the available free energy (Gibbs free energy) and the First Law of Thermodynamics. While the ceiling or upper limit is dictated by free energy (such as photosynthetically active radiation), the actual amount of growth relies on how the plant balances that energy with other limiting factors. These are often described as the nine cardinal parameters of plant growth. 4 Above, 5 Below. If any one of the 9 becomes bottlenecked, the entire plant's cycle is restricted. Operating an 80F+ environment at night to force rapid carbon conversion comes with major drawbacks, as the biochemical processes work differently than the deductive logic suggests. While raising nighttime temperatures to 80F indeed accelerates respiration and speeds up the conversion of captured sugars (sink activity), doing so also radically increases the plant's overall metabolic baseline. If the plant's metabolic rate is artificially forced too high via heat, it can actually "burn" through more energy than it managed to assimilate during the day. This leads to carbohydrate starvation, stretching, and a net loss in final biomass yield. 400 ppm is near the standard ambient level; the plant's stomatal intake is the primary limiting factor, not the dark-reaction enzymes. To push 45 DLI without burning out the plant. Trying to force the conversion of a massive daylight DLI in a compressed time frame (12 hours) becomes highly inefficient because the Rubisco enzyme simply hits a saturation limit. To successfully convert a 45 DLI into dense, productive mass, the ambient CO2 generally needs to be elevated to the 1000 to 1200ppm range. This creates a steeper concentration gradient, driving the stomata to inhale CO2 fast enough to match the high photon energy. It's not all about the amount of light, but the ratio too, as this will dictate growth through the ratio of phytohormones. In order for correct bud development, there needs to be a correct ratio of RGB. Different wavelengths have different penetration depths. When one grows using top-down lighting, only the entire canopy is limited to 2-3 layers of leaf, meaning there will only be correct bud development in those layers, regardless of getting 45DLI. The biomass potential of a plant is linked to root mass. Generally, when a plant reaches its maximum biomass, you can help to chop off parts of the plant that are in less than efficient areas of the plant (low light) so that it can create new biomass growing towards the light. Strength is the maximum potential, and power is the rate of conversion. You can have the biggest veg period of 18 weeks, and it means nothing, as soon as you start flowering, the chronological clock starts ticking, the only metric that matters to bud size is how much energy you convert each cycle, not by how long it took you to build the framework, it helps a lot nonetheless. Not saying anyone should not defoliate for a reason, only that you should have one, and at the right time. Don't defoliate 30+% on autoflowers or 4 weeks into the flower period and expect an increase in yields; it doesn't work like that. There is room for dictating growth patterns and clearing out overcrowded nodes, but it needs to be done in veg because once that timer starts and buds start growing, it's all just energy conversion. One barely needs to defoliate at all in a 4x4 because with side lighting, turning a 2d canopy penetration into a 3d, even lower buds are 90% the quality and density of top ones. The rate of photosynthesis and the ultimate density of lower buds aren't just about the sheer number of photons PPFD. The specific ratio of R:G:B dictates canopy penetration and drives different photochemical reactions. The Electron Transport Rate (ETR) measures the speed at which electrons are driven through Photosystem II (PSII) during photosynthesis. The ratio of Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) light heavily dictates this rate. Plant leaves continuously perform cellular respiration regardless of the time of day, using energy and oxygen to fuel essential metabolic maintenance. If you over-defoliate, the remaining canopy may be unable to produce enough net sugars during the day to offset the constant respiratory demands of the plant. Must balance fixation with assimilation; there's no point in capturing 45 DLI if you only convert 20% every cycle due to an extreme lack of respiratory capacity to perform cellular oxidative phosphorylation. You can have a 4x4 canopy or a 4x4x4 canopy, yes, we know that side lights are not as effective at absorption from the sides or underneath, but it's not about DLI, it's never been just about efficiency, it's about the penetration ratios of RGB that drive ETR of/photosynthesis and trigger correct bud development. The size of each bud is its own ability to perform the ETR required for its own personal growth, and bud development is dictated by the ratio of RGB. It drives localised growth and acts as a regulatory switch for that development. Turgor pressure is another very important factor in understanding if you want big buds, for it is the "steam engine" that dictates the rate of bud expansion. Simply, a lot harder to achieve metabolically at ambient 75F than at say 86F Because buds have less chlorophyll, they do not suffer from the same photosynthetic shutdown that over-exposed, light-stressed leaves do. They can soak up direct light energy to swell in density and size. Their tolerance to intense light is heavily limited by the temperature and humidity, but if you can control those temps and keep the rot away, buds have a much, much higher tolerance to high light than leaves. Beneficial to hammer with high light before trichomes appear. Balancing this with trichome maturity is key for rich terpene and flavonoid profiles, want it just right, somewhere in the middle, not too much, not too little. Find cannabis plants can defoliate themselves come harvest, given the right signals. Every last ounce of potential is recycled into buds by the plant itself (senseceance), given you can keep the level of conversion high enough to prompt a need to do so. Get the canopy @ optimal PPFD range, 45-55DLI, then let the plant "stretch" the stems into a "PPFD range much higher, one that leaves don't like to grow in, but buds thrive in. What is optimal for a bud is different from what is optimal for a leaf photosynthetically. Genes provide the blueprint, but the environment dictates how, when, and if those genes are expressed. Must first signal the condition to increase the expression you want to exist through stress and response, cause and effect. A well-buffered CEC medium prevents extreme nutrient swings, allowing plants to maximise their dedicated genetic expression. A plant is either genetically expressing "growing" or "recycling" genes based on its nutrient starvation level in the medium. Constantly toggling between "growing" and "recycling" hormonal states creates a futile cycle that wastes valuable metabolic energy. Plants rely on sophisticated biochemical switches to manage this trade-off and prevent rapid fluctuations that disrupt that balance. This energy inefficiency is a recognised biological challenge. Plants avoid this costly "flip-flopping" by using hierarchical master regulators (like the TOR and SnRK1 protein kinases) that act as strict molecular switches. These networks enforce cellular commitment to either growth or survival, preventing mixed signals. This is something that was missing from previous grows. Under nutrient-rich conditions, TOR promotes protein synthesis, cell division, and structural expansion. Under starvation, TOR is inhibited, and SnRK1 is activated. This triggers autophagy—where the plant breaks down old macromolecules and organelles to scavenge and reallocate essential nutrients to critical sinks. "What's the point in flushing?" The core idea behind a PK booster is to deliver a massive, concentrated surge of P&K exactly when buds are swelling in conjunction with a N starvation. Because these are short, targeted windows, the nutrients must be highly bioavailable so the plant can process them immediately. As soon as you go "organic," that's out the window. Much slower release, uncontrolled, very difficult to "spike". to cause the ratio that will initiate a response. High-volume PK spikes rely strictly on the immediate uptake capabilities of mineral fertilisers. Making it far less efficient in organic/living soil setups. When you use organic nutrients, it changes the dynamic with which the plant delivers and trades its nutrients; organic is always releasing new nutrients into the immediate EC. This prevents a lot of autophagic responses from occurring due to a constant stream of new nutrients into the immediate medium's EC. This can prevent nutrient starvation from being signalled. PK boost is essentially just N starvation, triggering an autophagic response. Concentrated ratio of P&K while tapering off the Nitrogen base. To the plant, the sudden drop in Nitrogen registers as a severe environmental stressor—essentially, the beginning of starvation protocols. She aggressively strips nutrients and proteins from older leaves and vegetative structures and shuttles them directly to the developing flowers and fruit. Ta daaa. Call it a PK booster and sell it. Nothing to do with the P and K itself, it's the ratio immediately available in the medium triggering a nutrient recycling mechanism within the plant itself; all the "booster" sells is the trigger to the signal. PK BOOST with 50% ammoniacal N signals floral maturation. PK BOOST with N starvation signals nutrient recycling/sinking. Very difficult to initiate a response when organic nutes are doing their thing. It takes 4x5x more water significantly to leach or wash ammonia out than it does nitrates. This can prevent triggering N starvation from having its normal impact. Manipulating the C:N ratio in the medium. One autophagic response has multiple potential signal triggers. Nutrient starvation is not an option.

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voy por el mes casi. y la mas alta pasa los 30 cm . las otras promedian los 24.5. cualquier sugerencia gracias

Plant had a major jump in growth over the weekend and also started to flower

Venga familia que ya viene la cosecha de esta Panty Punch de Seedstockers, que ganas que tenia ya de darles machetazo. No veas que pinta que tienen estas plantas. Las flores aparte se ven bien resinosas, y son bien prietas, aparte son súper aromáticas huelen mucho. (COLOQUEN UN BUEN FILTRO PARA EL OLOR). a sido una genética con la que disfruté mucho cultivarla, la genética es perfecta para SOG y es bien vigorosa, es muy fácil cultivarla y muy resistente merece la pena si eres cultivador principiante. Hasta aquí es todo, espero que lo disfrutéis, buenos humos 💨💨.

Unfortunately ive been away for a few weeks so unable to get any pics while she was being looked after. But im back now! Here she is in week 5 of flower, with another week or so nutrients then a 2 week flush. So excited to try this for xmas🤩

Flushed it last night. Seems to be the same as it was yesterday when I noticed it.

Pablo Escobar is growing really well. She is in the mist of bulking now. She has a really nice layer of frost going. I can't smell due to a cold, so I can't really describe that at the moment. Everything is looking really well. Thank you Spider Farmer, and Divine Seeds. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱❄️🌱 Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. Thank you Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g

Hey everyone :-). The last plants were also placed in the bloom chamber kammer. Everyone has made great progress this week 🙏🏻. There is not much to say about this week, I think videos and pictures say more like words 🙈😎. I wish you all a good start into the week :-) Stay healthy and let it grow 🙏🏻👍

This week was pretty standard, I found out with the help of a friend the amount of magnesium I was feeding my plants was way to much. about 4x as much as they should have had. so they will no longer be getting any extra added magnesium. I read that it can stunt plant growth in excess but I don't know if that happened here, Plucked a few leaves off that where blocking other bid sites and removed some in the middle to help airflow. I was thinking about purchasing a 2nd fan for the tent but the ones I want are out of stock so I feel its best to use a regular none tent fan and just rig it up to a tent pole for now. Starting to see more frost on the sugar leaves and some good bud development on this one. The sister Blue Cindy is doing better but not as tall. Maybe in time they will even out or switch sides. Will monitor its length from the SCROG net vs soil as its easier to measure. 33cm from SCROG net to base of plant 31cm from SCROG net to tip of plant Total 64cm for week four of flower. +1cm from Last Week "pretty much slowed down now almost to zero" The clones are doing well considering I have ignored them mostly. Some yellowing in the leaves but nothing to worry about just yet. Have not lost a single clone in this project. I'm impressed with my self for that. Could also be this strain is really easy to clone as well.