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GrowDiary Finale: The Epic Chapter 8 – The Final Countdown Before Harvest 🚀🌿 Welcome to the final official update of this run before the big C-Day! 🗓️ Here we stand—after weeks of measuring, regulating, training, and hoping—at the absolute peak of this grow featuring High Society and Zupernova (Compound Genetics). While a carpet of aroma lies over the tent that could practically deserve its own zip code, we look back on a journey full of precision, tech upgrades, and plant magic. ✨🌱 1. Setup & Tech: The Unsung Heroes A great grow is no accident; it is the synergy of sharp observation and well-tuned technology: 🛠️🔬 Strains in the Tent (High Society & Zupernova): Both Compound Genetics strains are displaying their top-tier lineage in this late-game phase: 🏆 High Society: Impresses with dense, heavily trichome-frosted nugs and a complex gassy/bakery terpene profile. ⛽🍰 Zupernova: Steals the show with striking purple fades and a sharp, sweet-and-sour terpene punch. 💜🍋 Personal Highlight – High Society’s Redemption: In my previous run, I really struggled with High Society. She couldn't handle the heavy feeding schedule that Zupernova tolerated so easily—two plants didn't survive, and I ended up scrapping the harvest. This time around, I fine-tuned the nutrients, and the transformation is mind-blowing! While Zupernova delivered her signature top-tier performance once again, High Society finally showed her true elite potential with unreal trichome coverage and incredible terps. 🤩🌟 Climate Upgrades & VPD Control (GGS Controller & AC-10): We refined our environmental setup even further by adding a GGS controller to the loop. Working alongside the Spider Farmer AC-10 controller, we kept absolute command over airflow, circulation, and VPD. During this final stretch (Week 8), RH was strictly pushed below 40–45%. This doesn't just protect against dreaded bud rot (Botrytis); it also signals to the plants: "It's getting dry, pour out more resin for protection!" 🌬️💧 Canopy & Height Differential (115 cm vs. 150 cm ): The main colas reached up to 150 cm, while the middle canopy settled at 115 cm. Due to light intensity drop-off (Inverse-Square Law), the upper buds ripen about 5 to 7 days faster under direct photon exposure (higher PPFD). While the tops at 150 cm are already showing a beautiful amber touch, the 115 cm layer is right in the sweet spot of roughly 70% milky and 30% clear. 📏💡 1. Soil & Nutrient Strategy (Hesi & Biobizz): Phasing out the feeding schedule in Week 7 and running pure water (flush) in Week 8 paid off completely. The foliage has faded into a spectacular array of autumn yellow, deep purple, and lime green—the plant is depleting its final reserves, ensuring an extremely smooth and flavor-rich vape/smoke. 🍂🌈 2. Trichome Check: The Microscope View A look through the macro lens confirms: We are at the sweet spot! 🔬✅ * Gland Structure: The glandular trichomes are fully turgid. The heads are massive, packed with terpenes and cannabinoids. 💧🌿 * Color Spectrum: On the headbuds, we see the magic ratio of roughly 80% milky to 15% amber—exactly the mix that yields a powerful, multi-layered high without instantly locking you to the couch. 🛋️ 3. The Roadmap to Harvest Day The switch will be flipped this coming weekend. Until then, we stick to the protocol: 🗓️🌿 Drying out the substrate: The pots will receive no more water starting mid-week. Slightly dry soil speeds up the drying process after cutting and prevents stagnant humidity in the tent. 💧🚫 * Final Dark Phase ( 24–48h): Lights go completely off before chopping to promote the breakdown of residual starches and protect terpenes from light degradation. 💡🌑 Drying Room Setup: Target climate for the drying area is set to 18 °C and 55–60% RH with constant, indirect airflow. 🌬️🌡️ Conclusion & Outlook This run has been a masterclass in plant training, environmental control, and patience. A huge thank you to the community for following along, commenting, and riding this wave! 👏🌊 Next stop: Harvest, Dry Trimming, and Curing! ✂️❄️🌿
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beginning of the 6th week, I add pk 13/14. everything is going well😎. 12/07: too hot, installation of an air conditioner
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🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 Welcome to week 7, dear fish lovers! 💙 This week we finally moved into the 80x80 tent, wiiiiii! 💙 I meanwhile water three times a day, I try every 8hrs but well.. 💧 😎 DAY 47 Had to flush for the first time.. EC of runoff was terribly high, I spare you the details. ^^ (actually my notes say so argh) Made a bottle with just Green Buzz boosters and calmag and another one with a lighter feeding solution EC 1.0 ✌️ 🚑 Between making me crazy with being hungry and thirsty the fish apparently found time to go and visit some growmies, again without me! 😳 And even to Cali, my dream, I cannot believe it!! At least @Sour_D didn't also try to keep him. 😜 My fish smelled like a cured fish, my friend!! Also he visited @Zurban_Poisonia, after stealing my remote controlled snake. Really?! 😝 I hope that was ok, buddy!! ✌️ Thanks, growmies, for checking in! 💚 💚 💚 😘 Always remember, we are not our thoughts, nor are we our emotions, or experiences, we are limitless, immortal and divine souls making a 3D experience. 🙏 ❇️ ____________________________________________________________________ Strain info: Tropicana Cookies Auto is the perfect variety for growers of all levels, especially beginners as this strain performs very well outdoors and indoors, and can produce up to 500gr/m2 in 56-63 days without needing extra maintenance. Reaching up to 110cm, this strain grows fairly tall with medium-sized branching, showing its mixed heritage. Definitely the right choice for those with a high tolerance looking to get their hands on the strongest autoflowers out there. Thanks to the 27% THC, you can expect an extremely powerful and long-lasting high that’ll boost your mood and give you that extra push you need to start your days on the right foot. This variety offers the whole range of citrusy and woody flavors with a strong candy-sweet background that will keep you coming back for more and more. Bud description Tropicana Cookies Auto produces gorgeous dark purple flowers, so expect really dark buds with gorgeous hues of pink, purple and blue, and thick dark-orange hairs that get completely covered in resin by harvest time, giving them an almost shiny-white appearance. This variety develops a typical Indica-like structure and very few sugar leaves that will make your trimming sessions a breeze. But make sure to store your trimmings as the gorgeous flowers reek of a mouth-watering blend of lemon peels, orange juice, and sandalwood that gives it almost a citrus candy-like flavor that makes for the most aromatic hash and extractions. Smoke report Thanks to the 27% THC, Tropicana Cookies Auto’s effect starts with an energizing head rush that gets your mind up and running while leaving you in a nice calm state. As the Indica-dominant side kicks in, the powerful cerebral effect gradually moves downwards and hits your whole body with a deep relaxation that leaves you with a joyful stoney sensation that alleviates chronic pain while leaving you in an overall happy and positive state of mind. It’s the perfect daytime and nighttime strain as it can boost your mood and enhance a night out with friends but can also quiet your mind as you get ready for a good night of sleep. No matter the scenario, expect a powerful high that lasts for hours on end. Plant appearance Tropicana Cookies Auto reaches up to 110cm and develops a tall main cola with shorter side branches, typical of hybrid strains. You can expect a stocky yet tall main cola with medium-sized side branches and thin fan leaves that fade into a yellowish hue with a beautiful dark purple tint. Thanks to the excellent selection, this variety develops a short internodal spacing that makes the medium-sized flowers look like they’re growing stacked on top of each other. It’s the ideal choice for growers who want to get big yields without having to deal with huge plants, as this monster yielder can produce up to 150g per plant while growing relatively short. Grow tips This variety grows super dense buds so make sure to space out the branches by tying them down, this way you improve airflow which helps prevent mold and other pests. Tropicana Cookies auto reek of a delicious sweet and sour smell so make sure to flush thoroughly to enhance the aromas even more. This terpene heavyweight finishes with lots of resinous sugar leaves that make for fantastic hash and extractions so remember to have your trim bucket ready! Flavor Tropicana Cookies Auto boasts remarkably sweet flavors that resemble a blend of lemon peels and fresh orange juice, with subtle floral undertones that make it the perfect choice for extractors looking for unique terpene profiles. Expect an overall citrusy zest that’ll coat your whole mouth and leave a delicious tropical candy-like flavor aftertaste. The sweet and sour flavors get balanced out with a herbal background that gets stronger as you exhale and gradually opens up, bringing out the whole range of woody, floral, and spicy flavors, making it the perfect choice for the most flavorful extracts. https://2fast4buds.com/seeds/tropicana-cookies-auto _________________________________________________________________________________ SETUP: 80x80x180 cm Zelsius 240W Full Spectrum LED IR UV dimmable DW240H-A6-HS Heatsink color red LED Chips: 512pcs SAMSUNG LM301H + 24pcs Osram 660nm + 8pcs Osram IR 730nm + 8pcs UV 385nm Color mix: 2700K + 4000K 2,8umol/J Driver HLG-240H-C2100B Coverage: veg 5x3ft / flower 4x2ft Product size: 628x205x68mm Green Buzz Nutrients Shouts go out to my sponsors @GreenBuzzNutrients, thanks so much for your support! ❤️ If anyone would like to try their amazing organic products, use code GD42025 for generous 25% discount (for orders of minimum 75€) ✨ https://greenbuzznutrients.com/ Mills Nutrients Biobizz Lightmix custom exhaust fan 320/270cm³/h Carbon Active Granulate 240cm³/h tab water pH 8 - EC 0,25 with Calmag to 0,5 Advanced Hydroponics pH minus Grow + Bloom to pH 6.2 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡 🐟 🐠 🐙 🐡
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Week two of flower is done and these girls are rocking hard .they have not slowed down stretching every day .feeding every 3 days 3 liters and they are loving it
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I harvest this strain at my other grow this week so I'll have a preliminary smoke test super strong genetics super trainable fast growing and smelly they also boast a 27 percent thc content ( I normally consume 19 to 21 %) this gonna knock my socks off
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Update 14 days after going into soil Looking healthy but abit slower than expected but my first time doing autos so not to sure🤔 i started them on small amount of nutrients today let's see how they do🤞 lights set to 25 percent power at 24" above canopy
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Chopped one before vacation and off to dry while I'm in Ireland and the UK, leaving the other one to keep going and chopped on return.
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Hello Diary. The fifth week of flowering is over, there is a real jungle on the “farm”, the two Haze Berries have grown quite large, especially for my box, but I think they are comfortable and nice together. 😀 It turned out to me that three plants were ideal for that space.👌 Haze Berries look really beautiful, the flowers are big, they look healthy, and they smell like forest fruits. The sweet-fruity scent overwhelms me as soon as I open the box. 😋 Haze Berry and Fat Banana who are on the “farm” have a fruity scent, although I have to say that Fat Banana still smells stronger. 😉 The flowers are not so hard and compact but there are plenty of them, so this will be one good harvest.🙏 Yellow spots have appeared on some leaves, it doesn't look worrying, although the end is in sight, I think they will stay a little longer on the farm than their roommate Fat Banana. As we approached the end, I stopped adding nutrients and watered only with water to which I only regulated p.H. at 6.4. In my case, it's a reduction because my house water is around 7.5 - 8.1 p.H, so I use Plagron's Lemon Kick for the descent, which does a good job.👍 Here's what the week looked like. 15/11/2020 - Day 52. Watering. Only water without any nutrients with regulated p.H. at 6.4 Temp / Humidity on the farm - 25.5 degrees and 47% humidity. 18/11/2020 - Day 55. Watering. Procedure as three days earlier. Temp / Humidity on the farm - 25.2 degrees and 48% humidity. 19/11/2020 - Day 56. Photographing plants. As always, on the last day of the current week I am taking photos of “my little farm”. 😍 That’s it for this week, I think Fat Banana will be leaving the farm soon so Haze Berry will have a little more room. Thanks to everyone who takes a look at the diary and I hope that this information will be useful to someone. See you soon. 🙏
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First topping and the week where it started to properly veg😁
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Was away all week moved to the city, took my nice one with me, but will bring it lake side due to lighting plant has trainned extremely well, no updated photos of plant number 2.
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started using Mega Crop on day 12 (week 2 of flower)
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Hi growmies, I transplanted one of the clones into a net-pot, which sits on top of a 20l DWC with an ayirstone and a little pumper circulation and water disruption. This system will move into the little box, as soon as the Blue Mazar and Afghan have moved out. I have chosen the cutting that was the least down the lie in terms of flower and very stubbing from the beginning, as this one is transitioning back to Veg much quicker than the others. The cutting seems to like her new home, as she already starting to rot through the net pot.
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Had one plant hemi, probably due to the high stress training I did last week. All plants looking very healthy, two out of the remaining 4 are several inches taller so may tie these down to even the canopy a little. One pheno is a lot more sativa looking than the others and had a much bigger stretch.
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First off I want to give a big thank you to Zamnesia and Plagron for the awesome package right before Christmas 🎄.This may be one of the best gifts I will receive this year 😊.I will germinate these 5 seeds on New years and get the New year started off right.Well had a few things to wrap up but finally Jan 21st all 5 and added one extra Zamnesia Runtz bean so I will have a 6 plant auto run in the 5x5. Day 1 Jan/20/2025 the Runtz have sprouted :)
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4.14.25. 2nd week of veg! Started tie down method on the 7th and going good nice new healthy growth! Going to start wrapping plant around perimeter of pot!
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Principio de la semana hice la poda apical, algunas mal hechas por lo que serán podas FIM, ya están recuperadas con los nuevos tallos de la copa creciendo. Último día de crecimiento, mañana las paso a floración.
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WOW LOOK AT DAT!!! DAT FADE IS STARTING TO COME IN!!! PLANT IS STARTING TO DRAW NUTRIENTS FROM THE LARGER FAN LEAVES!!!! SUN GOD HAS BEEN VERY VERY GOOD!!! RAIN GOD SHOWED UP FOR A LITTLE BIT DIS WEEK!!!! PLEASE COME AGAIN!!!!
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Die unteren Blattstiele haben sie rötlich gefärbt. Das mag genetisch bedingt sein, ich glaube aber das die Lampen zu tief hingen. Das habe ich korrigiert und bin mit dem Dünger hoch gegangen.auf dem letzten Bild hat sie einen deutlichen Sprung gemacht.