Week 8 flower and the Gorilla Glue #4 is swelling up nicely and looks like about a week to go, but I’ll probably wait until the Sour Diesel finishes up before I harvest her as I need to dry in this space, the lung room. Lots of frost and thick dense flowers. Very nice colours coming out and the smell is incredible! A few nanners popping out here and there, I’ve plucked a few but it’s late in flower and doubt much will develop from now until the end, if anything at all, definitely not pulling her down because of them. More than likely had the light turned up to high later in flower and was pushing them too much, and that’s why the Sour Diesel is growing a bit foxtail like. Turned the lights down now to 50% and they seem to be happy with that. Still just water through the drip and hand water once a week. Gnats suck and need to take care of them before next grow and do a better job moving forward. These TSW 2000’s from Mars Hydro are awesome and with two of them side by side are more than enough for this space. Blimburn GG#4 is turning out really good and smell is incredible but hard to describe. Thanks for the view!

Feed Log: #1 - D:94 - 6L - Si,[3.6ml],Algo [0ml],HakaB[4g],HakaR[5g]Ca/Mg,[0.3g/L & 0.2g/L],INPUT: [pH 7.0],[1.666 + 0.440 EC], OUTPUT: 5.4L , [1.586 EC], pH [7.1] Previous irrigation: D:92 #2 - D:94 - 5L - Si,[3.6ml],Algo [0ml],HakaB[4g],HakaR[5g]Ca/Mg,[0.3g/L & 0.2g/L],INPUT: [pH 7.0],[1.666 + 0.852 EC], OUTPUT: 0.8L , [1.630 EC], pH [7.1] Previous irrigation: D:92 ——————————————————————————— Everything is running according to plan. 👍 This past week, I did another round of IPM because I spotted grasshopper nymphs, which I haven't had to deal with until now; the minor thrip damage that presented itself in the earlier weeks is practically nonexistent at this point, too. I’ve spotted a few beneficial predators here and there; wolf spiders, jumping spiders, and ladybugs. 🐞 🌱 These guys are doing most of the work for me so minimal intervention is required on my part although I will manually remove pests when around. —————————————————————————— Other than that, I’m continuing to manage pH and EC, ensuring the fabric pots never dry back to avoid salt spikes. To ensure I keep the EC levels stable, I irrigate the plants with 1–1.5L of rainwater before I add my main nutrient mix. ☑️ The plants currently require fertigation every 2 days, but that will soon shift to daily management. I’m also maintaining my manual light dep schedule: bringing the plants into darkness after 12 hours and moving them back out in the mornings. ☀️ I’ll also perform one last prune of all the shaded bud sites. 👍

Ancora rimango pietrificato dalla struttura di questo gioiellino di Green House seed....sta diventando veramente alta con internodi relativamente corti. Ha iniziato anche a mettere germogli veramente ovunque! Questa è la seconda volta che coltivo questa genetica e ricordo che anche la prima volta fú un successo, anche se questa volta penso lo sia ancora di più! Anche grazie ai fertilizzati di CANNABOOM ( stavo utilizzando plagron per queste fanciulle ma poi ho deciso di cambiare la loro dieta) che sinceramente hanno fatto il loro grandissimo lavoro ! Già alla seconda applicazione ho potuto notare tutto il loro potenziale! Il CALMAGSI e veramente eccellente un prodotto con calcio magnesio ferro e SILICIO! Veramente questa azienda offre prodotti di qualità elevatissime a prezzi veramente modici! È il bello è che sono anche super concentrati, ce ne sono parecchi che ne basta 0.1 o alcuni addirittura 0.02 quindi parliamo che puoi fare veramente molti litri! Ma adesso tornando alla nostra carissima KING'S JUICE AUTO, penso che questa coltivazione sia veramente un grande successo...(almeno lo spero) Ringrazio veramente tanto i ragazzi di CANNABOOM per avermi consigliato al meglio ogni piccolezza, e ringrazio anche GREEN HOUSE SEED per la loro scrupolosità nel consigliarmi che seme coltivare! Spero di fare ancora tanti diari per queste due aziende a mio parere LEADER NEL SETTORE! Miraccomando restate sintonizzati! Alla prossima settimana!!!! Grazie mille a tutti voi che mi supportate sempre anche con un semplice mi piace!

Week 5

This week was marked by stable climate control and healthy plant response after the recent transplant. The SCROG net was maintained, and light defoliation was performed on the larger plant to open up the canopy. The smaller plant, though bushy, was left mostly intact to avoid over-stressing after transplant. Both plants showed daily leaf movement — reaching for the light during the day and relaxing at night — a sign of good turgor and rhythm. Environmental conditions stayed well within target, with VPD averaging around 1.14 kPa during the day and 0.92 kPa at night. On Sunday, a corrective action was taken to address minor color variations: the feed was adjusted to include the full bloom-phase nutrient mix at 75 % strength. Spoiler: within 24 hours, the color balance already started to improve. Reason for transplanting the smaller plant: The smaller Special Queen was transplanted from an 11 L fabric pot into an AutoPot system to ensure more consistent watering and nutrient delivery during the bloom stretch. The original pot was starting to dry out unevenly, which risked fluctuations in moisture and root zone health. By moving it into the AutoPot setup, we aimed to stabilize its environment, promote steady root expansion, and allow it to keep pace with the larger plant under the SCROG. The transplant was carried out carefully to minimize root disturbance, and the plant showed no signs of transplant shock in the following days.

[Same like widow] Transplanted in new home pot smart 420 super soil and humboldts root powder white widow

Now tent is here ! plants are exploding:) little one starts to catch up ! Trust in the process👍🏽

All girlz are growing super fast and healthly. I'm so confused now on who's who. I know all four plants look alike divivded into two. I think the two very light green plants is Banana Kush and the other two is Zkittlez. I am so done on raising four plants in this tent, all future grows will be limited to three.

Premiers pistils le 9ème jour de floraison

28/09/22 début de 8 -ème semaine tonitruant elle blanchis, grossis et commence a sentir fort si elle continue comme cela elle va vraiment être belle

Es ist soweit! Am Freitag habe ich die fünf Easy Buds nach knapp 11 1/2 Wochen abgeschnitten und geerntet. Leider musste ich feststellen, dass eine Pflanze ziemlich stark befallen war. Ich vermute eine Milbenart oder möglicherweise Fliegeneier. Unterhalb der Blätter waren etliche dunkelgelbe und dunkelbraune Eier, die man auf den ersten Blick kaum erkennen konnte. Bei genauerem Hinsehen sieht man jedoch, dass sich der Befall auf die ganze Pflanze ausgeweitet hatte. Glücklicherweise blieben die vier anderen Pflanzen verschont. Aus diesem Grund trockne ich die Pflanzen auch getrennt voneinander. Die befallene Pflanze wollte ich nicht direkt wegwerfen, sondern erstmal trocknen lassen. Im Nachhinein werde ich schauen, wie ich mögliche Schadensbegrenzung betreiben kann. Die vier gesunden Pflanzen werden in einem geschlossenen Zelt in einem Trocknungsbeutel getrocknet. Die befallene Pflanze habe ich in dem Folienzelt aufgehängt und mit einer Plane abgedeckt. Nach wenigen Tagen der Trocknung sieht soweit eigentlich alles gut aus. Die Eier scheinen nicht mehr zu schlüpfen, sondern fallen von der Blüte ab oder verschrumpeln zu Kompost. Ich hoffe, dass es dabei bleibt. Der Geruch hat sich nach dem Abschneiden deutlich verändert. Schon nach der kurzen Trocknungszeit kann ich einen intensiveren Geruch feststellen, der sich noch nicht so richtig beschreiben lässt. Die Blüten waren stark mit den sogenannten "Sugar Leaves" verwachsen, weshalb ich sie grob getrimmt habe, um sie zum Trocknen aufzuhängen. Nachdem die Blüten vollständig getrocknet sind, werde ich die Buds noch einmal einzeln trimmen und durch meine Trimm-Maschine von Vevor jagen. Der Ernteprozess hat zu zweit circa eine Stunde gedauert. Die Pflanzen waren zum Zeitpunkt der Ernte noch sehr gesund und kräftig. Die Verwurzelung war trotz des geschlossenen Topfes sehr gut. Die schönste Bud hat definitiv die zentrale Pflanze, Greta, ergeben. Nass hätte ich den Bud auf mindestens 12 g geschätzt. Ein Gesamtgewicht des nassen Pflanzenmaterials habe ich nicht ermittelt. Sobald alles trocken und fertig beschnitten ist, werde ich das Tagebuch um den trockenen Betrag ergänzen. Stand jetzt würde ich schätzen, dass der Ertrag aller Pflanzen bei circa 40-50 g liegt, was mich für meinen ersten Grow ziemlich zufrieden stellt, besonders in Anbetracht dieser wirklich sehr simplen Strain. Mehr Infos und Fotos folgen in Kürze, wenn das Curing beginnt. Bis bald! :)

Que pasa familia, vamos con la tercera semana de floración de estas Gorilla girl F1 de Sweetseeds. Vamos al lío, las plantas se trasplantaron a macetas de 7 litros. El ph se controla en 6.5, la temperatura la tenemos entre 24/21 grados y la humedad ronda el 50%. El ciclo de crecimiento puse 12h de luz, el foco está al 70% de potencia. Me gustaría estar más encima este cultivo pero la salud me está impidiendo un poco este 100% con el proyecto. Con suerte la semana que viene andaré mejor. - os dejo por aquí un CÓDIGO: Eldruida Descuento para la tienda de MARS HYDRO. https://www.mars-hydro.com Hasta aquí todo, Buenos humos 💨💨💨

💎🌿 8×8 Adventure – Week 14 Black Diamond Auto by Zamnesia – Pheno B 👑 Big Mama's Next Chapter: From Beast to Frozen Treasure! ?💎🌸 Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And today, my friends… We need to talk about Big Mama. 😂😂😂💎👑 Our other Black Diamond. Our heavyweight. Our beautiful beast. The girl who never really needed to be the tallest, the prettiest, or the most delicate plant in the room to make herself noticed. She simply showed up, built herself into a magnificent plant, and made sure we knew she was there. And now… Her time in the tent is over. 💎🌿✂️ Just like her sister, Black Diamond Auto Pheno A, Big Mama reached the point where it was time to move into the next chapter. Two sisters. Two different seeds. Two different expressions. One genetic family. And, in the end… TWO ABSOLUTE BEASTS. 😂😂😂👑💎 But although their stories are similar, they haven't been identical. And that's exactly why I wanted to document them separately. Today, we're looking back at Big Mama's journey, explaining what happened after harvest, showing some of the photographs and statistics we managed to capture, and introducing the next stage of her adventure. Because this girl hasn't disappeared. She's simply moving into a different chapter. And this time, we're taking a little detour into the world of ice, water, and bubble hash. ?💎🌿 But before anybody gets too excited… Let's start at the beginning. ──────────────────────── 📢 FIRST, A LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT THIS REPORT You might notice that this update is still being published under a flowering week rather than as a dedicated harvest report. And you might also notice something else… There aren't as many photographs of Big Mama as there were of her sister. 😂📸 Both things have an explanation. First, GrowDiaries has a limit of 30 photographs per update, and our harvest documentation can quickly go beyond that limit when we include the final plant photographs, trimming, drying, weighing, and smoke review. Second, GrowDiaries doesn't provide a dedicated section specifically for documenting the extraction process we're planning to follow with Big Mama. So, rather than trying to squeeze everything into one update or leave out important parts of the story, we're using the available diary structure to keep documenting the journey. Depending on how many photographs and details we have to share, we may continue this story in the current week or create another update to give the next stage enough room. The goal is simple: Keep the documentation clear. Keep the photographs. Keep the story together. And don't leave out the interesting bits just because the platform's categories don't perfectly match what we're doing. 💚🌱 As for the smaller collection of photographs… Well, I have a confession. 😂😂😂 It was late. Actually, it was almost morning by the time I got around to her sister's harvest work, and by the time I reached Big Mama, the photographic energy was not quite what it had been earlier. The girl still got her attention. The work still got done. But the camera didn't get quite as much attention as it did with Pheno A. So yes, we have fewer photographs. That's the honest explanation. Sometimes the grower has a plan, the plants have their own schedule, and the clock decides to join the experiment. 😂📸🌙 But fewer photographs don't mean a less important story. Big Mama deserves her own report, her own explanation, and her own spotlight. And that's exactly what we're doing. ──────────────────────── 💎 TWO SISTERS, TWO SEEDS, TWO BEASTS Let's take a moment to look back at how we got here. Black Diamond Auto Pheno B was part of our 8×8 Adventure, where twelve plants shared the same general environment, lighting schedule, and overall approach to care. She grew under a 12/12 light schedule from seed, just like the other plants in this experiment. And throughout the journey, she developed her own personality. Her sister, Pheno A, had that striking appearance that kept making me stop and take another photograph. Big Mama? She brought her own kind of presence. 😂👑💎 She became a substantial plant, carrying beautiful flowers throughout her structure and eventually requiring support to help manage the weight. The yo-yos became part of the story. The flowers continued to develop. The plant kept making herself noticed. And week after week, she showed us that she wasn't simply going to be a copy of her sister. They may share the same genetic name, but they have their own individual expressions. And that's one of the things I love most about following individual phenotypes. You start with seeds. You provide a shared environment. You document the journey. And then you watch the plants show you who they are. Pheno A gave us one beautiful story. Pheno B gave us another. And now both girls have reached the end of their time in the tent. 💎💎🌿 Two Black Diamonds. Two different personalities. Two beautiful plants. And two harvest stories worth documenting. ──────────────────────── 👑 GOODBYE, BIG MAMA — THE TENT CHAPTER IS OVER If you've been following her diary, you'll know that Big Mama wasn't exactly a shy girl. 😂😂😂 She had presence. She had structure. She had beautiful flowers. And she had enough weight to keep the yo-yo department employed. Her story was never just about how tall she grew or how much space she occupied. It was about how she developed, how her flowers formed, and how differently she expressed herself compared with her sister. That's what made her interesting. And when it was time to harvest, we moved into the next stage. We took her down, broke her down, and prepared the material for the direction we wanted to take with this particular harvest. But unlike her sister's report, which focused heavily on the studio photography and photo stacking, Big Mama's next chapter is going to explore something different. We're preparing her material for a planned bubble hash project. ?🌿💎 And that's where things get interesting. ──────────────────────── ✂️ WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HARVEST? Once Big Mama was harvested, I broke the plant down and removed the unwanted leaves. The aim was to separate the material we wanted to keep from the leaves and other parts we didn't want included in the next stage. I then bagged the prepared material, vacuum-sealed it, and placed it in the freezer. Yes… Big Mama is currently enjoying a little holiday in the freezer. 😂?👑 Not quite the luxurious spa treatment she might have imagined, but that's where she is while we prepare for the next chapter. The material is frozen and waiting for the colder days ahead, when we'll continue with the planned ice-water extraction project. This is a different direction from simply following the traditional dried-flower route, and I'm looking forward to documenting the process properly. For now, the preparation has been done. The material has been bagged. It's vacuum-sealed. It's frozen. And we're waiting for the next stage. ?💎🌿 We haven't completed the extraction yet, so this report isn't going to pretend that we have a final result. Instead, we're showing what we've done so far and explaining what comes next. That's how I like to document these projects. One step at a time. ──────────────────────── ? WHAT IS BUBBLE HASH, AND WHY ARE WE GOING THIS ROUTE? For anyone unfamiliar with the term, bubble hash is a type of cannabis concentrate made by separating resin-rich trichome material from plant material using ice water and filtration. The name comes from the way well-made material can bubble when exposed to heat, although the quality and behaviour depend on the starting material and the final product. The basic concept is that trichomes are separated from the plant material, and the resulting material is collected through filtration. It isn't the same thing as simply drying and trimming flowers. It isn't the same thing as collecting resin from a glove. And it isn't automatically the same thing as charas. These are different materials made through different processes, even though they all relate to the resin produced by the plant. 💎🌿 In Big Mama's case, the next stage we're planning is an ice-water extraction using water, ice, and a washing setup. We'll document the actual process in the next report, including the equipment, what we observe, the collected material, and how the results look. We'll also show how we handle the drying stage for the collected hash and discuss what happens afterwards. For now, we're introducing the project rather than jumping ahead to results we haven't produced yet. And honestly, I think that's the best way to do it. You get to follow the story from the preparation through to the final outcome. ──────────────────────── 🌿 BUBBLE HASH IS NOT JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR RESIN I want to make this distinction clear because the terminology can sometimes get mixed together. The sticky resin we saw on the glove during Big Mama's breakdown was a visible reminder of the resin on the freshly harvested plant. That doesn't automatically make the material on the glove finished bubble hash, nor does it mean that every kind of collected resin is the same product. Bubble hash refers to a specific type of concentrate produced through ice-water separation and filtration. The material we have frozen right now is the prepared starting material for the project. The washing and filtration have not happened yet. So we're not calling it finished bubble hash at this stage. We're simply preparing for that next chapter. ?💎🌱 And when we get there, we'll show you what happened rather than asking you to take our word for it. That's the whole point of documenting the process. ──────────────────────── 📸 FEWER PHOTOS, BUT STILL A STORY WORTH TELLING I know there aren't as many photographs of Big Mama's harvest as there were of her sister. And yes, I would have loved to capture more. But sometimes the timing simply doesn't work out the way we planned. By the time I got to Big Mama, it was almost morning. 😂🌙 The important thing is that we still have photographs showing parts of the process, including the prepared material, the vacuum-sealed bags, and the weighing. Those images help us document what happened rather than simply writing that we did it. We also have photographs from earlier in her journey that show the beautiful plant she became. Together, they tell the story. The flowering photographs show the plant. The harvest photographs show the transition. The bagging and weighing photographs document the preparation. And the next set will show what happens when we move into the ice-water extraction project. 📸🌿💎 Not every chapter needs the same number of photographs. What matters is that we capture the details that help explain the journey. And Big Mama's story is still very much worth telling. ──────────────────────── ⚖️ THE NUMBERS MATTER TOO Alongside the photographs, we've included some of the measurements and weighing information we managed to capture during this stage. Those details are useful because they help us keep a record of what happened rather than relying entirely on memory. The photographs give us the visual story. The numbers add another piece of the record. And as the project continues, we'll have more information to add. For now, I don't want to invent or estimate figures that aren't clearly established in the available documentation. We'll use the recorded values where they're available and keep the next report focused on the actual results of the process. That's how I want these diaries to work. Show what happened. Share what we observed. Keep the record honest. And let the results speak for themselves. 💚📸⚖️ ──────────────────────── ? THE FREEZER IS JUST THE BEGINNING At the moment, Big Mama's prepared material is vacuum-sealed and frozen. The next planned chapter is the ice-water washing process, where we'll document the separation and collection stage. After that, we'll have the collected material to assess and the drying stage to document. And later, we'll discuss what happens with the finished result. So there's still plenty to come. This isn't a finished extraction report. It isn't a final yield report. And it certainly isn't the smoke review. 😂💎 We're at the preparation stage. The next chapter will cover the actual washing project, and we'll explain the process as it happens, including the filtration, the collected material, and the drying. We'll also share what we learn along the way. Because that's what makes these experiments interesting. We don't need to pretend we know the result before we begin. We can prepare, document, observe, and report what actually happens. And that's exactly what we're going to do with Big Mama. ──────────────────────── 💡 A QUICK LOOK BACK AT THE 8×8 ENVIRONMENT Before we move on, let's remember the environment in which Big Mama grew. She was part of the 8×8 Adventure, where the plants shared the same general room conditions and the 12/12 schedule from seed. The expanded lighting setup included the two additional Future of Grow Black Series 600W fixtures, with the output controlled rather than simply running everything at maximum. We were targeting approximately 1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy, with actual intensity varying according to canopy position and plant height. Lumiflora provided additional lighting deeper in the canopy, while TrolMaster helped us monitor and manage the room environment. The room's general conditions during the recent flowering updates were around: 🌡️ Day temperature: approximately 26.5°C 🌙 Night temperature: approximately 26°C 💧 Relative humidity: approximately 61% 🌱 Substrate temperature: approximately 25°C ⚗️ Nutrient solution pH: approximately 6.02 ⚡ Nutrient solution EC: approximately 2.14 mS/cm 💨 CO₂: approximately 693 ppm 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 These are the recent room references from the flowering stage, not the conditions of the separate drying space. Big Mama has now moved out of that room, and her next stage is being documented separately. The rest of the 8×8 is still going. The other plants are continuing their own journeys. And we're not changing their stories just because Big Mama has reached harvest. 🌿💎 ──────────────────────── 🌱 SAME GENETIC FAMILY, DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS This is another reason I wanted to give Big Mama her own report. If you followed Pheno A, you saw one expression of Black Diamond Auto. If you follow Pheno B, you see another. They shared the same general growing environment, but they didn't become identical plants. One caught my eye more visually. The other became Big Mama, with her own substantial structure and personality. And that's perfectly fine. I don't need every plant to look the same. I don't need every phenotype to be my favourite. I want to see the differences. I want to document them. I want to learn from them. And I want to be honest about what I see. 😂💎👑 Two seeds. Two sisters. Two beasts. Two different stories. And now, two different harvest journeys. Pheno A has her own harvest and photography story. Pheno B has her own preparation and planned bubble hash project. Both deserve to be documented properly. ──────────────────────── 💚 THE REST OF THE ROOM IS STILL GROWING One more important point before we close this update. Big Mama has been harvested, but the rest of the room has not. The other plants are still growing, developing, and following their own timelines. The 8×8 Adventure continues. We'll keep sharing their individual updates, their differences, their progress, and their own milestones. That's the beauty of this project. We don't force every plant into the same schedule just because they're sharing a room. Each plant gets to show us what she does. And when she's ready for the next stage, we document that too. Big Mama has reached her moment. Now we'll follow her through the next part of the journey while the others continue to shine in the tent. 🌿💎🌱 ──────────────────────── 🔮 WHAT COMES NEXT FOR BIG MAMA? The next chapter is all about the ice-water extraction project. We'll be documenting the washing process, the separation and filtration, the collected material, and the drying stage. We'll also discuss the results and what we decide to do with the finished material afterwards. The actual outcome will determine what we can honestly report. For now, the material is bagged, vacuum-sealed, and waiting in the freezer. The next stage hasn't happened yet. And I'm looking forward to showing you how it unfolds. ?💎🌿 This is another side of the growing journey that I enjoy documenting. The plant doesn't stop being interesting when it leaves the tent. There are still decisions to make, things to observe, and plenty to learn. So stay tuned. Big Mama's story has moved beyond flowering, but it isn't finished. Not even close. 😂👑💎 ──────────────────────── 💭 FINAL THOUGHTS — BIG MAMA HAS LEFT THE TENT, BUT SHE'S NOT DONE WITH US Black Diamond Auto by Zamnesia – Pheno B. Our Big Mama. Our heavyweight. Our beautiful beast. 💎👑🌿 I must confess that I would have liked to take more photographs during her harvest. It was late. Almost morning, actually. And by the time I got to her, the photographic session wasn't quite as extensive as the one I had done with her sister. But the work was done. The material was prepared. The unwanted leaves were removed. Everything was bagged, vacuum-sealed, and placed in the freezer, ready for the next stage. And now we're preparing to document a different part of her journey. The planned ice-water washing process. The filtration. The collected material. The drying. And eventually, what comes after. ?💎 We still have plenty to share. So please don't consider this the end of Big Mama's story. It's simply the end of her time in the flowering tent. Two Black Diamond sisters. Two different seeds. Two completely different expressions. And two beasts that have given us plenty to talk about. 😂😂😂👑💎 Her sister might have received more photographs. Her sister might have stolen a little more of my photographic attention. But Big Mama? She has her own story. And she's getting her own spotlight. We're going to keep documenting the process, share the results honestly, and make sure her journey doesn't disappear simply because she's no longer standing in the tent. Thank you for following along. And stay tuned, because the next chapter is going to be a little different from our usual flowering updates. Big Mama is ready for her next adventure. ?🌿💎 ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU — AND COME JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! As always, a massive thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure. 💚🌱 Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us a place to document the journey, share the photographs, and keep these individual plant stories alive. Thank you to Zamnesia for the Black Diamond genetics and for giving us the opportunity to discover and follow these two beautiful phenotypes. Thank you to Plagron for supporting the garden with the growing media and nutrition used throughout this run. A huge thank you to Future of Grow for supplying the additional Black Series 600W fixtures and allowing us to explore the expanded lighting setup in the 8×8. Thank you to Lumiflora for helping bring additional light into the deeper areas of the canopy. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the flowering room behind the scenes. And a shoutout to SmallRig for the LED lighting equipment that helps me create the studio setup for my photography. 💡📸💚 But I also want to give a special invitation to everyone reading this. Come and join us on Discord! 💚🌱🤝 https://discord.gg/dogdoctorofficial We're building a beautiful community there, and everyone is welcome. We have growers with different levels of experience, different setups, different interests, and different ways of approaching this plant. And that's exactly how we like it. You don't need to be an expert. You don't need to have the biggest garden. You don't need to know every technical term. You don't even need to be the person who talks the most. 😂💚 You can ask questions. You can share your experiences. You can show your projects. You can learn from other people. Or you can simply join, listen, and enjoy being part of the community. There's no experience level you need to reach before you're welcome. You just need to be respectful and be yourself. We love talking about this plant, sharing knowledge, comparing experiences, and learning from one another. And above all, we want this to feel like a community. Almost like family. 🌱💚🤝 We also have discount codes available for the community, competitions where members can win prizes, and giveaways along the way. But honestly, the best part isn't a discount or a prize. It's the people. The conversations. The laughs. The questions. The willingness to help one another. And the feeling that you can join in without needing to prove anything. Everyone is more than welcome. So if you're looking for a friendly place to talk about growing, learn something new, share your own experiences, or simply hang out with people who understand why we can spend hours talking about plants… Come say hello! 💚🌿 👉 Join the DogDoctorOfficial Discord community: https://discord.gg/dogdoctorofficial We'd love to see you there. ──────────────────────── 💎 TWO SISTERS. TWO BEASTS. ONE CONTINUING ADVENTURE. Big Mama has left the tent. Her material is prepared and frozen. The next chapter will take us into the planned ice-water washing project, with the process and results documented as they happen. Meanwhile, the rest of the 8×8 Adventure continues. Different plants. Different timelines. Different stories. And plenty more to learn. Thank you for being here, my friends. Thank you for following the journey. Thank you for supporting the diaries and the community. Let's keep growing, learning, sharing, and having fun along the way. Growers Love, my friends. 💚🌱 Big Mama… you may have left the tent, but we're not finished telling your story yet. 😂👑💎? See you in the next chapter! 🌿📸💚

8/23 I WATERED THE NATURAL MK ULTRA AND THE 10TH PLANET IN THE BACK WITH A GALLON AND THE TWO TENS SPLIT A GALLON. It's hotter today and the wind is picking up. I wish I had gotten rid of that plant when I thought to. Oh well. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and treat things. Smell is increases as well as flower size. However I'm noticing more leaves that are yellowing and falling off. Smell has intensified. The special kush in late flower doesn't seem to be producing trichomes like it should. Or maybe it's still early. I see some but by this time I would think it would be frosty as hell! It's rained like once this summer. I've put tons of work into defoliating. I'm not sure if I'll try a controlled spray trying to avoid buds or if I should use a sponge and just hit every leaf. At least I'm seeing that the buds are still expanding and smelling despite these invisible Bastards. It's not like I see them. Even my traps only caught like one. I'll update as I go. EDIT: WATERED THE TENTH PLANET AND THE LATE SOECIAL KUSH 1 GAL. PLAN ON FEEDING TOMORROW. I DID A SHIT TON OF DEFOLIATION. I DONT SEE ADULT THRIPS BUT I SEE THE EGGS AND SHIT IN THE CREVICE AND SOMETHING IS COMING AND EARING SMALL LOWER FOLIAGE. I RIPPED TWO INTERIOR BRANCHES OFF THE PLANTS I TREATED BEFORE WITH CITRIC ACID BECAUSE I FOUND A COUPLE STOPS OF MOLD ON THE STEM. AFTER RESEARCHING THRIPS WITH A.I. UNTIL IT LITERALLY CHANGED PROTOVAL AND STOPPED HELPING ME SAYING IT DANT HELP CULT8VATE CANNABIS AFTER GIVING ME SEVERAL DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS AND OPTIONS. I SCREENSHOTTED THEM THOUGH. I USED THE SAME MIXTURE OF CITRIC ACID AMD DAWN ONLY HALF STRENGTH AND HIT THE 10TH PLANET AND PINK KUSH THAT ARE PATIENT ZERO. THEN I TOOK A SPONGE AND EITHER DEFOLIATED OR WIPED THE LEAVES WITH A SPONGE AND SAME CONCOTION ON THE SPECIAL KUSH IN THE TEN. I DEFOLIATED MORE AND THEN "SPOT TREATED" A FEW LEAVES ON A BOTTOM BRANCH OF THE 10TH PLANET WITH MITE X. I'M WAITING UNTIL THE MORNING TO SEE THE RESULTS AND BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD. I HAVE ORGANOCIDE BEE SAFE AND I KNOW IT WORKS GOOD BUT IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT. IM HOPING ILL FIGURE THIS OUT. 8/24 Didn't have time to do a video or take any pictures. I pit a lot of work in the garden yesterday. I removed a couple small branches that had mold on the stem. If I had listened to my intuition and moved that plant (instead of listening to my dad) I probably could've negated this mess. Windy as hell yesterday. Maybe that's why I don't see mich damage from the thrips. The runt in the 50 has some silver ingredients on it. I'm considering using spinosad. Those are way earlier in flower and that shit WORKS. WATERED TODAY;BIG MK ULTRA 1.5, THREE IN THE BACK ROW, CHEMDOG AND TENTH PLANET ALL GOT 1 GALLON. THE TWO TENS SPLIT A GALLON. I THEN FED EVERYTHING WITH A QUART OF FOOD. I'll keep an eye out on the dosage and see what the can handle. I left out plant doctor as I'm dealing with thrips. Took a leaf that looked like sep off the pink kush in the 50 with half used soil. I didn't have much time to look around but I will when I get back and I'll put some vids/pics up. The plants that I treated with citric acid looked no worse for the wear and actually BETTER than they hadcthe day before. The other 10th planet and the Pink kusg in the ten are the worst. If I can't beat it I may junk them. I'm planning on treatingvtge plants I didn't yesterday tonight. I may use a different treatment I'm not sure. EDIT: Went back over and took a few pics and a video. I defoliated a SHIT TON of leaves. I can just tell the ones that the thrips have been sucking and laying eggs. It's windy as hell. Plants are going crazy. I'm wondering if the wind will hurt the thrips. Maybe I should've just stood with the wind at my back and throw a buNch of D.E. in the air and have it coat the plants. I'm scared of using d.e. because it absorbs so much water. It's like 80%! The year I had fusarium I put a bunch of d.e. on the soil and it retained water like a mofo. The plants I treated showed no I'll effects. I'm th8nkobg I'm going to remove patient zero and isolate it. And I'm considering using spinosad on the pink kush. What would you do? If you had to use something in the middle of flower or loss your crop which would you choose? I'll probably just use citric acid or the rubbing alcohol. I don't know. I'll keep it updated. UPDATE: WENT OVER AROUND FIVE AND DEFOLIATED. I CHECKED THE PLANTS I TREATED AND THE ONE IN THE TEN HAD A FEW LEAVES THAT LOOKED LIKE SEP. ITS EXTREMELY WINDY SO I DECIDED AGAINST SPRAYING TONIGHT. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR PREDATORS BUT IT APPEARS TO BE TO LATE OR EXPENSIVE. I MAY LOOK FOR AN OVERNIGHT SHIPMEBT OF LOST COAST PLANT THERAPY OR SOMETHING BUT WILL THAT WORK SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN A DIY VERSION? ILL EITHER ORDER SOMETHING TONIGHT OR PICK UP THE LAST FEW INGREDIENTS I NEED TOMORROW. LOOKING THROUGH THE GARDEN THOUGH EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT! I WISH THE TRICOMES WOULD DEVELOP A LITTLE FASTER ON THE EARLY SPECIAL KUSH BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THESE GIRLS HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK ARE REAL TROOPERS. 8/25 I thought about putting the late flowering special kush in the barn because it looks cloudy and we are supposed to get rain. I chose to wait until I got back but it started raining already. It's not raining right now but it will probably start again. I'm just worried because I haven't staked the branches. It's a strong plant though. I'll check on her when I get back. I'm looking for some Castille soap this morning and the rest of the things to make a diy lost coast plant therapy. The plants look good though and the flowers are really stacking up. I don't see that silvery shit so it doesn't look like it's spreading real fast. The pink kush is in early flower and I'm considering spinosad for them. They have a long ways to go. I'm not sure. I may just use the diy spray. I'm not sure. EDIT: WENT OVER AFTER SUN DOWN AND MIXED UP THE DIY GREEN CLEANER/LCPT. I USED RUBBER GLOVES AND TREATED THE HUGE MK ULTRA, THE TWO TENS AND THE REVEG 10TH PLANET. I ONLY TREATED FOUR PLANTS. I HAD A PRETTY GOOD METHOD BUT IT WAS SLOW. I PUT THE LEAF BETWEEN MY GLOVED HAND AND SPRAYED THAN RAN THE LEAF THROUGH MY FINGERS TO AVOID FLOWER. ON PLANTS WITH SMALLER FLOWERS I WAS ABLE TO JUST FOLD THE LEAVES UPWARD AND GET THE BOTTOMS. ILL CHECK AND SEE HOW IT WORKED IN THE MORNING AND GO FROM THERE. WE GOT SOME GOOD RAIN TODAY. IM WORRIED ABOUT MOLD THOUGH. THATS WHY IM HESITANT TO SPRAY BUT SOME FLOWER IS BETTER THAN NONE. 8/26 IT POURED last night. Sheet rain. The storm had passed and it was like a 14% chance of rain at night. Oh well. The girls seemed to have loved it! The looked great this morning. I shook everything off and got soaked in the process. Inspected for damage and luckily didn't find any. I'm feeling optimistic about my diy green cleaner lcpt. I'm seriously considering spunosad on the pink kush as it's earlier in flower and I think it could handle it. I might just use this spray first and see how it goes. Buds are swelling and seem bigger everyday. I looked at some old diaries and I can see ive had thrips before. I also have some insect (ear wigs or pillars) that target lower branches and kinda lollipop them. I hope it's not earwigs because I've had bas luck dealing with them. I'll have to check at night. EDIT: WENT OVER AROUND THREE TO CHECK THINGS OUT. PLANTS LOVED THAT RAIN AND SEEMED TO LOVE THE TREATMENT AS WELL. THAT RAIN AND WIND DEFINATELY DISRUPTED THE THRIPS. THE SPRAY I USED SHOULD KILL ON CONTACT AND SUFFOCATE EGGS AND LARVAE. PLANTS LOOK THE HAPPIEST IVE SEEN THEM IN A WHILE. I CANT TREAT THE OTHER PLANTS TONIGHT BUT I SHOULD HAVE TIME TOMORROW NIGHT TO GET WHAT I MISSED. IF ITS NECESSARY. ILL KEEP AN EYE OUT.

Day 79 - Another week passes, not much to post, normal feeding, 1000 ppm 6.2 PH, normal lights, the girls are fattening up nicely...... 😎 Day 84 - some pics/vids.... pics of a Test Bud (ready for curing)......doing some experimentation..... read up about drying and curing, but i don't have a set method, so test abit..... never grown bud before..... 👍 my tent is really small, i think 50x120x160 or something... and it's tight in there, i have no other source of herb, so i'm going to start getting into the smaller one, and focus the light on the larger one..... i've been trimming and drying all during the grow.... there's really only enough room for the big one, and it's really squishy in the tent........ 😎

The largest of the 5 seeds was selected for this run. She's going to get a swim in a 60/40 solution of Hydrogen Peroxide and purified water to awaken the Broccoli beast within the shell. Thanks to Plagron and Zamnesia for allowing me the opportunity to participate in the 2026 Eternity Cup! I'll be using my standard 1 gallon Groloponix Bucket and MegaCrop 1-Part as the base nutrients and adding CalMag and Green Explosion once we begin to hit flower. @Patricia_Zamnesia better keep her eye on this one!

Day 37: Watered each plant with 0.8L with nuts 1516 ppm, 3221 us/cm, 3.2 EC Still giving sensi grow to the gorilla cookies Day 40: Watered each plant with 0.8L with nuts 1594 ppm, 3391 us/cm, 3.3 EC Still giving sensi grow to the gorilla cookies Did some defoliation