Today, only close-ups. 
Big Bud:
Permanent Marker:
Purple Zkittlez 2:
Greetings to all 
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Hey there friends, and Pflanzenpaule is still ailing, so I let the doctor’s appointments slide. Follow-up appointments are still this month.
So I had time and felt like today in the plant room to get everything on track regarding soil moisture. And there’s good news to report, because those in growth are showing improvement.
And the first small order is out and paid.
6x9 Plagron Cocos Brix, pressed, yield 54 liters of coco, buffered and nutrient-free. They are to be mixed into soil later for Bio Tabs and Co.
Now I had to reach the minimum order value, so I ordered 2x Bio Tabs Startermix with Seedplug in a set for little money. 7.80 e.
Hehe and here’s a small bargain.
Just received an email from them with a huge apology because the Bio Tab Startermix is no longer available.
And if they could send me the Bio Tabs at the price of the Startermix, without extra charge.
Hey, sure thing. I’m going to order a lot of it soon anyway.
And 4 euros saved again.
Since yesterday evening, the controller has been running in AI mode in the large tent with Strawberry, Cookies OG, and Jamaican.
And Wow, I’m super surprised.
Everything controls itself in alternation, sometimes more, sometimes less.
The ambient values and 45% the dimmers with 50 cm lamp distance.
The fans in AI mode are really blasting wind so the plants are now dancing.
Thus, the temp. is ideal.
The RH is good but now also ideal. I had the tent open shortly before.
So it can continue running. I totally like it. A great thing.
Today then Day 33, growth Day 15.
Last week it looked a bit problematic, mmh; more bad than good. I announced it! 
Today I like it significantly better. A suspicion of underwatering is confirmed, because since I’m operating at 38 - 65% soil moisture, meaning now I use water more often and more, it’s improving daily and visibly.
Topping the Cookies OG 5 days ago because it shot up in height helped to get it to spread out and to get it to pretty much the same height as all of them.
Conclusion, measured today.
Cookies OG 27.5 cm. It lost 20 cm during topping.
Jamaican 29 cm. The Strawberry 25.5 cm and that one was significantly behind, and now all 3 are close to each other in height.
The overall picture still shows here and there hints of the lowest leaves that were still yellower.
But it also shows, especially to me; it once looked shittier.
The Strawberry
there, even on the lower leaf that once appeared very worn out, the tender green returns.
But it’s probably due to the genetics that it doesn’t want to be so bushy.
Because it lagged a lot from the beginning, I don’t want to top it.
The Jamaican
It looked the worst, but on the lowest leaf, it has partially regained some green.
Color also returned to the upper leaf and it no longer hangs down so cramped and bent.
overall the green became slightly lighter and no longer so dark green.
But it has many light leaf tips where the soil mix seems a bit too harsh for it. But improvement in the overall picture makes me wait, to see if perhaps just water without fuss is enough.
If not, I’m considering a small flush to remove salts.
But I’m still holding out so as not to stress them even more.
The Cookies OG
here too the lowest area, which however wasn’t as extreme for her as for the others. Probably also a problem at the beginning which caused the overgrowth of the ground cover. Which I had properly cut back and thinned out twice in one week.
But then the other pictures
she has done great.
Oh and this
beautiful healthy green. It’s so beautifully green.
Well, I’m glad that it’s probably on track now. And if it continues well like this, it won’t need 8 growth weeks either. Day 15 today in growth. At 50 - 60 cm height, it will go into the flowering phase.
So that’s the plan, and out of all the worries that nothing would come of it, now there are 3 clones of Cookies OG rooting on Day 5 today.
Well, should they have roots in 4 to 5 days, they’ll go into soil and I’ll add them. Into 10 L pots with a short growth phase, then together into flowering. There’s still room in the stable. Time then soon to bring the dimmers to 50%.
I’ll immediately check what the Growlogs yield regarding what the height measurement says from the last measurement until today.
Well, and what does that teach us?
Underwatering also causes trouble.
Now it’s back on track!
The back and forth has its charm. It makes the whole thing really exciting.
Pflanzenpaule wishes you much fun with growing.
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Harvest Day Permanent Marker
Day 70 of flowering.
I’ll get back to you later or tomorrow with more details 
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Rock-paper-scissors - next plant done!
Well, I’ll be, you’re harvesting faster than I can smoke. 
That one looked splendid again too.
Mine will still take a while, and today is a rest day in the garden.
Had some things to sort out with Klarna today.
Orders all went well using their payment method.
Only the Florganic Mücken Dope Lite was due on 12/30/25.
I had also transferred that on 12/27 and paid for the nematode order at the same time. The Nemas were reported to me as settled on the same day.
For the larger payment for the soil bags, I am still in their debt today because someone hadn’t allocated the payment to me.
That’s been going on for several days now, and so the due date was moved from 12/30 to 1/9, and even today, after 11 days, the amount is still open where the money was sent from.
A pure war of nerves with their AI chat where I’ve already described the problem 10 times. Today I was supposed to be called, which they did twice, and on the answering machine until you got someone, the call dropped twice, and I called back three times and each time the connection broke. So I attached a copy of the account activity with the problem report and explained the case for the umpteenth time. Then an email came saying they would take care of it and needed another 5 days for review. Great. Until then, the claim is paused again. “It seems your payment has not been registered in our system.” Hmm, and that’s with a bank.
Hey, I want this crap sorted, it’s paid.
But they already said that if they don’t find it in their system, they’ll refund the money to the original payment source.
I wonder what that’s about. They should just consider the claim settled, because it was and is paid.
No, then they’ll refund it so I have to transfer it back there again.
How stupid can some people be?
And just now, when you go to the Klarna homepage to log in, a big banner at the top says;
We are currently experiencing an issue that prevents payment status updates from being displayed correctly. If you have already made a payment, you do not need to pay again.
It would be even better to have to pay double for an item.
Couldn’t the lady have said that last week? It took them eleven days to realize something wasn’t right. What an outfit!
In this country, the simplest things no longer work.
So I have to keep waiting to see how this continues.
And half a day wasted with their nonsense. Asked several times in the last few days, and it was always said it could take 5 days. It’s slowly going on 15 days.
Hopefully, paying the merchants doesn’t go so crappy, otherwise delivery could take a few more weeks.
@KilliczGe how’s your antibiotic course going? Did you also have to keep an 8-hour gap between tablets? It was very annoying for me.
For me, thick phlegm always comes out of my throat in the mornings now, and for days my bones have been aching, right down to my finger joints.
Have fun drying.
I’m going back to my warm bed now. Man flu, I have to take advantage of that.
Good evening everyone, see you later with warm regards from Pflanzenpaule
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Hey Ho.
@Pflanzenpaul
Thanks for asking,
Placebo or not, but I already feel a little improvement with the cough, the urge is no longer several minutes, just a few times and that’s it.. yeah, the 8 hours can kiss my ass.
One directly in the morning after getting up, one at 2-3 PM, and one in the evening before going to bed. It has to be enough
Luckily, I don’t have much pain.
But wobbly legs now and then 
Anyway.
Things were busy here.
First, empty the box, take out the Purple Zkittlez 2 (day 5 of drying) and remove the buds from the stems and distribute them in the new drying net.
It’s at the bird’s.
Cloth over it. Must be enough
Let’s see how they both like that tomorrow morning 
Once the box was empty, the Permanent Marker was stripped of its large leaves and put inside.
And of course, it was also weighed beforehand.
296g 
If I remember correctly, my personal indoor record 
Some thick stems among them, let’s see what’s left. 
So far, so good.
And my dear Paul.
I never talk to a chat bot.
Find the imprint email for Klarna (or whoever you need to write to) and send them an email. It will surely arrive and be forwarded to the responsible “persons”.
Attach pictures, explain the problem once, and you’ll have a record. 
Good luck to all of you.
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I’ve already been through everything with them: chat bot, phone call with a customer service lady, and today an email with a copy of the transfer receipt.
Last week, I already compared all data, such as their IBAN and the purpose of payment from the account debit, with the lady on the phone, and she confirmed to me that everything was correct on my part.
Money still not found.
That’s annoying after so much time.
They must have been hacked, that’s why nothing is running smoothly anymore.
Nice drying box you built. Temp around 18 degrees Celsius is okay.
I would put a plate in the bottom with a damp sponge or damp paper towel to get to 60% [humidity] so it dries down nice and slowly.
I think that dried, it will be around 60 to 70 [grams].
I’m curious to see what the 2 Bubble Gum Autos will yield. Tomorrow is feeding day and the 6th week of flowering, which means there will be a significant increase in Top Max. At the moment, I don’t think the buds will get very thick. It’ll soon be time to check under the Cookies OG clones to see if anything has rooted. I have a 40L pot there. Maybe I’ll throw them in there, whether it’s 1, 2, or three.
It’s a good time to grow them in 2L [pots] for three weeks and then the big pot into the small tent because the autos should be finished by then.
Well, we’ll see. It’ll work out somehow.
Nice that your cough is already getting better.
Good evening to you.
Oh, they managed to find the payment, and now it’s over. Yay!
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The thing is in my bedroom.
It gets humid enough there at night. But thanks for the tip.
And the picture was from when it was just being loaded. So the cardboard box was open for a while and now, with a moist branch, the humidity will rise easily anyway
Until then
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Just peeked in.
18.9 degrees
61% RH
Can’t complain.
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Moin moin
That fits very well. It will be like that for the first few days, and with drying, the humidity will drop, and then you’ll keep it at the level I already mentioned.
Drying too quickly robs some flavor.
Here too, you can test a bit to find the optimal way.
Unfortunately, there was a different Growlog Winner this time.
But everyone has to have luck sometimes, and yet you were still mentioned again for your great work.
And bam, you’re sending the next one into the race. Hehehe. Cool.
I’m sending one in now too.
The battle (struggle) of the Titans. Hehehe!
So at the moment, you shouldn’t be suffering from a lack of smoke.
Here, the next idiot is already pounding my skull in again.
On 31.12, I quit the janitor job, which I gladly did but was paid for. Quit due to an owner change. And the new one thinks it’s too expensive for him.
I gave the keys to the old administration and they gave them to the new owner.
He was here and left everything open in the basement and the bunch of keys on the heater.
Now I have them again and yesterday I already had to receive the heating oil delivery. My time.
Just got a WhatsApp from him!
He would like photos of the oil level, water meter, and general electricity.
I’ll write back immediately that I’d like money for my janitorial work, because I’m just a tenant and I pay for that. What a character.
That’s absolutely not how it works. He should come himself and take his pictures.
I’ve been paid for all of that for over 10 years, even if only minimally.
But for free, he’ll have to find someone else or do it himself.
So now I’m putting the Lockdown Growlog into the race.
Unfortunately, the rest is dwindling. It was great stuff. A pleasant trip.
Greetings from Paule and today is watering day.
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After more than a week, I finally removed the net from the small tent and watered the ladies.
I look into the big one, somehow something else still fits in there
And just like that, Dantes Inferno now stands in the back left and enjoys the sun.
Hopefully, it gets along with the others.
So much space in the small one now
Until they move too.
Regards
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Day 72 of flowering
Big Bud
Purple Zkittlez 2
The Big Bud is getting a nice purple Indica touch.
The PURPLE Zkittlez is just turning yellow for now
Both received another 1 liter with EM-A today, otherwise nothing.
I think they will be harvested soon. But first, let’s see what the coloring does.
The clones of the Permant Marker (on the right)
And Big Bud (on the left) are waiting for the move.
Then the net will be put in here soon for height control, when the two long-flowering ones (56-63 days) are hanging.
And Tangerine Dream gets a special mention
Far right side, single spot. I’ll have to clear the lower areas soon.
The queen in the nest, as our @Pflanzenpaul already said.
Keep going.
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That looks really good again @KilliczGe .
I started trimming today.
Now there’s something to eat when the kids come home and then it continues this evening. The Groove Bags are already ready and waiting to be filled.
Here are a few trimmed buds beforehand.
Wish everyone a nice start to the weekend
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Nice, nice my @KilliczGe. It almost looks like the drying isn’t quite finished yet! The next harvests will be brought in quite soon.
With how well things are going, you should now be supplied better and more stably, right?
My preparations are underway, and the first order with the Cocos Brix arrived today.
That makes about 54 liters of coco. Buffered and unfertilized, to be mixed into new fresh soil later. The replacement for the Bio Tabs Seedling Starterkid, which is no longer available and thus significantly cheaper for me as a tab replacement, has now laid the foundation for new things.
The other large order is also on its way today.
What brought me great joy with this order was the belated Christmas present.
Awesome, absolutely awesome.
Now I’m already stocked up, and more and more beans are coming in, so I don’t even know where to start. But when the 2 Autos are finished, 2 new Autos will go directly into the small tent, but in fresh new soil. Hmm, maybe both in a 40-liter pot with fresh 5% Living Soil.
Profile is also secured. Hybrid - 50 / 50 Indica/Sativa.
Parents Trainwreck ( Mexican x Thai x Afghani )
( Secret Weapon ( Chemdawg x Secret Sauce )
Should have a full-bodied aroma with a smooth finish.
@herr_gruen Beautiful glitter buds and so neatly trimmed with love.
It looks like you’re going to have a damn lot of fun with them.
Now January 9th, 2026, has arrived. Sometime today, the winners are supposed to be announced. I wish you all good luck again. Perhaps one or another effort will be extra rewarded.
Yesterday, no joke, I went through my Growlog for the Lockdown Kush regarding the irrigation plan and transferred it pretty much 1 to 1 to the current ones.
What worked well with irrigation in Living Soil for the Lockdown should also work now.
So, from day 35 yesterday, they were pretty much equal in size.
I increased the light dimmers yesterday from 45% to 50%.
The Strawberry, because it grows so densely upwards without producing wide side shoots. This weekend I will help it by fixing the side shoots outwards so that more light can reach them.
I had to brutally cut back the ground cover again yesterday, and for the third time in such a short period.
If the ladies would just take off like that, it would be a hell of a lot of fun.
Also from me, a nice, quiet, relaxing weekend. Best regards from Pflanzenpaule.
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Absolutely Perfect, the decision for the Community Awards has been made and three people from this site have taken first place.
That’s great and it feels like a dream has just come true.
Winning with prizes was never really my thing, but now I’ve won, and the two best alongside
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From me, once again, the best congratulations to all who won and a very big thank you to those who voted. To you, @Pflanzenpaul, enjoy your meal, and @KilliczGe seems to have been rendered speechless with joy, was the winner’s bag perhaps too strong?
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He’s oversleeping the winner announcement, his weed is getting better and better.
Hahahahaha !
Let’s check out the official announcement later.
You deserve it too!!! Have fun with all the new seeds already.
And I, the fool, stuffed my jar. I can open a seed shop soon
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super cool.
I thank you and congratulate you equally.
I was gaming on the side, thought the announcement was later.
Without you, I wouldn’t be where I am.
And yes, the weed is getting better and better.
Into the new year with RQS credit
Cool
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And I, dummy, stuffed the jar full. I can open a seed shop
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@KilliczGe
honestly, I currently don’t know what to recommend, because what I have is still waiting and needs to start growing.
I’ve also taken a look around, and what caught my eye first are 4 of these 25-liter fabric pots with their logo. If they fit into the Auto Pot system by circumference, that would be awesome, otherwise Blumat or water by hand.
I’d much rather have the ones with the Mike Tyson logo, but those only go up to 11-liter pots.
That’s too small for organic growing with the whole “the soil feeds the plant” concept.
Well, this small nursery box in a complete set, optionally with a strain variety and Photo or Auto. It’s worth trying out for fun because it includes nursery pots and powder to dissolve in water for the best start.
I had just gotten one and I can tell you;
It’s all a very small affair. The nursery house is delivered folded in individual parts but neatly packaged. I had already posted pictures of it assembled here.
Conclusion: A fun thing and interesting at the same time. The greenhouse dimensions are 15 cm high, 14 cm wide, and 12 cm deep. But then it includes perlite for the bottom on which the nursery pots are supposed to stand, and they are quite cute. One measures 2.5cm x 2.5cm x 2.5cm, and there are 20 of them in a batch.
So, according to the instructions, when the seedling or sprout reaches 3 cm in height, it must be transplanted. But I think that needs to happen much sooner, otherwise the root will grow dry. .
But it’s manageable. I just won’t start 20 seeds now.
So I would have to separate three or four from the batch. Nursery soil is already included.
The powder should be dissolved in 1 liter of 25-degree water. Then you place the pots in it to soak for a few seconds, and then on perlite, which retains the drainage and provides humidity. I would then weigh the powder, divide it by 20, as well as the liter of water, so I get a per-pot amount and then multiply that by the number of pots I’m starting. This way, the seedlings would have the best possible start from the beginning. Also great, there’s a small LED in the lid, just right for the start, and a USB cable included, because you can run it on battery or via the cable to a socket using a timer. It uses few watts for the first few days and is better than going directly with the big light. And if you handle it carefully, you can restart in it again and again for a longer period. A stick-on thermometer is also included which shows you the temp. So it somehow has something. I just haven’t gotten around to starting with it yet. There’s still stuff growing everywhere.
Yeah man, I also have three free seed codes here. And my tray with a lid is packed full, the seeds from yesterday just barely fit in.
I need to read up on it because they also have fertilizer that is only dissolved in water and then poured, and the solution can even be used for almost 10 days before needing to be replaced. But yeah, what can I say. I’m such an idiot, I should have waited, because seeds galore, and today the delivery from Growmart with the Plagron Bio Light Mix 100 l and the complete Bio Tabs Line was announced.
I don’t even know how I’m going to fit all of that. And I still have the Living Soil fresh in the bag, 100 liters, not activated.
First recommendation, buy wisely, and because it costs nothing, get yourself good strains; they can be a bit more expensive, and read up on the strain descriptions, because preferences really vary here.
Nursery set is a good thing, but consider the seeds, because we’re already well stocked, and you’ll have even more. They also have a limited shelf life, and the more you have, the longer they’ll sit. We only have one or two grow tents and no halls where we could just place 100 plants.
New fabric pots every now and then are always great and remain a keepsake because they last a while. And they look cool with the Royal Queen Seeds logo.
I’ve also treated myself to a 5-liter measuring cup with the shipment I’m waiting for. I used to always mix in a jerry can and always made a mess when pouring it out. That’s going to stop now. I’ll check right away to see if at least today the 16 million nematodes arrived, which have been on tour since Monday. Now it’s not summer, so that’s fine too.
Then a check-up is planned right away, and I’ll test the soil moisture with the tester in the middle pot area near the roots. Depending on that, I might have to distribute water and perhaps gently guide the lower branches of the Strawberry outwards with low-stress training. Re-adjust the lights to 45 cm distance and possibly add some more nutrients to those in growth with 1% Flo of the pot volume.
A bit more journal entry and hoping everything runs smoothly, because I haven’t opened it for 2 days. Hope there’s no fiasco waiting!
And outside, everything is turning white. Beautiful.
Stay High, now it’s time for a smoke! Cheers and have fun with your planning, but put it on a piece of paper, otherwise you’ll be bombarded with emails, “your shopping cart is … .” Hehehehe, oh man, awesome.
Pflanzenpaule
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Hello everyone, I also checked out RQS today, honestly, I’m already overwhelmed again. The propagation kit also immediately caught my eye. But I have the set from Lidl in triplicate, the one at RQS for 8 bucks, and a double clamp lamp with 2 × 5 watts, I’m going to build my own propagation station out of it with Light Mix.
But on a different note
I’m done trimming, 135 grams of extra sticky Gorilla Sherbet buds are packed and are now curing for at least a month.
I always scrape the scissors with a scalpel while trimming, I had a little bag of it last night, and honestly, that stuff hits hard again.
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