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  1. kenb

    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Not coming back to argue—just to close the loop. There was no trolling, no intention to mislead anyone, I'm not with law enforcement, and no mold being knowingly smoked. Decisions were made based on available information at the time, including input from multiple sources. Some of that...
  2. kenb

    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Yes, AI wrote parts of my planning and some of my posts, and it helped — it didn’t hurt the grow. I used it like a structured notebook and a thinking tool to organize ideas, ask better questions, and slow myself down. It didn’t grow the plants, diagnose problems on its own, or make decisions for...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Thanks — I really appreciate that. This grow was a great learning experience from start to finish. As for the AI question: I’d say it helped far more than it hurt, but only because I treated it like a second set of eyes and a planning partner, not an authority. It was useful for spotting...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    What I’m seeing (Flower Day 55 – remaining two plants - one CJ and one GK) Trichomes Predominantly cloudy/milky across calyxes. Amber is present but still sparse — I’d estimate ~5–10% on the best-focused areas. Very few truly clear heads left, which tells me they’re past “early window” and...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the feedback. This was a great learning experience for me. After checking trichomes closely with a loupe and phone macro, I’m harvesting the two dominant plants on the left side of the tent tonight (one Cap Junky and one Ginger Kush). Amber levels are right...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    It's time to harvest tonight. Thanks for the visit. The ladies are very happy and I have enjoyed this grow so much. It's been good for my brain and a sense of accomplishment. Got some new seeds popping already. And then I'm going to try my hand at an outdoor grow this Summer. Thanks, everyone.
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Understood. I wasn’t looking for accolades, just documenting my grow and weighing the feedback. I’ve got enough information at this point and will finish it out offline. Appreciate the concern and wish everyone well.
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Flower Day 37 – final update Just wanted to close the loop on this grow and thank those who offered input. I’ve continued to monitor closely using the same criteria throughout flower — underside inspections, smell, progression over time, and stable environmental control. There has been no...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    PM and vigorous growth don't go together.
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    It's amazing how so many folks are so quick to diagnose PM without seeing, touching, smelling, running the peroxide test, seeing the underside of the leaves. If I'm wrong, I'll eat my hat. But, you don't fix what the data says isn't broken.
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    It's calcium minerals from when I ran out of distilled water for the humidifier. There is no mildew aroma, nothing on the underside of the leaves and they pass the peroxide test. PM does not: Present as uniform shimmer following leaf veins Appear heavily on sugar leaves near buds first Pass a...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Flower Day 37 – quick status update Minor hiccup overnight — exhaust was accidentally left off and RH climbed into the low 80s for a short window. Corrected as soon as it was caught and let the room normalize without chasing numbers. By lights-off this morning the tent was fully back in range...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Hey folks 👋 Checking in at Flower Day 35 and wanted to share some canopy and cola shots along with a technical snapshot. This is my first run dialing things in at this level, so I’m documenting carefully and very open to feedback from experienced eyes. Setup Tent: 4×4 Plants: 4 total (mixed...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    This is the hardest part of the grow....being patient and letting them do their thing. They are drinking massively ~2-3 gallons per day, between the bases and humidifier. Climate numbers are spot on in light and dark cycles. I need to vent outdoors very soon. There's a basement hopper window...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    This is good info. I thought that the fresh worm castings would increase the speed of the microbe breakdown. Sounds like I need to do the final top dress sooner than later....
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Flower Day 32 🌡️ Environment Temp: ~71°F RH: ~58% (lights on) VPD: ~1.05–1.10 Humidifier: OFF Exhaust: Level 5 Airflow: Multiple clip fans, gentle canopy movement Environment has fully stabilized. RH rise after lights off remains controlled with no spikes. Tent is now largely self-regulating...
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    Homegrown vs. dispensary - rookie question

    For those of you who have experience with both well-run indoor home grows and dispensary flower—how does properly grown and cured home flower actually compare in real-world use? How noticeable is the difference in freshness between home-grown flower and dispensary bud? Does home flower retain...
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Flower is stacking nicely 🌱❄️ Mid-flower now and the tent smells incredible. Buds are frosting up, structure is strong, and everything’s cruising right where it should be. Lots of patience from here on out… but it’s getting harder not to stare 😄
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    🪴 Back to Growing After Decades Away — With a Little Help from AI Coaching

    Flowering Day 30 The humidifier hasn't run in nearly 36 hrs - by design - since the RH was staying above 62 after light off. The exhaust fan is doing its thing but there just wasn't enough air getting in so I unzipped each door a few inches and the RH immediately fell into the correct range...
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