420 Magazine's Grow Journal of the Month: December 2020

[Renee Roberts]

Welcome to 420 Magazine's Grow Journal of the Month Contest!

This contest celebrates the very best grow journals on 420 Magazine as nominated and judged by the 420 Magazine member community.

All members are welcome to nominate other members' journals and vote on a winner each month. We ask that everyone please consider the following factors when suggesting nominees and voting on this contest:

• Frequent Activity & Updates - Journals should be regularly maintained and updated
• Attention To Detail - Journals should discuss growing methods and techniques in detail
• Quality Photography - Pictures should be clear and of good quality
• Proper Grammar & Structure - Journals should be well-written and easy to understand
• General Forum Conduct - Journal and author should adhere to published forum guidelines
• Stays On Topic - Journals should be focused on Cannabis cultivation
• Responds To Questions - Members posting questions receive clear and thoughtful responses
• Explains Well & Offers Advice - Journal is a good environment for new growers to learn
• Promotes our Sponsors - Journals should feature or recommend our Sponsors' products whenever possible

The winner receives "Grow Journal of the Month" title and the following Prize Package:

420 Magazine: 420 Magazine Lighter, 420 Magazine Magnet, 420 Magazine Stickers & Small 420 Magazine Nug Jar
NextLight: Mega LED Grow Light
Terpinator/Purpinator: 4 Liters Terpinator or 4 Liters Purpinator (Winner's Choice)
GeoPot: Five 7 Gallon GeoPots
Geoflora Nutrients: 4lb Geoflora Veg & 4lb Geoflora Bloom
Foods Alive: Organic Toasted Hemp Seeds
Sierra Natural Science: SNS-217 Spider Mite Control - 1 Quart Mix Pouch

Members may only win this title once per year.

This contest is open to Journals in Progress only, that have been updated by the original poster within the last 30 days.

Please send your nominations to 420 Support (@Renee Roberts or @Teddy Edwards) via private message, including detailed reasoning for your nomination. 420 Staff will assess and approve the community nominations, then members determine the winner by poll.

Nominations are accepted from the 1st until the 14th at midnight PST every month. Approved nominations will be posted shortly after midnight PST and, at that time, the polls will open through midnight PST on the last day of the month to vote for a winner.

Please follow the above guidelines to propose a nomination and do not post or discuss nominations in the contest thread. Nominations and/or suggestions of nominations in the contest thread will be deleted without notice.

Support the 420 Magazine community and your fellow members by getting involved with our contests and, if you don't already have a grow journal, please see How To Make A Grow Journal

Here are the December Nominations! Congratulations to all of the nominees and Good Luck

 

[420]

 

[BeanTownFan420]

 

[Buds Buddy]

Welcome to 420 Magazine's Grow Journal of the Month Contest!

This contest celebrates the very best grow journals on 420 Magazine as nominated and judged by the 420 Magazine member community.

All members are welcome to nominate other members' journals and vote on a winner each month. We ask that everyone please consider the following factors when suggesting nominees and voting on this contest:

• Frequent Activity & Updates - Journals should be regularly maintained and updated
• Attention To Detail - Journals should discuss growing methods and techniques in detail
• Quality Photography - Pictures should be clear and of good quality
• Proper Grammar & Structure - Journals should be well-written and easy to understand
• General Forum Conduct - Journal and author should adhere to published forum guidelines
• Stays On Topic - Journals should be focused on Cannabis cultivation
• Responds To Questions - Members posting questions receive clear and thoughtful responses
• Explains Well & Offers Advice - Journal is a good environment for new growers to learn
• Promotes our Sponsors - Journals should feature or recommend our Sponsors' products whenever possible

The winner receives "Grow Journal of the Month" title and the following Prize Package:

420 Magazine: 420 Magazine Lighter, 420 Magazine Magnet, 420 Magazine Stickers & Small 420 Magazine Nug Jar
NextLight: Mega LED Grow Light
Terpinator/Purpinator: 4 Liters Terpinator or 4 Liters Purpinator (Winner's Choice)
GeoPot: Five 7 Gallon GeoPots
Geoflora Nutrients: 4lb Geoflora Veg & 4lb Geoflora Bloom
Foods Alive: Organic Toasted Hemp Seeds
Sierra Natural Science: SNS-217 Spider Mite Control - 1 Quart Mix Pouch

Please send your nominations to 420 Support (@Renee Roberts or @Teddy Edwards) via private message, including detailed reasoning for your nomination. 420 Staff will assess and approve the community nominations, then members determine the winner by poll.

Nominations are accepted from the 1st until the 14th at midnight PST every month. Approved nominations will be posted shortly after midnight PST and, at that time, the polls will open through midnight PST on the last day of the month to vote for a winner.

Please follow the above guidelines to propose a nomination and do not post or discuss nominations in the contest thread. Nominations and/or suggestions of nominations in the contest thread will be deleted without notice.

Support the 420 Magazine community and your fellow members by getting involved with our contests and, if you don't already have a grow journal, please see How To Make A Grow Journal

Did they change the rules on this ? First time I've seen it done this way.

 

[Backlipslide]

Ohh that’s different...

so it’s going to be a nominating/voting system like the plant, nug, and member of the month?

that’s different...

I could have seen you guys doing this in January, but the last month of the year...

either way, it’s different, it’s exciting, and good luck to everyone!

 

[Enr0n]

Well well grammar and spelling just ain't me thing so I have 1 strike and ain't even started yet. O well life if like a box of chocolates.

 

[Buds Buddy]

Yes, it's different. Teddy verified it to me in PM. Aught to be interesting indeed. But still needs a few extra details.
It doesn't state whether it has to be a "Current Journal In Progress" or if a past journal you've done qualifies too.
Just something that crossed my mind.

 

[PK]

Very good point @Buds Buddy
good luck everyone!!

 

[420]

Yes, it's different. Teddy verified it to me in PM. Aught to be interesting indeed. But still needs a few extra details.
It doesn't state whether it has to be a "Current Journal In Progress" or if a past journal you've done qualifies too.
Just something that crossed my mind.

The process was just too cumbersome for us to handle every month, so we decided to turn the power over to the people. Thank you for catching that, we'll get that edited in.

Journals in Progress only, that have been updated by the original poster within the last 30 days.

 

[420 Warrior]

Personally, I love seeing the GJOTM done by member voting, that way everyone is more apt to actually visit/read the journals, therefore getting more education in the process by seeing all the different methods of growing being done.

Also, it's so much more member oriented and interactive for us to actually have the opportunity to weigh in and vote for the best one, not to mention how much fun it'll be..If we all don't go blind from all the reading first...?

 

[VexGrows]

This is great. Let the nominations commence!

Good luck all, so many amazing journals.

So glad to be back!!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

Well well grammar and spelling just ain't me thing so I have 1 strike and ain't even started yet. O well life if like a box of chocolates.

same here they may bring a translator lol

 

[Dan Dark]

After reading so many amazing journals, I wonder how my own mish mash of musings will fare? I guess we'll see how beginners get a shot!

 

[420]

Let's get those nominations in guys and gals!

 

[Buds Buddy]

I wonder why they doubled the time limit before you can win a 2nd time. It use to be 6 months. Now it's a year.
I don't like this rule being changed without a 30 day notice. Time limits didn't change on other contests. Still 3 mo. & 6 mo. So why change this one ?
It's not really fair to those who just waited 6 mo. in hopes of trying for a 2nd shot at the title. It would be fair if a 30 day notice to the Rule Change was posted prior to the change so everyone was aware of it prior to putting the effort in to go for this title.
Very disappointed in the way this was done during the last month of the year without notice.

 

[The Phantom]

It's not really fair to those who just waited 6 mo. in hopes of trying for a 2nd shot at the title.

What about those still trying for a first?

 

[Buds Buddy]

What about those still trying for a 1st on Nug or Plant of the month ? Yet they can win every 3 months & 6 months.
Why don't they have to wait a year ? Why just this contest's time limit change for a 2nd win & not all of them ? Lot's of why's. Why not keep it simple & make all the contests where you can only win once a year ? Then those with all the great photography skills wouldn't win the other contests over & over. Then again, why a time limit at all ? If you've got a winner, you've got a winner.

 

[Buds Buddy]

What about those still trying for a first?

It isn't the fact that they changed the time limit itself amongst the other rules for the contest. It's that it should have been given a prior notice so we all knew what to expect. I'm sure some of us included content in their current journals to try to win this that we would have held back on till we were eligible again if we'd of been given notice.
Damned, now this has got me 2nd guessing whether Trump really did win ???

 

[The Phantom]

Why do we complain so much about contests?

Seriously the last few contests have really turned people into whiners. There could be no contests like the majority of the forums out there are like. Be grateful there is a contest regardless of the rules and when the people putting on the contest, the ones giving out the free goodies, decide to change the rules for the benefit of the 99% and not the 1%, don't complain. So what if 420 decides to only change the rules for only one their contests, it is their contests to do as they please. So what if Mars is a day or two late announcing the winner of a contest, just be happy you have sponsors willing to giveaway their products/profits and wait a day or two to find out who the winner is. Can we seriously please stop whinging over the free stuff, it's the holiday season aren't we supposed to be grateful for what we have?

I can't believe I have to go over this, especially to someone who is upset over not being able to win twice in a single year. Imagine some of the members who have been here for years, trying their best to just grow quality medicine, never winning a contest, being nominated, or recognized for their accomplishments.

If you are purposely going out of your way to create a journal to win a contest good for you but don't get all butt hurt when the rules unexpectedly change, or that 420 didn't consult you about it first.

 

[HashFart]

How do you nominate someone