Diary of the Month August 2025

@Ultraviolet, GD fucks up a lot. sometimes old diaries that have been used before are allowed to be used again. 6 months is a bit steep, 2 years is a more realistic timeline IMO Some people wait till their is a good sponsor for the month or they run out of fresh diaries and just toss in a older one to be part of it. If it has not been used before, who cares, IDK how they pick the winner in this contest, but I won it once 2 times in a row with some mid diaries. Not to say they are all like that for everyone, but it seems to be a coin toss. so join with whatever you got regardless of anything. GD don't care, its all good to them, make new ones, use existing, all foot traffic and ad revenue.

@Ultraviolet, it's a marketing site, so GD will definitely not agree. superficial perception above all else being important. more diaries, more advertising = good. it's a common strategy to let a diary 'simmer' for a year or two and pick up views and likes to aid in winning contests.. no idea if it works, but it is not unusual to see. Also, whatever variables control if a diary has been entered into a contest that eliminates it from future contests periodically get reset - whether on purpose or when they do maintenance, again.. no idea, but it has happened quite a few times since 2020. You will see diaries that have won in the past re-entered at some point. I'm sure some diaries have won more than once too. whatever floats their boat. it's not like the contest winnings are worth the effort 9 of 10 times. If it's fun for you, keep doing it. If not, ignore the contests. one thing - diaries take 3-4 months to finish, so maybe a bit longer than 6 months would be needed to have enough of them in a contest? i'm sure there's some reasonable cutoff that could work but then you'll jst have people re-create the diaries with a newer date, lol.

@m0use, obviously we are not flawless, but we try to improve on each issue you guys are raising. We will check the algo once again and will fix it if needed. Regarding the selection process - we are also working on improving it. I think it's fair to say that the diaries that win should be informative for beginner growers and for the folks that come to the platform to learn something new. Therefore - the detailed weekly information about the nutriens, lights, watering etc., smoke report and fair amount of content uploaded all come into play. Again, we are not ideal here but based on what we read in the comments - we got better at selecting the winners lately. Thanks for sharing your thoughts (and to other growers in the thread as well)! 👊

@Albinius, Soon enough brother Albinus! Welcome newb! 🙏