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GrowDiaries Awards (Grow Awards; first edition called POTY / Plant of the Year)

26 published results across 5 editions, 2022 to 2026. 12 results are matched exactly to a strain in the catalogue; the rest name an entrant, a brand, a product or a person and are kept as they are.

●  frozen 2026-09-14 · API 0.7.0-stdlib

●  2 photographs recorded

All competitions
Explorer

26
Results
one row per placing, with its source

5
Editions
a year of the cup

12
Matched to a strain
exact name match only

14
Not matched
entrants, brands, products, people; kept, not guessed

How to read the tables

Every result row carries its sources. Strain links are exact matches by the importer, never guessed. Editions marked partial or not_found are published as such.

EDITIONS, NEWEST FIRST

Every year we found, and the years we did not.

GROW AWARDS 2026 · PARTIAL

Barcelona, Spain (presumed Spannabis 2026) · 15 result rows

Community-voted awards announced by March 2026. RQS reports four podium finishes; Fast Buds reports Best Autoflower Breeder and Best Autoflowering Strain plus diary-category placings for grows of its genetics.

Source: royalqueenseeds.com, 2fast4buds.com, web.archive.org

Registered users with an approved email cast one vote per nomination; top 3 shown as Winner 1st/2nd/3rd.

Place Category Entry Entrant Source
1 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Fast Buds 2fast4buds.com, web.archive.org
2 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Royal Queen Seeds royalqueenseeds.com, web.archive.org
3 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Mephisto Genetics web.archive.org
1 Best Autoflower Diary Banana Purple Punch Auto RF3 (grow diary) no strain match unknown GrowDiaries grower (Fast Buds genetics) 2fast4buds.com
1 Best Autoflowering Strain Gorilla Cookies Auto Fast Buds 2fast4buds.com, web.archive.org
2 Best Autoflowering Strain Green Gelato Auto Royal Queen Seeds royalqueenseeds.com, web.archive.org
3 Best Autoflowering Strain Lemon Cherry Cookies Auto Fast Buds web.archive.org
1 Best Breeder no strain match Royal Queen Seeds royalqueenseeds.com
2 Best Breeder no strain match Fast Buds web.archive.org
3 Best Breeder no strain match Barney's Farm web.archive.org
2 Best Indoor Diary Banana Purple Punch Auto RF3 (grow diary) no strain match unknown GrowDiaries grower (Fast Buds genetics) 2fast4buds.com
3 Best Indoor Diary Biscotti Gelato (grow diary) unknown GrowDiaries grower (Fast Buds genetics) 2fast4buds.com
1 Best Strain Royal Gorilla Royal Queen Seeds royalqueenseeds.com, web.archive.org
2 Best Strain Banana Purple Punch Auto Fast Buds web.archive.org
3 Best Strain Gorilla Cookies Auto Fast Buds web.archive.org
GROW AWARDS 2025 · PARTIAL

Barcelona, Spain (Spannabis 2025) · 4 result rows

Winners presented at Spannabis 2025. The organiser removed fraudulent votes in the organic nutrients category.

Source: web.archive.org

Community vote; the organiser journal publishes 1st places only.

Place Category Entry Entrant Source
1 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Fast Buds web.archive.org
1 Best Autoflowering Strain Lemon Cherry Cookies Auto Fast Buds web.archive.org
1 Best Breeder no strain match Cookies Seed Bank web.archive.org
1 Best Strain Permanent Marker Seed Junky Genetics web.archive.org
GROW AWARDS 2024 · NOT FOUND

Barcelona, Spain (Spannabis) · 0 result rows

No result rows for this edition. The status above says why: partial, results only, or not found. Nothing is filled in.

GROW DIARIES AWARDS 2023 · PARTIAL

Barcelona, Spain (undisclosed central venue, March 2023) · 3 result rows

Voting closed 1 March 2023; awards presented in Barcelona in March 2023. Nominations included Best Breeder, Best Autoflower Breeder, Best Autoflowering Strain and Best Strain.

Source: 2fast4buds.com

Registered users cast one vote per nomination.

Place Category Entry Entrant Source
1 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Fast Buds 2fast4buds.com
1 Best Autoflowering Strain Gorilla Cookies Auto Fast Buds 2fast4buds.com
1 Best Breeder no strain match Royal Queen Seeds royalqueenseeds.com
GROW DIARIES POTY / GROW AWARDS 2022 (1ST) · PARTIAL

Barcelona, Spain (Spannabis) · 4 result rows

First edition, presented during Spannabis 2022 in Barcelona.

Source: dutch-passion.com, sweetseeds.com

Community vote.

Place Category Entry Entrant Source
1 Best Autoflower Breeder no strain match Fast Buds growdiaries.com (web search summary; 403, not saved)
1 Best Autoflowering Strain +Speed Auto Sweet Seeds sweetseeds.com
1 Best Breeder no strain match Dutch Passion dutch-passion.com, weedworldmagazine.org
1 Best Novelty Autoflowering Strain Forbidden Runtz Auto Fast Buds growdiaries.com (web search summary; 403, not saved)

The cups, the winners, and the claims we checked →  ·  State of the catalogue →

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