StrawNana!

Welcome to my new diary! After aborting my Skywalker grow and hastily move my grow from a cupboard indoors to a grow tent outdoors, I'm finally ready to pop some new beans! These will be the first beans to go from seed to harvest in my new space now that it is all dialled in, though I have some plants finishing up in there right now, they only spent a few weeks in there and got messed about a fair bit during the move, so testing out the new space from start to finish should be interesting to make sure everything is all a-okay! Im sticking with two plants of the same strain this round, as I'm a bit tired of juggling several different strains at once, though I'll probably pop another strain at some point about midway through this one. >> SEEDS << FastBuds - Strawberry Banana Auto How can you not want to grow a strain called Strawberry Banana?! If the terps are half of what is described, these are going to be absolutely glorious! I've not grown them before, so it's all a bit fingers crossed, but I'm hoping for a couple of cracking plants with this one. Here's the official blurb: "With up to 27% THC, Strawberry Banana Auto is one of the most THC-rich strains to hit the market lately, this colossal autoflower grows up to 150cm and produces massive yields of up to 600gr/m2. An excellent strain for those looking for potent autoflowers that deliver both in quality and quantity. Expect an extremely sweet and fruity terpene profile with an obvious Strawberry and Banana aroma that comes hand-in-hand with a strong body high mixed with a cerebral high that boosts creativity; a strain that will surprise you to the powerful yet well-balanced Indica and Sativa effects." Other details are 10-11 weeks flower time, 55/45 Indica/Sativa with a total size of 150cm! I'm absolutely not going to let mine grow that tall and will be training them heavily. >> EQUIPMENT << I keep things pretty Lo-Fi: 3 Gallon Felt pot Vitalink Calmag Bio-Bizz Light Mix Bio-Bizz Grow Bio-Bizz Bloom Bio-Bizz Alg-A-Mic Fecida CR600 110w LED Rhino Fan and Carbon Filter I grow in an insulated grow tent in my back garden. It's not ideal, but needs must and the environment is pretty comfortabel for plants now that I've straightened it all out and got it nicely dialled in. >> GERMINATION TIMELINE << 25/05 - Seeds put in between two cotton pads, soaked in water and kept in between two bowls on a seedling heat mat. 26/05 - Taproots cracked out in just over 12 hours and they were placed into the mud in under 24 hours, that's rapid! I've got them under a temporary COB light for now, until I can get the space cleaned up ready for them, as I wasn't quite prepared to get them in just yet. Humidity dome placed on top so I don't have to worry about soil drying out on me. 28/05 - Only one seed popped the soil, the other did crack and a tiny taproot started, but it never advanced. I tried planting it anyway, but after two days of no show, I had a little look and it was completely dormant. Never mind. I've popped a Forbidden Runtz seed this weekend to run alongside this one instead! Looking forward to this one, let's get some fruity terps going!