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Hi guys :D Welcome to S03 of Buds - Growing experience!
This season I'll cultivate a strain selection for a few contests and some sponsored grows BUT all of them were strains that I was most curious about and having 30 top strains to select from, it was hard to define the best concidering, flavour, taste, effect, THC amount and visual appeal. I'm very pleased to announce that Sweet Seeds and Zamnesia gave me the opportunity to partially sponsor this grow season by supplying me wiht their strains of my choice.
For my hydro setup I'll be using the Green House Feeding Nutrient Starter Kit which I've got for participating in their contest. I still need to read into how much nutrients I'll need for this season since I'll run only automatic strains with the exception of Dark Phoenix which will be in the same reservoir as 2 other automatic strains. I'll also do something a bit different this time, because I'll also grow one strain in a RQS fabric pot and soil, which I never did before.
For the first time I'll also be using the PLANT SUCCESS ORCA LIQUID MYCORRHIZAE after reading a lot of positive things about the fungi and the product.
I've also learned a lot from my last grow season which ended in 2 plants dying off because of bacteria in my reservoirs and both res' were cleaned with hospital grade chemicals to remove 99.9% of all bacteria in both reservoirs before the start of this season.
Let's hope for the best and I hope that I'll have a lot of fun doing it :)
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys!
This past week was a bit strange. I need to learn more about the GHF nutrients because I gave my plants 1/8 (for automatics) of the amount for the first/second week and after 2 days my plants went almost all pale, so that was definitely a deficiency. Then I added quite a bit more of these nutrients and I think I overdid it but the plants came back to color again (70-80%ish) so that's a good sign. To lower the 700ppm value I added around 20L of water, it's around 500 now. This should make it easier for the plants to jump back. I'll keep an eye on them, if the plants won't show signs of recovery, I'll remove half the water and add some more plain water to drive the ppm down even further.
Stay tuned guys
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
another week has past, still not much to comment because the plant develops properly. I topped the plant and I'm very happy that it recovered almost instantly after a day or two. The orca myco works its wonders. The root system stretches every single day significantly which should pretty soon transfer more nutrients to the upper part of the plant. Can't stop looking at the beautiful white roots :D
Stay tuned guys.
Much love!
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
I'm a few days behind with the update but here it finally is :D
Before I started working on them over the week, I switched the top around to be able to introduce all 70L of water to the reservoir. I've also decided to replace some plants so the bigger plants have more space to grow near the smallest ones.
The plant was topped a few days ago, it recovered like a champ after 24h. Actually it didn't look like it was an issue at all. So a few days later I decided to defoliate the plant before I main-line it. The roots are bigger with every day.
It's preflowering right now so I'll probably introduce a small amount of flowering nutes probably today. It looks healthy and strong, what can I say more :D I'm truly happy how good it looks for now.
No fuckups no more from last season. Everything seems to be on point. And please tell me how much you should not train Automatic strains 😂 It's as easy as it gets. You just have to make sure that you stop at the right time but topping, mainlining, defoliation, stem bending and stem pinching are all working as it would in normal feminized genetics.
See you soon guys!
Much love
XOXO
Cremo
Okay guys,
So let's move on to the flowering reservoir! It happened by accident but it's kind of cool that all the early flowering plants landed in one res, and the other ones that are a week or two behind in the other.
I've tied down the two new main stems and both branches underneath but the two main stems (after topping) decided to split in half after the light went on. This means that it's a hell of a strong plant! The split was visible for about 12-15h so I taped it back together and it seems that it doesn't give a damn! I think it's all due to the fact that I use Orca Mycco fungi and it is able to transport a lot more nutrients than normally in this stage.
Red pure auto is also the first plant to start a proper flowering! I took a few punched in shots and to my surprise the buds start to get dark red which is fuckin' awesome because it's a red family strain from Sweet Seeds. I'm super happy about that!
Stay tuned guys, some cool photographs should follow soon ;)
XOXO
Cremo
Alright guys.
The maturing of this beautiful CBD strain is top notch. The plant smells citrusy, very pleasant and the buds are getting super dark reddish-purple which looks off the hook! It's not much else to say that it's my favourit plant to shoot this season :) I like it very much!
The plants start to absorb a lot of water I had to add 20L + 10L 2 days later into each reservoir! I fed the 30L new water with all the nutrients you see above. I took a third of the normal dosage. The plants are thriving!
Check out these beautiful close ups of the dark purple leaves and forming buds. They are gorgeous!
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
This week I did something special. Something y'all probably gonna argue, but I did it anyway. I defoliated the shiiiiiiit out of every single plant in the tent 😎, a few weeks into blooming. I had the urge to lollipop the plants and start focusing the plants' energy distribution to the main stems and only the biggest forming branches and buds. Only time will tell if it was a good idea, but I took into consideration the fact that I'm running a pretty nice DWC setup and the plants are practically on point every single week. They are looking really good.
I also added 30 Liters of water with nutrients, they seem to dig it. The pH and PPM are also on point. They look super happy so the recovery time should be minimal, like less than 24h because of the knowledge from all the other defoliations (not that heavy tho) before this season.
So that's it for this week. Please comment on the uber heavy defoliation this week. What's your opinion? I wanna know!
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
here's another update of the Red Pure Auto CBD! The defoliation did a great job on the plant. It didn't even have to bounce back and the energy went straight to the buds. A week after, the buds look definitely thicker. Red Pure isn't going to be the biggest plant in the grow room but in fact it'll be the smallest one right next to Bruce Banner (which I still hope to grow a lot bigger than that). 3 plants drink around 20L of water with nutrients per week (one res). Having Zkittlez / Runtz and Red Pure Auto CBD in the same res makes it a perfect match because all 3 of them smell extremely amazing. The super citrusy smell from the Red Pure Auto CBD, through the sweet smelling Zkittlez to the ultra fruity Runtz, this run is a blast! I really can't say much else that I've been loving this run very much so far. The conditions are on point, the plants are super happy, so am I.
Check out the macro shots, because the time has finally come and I can start diving deep into the the Trichome world with you <3.
Stay healthy!
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys n gals!
Welcome to another update of the Red Pure Auto from Sweet Seeds! Another week passed by, it looks like this plant and Zkittlez are the most mature from the bunch and I believe that I'll probably chop it down in a few weeks. The buds are getting denser at a rather slow pace, but you can definitely tell the difference from a week to week check. It's an overall very small plant, I didn't plant more of this strain so I can't actually tell if its size is normal, but I believe that it'll yield around 20-30g only (it would be by far the smallest amount from all my previous grows). The condition of the plant is on point, no deficiencies nor overfeeding, the leaves look super healthy. I love the citrusy smell of it. Looking at the trichomes (which I welcome you to explore yourself in the gallery), it looks like it still needs two to three weeks. Visually it's such a dark purple/almost black plant, and now where the buds are starting to form bigger nugs, it's ridiculous how dark/black buds can look :D It's definitely a great looking plant. The plants drink around 20-30L a week, a big more than a week before.
So please, relax, spark a joint and enjoy the ride into the Red Pure Trichome world!
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys!
Here's another look at the Red Pure Auto from Sweet Seeds :D
It's almost harvest time for this lady, I didn't defoliate this plant over the week because it's close to being chopped down.
The colors on this one are ridiculous! The dark purple and the orange pistils look insane. Even the trichomes are becoming red/pinkish and I love every one of them :P It also makes it harder to check if she's ready for harvest, but I'll give her another weeek because she's still bulking up.
Please enjoy one of the last updates' on this one, it's an extremely beautiful plant, and the macro shots are super yummy.
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
if that's not the final week of the Black Pure Auto CBD than I don't know... :P
There's not much to report on this on because all it does all day is just getting bigger and fatter. It funny to see some new fresh pistils pop out and that contrast looks amazing! It smells extremely good and I can't wait to finally try it :D
Enjoy a few fine pics :)
XOXO
Cremo
Hi guys,
Welcome to the harvest review of the Red Pure Auto CBD!
It's finally time to end this season with a smile on my face! Even tho this strain is by far the smallest I've ever grown in hydro, this little beast smells like lemons and it's insane. I've smelled and smoked a few CBD strains but this is by far the best smelling and most tasteful!
I'd really hoped of growing red-pinkish buds but I've never seen others getting that light reddish color. Instead it grew almost black, which is also fine by me because it visually suplements a joint if you add it to another strain. It will also suplement any other strains smell and taste, thanks to its great terp profile which is something on another level comparing it to other CBD strains.
Overall, small yield, great plant terps!
GO GET IT!
XOXO
Cremo
Cremo
