FastBuds Gorilla Zkittlez

~ FASTBUDS TESTER #2206 ~ Well friends, here we go on another 'canna-venture' together! The grow room has had a complete remodel and some upgrades done to it including brand spanking new 4x8 and 4x4 tents and a Trolmaster Hydro X controller along with a new Control Panel. This tester strain is one of six tester strains that FastBuds has graciously provided me with and I'm looking forward to seeing what this girl has to offer when she's grown to her full potential! One drawback of 'testers' is I have little to no information on it other than its number and that it's an autoflower... 🤪 But, it's ALWAYS a blast growing them for me because not knowing a lot allows me to just concentrate on the essentials: Light, Environment, Water, Nutrients and possibly a bit of LST... not complicated, just basics like keeping a constant temperature and RH in the tent at a level that gives a good VPD, watering when almost dry and maintaining proper light levels according to their stage of growth. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~THE SETUP~ ~Initially seeds were lightly scuffed, then soaked for 3 hours in 78℉ distilled water after which they were transferred to moist paper towels laid out in a Jiffy Pellet plastic starter tray with lid. Underneath the tray was placed a Vivosun Heat Mat with Controller that was set to 78℉ where they stayed until their tap roots emerged. ~Planted into Jiffy Peat Pellets that were hydrated with distilled water warmed to 78℉ with a 7.0 ph. ~Once roots emerge from the Jiffy Pellet they're transferred to their fabric pots. ~Grown 100% organic in a 4g Gronest fabric pot and a 3g fabric pot by Wraxly filled with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium and initially amended with Dr. Earth 4-4-4 / Earthworm Castings / Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 and Coast of Maine Stonington Blend Organic Plant Food 5-2-4. ~19/5 light cycle for the entire run with supplemental UVA added during flower. Lights are controlled by a Trolmaster Hydro X controller set for a 15min Sunrise/Sunset simulation. ~Top dressing every 3-4 weeks with slow release dry amendments and Earthworm castings. ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed and bi-weekly Compost Tea's. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Updates: 2/16- Well here we go, fifty one days in flower and both of these ladies are ready to go as their trichomes are just about perfect with 90% of them a beautiful milky white, the remainder turning light amber. The #2 pheno went dark last night, the #1 will go dark tonight with both spending 72hrs. there before being chopped. I watered the #1 with .5g of de-chlorinated water that was ph'd to 6.6 @ 65℉ to ensure she doesn't dry out while in the dark as I keep the RH at 35-40%. Giving them 72hrs of darkness, coupled with temp's in the low 60's℉, serves to induce stress upon them which in turn causes them to react by producing additional trichomes to aid in fertilization (not happening!). 2/19- Both girls are out of 'Dark Jail' now and are looking spectacular, covered in sparkling trichomes and are smelling amazing! I can't wait to get them hung to begin drying! *** Unfortunately, some of my photo files of the final pic's of the #2 got corrupted and I was not able to recover them. My sincere apologies 🙏 Onward to the harvest! Thank you so much for all your support and ❤️ as it really does mean a lot! 😎💚 Thank you for visiting my diary and checking out my passion in life❤️. I hope you've enjoyed this journey as much as I did! Until next time.... Grow Strong! 💪😎🤙